Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-03-17
An, this is St. Patrick.s Day.

10 Ellis NJ ODQaE.
E. D. Wheeler transacted business
at Sharon Springs Monday.
o L. Cook was at Weskan the first
of the week on business trip.
Cal Lloyd went down to Kansas
City Sunday night an a business trip.
Miss Nora Rinker went down TO
Hays Sunday night for few days
visit with friends.
John Hutchins, the Collyer grain
buyer, transacted business here Mon
day betw cen trains.
Mrs. and Mrs. John Peacock, of
Collyer, visited with Wa-Keeney rel
-atives and friends Sunday.
Chas. Kirby, manager of the Far
mer's Union store, transacted bust
ness in Ellis Monday forenoon.
Charles Daisey, of south Graham
county, went down to Topeka Satur-
day night for a two weeks stay.
Mound Valley, Kansas. Sunday night
and expects to be gone for a week.
Guy jones and E. G. Powell went
down to Salina last Friday and
brought back new Studebaker car.
Rev. G. R McBurney and family,
of Quinter, were shopping with Wa
Keeney merchants last Saturday
afternoon.
John Weisbeck, successful young
farmer of the Collyer vicinity, tran
sacted business in this city a short
time Monday.
Frank Grecian, a prominent bus
mess man of Hill City was over Sunday
night and took the train for Kansas
City on a business trip.
Misses Anna Hastings, Elizabeth
Brown and Edna Walker, students at
the Hays Normal, visited in this city
over Sunday at the home of their par
ents.
Misses Spencer and Bell, students
at the Hays Normal who live over in
Granam county, took the train here
Sunday night on their return to the
Normal.
Mrs. Homer Bonebrake and little
Miss Bette arrived home last Satur-a
day morning. from southern Califor-
mia where she has spent the winter at
the home of Mr.. Bonebrake's parents.
Ira Flora and AL Keiser, ofQuinter,
were transacting business here last
Saturday forenoon. On their return
trip Mr.. Flora took one of those
Chevrolet cars with him which gives
to all who use them
OF course we are little slow about
it but fer the benefit of
those who do not know it we mention
that the Rev. Thompson and family
ale now residents of this city and are
occupying the Baptist parsonage.
Bert Greenwood departed last Sat
urday morning on a business trip
which will take him to- Jacksonville,
Florida. He is interested in some
land which lies close to the city and
has had some trouble in getting the
title Strengthened out.
We overlooked making mention
last week of the fact that l.. G. john
son had received handsome pure
bred Durham bull. He is three years
old and comes from a good herd at
Beloit, Kansas. Mr.. johnson has
been raising good Durham cattle for
many years and has a first class herd.
U. P. Agent ]. E. Fritts says the
''bone dry" law isn't effecting the
business of the q. p. at this place to
amount to anything for what is lost
in cash receipts is saved in the price
of the lead pencils which were car
ried away by those who signed the
whiskey receipts.
Nine head of dandy first class Trego
county raised young mules changed
hands one day last week when Cal
Keiser and Irving Hafiger bought
them from Fred Bensmeyer They
range in age from one year to four
years and represented a nice bunch
of money but all parties to the deal
seemed satisfied with it,
A certain fat man of this city has
it figured out that the 'bone dry"
law is liable to get him and some of
the other fat men around town in