Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-04-14

N c. Lewis, prominent business
man of Quinter, was transactina bus
mess in this city Thursday.
Mrs. Jane Burns and son, Frank, of
Ogallah township, were transactiHg
business in this city Tuesday
Miss Laura Thomas and Miss Ethel
Montague went up to Collyer Wed
nesday to visit with Miss Laura's
sister, Mrs. Vanderbur.
E. Fl. Altman, ex-sheriff, was up
from the ranch in Riverside town
ship over Saturday and Sunday visit
ing WaKeeney friends.
Mrs. Hattie Mcbride, of Kansas
City, is visiting at the home of Mrs.
i. T. Purcell in this city. She is
sister-in-law of Mrs. Purcell.
John r. Parsons made a business
trip to the east this week which in
cluded visits to Wamego, Belvue and
Hays. He arrived home Wednesday
on the jitney.
A car load of mail order house oil
was received here the first of the
week and is being distributed over
the county by an agent representing
the company.
/ Wilson Wednesday morning and re-
ports good rain at that place but it
did not extend much further west
than Dorrance.
Sheriff Peter DeBoer, G. L. Hays,
and S. j. Straw, of this city, and w.
A. Tawney, of Ogallah, attended a
meeting of the Shrine at Salina this
week and Mr.. Tawney took the trip
over the hot sands.
Plenty of Listers lays, tongues,
eveners and. subscribers for Canton,
Rock Island and Grand Detour Lis
tiers. Come early before the supply
| is exhausted at A. M. Finley's Cash
Implement StOre.-Adv. 2t
The prospects are good that work
Derby Grain Co. elevator at this
place. The machinery has commenc-
ed TO arrive and as the Derby is a
| large company there isn't much
doubt but that it means business.
Osborne Cortright and family are
here this week visiting at the home
of his parents and other relatives in
this city He recently sold out his
| possessions at Ridgway, Colo, and is
now looking for another location and
may decide to remain here.
Coming-Garden Theater announce
the booking of Goods Country and
| the Woman" A big seven reel pro-
duction for April 9th. This is a
story of the great northwest. Even
better than the Spoilers. adv 2t
VIM. Littlechild was on the Kan
sas City market the first of the week
with a car load of cattle and a car of
hogs. He found good market and
realized about &c. 900 from the two
cars. The cattle brought eleven
cents per pound. He arrived home
Wednesday morning.
With the price of butter fat at AZ
cents per pound, the whole sale price
1 0f of hn1 III
en-, the price of live hogs at fifteen
cents per pound and live beef at
eleven cents per pound and wheat at
two dollars per buShel, there isn't
much chance for food stuff selling at
reasonable prices or for man on a
salary saving. very much of his in
come for rainy day.
The latter part of last week Rev.
w. r. Woodward moved his family
to Quinter where he has been ap-
\ pointed pastor for the coming year
Mr.. Woodward was pastor of the NJ
E. church at this place for over
two years having come to Wa Keeney
to fl the vacancy made by the Rev.
q. M. Reed when he moved to Penn
sylvania. Mr.. Woodward built the
church up and got it into good and
f1ouriShing condition. As preacher
he possesses splendid ability and al
ways preached excellent sermons AS
All OrdGOr III is safe 10 say he is the
best that ever came to our city. He
was a mixer and made scores of
friends among the business men of
the town and was well liked by he
young people. He was broad and lib
eral in his views and held that a
christian could not be otherwise and
accomplish the things most desired
for the good of mankind. Quinter is
TO be congratulated upon securing
him as pastor and the best wishes of
this community follow him and his
excellent family into his new field of
endeavor hoping that he may have
splendid success and be blessed wit h
happiness and prosperity.