Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-08-19


that a lady in that city who is ninety
six years old can stand the hot wealth
er as well as she does Why shouldn't
she stand it? Hasn't she had years
and years of experience?
Tt is estimated that Kansas viii
raise 10000 tons more sugar beets
in her limited beet territory, than she
produced last year which ought to
help lower the price of sugar at home
AT Ellis a memorial window has
been placed in the Y. M. C. A. build
ing in honor of the soldier boys who
went from there to the world war
Mem oria1s have been erected in many
other cities of Kansas. WaKeeney
has done nothing in honor of the boys
but consider" what might be done
in their honor It is about time that
some thing be done.
Many Kansas towns have estab-
Hshed, camp grounds for the use of
tourists. There is none in WaKeeney
The disposition here seems to be:
the town issyours and you may camp
on whatever vacant lot you wish to
light upon.
An oil well is to be drilled near Os-
borne. A local company has been or
gained to finance the operations and
a contract with dri1Ier has been
signed He is to receive $500 per
foot for whatever distance necessary
down to $3.50 feet. IF he has to go
| deeper he is to receive $4,000 per day
for each additional day.
According to the returns F. A Nc
| Ivor has secured the republican nom
| nation for state senator from this
| district and. Ex-Judge Ruppentahal
| the dem ocrat nomination for con-
gresham of the Sixth district
Of six homer pigeons which were
| turned loose at Hays on July 10, four
| of them have found their way to their
home at New Castle, Pa, from where
they were shipped to Hays to be USED
in test, One Of them made the re
turn trip in seven days, another il
eight days and another in eleven days
The last one reported did not reacl
| New Castle until August 9TH An
other test is to be made next year.
Burglars have devised a new way O,
entering buildings. They go up Of
top and come down through the SIX,
lights They did this recently at Hay
and at Hill City
| There has been so much said abou
Article 10 of the League of Nation
that 1T is perfectly natural that a 10
of people are asking what is contains
Here 1T is Verbatim, taken from tn
printed draft as it lies before us
The members of the hague under
| take to respect and preserve a
against external aggression the terri
torlal integrity and existing politica
| independence of all members of tn
league. In case of any such aggres
sion, or in case of any threat or dan
ger of aggression, the Council sha]
advise upon the means by which thi
obligation shall be fulfilled" Thi
clause completely changes the char
acter of the so-caled League of Ma
tons, Nand makes it not a league, Blu
a great military alliance, and nothin,
else.-Osborne Farmer
II The bill now before Congress ask
ing for additional Federal aid TO
road building in connection with tn
several states has the unqualified SUP
port of every member of Congress
from Kansas
In connection it is interesting t
note that Senator Curtis has been ac
lively Interested in highway Iegis1a
tion as it pertains to Federal aid eve
since the first bill was passed in 1915
1t was entirely through Senator Cur
tbs sagacity and foresight that tn
! bill was amended so that states whicl
had no highway department could re