Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
SNOW STORM HELPED WHEAT
The Biggest Fall in Two Years Will
be Worth Millions to the Kan
sas Growers.

rive TO seven lncnoS Oh SHOW re-
Gently covered the wheat of Central
and Western Kansas, the biggest snow
in two years for that section. If ever
Kansas had 10 million dollar snow
storm, it was the one that came the
other day, for the wheat conditions
were becoming deplorable. A month
ago the wheat condition was just
above 20, and the lack of moisture
has made the condition worse. But
the snow will do a world of good
everywhere and will save thousands
of acres of wheat which the farmers
were expecting to be worthless, many
of them believing that this would be
their second wheat crop failure in as
many years.
The Santa Fe Railroad was using
snow plows for the first time in two
years. A sharp wind that followed in
the wake of the snow caused the snow
to drift badly along the prairie
stretches, and the cuts were filling up
SO that the snow plows were ordered
out to keep the tracks clear. Trains
were off the schedules from forty
minutes to two hours, and with the
snow drifting badly and zero weather
expected, the trains were hours off by
morning and some were stuck in the
snow.
Wealthy Woman Died AIone.-Mrs.
Mary A Hoyne, 80 years old, 1iv-
ing alone in the west part of Salina,
was found dead IN her home by neigh
bors who. made a call. Mrs. Hoyne
was wealthy, owning several valuable
wheat farms and good investments in
Salina. She denied herself food and
warm clothing, and the neighbors
kept her supplied with many necessi-
ties. Doctors say her death was prob
ably caused by old age.
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Want More Pay.-Unless Congress
grants a substantial increase in pay
to rural mail carriers, three of the
six Atchison carriers will resign next
spring.
Injured by Exploding Tank.-Ed Nc
Kinsey suffered fractured skull and
his wife was severely burned at EN-
poria when a hot-water tank in their
home exploded. McKinsey was at
tempting to thaw out water pipes.
Saline Boy "Gassed."-C. " Ander-
son of Brookville, Kan, mentioned as
"gassed" in the Canadian casualties
in the world war, is a Saline County
boy, who joined the Canadian army
year ago. A. G.. Anderson, brother,
lives at Brookville.
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Tractor Crushes Farmer.-John
Luke, a farmer who resided six miles
from Parsons, was found dead by
neighbors the other day. Luke in at
tempting to connect a tractor engine
and a separator was caught between
the two machines and crushed
Corn Unfit for MilIing.-That a sur
prisingly large amount of the corn
raised in Chase county last year is
too soft to grade and is almost entire
ly unfit for milling is reported by To-
cal grain men, who are finding it no
easy task to supply their wants.
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A Solomon Pioneer Dies.-John
Riordan, SO years old. of near Solo
mon is dead after an Illness which ex-
tended over ten years He was one
of the early settlers of Central Kan
sas, having come to the state in 1882
That year he took up the homestead
where he resided until his DEATH He
was born in Ireland
Kansas Homesteader Dead--Wfl-
liam Armstrong, who pre-empted a
claim near Topeka in 1855, when To
peka was composed mostly of tents.
IN dead at Atchisou