Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-02-03

Found-1 black overcoat with vel
vet color on south branch of Golden
| Belt road. Owner may have same by
paying for this notice. Adv.49tf.
Miss Zippa L. Bum, of Lacrosse,
Kansas. former teacher in Trego
County High School, was visiting
friends in this city Sunday and Mon
day.
! j. w. Williams, who recently sold
bis farm, the Grimm ranch, has pur-
chased land in the corner of Decatur
county and expects TO move to ii in a
few weeks.
Mrs. Joe Shaw and little daughter.
came down from Sharon Springs last
saturday evening and are visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Clark of
Glencoe township.
Mrs. Countryman has been in this
county this week visiting relatives
and old friends, called here by the
illness of Eric Lindberg, of Ogallah.
In short she will leave for Bonner
Ferry, Idaho.
| Mrs. J. A. Anderson and Miss E.
Anderson of Oakland, Calf, who are
making an ocean to ocean journey by
rail, were here Monday and called on
John Mclaughlin, south of this city
this week, who is a relative.
VIM. Littlechiid shipped four car
loads of fat steers to Kansas City
from Voda last Sunday morning.
They were a bunch of good stuff and
per hundred pounds and Uncle Billy
says they made him some money.
The World is sorry to report that
our friend, Eric Lindberg of Ogallah,
is in falling health and his condition
Is considered critical Mr.. Lindberg
is an old time farmer and merchant
| of Ogallah and vicinity and hasa host
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dition.
S. J. Straw was at Quinter Monday
! looking after the interests of his bus
mess there. He reports that the
busting business men and citizens of
Quinter are getting about ready to
take up the matter of a municipal
light plant and if they do they will
likely push it through with whoop.
The Rev. DR.. Allison and Mrs. ALI
hson have both been on the sick list
during the last week and on last Sab
bath there were no preaching services
at the Presbyterian church on ac-
count of their condition. The aud
| fence adjourned and went to the
| Methodist church in a body to hear
the sermon delivered by the Rev.
| Woodward.
A few weeks ago, E. w. Gibson,
the efficient clerk at w. w. Gibson's
drug store, left this city for short
vacation at his home in Lower Peach
Tree, Alabama. Whether he had in
tentions of committing matrimony
he kept within himself, but never
the-less, when he returned here last
Saturday evening he brought with
him young lady whom he introduce
ed as Mrs. Gibson. She was formerly
Miss Eunice Wigley and they were
married at Tucaloosa, Alabama. 1t
is there intention to make their
home in this CITY and they will begin
! housekeeping as soon as they can
secure suitable quarters.
Monday was indeed hog day in this
city, for on that dav, VIM. Rhoades
| representing the Trego County Co.
little over 90 600 pounds of hog flesh
from the farmers of this vicinity
The top price paid was SO. 70 per hun
bred. making over $4,000 which was
distributed among the farmers of
this territory. There were no very
| large single sales and yet several
farmers received checks amounting
to over $500 for the hogs they sold
| That seems like a nice bunch of
money but it only represents from
fifteen to twenty hogs. The price is
something fierce-unless you have the
hogs to sell.
| Patrons of the municipal water
| pIdnC are dS dill cIlJOllIlS us dONan-
tages. They were deprived of it for
nearly three WI ole days owing to the
explosion of the pump mentioned in
last weeks World, but these three
days were sure long ones. They now
believe the truth in the old saying.
ely GU never miss the water till the
well runs dry" The new outfit was
installed as quickly as possible, some
of the men being on the job almost
constantly for tOrty-eight hours, and
| the most fortunate thing was that
no fire or threatened fire occurred
while the plant was out of commits
sion. A great deal of credit is due Fl.
@. Johnson, perintendent of the
system, and other workman who lab
ored so strenuously to get the new
pump In operation.
A couple of weeks ago the World
quoted an auto owner in making a
suggestion that all the. auto owners
who drive into this city, and espec,
tally on Saturday and other busy
days, park their machines'in the mid
die of the street instead of heading
them in toward the sidewalk. 1t was
| a pleasing fact to notice last Saturday
| that some dozen or more owners
took up the suggestion and many
others win likely follow suit here
! after. OF course if all do not take up
with the suggestion, it makes the
street more crowded than it other
wise would be, for there to be a row
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