Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-11


Smoked meats at Bakers. Adv.
P E. Keraus and family will occupy
the Mrs. Moore house shortly.
Harry Thomas was down from
Collyer Monday between trains.
Attorney E. A. Rea was up from
Hays last Monday and attended to
legal business.
Miss Ida Courtney came down
from Grinnen the latter part of last
week and visited at the home of her
brother, E. A. Courtney.
Attorney E. B. Wall, of Fayette-
vile, Ark, was in the city several
days the latter part of last week as
the guest of his brother, DIR. Wall.
Fred Zahn and his brother-in-law,
We're up from Riverside Wednesday
afternoon on business. He reports a
inch rain in his neighborhood Tues
day night and says corn and feed is
growing fine.
Miss Eva Philbrook, formerly of
has again been re-employed in the
schools at Bisbee, Arizona, with a
raise in salary. Her friends are glad
to learn of her good fortune.
Lots of tourists go through town
every day their cars tagged with
Illinois, Iowa and Missouri penants
hunting a place to cool off. Right
now they can stop right here if cool
breeze is all they are after for its got
Colorado beat mile in that respect.
Floyd Burnham, who visited home
folks for several days the later part
of last week departed on Tuesdays
jitney for Manhattan where he is a
student in the U. S. service. He ex-
poets to leave soon for the east and
later go across the pond.
Alex Barnes, who was at one time
owner of the old Collyer Lumber
Company, was married recently at
Santa Anna, California. This will be
good news to his mny friends in and
around Collyer as when he was here
everybody thought Alex was a con-
hrmed bachelor.
Steve Beason left the first of the
| week for Camp Funston where he will
be indicted into the army. Another
good young man has joined the colors
and VIII make good-like all the Trego
boys are doing. God speed and a safe
return is our wish for all of these
| good young fellows.
| Quite a number of exchanges are
hands employed, which reminds us
that Trego county comes to the front
with IL year old girl, the daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. c. D. Mayer, who
run the header during harvest. Where
IS the county that can beat this?
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burnhan,
spent the Fourth in town the guest
OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. H
Durham. They returned the latter
part OF the week as Walter, who
represents the Kansas City Bridge
company had only few days lay of
on account of the rush of business.
/ Ex-Sheriff E. W. Altman, who is
working for the Dell W. Hubbard
Commission Company of Kansas City
and who had lay-of to help harvest
the home wheat crop in Riverside
township, was in the city over Sun
day night He reports the wheat har-
vest as a thing of the past in south
east Trego as everybody will finish
up this week
Miss Pearl, sister of Elmer E..
Pearl, who is sick in hospital at
Kansas City, came in and wishes to
publicly thank all the kind friends
and neighbors who assisted in cutting
the 120 acres of wheat which belongs
to her brother. Elmer has been in
the hospital for about six weeks and
it was mighty hard to get help so the
ncighbors and friends rather than see
/ his crop lost went in and cut the
wheat for him. This was the true
spirit of loyalty and friendship and
| characterizes the generous spirit OF
the great west and Elmer and his
sister exuress their deepest gratitude
and thanks for this deed which they
viii never forget