Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18
THURSDAY. Der. l8. 1917

Miss Lacy Herr1ck visited at Hays
over Saturday and Sunday.
Peter Parke was up from the ranch
south of Banner Monday transacting
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Cakes, of Grain
field, transacted business in this city
last Saturday.
Bert Mcknight, of the Banner
neighborhood, transacted business in
this city Wednesday,,
Al Hendricks left this morning for
Wichita, Kansas, where he will spend
a short time visiting at the home of
his mother.
George Powers, the barber, has
spent several days this week visiting
with friends at Hoxie. He is expected
to come back alone.
John Lemke came home Monday
morning from up near 'Collyer where
he had been looking at first class
farm which he recently purchased.
The Wa-Keeney Clothing Company
have a swell line of overcoats which
they ere making a special price on at
SIS Better call in and see them.
Adv. "a.
A M. Finley left the first of the
week by the overland route for his
ranch at Kit Carson, Colo, where he
will look after some work which is in
need of being done.
John Parsons and Mr.. and Mrs J.
H. Acre autoed over to- Grainfeld and
Cove City Monday. Mr.. and Mrs. Acre
returned home on the, train and Mr..
Parsons attended court at Cove City.
DIR. Funderburk, of Ogallah, wishes
it announced that he has moved his
Office from the Ogallah drug store to
the east room in the Mrs. Mapes build
ing where he can better accommodate
his patients.
Quite a number of Wa-Keeney
people took advantage of the very
nice weather last Sunday and made
an auto trip to Castle Rock for the
pleasure of looking over the pictur-
esque scenery at that place.
w. L. Jones who purchased a car
load of horses and mules here during
the last week or ten days, shipped
them out for Kansas City Sunday
morning. He says they are to again
be sold and used for war horses.
Having completed his twenty day
furlough, Earl Campbell Departed
Sunday night for Lawrence, Kansas,
where he will again join his corps
in the ambulance and medical depart
ment of the army service of the
United States.
| The Oakley Graphic tells of farm
er near that place who raised over
500 worth of pinto beans to the acre
on his farm during the last season.
Several small patches of this variety
of beans were put out in this county
the results.
North Bros. Stock Company will be
at the Garden Theatre next Monday
evening, October 22nd and every
week on Monday thereafter. This
show company played to the largest
house ever known in Wa-Keeney at
their performances on July 4th. The
entire crowd was satisfied with their
work.
]. D. Lynn has been at home this
week visiting with his family and rest
| ing up little from his duties as col
/ lector for the International people
! Since last March he has worked ter
ritory in southeastern Kansas but says
| he is now getting things in pretty
good shape there for the company He
expects to return next week.
Grover Hays arrived home Tues
day night from his business and pleas
ure trip to the east. He was absent
nearly two weeks and while away
visited at Buffalo, New York, Chi
cago, H., Milwaukee, and GAINESVILLE,
Wisconsin, and Kansas City, Mo. He
says things look good to him in the
east.
On account of gradual down hill
slide in his health, Al Hendricks has
found it necessary for him to dispose
of his dray business and to seek some
other employment. Gug DeBoer is now
the city dray man having purchased
the interests of Mr.. Hendricks, and
will be on the job hereafter. At this
writing Mr.. Hendricks has not defin-
itely decided just what he will do
Wa-Keeney boys who are now sta
toned at Camp Doniphan, Fl Sill,
Oklahoma, enjoyed complete Sun