Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-01-13
Wheat s1.77 Friday.

Money to loan See E. D. Wheeler &C
New lot Of Big Bens az Treger's. A
Mrs. Coffey wa1 over from Hill
City Tuesday visiting friends
II Walk-over shoes are easy on you1
feet. .Wa-Keeney Clothing Store. 4t
Pasture land-64o acres fine pasture
land for sale cheap. w. Fl. S"iggett.
For Sale:-Two Span of good mules
and Jack. Davidson Ranch on the
Saline. Adv. a If.
The Wa Keeney township board
was in session Tuesday afternoon and
1 Wednesday,.
A. NJ. Finley made business trip
TO Ellis Tuesday, going and return
ing on the jitney.
Charles Boyer was down from Quin-
ter Tuesday, Jransacting business
with attorney John r. Parsons.
A car load of fine Oregon apples
! were unloaded here Monday and are
being retailed TO local merchants.
.'Uncle Billy Summerville was
down Monday morning for the first
time in two weeks. His many friends
were glad 10 see him around again
James Hawkes. was up from Banner
Monday on business and was a pleas
ant caller at this office. He reports
everything AL right" in that vicin-
ity.
Mr.. and Mrs I. T. Purcell and son.
Theodore arrived home from Topeka
Wednesday morning where they had
attended Governor Capper's inaugural
reception.
Clyde Poffenberger went down to
Ellis Tuesday and brought back one
of those light Overl&nd six touring
cars which is on display at the gar
age back OF the World office.
Miss NJ G. Martin arrived home
Sunday night from a pleasure trip
through southern states and is again
az her duties as bookkeeper for the
Trego County Cooperative Associa-
tion.
| Cecil BunGy departed Thursday
!
visit there he Will so TO hissold home
in Ohio where he will visit about six
weeks. Rumor says he will return
benedict.
The elevators were blOckaded again
Tuesday and tie right-of-way near
them was again crowded with loaded
wheat wagons. However, the block
ade was not so much from lack of
cars or storage capacity as from gas
oiine engine bucking.
Mrs. Clarence Roberts, of Colby,
was in Wa-Keeney a few days this
week the guest at the home of her
brother, Charles Steele. She was re-
turning from Topeka where she had
been visiting her mother who is TAX
ing treatment at a hospital at that
city.
E. W. Altman, retiring sheriff of
this county, has answered the call of
''back to the farm and instead of re-
naming in the city and writing life
insurance he has returned TO the
Altman ranch in Riverside township
where he will again devote his time
to farming and stock raising. May
the best of success attend him.
As we go TO press preparations are
being made for presenting the 1.-The
Toy Shop" play by the children.
at the court house. Friday and Satur-
day evenings under the direction of
LaValle F. Hicks. A share of the
proceeds is to go to the benefit of the
school. Interesting features will be
the little soldiers. indian drill, school
day songs and Buster Brown drills
January 23rd is the date of the
closing out sale of farm machinery,
live stock and household goods to be
held by Samuel Connelysat his farm
five miles west and seven miles south
of Wa-Keeney. The property is all
good values and special attraction
will be the large amount of feed and
grain to be sold. See the sale bills
printed at this Office or the advertise
ment in this paper.
Uncle Billy Littiechlld was on the
Kansas City market the last week
with four carload of fine fat steers
for.which he received the handsome
price of SO per hundred pounds.
They had been fattened out on high
nriool fool b,,r