Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-01-16

mackInaWS at the Wa-keeIey Clotn--
ing Store Adv Al.
THE WA-KEENEY STATE BANK
makes you a loan, when you want it
on your land. Adv. 46 ST.
Doctor-Editor G. A. Lacerte and
Banker R. J. Tague, of Collyer, were
down Monday transacting business
Mrs. John Marcy was up from her
farm near Ransom last Saturday
trading with our merchants and made
US a pleasant call
H. F. Kline went down to Topeka
Sunday night where he will serve in
the state legislature as representative
from Trego county
John Olson, of Wilcox township,
arrived home last Friday morning
from Lincoln county where he had
been on a business trip,
Osterkanp is conducting a clear
ance sale on some lines of goods He
also has a so cent window in which
are some dandy bargains Adv It.
H. F. Osterkamp is advertising a
clearance sale. You had better look
up the advertisement in this issue
and then go to his store.
1t pays to advertise in The World,
ttThe paper with the big circulation"
and the evidence is the fact that the
Trego County Coop. Assn sold a
car load OF -four on that small adver-
tisement which they ran last week
Other merchants can do more bus
mess If they will advertise.
It has been rumored that a new
passenger train is to be put on the
Union Pacific next Sunday, but in
quiry at the depot reveals that there
is nothing to it to the best of the
knowledge of Agent Fritts- Later
word was received that the train go
on Sunday.
In letter to his father, Col Mat.
Cross said that the last act of his
troups on the day the armistlce was
signed was to fire salute of forty
eight guns to the United Guns. He
said the guns were fully loaded and
were pointed directly at the German
position-E1lis Headlight.
Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Shuler received
| letter the first of the week from
| their son, w. D. Shuler, D. v. s., who
| is in the service of Uncle Sam. He
had just returned from a round trip
across the Atlantic and from his des-
| cription evidently passed through
| somewhat of a storm His experience
upon the water did not convince him
| that he would like to follow the seas.
| Sergeant Minor Poffenberger came
in Wednesday night from Wichita,
| Kans-, where he has been visiting with
his brother, Major and wife Minor
| has been in the army the past seven
years, during which time he has been
| from coast to coast, also in the Philli-
pine Islands and Japan. He makes a
mighty husky soldier and is "some
boy even compared with his dad
| Monday was farmers Union hog
| N 10
pounds of hog flesh being purchased
| the most OF which was shipped out
| Tuesday morning for Kansas City
| market. The top price paid was Sic
per hundred but many of the porkers
| we're small stock hogs and brought
| about ten or eleven cents per hun
bred. Pearl Britt went down to Kan
sas City with them.
Word was received here Monday
morning of the death of Mrs. Harry
Thomas north of Collyer. Mrs
| Thomas had been in ill health for sew
era1 months and had endured much
suffering. She was daughter of the
late Jake DIETRICH and had lived in
| that vicinity for many years. Her
| death is mourned by her husband, and
a large number of relatives and many
friends. The body was buried in the
] Co1lyer Gem etery.
Mr.. L. E. Wi1loughby, Emergency
| County Agent for Rush County dur
| ing the wa~. has been secured by the
| FIT. Hays Excerin' eut Station to act
as District Dern onstration Agent for
| the counties OF Russell, Ellis, Trego
and Cove, with headquarters here. As
farmers cooperate sufficiently with
| this enterprise and the demand is
| strong enough, an agent will ultin1-
| ately be furnished for each of these
| counties M. WilIoughby is a farm
raised, agricultural college trained
| man, with a number Of years prac
teal experience Through his efforts
the Station will be able to render still
greater service to the community
| Hays News. eve understand Mr.
Willoughby will serve the district il
the same capacity as that occupied
hx w Rny-S Until last fall