Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-08-30

city last Saturday evening.
Ed Moore was at home from FIT.
Riley over Saturday and Sunday Wis
iting with his mother and sister and
friends.
ing is allowed on section 81 town
Adv. 27 3t.
D. ]. Wilson, one of the pioneer
settlers of Glencoe township, was
uansacting business in this city last
Saturday and made the editor a pleas
ant call.
Miss Elizabeth Candit, returned to
her home at Hays last Friday after a
few days visit with her friend, Mrs.
DR.. Herrick. Miss Candit is an in
structor in the Fit. Hays Normal.
VIM. Shrenkler has been here this
week looking after his business inter
ests and visiting with old friends. He
is no longer in charge of the mill at
White Cloud, having resigned the pos
ition.
Trego county merchants who desire
to do SO can commence work at any
time on their booths at the Fair
grounds. They need not wait until
just few days before the fair COM
mences.
Mrs. T. ]. Pickering and three
daughters went down to Salina Tues
day morning where they will visit a
few days with relatives. Mr.. Picker
ing and the boys will try patching it
while they are away.
DIR. Herrick reports the arrival of a
little daughter at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Modine, northwest of
town Monday. She has been christ
ened as Elene Modine. Mother and
babe are getting along nicely.
S. J. Straw informs US that one day
last week a farmer who lives in the
south part of the county, called upon
him and arranged for twenty-four
entries of articles which he will have
on exhibition at the Trego County
Fair this fall.
A couple of weeks ago the World
stated that John Olson, of Wilcox
township would have roasting ears
if not mature corn this year, judg-
ing from the sample brought to this
Office. Last Saturday he showed US
that the roasting ears were ripe by
bringing in dozen which the editor
and wife enjoyed very much. Mr..
Olson is going to have a whole lot of
good mature corn, providing there is
no early frost.
Word has been received that Miss
ella Swisher, who for several years
was a school teacher in this county,
was married June 80, last, at Tacoma,
Washington, to Captain Harry Han
son, master and principal owner of
the Hanson Steamship Company's
ferry Pioneer. The wedding was kept
as a secret until very recently. For
the last several years Miss Swisher
n I'd lcen principal of the Kingston,
Washington, schools and was recog-
nlzed as of county's most popular
teachers.
For the benefit of those who desire
to know we were informed the first of
the week that the total Red Cross re-
ceipts to that date were 81 ,652.38 for
the war fund and $478.51 for the mem
bership fund. There are several parts
of the county from which no reports
or money have been received and it
will be a great convenience to the
county organization if those who were
placed in charge of the work would
make their reports. The amount re-
ceived to date, lacks great deal of
being the full allotment.
Judging by the following they have
weeds and other nuisances in Hill City
as vel as in other cities. The Repub-
hcan says: Monuments erected for
our city fathers: The manures piles
in our "clean" allies breeding disease;
the weeds growing large enough to
compel persons 20 walk single file
along the sidewalks, and the crossings
on cyar streets so high you have to go
into intermediate IN order to cross
with safety Outside CT a few other
minor defects our city IS still On the
map. These are some OF the things
that would not be tolerated in any
other town. Why us?
There is a good demand for seed
wheat just now and owing to the fact
that the state council of defense fell
down on its proposition to furnish
seed wheat to western Kansas farm
ers, local men who have the means
are showing more of a disposition to