Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-25
RABBITS FOR ARMY
Government Has Contracted for
Ten Carloads of the AMI
mails for Soldiers.
DRIVE HAS ALREADY BEGUN
Hutchinson Man Has Sent Out Buyers
to Offer Ten Cents Apiece
for the Bunnies.

to Offer Ten Cents Apiece
for the eunnies.
Out in the short grass" country of
Kansas and in other sections of the
state new source of power has been
found to be used in the war for de-
mocracy, the Kansas jackrabbit. Uncle
Sam has recognized the usefulness OF
the animal and already has planned
to enlist his services in the fight
against German autocracy.
In the western and central parts of
the state the jackrabbit is to be found
by the thousands. Always Kansas has
relished a rabbit dinner. Why not
make use of the rabbits by feeding
them to the Nations soldiers? The
idea sounded so good the government
Investigated and made a contract with
Coon Beck, manager of Riverside
Park, Hutchinson, for ten cars of the
animals.
The drive for the rabbits has begun.
Beck has started out buyers, who are
offering ten cents apiece for all rab-
bits delivered in good condition. To
handle the rabbits as they arrive at
Hutchinson, cold storage facilities
have been provided. The rabbits will
be cleaned at the storage plant,
wrapped in paper and packed twelve
in a box and shipped by the carload
to the East.
1t has been pointed out that in addi-
ton to furnishing a source of meat,
the killing of the rabbits will be a
great benefit to the farmers of the
state, as the animals feed on young
alfalfa, corn and the choicest crops
on the farm
1t has been estimated that there are
five million jackrabbits in Southwest
ern Kansas. Farther west the rab-
bits are thicker yet. The rabbit sea-
son has not opened, as the animals
ton until cold weather becomes gen.
era1.
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Want Flour Price NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing speeches by Major General Leon
ard Wood, Ex-Governor w. r. Stubs
of Kansas and Governor Arthur Cap
per, calling attention to the contribu-
lions the United States is making to
the war, the wheat and food conserv-
alton congress in session at the Wichita
Forum adopted resolutions demanding
that the governments 81 wheat price
be reduced or that reduction be
made in the prices of food that wheat
produces. The action was unanimous.
! More than a thousand farmers, mostly
from Kansas and Oklahoma, at the In
ternationa1 Wheat Show and Food
Conservation Congress in Wichita,
pledged themselves to return home
and sell their wheat at the govern
ment price, to persuade their neigh
bors to do the same thing and help
the government in every way possible
to win the war.
Pioneer Woman Dies.-Broken in
health and fortune, Mrs. Susan At
wood, widow of Samuel Atwood, one
of the pioneers of Leavenworth
county, died recently at the state hos
pita1 at Osawatomie.
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School superintendent EIect.-The
conference of superintendent of Kan
sas schools of cities of the first and
second class closed two days ses-
sion at Emporia recently. Officers
elected were: II. B. Wilson, Topeka,
president; John F. Barnhill, Parsons,
vice president; J. H. Clements, Dodge
City, secretary-treasurer.
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Wtn1Ielo OnuFCn Burns. " Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church at Win
field was completely destroyed by fire
the other night. The congregation
was holding a prayer meeting in the
church at the time, but the fire got
such a start in the furnace room and
basement before it was discovered
that the building could not be saved.
Two hundred persons were in the
building and they managed to save all
the church furnishings. The loss is
about 5000, with $4,000 insurance
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Independence Banks Merge.-The
First National and Citizens National
banks of Independence have consoli-
dated under the name of Citizens
First National with capital and sur
plus of more than half million dollars
and deposits of more than five mill
lion dollars.
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Pioneer Merchant rDead.-Ben F.
Spar, pioneer clothing merchant Of
Wellington, died suddenly of heart
disease at his home the other night.
He was SIS years old and had been