Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-25

Ellis MONDAY.
Mrs. Scott Bailey, of Collyer, ac-
companied by her two children were
shopping in this city Monday.
Mrs. P. p Shuler went down to
Halstead the last of the week for
visit at the home of her sister who is
in poor health.
Miss Jessie Shaw left Saturday
morning for her home in Chicago,
H., after two months visit with
relatives in this city.
Miss Bessie Larrabee arrived home
last Saturday afternoon from Russell
where she had visited at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Ray Nelson.
Miss Anna Hastings and Miss Edna
Walker, students at FIT. Hays Normal
came up last Saturday and remained
over Sunday at the home of their par
ents.
Charles Zeman, Henry Nejdl, Bill
Mahlgreen and Frank Kvasnicka left
Friday morning for eastern Nebraska,
where they will spend the winter Wis
iting relatives.
Mrs. A. B. Jones and son, Guy, went
down to Kansas City last Saturday
morning where they were called by
word announcing the serious illness
of Dr. A. B. Jones at the University
hospital.
John Mcclure, assistant cashier of
the bank at Bogue died the last of
the week and was buried Monday in
%hn oh
teen miles north of Collyer. Ernest
Courtney of this city and his sister,
Mrs. Beougher, of Grinnell, attended
the funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Yetter depart
ed last Friday from Ogallah to their
home at Topeka. For some. time Mr..
Yetter has suffered considerably from
are glad to know that he has suffic-
iently recovered to return to his work
in the Office of the state auditor.
The postage rate goes up a jump
the first of November and after that
date. it will cost you three cents to
mail letter and two cents for pos
tai card or a newspaper. The govern
secured to help pay the costs of the
war. The business men of the country
are the ones who will pay the big
end of this additional postage.
James Rinker arrived home Tues
day morning from a trip to Peoria,
Illinois, where he attended the Inter
national Farm Congress as delegate
1,ic Nv fol
nor Capper. On his return home he
stopped off at Camp Funston to see
his son, Harry, and reports him in
excellent health and doing fine. Mr.
Rinker says Peoria is a very pros
porous business and manufacturing
city.
During the last week the hardware
stock heretofore belonging to L. S.
Myerly in this city, has changed hands
twice. Mr.. Myerly traded it to Geo.
! w. Meyer, of Hoxie, for half section
of land near Hoxie and in turn Mr..
Meyer sold it to c. L. Newland, of
Hoxie. Mr.. Newland intends contin-
uing the business at the old stand and
has placed a large order for addition
al stock with the Shapleigh Hardware
Co., of St Louis, Mo-, who handle the
Diamond Edge brand of goods. Mr.
Newland is young man and this is
his first venture into the hardware
/ business and we wish him success.
! At Hays last week a man was sent
to Jail by the court because he did not
obey court order last spring in a
divorce case brought by his wife
against him. This is one of the very
few instances of the past ten years
when the court has used the great
| power conferred upon it. An early
/ case was a fine upon an attorney at
Russell for misconduct in open court
Another instance was where witness
failed to come TO court in Ellis county
and was deprived OF any fee and was
charged with the sheriff's costs to
!, bring him into court Last month in
| Trego county a juror was denied a
days pay because he visited the fair
when he was needed in court These
are about all the penalties in ten
years--Judge Ruppenthal in Luray
Herald.