Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-04-07

Keep cool. Phone number 178 fol
ice. Deliveries made regularly. 6tf
f. NJ. Romesburg and his uncle,
| Mr.. Frederick, of Cove, transacted
business here between trains Tues
day.
Ed Fike, of Grainfield was a guest
OF w. ii. Swiggett short time Mon
day evening.
Mrs A. P. Hinshaw was at Ogallah
Monday visiting at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. August Harries.
Ben Smith, of Hill City, one of the
state live stock commissioners, was
transacting business in this city last
Saturday.
Mrs. A. J. Wineburner was taken
TO the hospital at Hays the first of
the week where she underwent an
operation. At this report she is
getting along nicely.
Kippel Disney and d. J. Wilson
from Glencoe township, transacted
business in Wa-Keeney Monday and
we've pleasant callers at this Office.
Most of the wheat is not showing up
very well in this locality.
Ed Sahlin was up last Saturday
from the farm south of Ogallah. Ed
used to be around here quite often
but since he has moved to the Nell
son farm he is almost becoming
stranger to his old friends.
G. o. Spencer. who lives over near
Penokee. came over last Friday. and
closed a deal with J. G Hixson where
by he purchased five head of fine
Holstein cows. He is intending to
start up in the dairy business and is
well pleased with the cows he pur-
chased of Mr.. Hixson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Pfaff of Lin
cCln, Kan, and Mrs. John Bailey of
Bennington, Kan, arrived Wednes-
day and are guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. W. Cloud. Mr..
Pfaff is an uncle of Mr.. Cloud and
Mrs. Bailey is a cousin. They expect
TO visit here until next Monday.
Quite a number of base ball en-
thusiastS from this vicinity went
down to Hays Monday to see the
game played between the Chicago
Cubs and the FIT. Hays Normal team.
it was SO one-sided that it was slow.
The Cubs could beat the Normal
Tigers without half trying.
Last Saturday both a horse seller
and horse buyer were doing bust
ness in this vicinity. 1t frequently
runs that way. One man will ship in
a bunch of horses and before long
country buying bunch to ship out.
How can they both make money!
Harley McCollum writes from
Tulsa, Oklahoma, that the family are
all getting along nicely but himself
and that he intends going to the
Sand Springs hospital this week to
undergo an operation on his throat
Trego county friends hope he will
come out of it all right and will be
as good as ever hereafter.
The war situation may not be quite
as hot here as it is in the east but it
is getting warmer each day. In let
ter from George Layman, a former
Trego county man. now at Terre
Haute, Ind, he says: chow is the
German war there? They are guard
ing all railroad bridges and wagon
bridges here and no boats are allowed
to pass under the bridges after six
O'Clock in the morning.
Just what the idea of the farmers
Of this vicinity is the writer is not
tion seems to be to stock up lightly,
at least, with breed of dairy cattle,
the Jersey and Holstein being the
principal breeds bought with the
Holstein in the lead. With Sudan
grass, alfalfa and the silo this we could
PIOouCC pIOQ uCGS dS CIlSdply
as any, but that may not be the far
mer's idea. He may be figuring on
keeping only a very few cows and he
wants them to be of the best dairy
strain possible. At the rate the
farmers are selling off their hogs it
won't be long until there will be no
pigs to feed the milk too and it looks
like there ought to be a milk con-
densing factory or something of that
sort put in here to utilize the pro-
duct.
The patrons of the Garden Theater
who doubtless remember the excell-
ent plays and orchestra of the John
G.. and Little Fern Stock company
will be glad to know that they will
return to Wa-Keeney for a three day
engagement, starting next Monday
night. The company has been en-
larged and more musicians added to
the orchestra, and the company is
even better cast and better class of
| plays are offered than on their form
er visits. The opening play, bud
Carey's Alibi," is story of the Ken
lucky grass districts and tells thrill.
ing story of horse racing with much
love and laughter entermingled. The
usual John g. guarantee-a good
clean, high class show or your money
refunded, still prevails.-Adv. 1t.