Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-04-22

/ Mrs. J. M. Perry left Saturday
morning for different points in lows
/ where she viii visit with her father
and other relatives.
/ Andrew Zeiger, father of Mrs H.
/ E. Tripp, left Friday for his old home
| at Waldo where he will remain for
Isome time He has made his home
with Mrs Trip this winter
| D. B. Kraus, of the Wa-Keeney
| Hardware Co, reports the sale of an
| other Avery outfit. A 1870 tractor
day to Philip and George Lipp, one
mile southeast of Co1lyer.
Owing to the heavier trains being
| delayed in the snow storm in Color
ado the first of the week, there was
pretty heavy travel the jitneys,
| they being the only trains which ran
| on time.
| Arthur Hemphill and two other
| students from FIT. Hays Normal, were
/ in Wa-Keeney Tuesday distributing
advertising matter for the Music Fes-
| tival week at Hays which begins
May End
| D. E. CIPHER and A. G. Schwan-
beck went down to Beloit Tuesday as
delegates from Trego county to at
tend the Sixth district republican con-
|
to have been one of the delegates but
did not attend.
The w. H. Truan family who have
occupied the Couptryman property
the past winter so to be close to
school packed up Friday and moved
back to their farm south of town.
n. B. Robson is making needed re-
| pairs before moving in
James Rinker received the sad
word Tuesday morning of the death
of his mother in Virginia but owing
to business arrangements previously
made he could not go east to attend
the funeral. Mrs. Rinker was quite
aged being in the eighties.
It has just about developed into
this eff you want to live in Wa
Keeney you must buy a house in
which to live" Soon there will be no
rental property in this city and every
family will either own its own home
or have string on it.
The Rev. F. A. Heller, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, left Monday
night on a trip to Norton where he
will visit the state sanitarium with a
view to bringing his son to Kansas
and placing him in that institution.
He went from Norton to Colby to at
tend the Osborne Presbytery-
R. C. Wilson and F. B. Walker, Mrs.
A J. Atherton, Mrs. F. H. Burnham
and Mrs. J. w. Bingham, went over to
Colby Tuesday afternoon to attend
the spring meeting of the Osborne
Presbytery of the Presbyterian
church The gentlemen will represent
the church while the ladies go dele
gates from the Missionary societies
Mrs E. l.. Wickizer, of Quinter,
was a west bound passenger on the
jitney Tuesday afternoon. Wa-Kee-
ney friends of the family will regret
to learn that Mr.. Wickizer is suffer
ing from another stroke of facial par
aIysis and has gone to Excelsior
Springs, Mo, for treatment. He
seems to be slowly but steadily inn
proving, however.
It is pretty hard luck for town
when people are not only prevented
from moving into it because they cam
not find any kind of house in which
to live, but it is still harder luck when
two business men and their families
move out because there is no build
ings in which they can do business or
houses in which they can move their
families Wa-Keeney is up against
such luck.
The aeroplane fight and the distri-
button of the aeroplane special adver-
Using sheet attracted considerable at
tention Tuesday Lieut.. Rin<er ana
mechanic made the flight and threw
the specials from the machine while
several hundred feet IN the air. Diff
ferent currents of air would catch the
papers and sometimes carry them
much higher than the level of the ma-
chime and carried them for several
miles. while others were brought dir
ectly TO the earth by the attraction
of gravity
Reports have been received from
two Trego county farmers who can
raise the record on the amount of
eggs and cream sold during the year
as reported in The World last week.
So far Fred Schemm, who lives In the