Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-06-26
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

last Saturday night and Sundayed
with home folks here.
Lee Palmer came in Sunday morn
ing from Orchard, Colo, where he put
in the winter. He intends to take in
the big harvest here.
Miss Ruth Cox and Miss Phelps
were up from Ellis last Thursday
evening visiting friends and returned
home Friday morning.
Mrs. c. T. Binder and little daugh-
ter, of Ogallah, were here the first of
the week visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Frank Binder
The advance guards of the I. W. w.
harvest crew delegation will soon ar
rive. They generally get in about
two weeks before harvest commences.
According to the present talk the
going wages for pitchers in harvest
will be fifty cents per hour and for
stackers about seven to eight dollars
per day.
A few more young trees are needed
on Franklin street to take the place
of the large ones which have died. It
is too bad they were not set out this
spring.
The members of the bible classes of
the Methodist Sunday school enjoyed
a dinner and pleasant social time at
the church DINING room last Thurs
day evening.
Chas. Sellers went down to Excel
sior Springs Saturday night He has
been feeling poorly for the past few
weeks and was ordered to take rest
by his physician
The Rev. j. Carol Everett, of
Paola, Kansas, former pastor of the
local Presbyterian church, preached
two very able sermons to his former
Pensioners last Sunday.
Citizens of this part of Kansas have
experienced some really warm weather
during the last week. 1t was good for
the wheat and much more of it will
crowd harvest along a whooping.
Miss Alma Courtney is expected to
arrive home the last of the week from
Chicago where she has spent the last
ten days. Miss Anna Hastings assist
ed in Courtney's store during her
absence.
The @EHome Coming celebrations
which have been held in adjoining
counties during the last three weeks
have been big successes in every way
| and the ''boys" have been warmly vel
| coined home.
Mrs. w. Y. Herrick and daughter
Miss Lacy and Miss Mildred Phares
arrived home from Kansas City last
Thursday morning. Miss Lacy grad
uated~ from Central high school with
! the class of 1919.
| There are all kinds of tractors and
| if farmer wants to buy one he sure
ly ought to be able to find what he
wants. A new one, a Cleveland, Ohio
make was exhibited on the streets LAS
Saturday afternoon
| Pat O'Toole and sons, were up from
their ranch on the Smoky the last o.
the week transacting business. The,
report conditions are o. K. in tina
part of the county and predict som.
harvest by the Fourth of July.
VIM. Schrenkler arrived home las
Thursday night from Russell count.
where he had spent about ten day!
with friends and relatives. He re
ports the Russell county t'Home Com
ing'' big event and carefully carried
out.
|, Miss Ruth Fliesbach who was at
tending the state meeting of the Bus
mess Girls Clubs returned home Sat
urday morning. Miss F1iesbach wa
elected Recording Secretary for tn
| State Federation of Business Girl
| Clubs and was chosen as one of thre
delegates to the National conventio.
which convenes in st. Louis July Il
Hays Free Press.
knowing that it viii not be possibl
for them to readily market their graf
here this fall many of the farmer
are building large granaries in whic
. they will store their grain rather tina
let it lay out on the ground this ia
! which is a-wise act. The probabilit
is that there will be greater conges
ton this year than there was in 191,
and the farmer who gets rid of NOR
Z than one load a day viii consider him
5 self lucky.
The last of the week a deal wa
3 closed whereby E. H. Hil1man become
) the owner of the Ed Brown propert
s in the west part of town This is
fine property and will make Mr. Hi
3 man and family a nice home. We III