Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-09-09
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

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Company, WaKeeney, Office with n
F. Kline 23-H
Ask to see our yard-wide velve-
teen for robes and suits at Trego Co
Coop. Assn. adv 81
For Sale-One disk drill and one
almost new Johnson corn binder In
quire at this office. 28-1t
For Sal@Buick Six and Stude-
| baker touring car, in fine shape
adv % Overland Garage
For Sale-Some choice building lots
IN east part of town
adv 2s-3tp J. T. w. Cloud.
HI Clevenger has rented the Heck
man ranch northeast of WaKeeney
and will farm it on shares hereafter
F. E. league, R. J. Tague, Chas-
Sierer and j. h Deatrich, of Collyer,
were transacting business here Tues
day
Mr.. and Mrs Dewey Dolph left
Sunday night for northern Missouri
where they will visit for short time
at the home of a brother of Mrs
Dolph.
W. c. p. Rhoades, manager of the
Trego Co Coop. elevator, transacted
i business in Kansas City the first OF
the week.
| School teachers take notice. Get
an Elgin, Waltham Hampden
| bracelet watch at The Reliable Jewel
ry Store. adv. ct
District court has been in session
| here this week and has brought sew
eral citizens to town from all parts of
| the country.
L. G. johnson and Mrs. w. E. Dill
linger and Mrs. W. A. Rhoden, who
had spent about ten days at Waconda
Springs, arrived home the first of the
week.
The members of the Presbyterian
| Sunday school had a very enjoyable
time last Thursday evening at their
picnic in the court house park Be
sides the picnic dinner, ice cream and
lemonade were served to all. Not all
of the Presbyterians were present but
| nearly all of the families were repre-
| scented.
During the last week Mr.. and Mrs.
S. C. Hefner have had the pleasure of
| a visit from two of their sons whom
| they do not get to see very often.
Floyd Hefner and wife of San Fran
cisco, Calf, Frank Hefner, from Mis-
| souri,, were here and enjoyed the home
visit. Mr.. and Mrs. Raglan Thomas.
| of Shields, Kansas, were also here
Mrs Thomas is niece of Mr. Hefner
Audley Croft came in from Chey-
enne, Wyoming, Tuesday morning and
is visiting at the home of his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Croft, and re-
newing acquaintance with old friends
in this city. Aud has held position
with the Boise-Payette Lumber Co
for the last year and has recently
been promoted to the position of trav-
cling auditor for the Colorado dis
| r1o fr
learn of his success and the progress
he is making. He is looking well and
says he is feeling fine.
| Of course the farmers are anxious tt
market at least a part of their wheat
crop at once, but because they are So
busy threshing and blowing and get
ting ready for wheat sowing again
they are not worrying much over thu
car shortage. AS soon as the blowing
is done and the crop is sown they vii
be ready to market wheat and If car
are not more plentiful by that TIM
there is going to be pretty uneas.
bunch of farmers in this part O.
western Kansas. The price of whea
today on the local market is $40
The heavy truck travel over mud
dy streets the first of the week dem
onstrated the amount those heav.
| truckS VIII cut up the ROADS "HSl
used in muddy times It also demon
strated the fact that if the farmer
want to use trucks they must be will
ing to put more money into building
new roads and improving the old ones
The roads must be built so the waite
will drain off to the sides as fast a
it falls upon them. The city street
are usually cut up worse than tn
country roads because they are trav
e1ed so much more while the rain
falling and before they are settled at
ter the rain
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frye enjoyed
visit with her cousin, Mrs VIM Nit
chell, and husband, of Princeton, Mis-
souri, They stopped off their re
turn from Colorado, leaving for hom
Tuesday morning. c. e. Fry
has broken the record for one day