Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-02-20

Mrs Rosa Hyde went up to Voda
Monday to be gone several weeks
For Sale-Rhode Island Red cock
relIs- F. B. Walker, Wa-Keeney- 81 st.
For Rents unfinished rooms
Inquire of Givler & Shrenkler- Ad 2t-
Richard Owens accompanied ms
son, Pryce, on his return trip to Kan
sas City Tuesday night
Nat Patterson and wife and Toby
Peek were overland passengers by
team Monday for Hill City
Geo. Holt, of Hoyt, Kans-, came IN
last Saturday evening and spent the
first of the week visiting friends here
Representative H. F. Kline has
been here this week from the leglsla-
ture at Topeka transacting business
Irving Olmstead arrived home last
Saturday night from Georgia where
he was discharged from army service
Chris Wolf arrived here last Tues
day from eastern Colorado, being call
ed here on account of the illness OF
Grandma Wolf
Grandma Bushman who lives in the
west part of town, suffered stroke
of paralysis last week and Is report
ed in a critical condition
AL Hendricks arrived home Tues
day evening from Lenora where he
had been visiting at the home of a
brother for about ten days.
Mrs S. 7. Lamoreaux and children
arrived here Tuesday from eastern
| Kansas and Sam is saying goodbye
to bachelor made biscuits and corn
| bread.
Mrs J. C. Cortright left Tuesday
night for Kansas City where she will
remain with her husband who is re-
ceiving medical treatment for an in
lection the lip.
Mrs Ernest Turner and babe went
down to Oga1lah Tuesday where they
| were met by Mr.. Turner who took
them out to the farm where they will
make their home hereafter.
w J. Beardwell left Tuesday morn
| ing for Wichita, Kans., where he is
| attending the meeting of the Grand
| Lodge of Masonry of Kansas as a
representative of Wa-Keeney Lodge.
There was considerable digging
in digging out Friday morning
following the snow storm of Thurs
day. The snow piles also furnished
several of the boys with a job for
awhile.
r. B. Sterret was down from Quin-
ter Tuesday scattering sale bills for
a big public sale of white face cattle
on February IS. A small advertise
/ u.
| Mason is the auctioneer.
Mrs. James Satran and children
| left Monday morning for Wilson
where they will visit at the home of
her parents. James is having the
time of his life keeping bachelors hall
| while the folks are gone.
A government auction sale of
mules was held at Camp Funston
| Wednesday. 1t was attended from
here by J. O. Knutsen and Grant
Billings who We're interested in pur-
chasing some of them if they sold at
a reasonable price.
Miss Ruth Bingham arrived Satur-
day night on train No. 1O3 from
| Spring Hill, Kans., where she has
been since the first of September at
| has now gone to Charles City, Iowa
where she will visit at the home OF
her younger SON.
/ Hayden Morgan arrived home Mon
| day night having been discharged
! from the marine service of Uncle
Sam He and Harold Billings left
here last June and Joined the mar
ines as volunteers. They We're placed
IN separate companies and have not
| seen each other for several months
| Neither OF the boys got a chance tic
| go across the ocean but both got-c1ose
enough to see 1t.
Some OF the citizens of this county
are finding that II is much cheaper
now to have small packages come by
express rather than by freight. The
other day small order package
weighing a few pounds came in by
freight Had the package come IN by
express the Garage charges would
| probably have not been over fifty
cents. The freight charges were con
/ siderably over one dollar.
Judge l. T. Purcell came up from
Hays Saturday morning on train No
10. The snow storm somewhat inter
fered with court proceedings In the
midst Of jury trial the Storm
somewhat interfered with court pro
midst of importna jury tria
] the big storm czught several of ths