Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-01-02
N THIS ISSUE THE EDITOR OF
THE WORLD SAYS GOODBYE

which site Is now occupied by they
associated with the paperA
since that time. We are the oldestI
editor on this line OF road from Sail
ina west excepting one, and the World
is the oldest paper in this part OF
Kansas being established March 2,H
1879, making 1t forty years old this
spring, and the present editor has
also been associated with it Tor a /
greater number of years than any Of +
It's predecessors.
On February 5,1s95, q little less
than q year after the purchase of thes
paper the plant was lost byI
fire which destroyed the entire opera
block. After the fire a new plant was
purchased and moved TO the building
which was one Of Wa-keneey's old
landmarks, the site now being oecu-
pied by the cement building west of
the Trego County Bank, from there
the paper was moved to the rooms
in the rear OF the old building former
ly occupying the site which the
Kelly Brothers store now stands, and
which used for post Office for
several years, the editor dividing his.
time grinding out the World in the
rear of the building and hahding out
Uncle Sans mail in the front of it..
Early in the spring of 1902 we NOV
ed for the last time into the new
! quarters prepared for the home of
the paper and have continued our
residence since then at the present
location. From the small paper with
inadequate equipment it has grown
| into one of the largest and best
equipped newspaper Offices in this
part of the state All of the equip
nent being the most modern inprov-
ed and up-to-date to be found in any
office in many towns several times
the size of Wa-Keeney- It's circula-
ton has also increased in most graf
flying manner each week copies of it
! go into nearly one thousand hoa4ass =
| Trego county besides going into many
other states both east and west, and
at one time we mailed copies to sew
eral European countries but after the
war was declared these ceased on ac-
count of people returning to the
States. We give this little history of
the paper to our readers simply that
they may know that the newspaper
| in. their midst is an institution and
| that as time has passed by how it
has steadily grown among them until
it has become a part and center of
the town.
We have not forgotten the early
days of the struggle when a barrel
Of old clothes, or q load of COW chips
on subscription would have looked
mighty good to US, adversely hit us
some pretty broad handed blows al
times but we have no kick comm e
neither do we indulge in any self pity
but we hold a mighty warm place IL
our heart for the old time friends who
never left US when the old craft was
| sailing in some mighty stormy wat
ers, and it is because of that same
good brand of friends that we have
: experienced the degree of success
| which we now enjoy, and whatevel
may come or go in our life the editor
, viii always carry deep sense o.
appreciation in his heart of the many
friends and patrons who have beer
: very loyal supporters of the World
l We have had our ups and down:
: have had our political fights and town
scraps, but ever pursued tn,
, course that seemed right to US am
= ran the paper as we szdurned' pleaset
: rather than the way some one els
: might have liked for US to have done
t We have stood for our own principle
ever for the best interests of tn
i town, and have donated enough spac
: TO cover six good sized town lots an
e we have managed the only busines
: on earth that is expected to give ava
t its space graciously as though
{ were not the medium whereby a
5 editor makes his living Any mer
: chant, banker or business man wou1
f squeal until the city f1e department
: would have to make a run If aske
s to donate his business gratis as TIL
{ editor of newspaper is expected to d.
n however we have done our shar
t along that line and we are glad t
:, note that new era is beginning t
II dawn and for some unaccountabl
reason people are beginning to Sc
5 the newspaper cannot be run as
:, free advertising agency and that a
d editor has to have something for h
ID time and work, and we hope the Worl
r, readers will hold that in mind in dea