Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-04-18

ltor to Ellis, Tuesday between trains
H r. Peek has purchased the DR.
Hall residence in the west part of
town.
w. N. Larabee, U. s. Deputy Inter
nal Revenue Collector, was home over
Sunday.
For Sale-Good old corn-1915-16
crop. $500 per bushel- VIM. Lemke.
Adv. 2t.
F County Attorney John R. Parsons,
attended court at Cove City the first
tof the week
At the annual school meeting held
last Friday at the school house ]. G..
Hixson was reelected clerk
A shipment of ferns, pansy plants
and dahlia bulbs arrived this morn
| ing at The Reporter Office. Adv. l.
Mrs. Chase Wilson and children
went down to Emporia Tuesday
morning to visit with her parents.
| Mrs. Ida Crofoot returned Wednes-
day from a visit with Mrs. Bosser-
man at Wilson World.
Read the sale notices of Benton &
Douglas, H. H. Thornton, VIM. Kulp
and McNaughton Bros. IN this ISSUE
The Wa-keeney Odd Fellows who
attended banquet at Hays last
Thursday evening report good time.
Captain Northup, of the Salvation
Army, was here the latter part of last
week in the interest of that good or
der.
Fritz Buchholz, of Ogallah town
ship, was in the city Wednesday and
added his name to our subscription
list.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Blanchard
write from Cove county to send World
to Cove City, as they can't keep house
without it.
v. v. Harvey, of Ogallah township,
was pleasant caller last Saturday
and enrolled as reader of this great
moral guide.
Frank Acre, democratic candidate
for Clerk of Court, returned from a
visit to Indiana last Monday evening
He reports snow back there.
John Schemm was up from Camp
Funston over Sunday visiting his par
ents south of town. John is a fine
looking soldier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant and Grandma
Bryant, came up from Kansas City
the first of the week Harry is figur-
ing on putting out a big acreage of
corn.
E. E. Grimm and family left Tues
day morning in their Ford for their
new home at Gentry, Ark The best
wishes of host of friends goes with
them
2 Ernest Smith was up from his big
ranch in Wilcox township. He re-
ports everything doing fine since the
rain and if it warns up we would
soon have good grass.
A prairie fire broke out near Roy
Stewards place Saturday and went
about one and one-half miles before
it could be checked. No serious dame
age was done.-Ransom Record.
A. L. Fox was up from his ranch on
the Smoky last Wednesday attending
to business matters. While here he
paid us a short visit and reports cat
tie in good shape and wheat coming
out fine.
Mrs. Burns and son, Frank, of near
Ogallah, Were visiting Mr.. and Mrs
1. N. Goodwin, Sunday. Other guests
We're: A. D. Goodwin and family, L.
E. Conard and family and Geo. Os-
born and family.-Ransom Record
Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Dillinger, of
Sallna, are visiting at the pretty home
of his brother, William Dillinger, on
Big Creek, this week. He is a graduate
of Drake University and pastor of
the First Christian Church at Salina.
Elmer Richardson, who lives south
of Ogallah, had the misfortune to fall
from a wagon and break his arm one
day the first of the week He was
brought to town and DIR. Herrick set
the injured member and he is get
ting along as well as could be expect-
ed.
H. r. Peek purchased half inter
est in the Wa-Keeney Hardware Com
pGny this week. There will be no
change in the name of the company.
This deal was made so D. B. Kraus
could get out among the farmers and
solicit windmill, pump and tractor
trade
On Friday, April 26, 1918. seven
men from Trego county, will be call
ed in the next draft. The following is
the list: J. A. Winchester, Glen Hin
shaw, Lee F. Nelson Frank-> >Bordov-
sky. Philip North, John W. Brown
and VIM B. Robinson. We also learn
that four more will be called about
May 10th.
Rev. W. B. Brown received letter
this week from his daughter, Miss
Ruth, stating that she had joined as
a nurse in a Red Cross Hospital Unit
and was on her way cover There
Miss Ruth is graduate of Presbyter-
ian Hospital, of Chicago, and for sew
eral years has been superintendent of
one of the floors in that institution
Hill City Republican.
Miss Velma Stephens, who wrote
the civil service examination some
months ago was rewarded for her
work by receiving clerkship in the
war department at Washington. She
left Monday morning for the above
named city This makes two Trego
county teachers in the ernp1ovment of