Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-05-29
Fresh Pork at Bakers Adv

Ray Musgrave went up to Denver
last Friday night on business and
| pleasure trip
Mr.. and Mrs. John Guncl<el We're up
from Ellis Sunday visiting relatives
and friends in this city
A. L. Fox and son spent last week
in Kansas City where Mr. Fox had
his tonsi1s taken out
School in district No. 1 was closed
Monday much to the pleasure of the
youngsters in attendance
Until further notice my store will
be closed from Monday, June 9, 1919.
If you want real bargains in the jew
elry line, you better see to it at once.
A. s. Treger, Wa-Keeney, Kansas. Ia
Mrs. Kuhn left last Saturday morn
ing for her home at Ellis after hav-
ing visited several days at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Whitman,
northwest of town.
Mrs. Flora K1eineger, left Saturday
morning for Wichita where she ex-
poets to make her home. For some
time she had been cook at the Penny
hotel.
About three carloads of hogs were
bought here Monday by the Farmers
Union The top price paid was $3.50
per hundred. The grade was much
| better than usual and very few stock
hogs were brought in.
The Rev. w R. Woodward, a for
| mer pastor of the Methodist church
| here and at Oga1lah, was here a cou-
| pie of days this week visiting with
friends. He is now located at Barn
| ard, Kansas, and was called to Ogal-
lah to deliFer the address at the Dec
| Grafton Day exercises which are held
at Ogallah on the 10Th day of May
in order to give the people of that
part of the county an opportunity to
attend the exercises here May 80
Mr. Woodward reports himself and
family in good health.
The Junior and Primary depart
ment of the Methodist Sunday School
spent Wednesday afternoon picnic
| ing in the park. The contest which
/ has been on in the school for some
| time was very successfully won by the
/ Junior department. Mrs. F. M. Mum
son and her corps of teachers, Miss
/ Hazel Bel1airs, Miss Fern Barclay,
Miss Marie Gregg and Miss Mur1e
Munson- Mrs. Will Wollner, superin-
i tendent and Mrs. A. w. Heyl, teach
ers of the primary department at
tended the picnic F'ifty-two mem
! bers were present which was a very
i fitting close for the contest.
Work is about to be commenced on
/ grading the road leading north from
the northeast corner of Wa-Keeney.
| We understand it is to be graded as
| far north the county line and a
| bridge will be put in again at the
river The grading is being paid for
by private contributions by the own
ers of the property along the road.
"A change is also to be made in the
1 north road from the west side of
town, a mile north of town where the
turn is made Instead of a square cor
ner an angle will be made to follow
i the ridge across J. G. Hixson's wheat
field and thus the low places which in
| variably fill up with snow and make
the road impossible will be e1in1inat-
ed.
We are printing eight pages of
home print this week and the chances
| are that we will continue to do so
| for the next few weeks at least. The
| increase in the advertising patron
| age has made this increase in size
| necessary. Just at present are
carrying considerable foreign adj
vertising and by the fact that these
companies pay premium for our
advertising space we are justified in
concluding that they realize the adj
vantage IN Placing an advertisement
in the Paper with the Big Circul-
alton" Also we can justly conclude
that because of our big circulation
our advertising rates to local business
men is not high enough. However we
J are glad to get out an "aH home
print" paper and viii stick to it as
long we can Your patronage is
solicited and if it is given a better
and bigger paper will be the result
Lieut.. Carol B. Kelly came in We'd
nesday morning from Fl Riley on a
sick leave of absence for ten days and
will put in that time visiting with rel
atives and friends. Our readers are
well aware of the fact that Carol
was severely wounded in action in