Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-07-24
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS


call at Hays hospital Friday to see
Oscar Guilbert.
Grant Billings arrived home Mon
NO., where he had been taking treat
ment.
County Engineer Harlan Is back
on the job again at the court house
after having spent about two weeks
in the harvest field.
Mrs. Harry Johnson and i1tsfs
daughter, went up to Buffalo Park
Monday for few days visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Toothaker.
There is a registered optometrist
at The Reliable Jewe1ry Store now If
you want your eyes tested right. Come
in We guarantee satisfaction. AID 22
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Marshall and
family intend moving this week into
the o. A Cortright property where
they will hereafter make their home
| with Mr.. Cortright.
Mrs. Julia Lahman, Mrs G. W.
Marshall and Mrs. Frank Mccormick
and little daughter, went down to Ellis
Saturday where they spent the day
| with Mrs FODDER, sister-in-law of
Mrs. Cormick
Mrs Frank Mccormick and little
daughter left Monday morning for
their home at Twin Falls, Idaho, after
having been here several weeks on ac-
count of the sickness and death of her
mother, Mrs. o. A. Cortright
Major Archie johnson and family
left here last Friday by auto route
| on their return to Kansas City after
having visited with his father and sis
ter here for a week. Major Johnson
| is very anxious to get back to his
medical profession work after having
been away for over two years in the
army service.
VIM. Truan has raised some extra
nice smooth potatoes on his Big Creek
farm this year This we know from
his having left a sample of them at
| this office. A half busheI of such spuds
would come mighty near taking the
| blue ribbon at the fair this fall He
has about acre of them and the
yield will be very good
Fhe number of cripples around town
| at present is remarked upon quite fire.
/ quent1y and, indeed, there are consid-
erably more of them than is usual
There are many more men in the
country and the work they are doing
is a little more hazardous than is
| usual. Two or three have been injured
by falls from horses or from header
| barges but the greater part of them
| have hand or arm tied up from
bruises, wheat boards, cuts or kicks.
Miss Grace Schwanbeck was taken
to the hospital at Kansas City last
Thursday night, where, on Friday she
| was operated upon for appendicitis.
| The word which had been received at
| this time, (Tuesday) is satisfactory
and Indications are good for steady
| recovery Miss Schwanbeck had suf-
fered two or three attacks from the
i trouble lately and especially had suf-
fered much pain the day before going
to the hospital. She was accompanied
to Kansas City by her father, A. G..
Schwanbeck, and Mrs J. W. Spena.
The advice given farmers to p1ow
i fire guards isn't all newspaper bunk
and agricultural college dope without
| vafue-unless it is unheeded by the
farmers Farmers are being warned
of the dangers of losses from fire and
are being advised to plow fire guards
but the most of them are not doing it,
Down near Russell Monday the u. p
engine set fire to wheat field which
| resulted in big fire which burned
over many acres Of wheat land taking
the crop, buildings and farm machine
cry as it went. Don't waste time pIow-
ing dinky little guard but make a
good one while you are at it, A fire
| guard can be p1owed most any time
| when it is to damp to work in the
! harvest field
/ The writer has observed that many
of the cripples, blind people and other
beggars and solicitors who Aworkv the
town do not appear the same at the
depot they do on the streets. Some
/ of them discard uniforms, others do
not limp as badly while others can
see much better at the depot than
while on the streets. This was true OF
the old gentleman who was asking
aims here Monday claiming that he
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