Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-03
A Statewide Conference to be
Held in Topeka on the 18th
of Next Month.
TO ORGANIZE PERMANENTLY
Association Plans to Aid Women Who
Desire to Take Up Aoricul-
ture as a Business.

lowing the annual meeting of the state
board of agriculture. The women plan
to hold a general session in the morn
ing, provide a round table luncheon
for the discussion of special problems
and another general conference in the
afternoon. The objects of the meet
ing as outlined in the call are:
To interchange ideas and promote
cooperation among women engaged in
farming or bearing the direct manage
ment of farms.
To increase the knowledge and use
of existing agricultural educational in
situations.
To help to bring together supply and
demand, or producer and consumer.
To help solve the agricultural prob
lens before the Nation.
To cooperate with organizations
enlisting women for farm work.
To advise women who wish to make
q profession of agriculture and horti-
culture.
To show how inexperienced women
may become farmers and suggesting
necessary education and apprentice
ship.
To advise as to buying farms, capt.
tai necessary, selecting the farm, test
ing of soil, water supply, markets and
rental contracts.
To organize permanent association
of women farmers of the state.
There are large number of farm
women in Kansas. This does not
mean the wives of farmers, but the
women who are actually and actively
managing their own farms. Some are
farming from choice, while others
1nf
at the death of a husband. There will
be many more women farm managers
as the result of the taking of many
men from the farms for army service.
leaving the wife or mother to manage
the farm There are fifteen women
farmers who are actually managing
their properties in Shawnee county.
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Oil Stock to SoIdier.-When Mrs.
H B. Slaymaker of Peabody opened
her mail recently she found certifi-
cate for five hundred shares of stock
in the Petroleum Producing and Re-
filming Company of Tulsa, non-assess-
able stock, with this letter inclosed:
"a week ago, on train between Kan
sas City and Chicago, 1 met your hus-
band, Lieutenant Slaymaker, off for
the front. AS 1 am too old to go and
your husband is helping to fight my
battles, 1 inclose this certificate of
stock to show in a measure at least
my appreciation for this service"
The letter was signed by E. G. Rey-
nolds.
Pioneer Swede Dead.-Lars Jacob
son, IS years old, resident of Atchi-
He was born and married in Sweden.
His wife died twelve years ago. He
is survived by five children, all of
whom live in Atchison.
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Civil War Veteran Dies.-Colonel A.
L. Hunt of Olathe died of apoplexy re-
Gently at the supper table. He was
colonel in the Civil War.
Woman Killed in Accident.-Mrs.
w. J. Craig, 81 years old, died in
hospital at Salina as a result of
motor car accident near her home at
Natoma She had taken her husband
to their ranch and was returning to
Natoma when she lost control of the
car. 1t turned over, pinning her IN
derneath.
ATeacher Dies at Church.-Caleb L.
Buckmaster, a retired member of the
faculty of the University of Missouri,
died at the First Baptist church in
Atchison the other night, following a
stroke of apoplexy. He had been
prominent in Missouri educational
| work for forty years, having been SUI
perintendent of schools at Brunswick,
Sturgeon, Seneca and other Missouri
towns fourteen years. He conducted
a private college at Pilot Grove. Mo.
Pioneer kansan Dies.-John Corn
forth Valentine, a resident of Effing-
ham for the last forty years, died re-
Gently. Twenty-one years ago he
founded the Northern Kansas Tele-
phone Company at Effingham and
owned it until his death
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Move School to Get sOiI-At a spe-s
cial election voters of School District
No. 81, Butler county, voted to lease
q tract of land which is believed to
be one of the richest oil regions in
the county, but which has heretofore
been unavailable for development be-
cause of schoolhouse thereon
The Deadly Crossings L. Smiley.
q farmer near Burton, was killed the
other morning when his wagon caught
in crossing and was struck by a
Frisco train. His small son who was