Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-07-26
A VISIT TO OUR NE1GHBoRs

On behalf of the Western Kansas
World and the Trego County Fair a
representative of this paper visited at
Ogallah and Collyer last Monday. The
visit was made with mercenary mot
ives and was not disappointing, but
nevertheless the good citizens and
business men of those little cities are
out hope of reward.
At Ogallah the newspaper man
found both mud and water In the
streets caused by the rain of Satur-
day night, and the citizens were re-
joicing in the fact that they had had
a shower but were hopeful for more.
They seem to be doing things at Ogal-
lah this year. They are tearing down
their old school house and will build
it over into a new modern three-roOm
one story building which Will be
strictly down to the minute in ap-
pointments. They are also building
public hall of cement blocks which is
38 feet by 20 feet on the ground. This
is being erected by a cooperative
stock company and will be equipped
for both stage and moving picture
plays. 1t will be heated by furnace,
lighted by storage electric light and
amply ventilated. 1t will be a fine
place for community gatherings and
will be greatly appreciated.
licences in Ogallah but the one which
will be the most attractive of any will
be that which Mr.. and Mrs. W. A.
Tawney are now having erected. 1t
is to occupy a ground space of AZ
feet by AZ feet, two stories high,
twelve rooms with electric lights and
water. 1t is being built of tile with
faced brick venire and viii not only be
strictly modern but very attractive.
d. H. Wingerd has the contract and is
doing the building.
1t was unfortunately necessary for
the writer to give Voda the go-by both
going and coming, but he observed
that there are evidence of things do
ing around that burg The farmers
were all busy giving their corn the
last time over and from appearance
there will be considerable feed raised
in that vicinity. The new community
hall, erected through subscriptions
for stock by the enterprizing people
living near there makes fine appear
ance, but the attraction of that vic
unity is the handsome new country
home, a half mile north of the sta
ton, which was just recently COM
pleted by Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Owens. 1t is a beauty and it is too
bad the passenger trains do not pass
that way in daylight so the passen-
gers can see it and it thus better adver-
tise that locality.
At Collyer the people were all feel
ing good, for there had been a fine
rain in that vicinity both last Friday
afternoon and Saturday night. There
were ponds of water all around and
everything was looking green. There
will be plenty of feed in that vicinity
for the amount of stock the farmers
desire to carry over winter. The
farmers were busy cultivating corn
and some of them were blowing their
ground for wheat this fall. They have
lost nearly all of this years crop but
they have the courage to go at it
again and put in another. There also
has been some building done in that
city and vicinity this year. There is
a handsome new large prOchial School
just north of the Catholic church, the
new buildings of the Badger Lumber
Company, the residences of j. A.
Mlinek and the new bungalows erect
ed by W. H. Berger and H. E. Allison.
Collyer was recently incorporated as
a city and its is, indeed, much more
like a city than it was even few
years ago.