Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-17

Smoked meats at Bakers Adv.
Diamonds, watches and jewelry at
A. S. Treger's. Adv. Att.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C .Wollner arrived
home last Friday morning from their
trip east
For Sale-Large fur robe, good as
new. E. E. Pearl, Wa-Keeney, Kan
sas. Adv 40 2t.
DIR. Lacerte was down from Collyer
last Monday and was a visitor at the
county clerks office.
The Knife Weeder, for listed corn,
is sold by n. D. Clayton, Hill City,
Kansas. Adv 80 mo.
r. j. Tague, vice president of the
Collyer State Bank, was in the city
last Monday on business
James Benisch was up from his fine
ranch in Wilcox township trading
with our merchants Wednesday.
Hayden Morgan was around last
Saturday getting recommendations
so he could enlist in the aviation
corps.
Lost-Four head of cows during
the storm Wednesday night. Finder
please phone 800. Chas. Spitsnaugle.
Adv. 1t.
Word comes from Camp Funston
that George Thomas who has been
under quarantine for measles is out
again.
n,
in the city the first of the week. He
has joined the aviation corps and will
soon be assigned to his company.
During last Wednesdays storm
about twenty-five head of cattle be-
longing to Chas. Spitsnaugle drifted
with the storm. He found all of them
except four head of cows.
The following enterprising farmers
of Franklin township were county
capital visitors over Wednesday
night: Dan Chamberlain, M A. Cham
berlain, D. H. Hayes and B. F. Fitz-
patrick.
deacon" Bernard, "hew the coop"
last Saturday evening and lit in Wi
mona, where he has a situation on the
News of that burg. Old man Joslyn
and the Deacon" will get out one of
the "spicy papers" of the district-if
the type holds out.
Max G. Garrison, whose intention
was to go to southern Colorado and
take charge of newspaper, no doubt,
changed his mind, as he cit" in Wes-
kan and is writing insurance for a
Salina Insurance company. Max has
at last struck his gate.
Last Friday about IL o'clock the
investigation fire was discovered in
the Office of the American House. The.
cause of the fire was the stove pipe
was too close to the wooden ceiling
The damage was slight.
While in Collyer Tuesday after
noon we had the pleasure of dining
with Prof. and Mrs. Beason. These
young people are very popular in
Collyer. The professor is working
hard and is giving the patrons of the
city school good and honest work.
A Quaker lady at Wichita was ask
ed by her son if she objected to him
going to war. WELL" she replied,
"thee knows very well 1 don't be-
lieve in war, but if thee goes in 1
want thee to win" The boy is second
lieutenant now and is in line for pro-
motion.
Private VIM. J. Stuck, of Fort Sill,
Okla, was here the first of the week
the guest at the A. Lopp home. His
wife, formerly Miss Erma Lopp, ac-
companied him as far as Abilene
where they visited his folks, before
his return to his regiment. He ex-
poets to leave shortly for the. east
and then for France.
Tom Kite writes from Morgan
town, n. c., that he has not received
his World regularly, and adds that
it is the coolest winter in the east for
fifty years and that the thermom-
eter registered IL degrees below zero
and snow foot deep Something UNI
usual for a country SO far south
Linus Benson, who has been work
ing at Camp Funston, also near Chap
man, Kans, was called home last Sat
urday evening on account of the ill
ness of his children. He says there is
considerable corn to be husked in