Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-01-23

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Pinto Beans 10 cents a pound at
Trego Mercantile Co Adv It.
Ed Hickey, of Ellis, Transacted bus
mess here Tuesday
Welding of every description at
the Overland garage Adv. 49,
F. E. league, postmaster at Coll
yer, is transacting business here to-
Attorney Herman Long transacted
business at Grainfield Wednesday
Extra heavy, best quality, overa1ls
and jumpers at SOU each at Oster-
kmp's. Adv. 49,
Miss Maude Nies1ey went down to
Hays Wednesday where she expects
to remain for a few days
Judge l. T. Purcell went down to
Hays this morning for the purpose of
holding a special term of court
Mrs Laura Eberhart went up to
Collyer Wednesday and from there to
Oakley where she viii visit relatives
Farmersi Leave, your orders for
Co. Coop. Assn Elevator Adv. 4s-
| R. s. Winslow, representing the
| ing business here yesterday and to-
R. I. Pickering seems to badly
struck on those Fordsons- He was
using one Of them today to go to din
ner on.
Mrs VIM Truan arrived home
Tuesday afternoon from Hays where
! she had been visiting with relatives
and friends.
Emil Lawson and John o. Olsen
went down to Salina Tuesday to be
| there Wednesday to take in the meet
| ing of the Shrine.
Mrs. Margaret Chalk and daughter,
| Mrs. J. @. kirkner, and her daughter,
are spending today in Ellis with
friends and relatives
Farmers, if you want tractor
son. Consult J. W Spena and inspect
| the tractor at Pickering's Garage
| Adv. 1t.
/
one, arrived Saturday at the home of
| Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pierson. Mother
and babe are getting along. nicely
/ Corp. Abner Rush arrived last week
for ten days visit with his parents
in Graham county. He is sure look
ing fine and says things are lovely in
first team of oxen and cotton planta-
| tons. He is stationed at Camp Sher-
| idan, Ala, in the veterinary branch.
He likes army life but his folks will
be glad when he gets home to stay
The quarterly s3tea'' by the Won
ans Missionary Society of the Pres
of Mrs A. J. E1lermeyer Tuesday
| afternoon and evening 1t was the an
new members We're added as result
The Stea" served by Mrs Ellermeyer
had more of the form of a dinner and
| was most excellent.
F. Kelly and J. II. Hickman report
having. met Lieutenant Jesse Cold
iron, OF TINS city, ana VINO was wound
ed in the shoulder while in service in
France He is now in apparent first
class condition and is anxiously
His iefE shoulder is a little stiff but
| otherwise he is all right
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Hinshaw re-
ceived a letter from their son, Glen,
this. morning in which he states that
he is with the American army of oc-
cupation along the Rhine in Ger
many and is feeling fine. He is get
lunches each day which is being fur
nished by the Germans and says the
boys are being treated right He has
hopes Of coming home some time in
June.
H. S. Givler, who has rounded out
over a quarte1 OF a century as chef
R Wofd 9 apbed M ad thf into ths aE
for, the last time the first of the year
and turned hiz paper over to Fred
made the World one of the best pap
ers in western Kansas and is deserv-
ing of a well needed rest Fred and
j. w are keeping up the good record
of their predecessor Hoxie Sentinel
Butterfat took somewhat of a droE
in price the first of the week L
tumbled from seventy cents per pound
on Tuesday and another drop of fou1
cents is in sight The drop. is no
likely due to a lack of competition
among the big buyers. Eggs ar.
worth forty-eignt cents per dozen to
day on the cash market but are beins
brought a margin at that.
W J. Beardwe11, D. E. CIPHER ans
| 6 G. Blakely VINO attended the stat.
meeting of the Farmers Union a
Topeka last week report a most in
teresting and instructive meeting
The Union throughout the state is il
erative plan of handling business i
rapidly increasing. The Kansas stat
f union took on. Missouri and will pro
L coed to organize that state under tn
jurisdiction OF Kansas. The meetin,
also went on record as favoring O
opposing several new ideas which ar
being presented at this time.
Word was received here the last O
the week that Lieutenant G. B. Kell
had arrived at F. Riley and on Sun
day s. f Kelly and J. H Hickman
/, went down to see him. They foun,
Carroll looking pretty well and feel
mo in good shifts hut fat or, HI