Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-05-31

err Guy DeBoer. Adv. 14tf-
Cal Lloyd and John Goble transact |
ed business at Ellis Wednesday fore
noon
Strayed-Red shoat, weight about
10 lbs. Finder notify John Foster,
south of track. Adv. It.
The Good VIII Society will meet
with Mrs G. II. Stephens next We'd
nesday afternoon, June 9Th
Fritz Halbleib and son and Chas.
Nelson, from Riverside township,
were transacting business at the
court house Monday. =
Willis J. Helms, county commits
sioner of Ellis county, was examin-
ing road. graders and transacting
business in this city Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs S. T. H. Baird of
Salina were called to Ellis Tuesday
by the death of Mrs. Baird's broth
err, L. H. Morton-Ellis Headlight.
Miss Marion Beardsley, who is
stenographer for the Farmers bank
at Quinter, spent Sunday in this city
the guest of Miss Lois Drunnond.
Mrs. H. C. Johnson went up to
Buffalo Park Saturday afternoon for
an over Sunday visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Toothaker. She returned
home Monday.
Mrs. J. L. Shaw and little daugh-
ter who have been visiting relatives
and friends in Trego county for the
past two weeks left Sunday evening
for their home at Denver, Colorado.
Harry Reichard spent last week at
a hospital in Kansas City where he
received treatment for the toe which
was injured several weeks ago while
working with gasoline engine. He
hopes now for a speedy recovery.
W. R. Gregory, editor of the Coll
yer Advance and city clerk of Coll
yer, came down last Friday and put
up some type on our new linotype
machine. Mr.. Gregory has had con-
siderable experience on the linotype.
Mr. and Mrs. John Parsons at
at Collyer Wednesday. Mr.. Parsons
father was a vetern of the civil war
and is buried in the Collyer GEM
etery, hence the interest taken by
Mr.. Parsons in the Collyer exercises.
Word has been received from Day
| Moore that he has successfully pass
| ed the examination for admission to
! the United States army and navy.
| He preferred the navy but did not
| sign up for admission as he could
| not enlist for shorter term than
| four years. He prefers to serve only
as long as the present need exists
and 50 joined the third regiment of
the Missouri National Guards.
George L. Kirby and Miss Bertha
Edwards, both graduates of Trego
County High School and from River
side township, were united in mar
rage last Friday evening at the
Methodist parsonage in this city by
the Rev.. Sutton. The young people
left the same evening for Newell
South Dakota, near which place Mr.
Kirby recently took up a homestead
The best wishes of host of Trego
county friends accompany them and
wish Them LONG life and prosperity
| A large number of Trego county
young people went QOWn 10 nays
the first of the week where they reg
istered for work at the FIT. Hays
Normal. We do not know that we
can name all the bunch but among
them were noticed Misses Mildred
Lesovisky, Jessie Beason, Bessie
Hefner, Evelyn Croft, Grace Hamm
Hazel Morgan, Hattie DeBoer, Nina
Nef, Grace Hancock, Thelma Lynn
Erma Shriner, Alpha Enix and Ruth
| Cox. Messrs. Mace Beason and
Floyd McNair seem to represent the
masculine gender in the crowd.
Next Tuesday, June 5th, is regis
tration day when all young men be-
tween the ages of Fl and 81 will be
required to register for service III
| the United States army. In some
parts of this state there are slackers
and those who talk of refusing tc
register, but there ought not to be
one of such persons among the
young men of Trego county Severa
who are away from the state ano
county have already sent in theil
papers by mail and none of thoss
who are within the county should b<
Stacking in their duty.
Washburn College is especially
proud of this springs graduating
class, one of the best classes thai
has been graduated from the SchoO