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


]. W. Phares made business trip
to Denver the first of the week.
C. l. Hardman made business
trip to Otis, Colo, the first of the
| week.
For Sale-Bound kafir and corn
fodder. Emil & John Olson, Ogallah,
Kansas. Adv. 6 st.
w. W. Allen was over from Stock
ton the latter part of last week look
ing over his wheat crop on Big Greek.
Miss Clara Ruhnerkemp called on
Mrs John Spena and Miss Grace
Schwanbeck the fore part of this
week.
= Guy DeBoer sports bran new
auto truck which will make the dray
and delivery business much speedier
and easy to handle.
Ed Brown left on the jitney We'd
nesday for Topeka where he will work
this summer Miss Myra Mcknight,
of Banner, accompanied him.
Henry Schrader came up from
Camp Funston on a five day furlough.
He looks fine and remarked that
army life agrees with him.
Wanted two-row weeder
and disk in good running order.
Howard Wilson, 5 miles north of Wa
Keeney, on the Hickman ranch. 6
Mr.. and Mrs N A Olsen and little
part of last week. While away Mr..
Olsen visited with his brother at
Camp Funston.
| w. H Swiggett came in from Pur-
itan, Colo, Thursday morning to Wis
it home folks for several days. His
many friends were glad to greet him
in the old home town.
Wanted-Stock to pasture on the
Hickman ranch, miles north of Wa
Keeney on the Saline. Yearlings and
horses SIPS and cattle 2 years and
up $1.OO per month. Hickman Ranch
Adv. 6.
John Gunckel came up from Camp
Doniphan last week to visit his wife
who has been suffering from severe
attact of tonsilitis. He also had q
short visit with his father and broth
ers.
Myron Niesley returned Tuesday
evening to Emporia where he is at
tending school. He stopped off al
Salina between trains to visit his sis
ter, Miss Maud, who is high school
teacher at the above place.
Mrs. Anna McNaughton the mother
\ L:
at the home of her sons at Ogallah
Tuesday evening at seven o'clock at 2
very advanced age. Obituary nexi
week.
Last Thursday forenoon rain be-
gan to fall and continued at intervals
most of the day and night and up till
Friday evening. 1t was the kind of q
rain that soaked in and will prove
very beneficial to the growing crops
and will put the ground in good shape
: for all kinds of spring work.
z. E. Grimm was down from Coll
yer last Tuesday. He informs US tina,
he had just returned from Gentry
Ark, and while there purchased
, two tracts of land-a home close
to town containing five acres-the
other 20 acre farm. The home place
, will be planted to small fruits-most
~ strawberries as that is the best
paying crop. He likes the country
and while there met Sam Parks
formerly of this city.
: On Tuesday, March Goth, VIM Rich
mond and Miss Edna Hedgpath, Of
Hays, came up on the afternoon jit
: ney and were quietly married by Pro
bate Judge A. S. Peacock. Mr.. Rich
mond said he wanted to steal marcl
on his friends at Hays and seems tt
have done so. They returned to Hay.
on the night train. Mr.. Richmond j:
: quite well known here having otter
been in town on business for the
Richmond and Beach Monument Co.
! he has however severed his conncc
ton with this company.
Last Thursday Sheriff DeBoer tried
to impress on 1. NJ. Fox and Charlie:
Henry, of Ellis, that the best thing
to do was for them to go home and
quietly attend to their own affairs
but owing to their drunken condition
they insisted on going about town