Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-09-30
Fresh beef at Bakers. Adv. If.

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L. O. Fox is now in charge of the
city dray business and Sam Selby has
gone to hauling wheat with his truck.
Mrs A H Blair is at Burr Oak,
| Kansas, this week attending meet
ing of the state federation of Womans
| clubs
Ray Shaw has been laid up from
his work at the Overland Garage the
| buncle on his arm.
W. w Parks and Mr.. and Mrs. De-
/ Witt are moving out to the Chalk
farm on Big Greek which he recently
purchased from Frank Durham.
! Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Hutchinson went
down to Kansas City Wednesday night
on business and pleasure trip and
| will also visit with relatives in east
ern Kansas
Mrs. S. C. Collins, OF Riverside, Cal
ifornia, visited IN this city few days
the last week at the home of her
brother, A. H. Blair. She left Mon
day morning on her journey home
ward.
Carl Hashman and Joe Acre and
Miss Susie Acre went down to To-
peka the first of the week to be pres
ent at the state reunion of the men
of the Thiry-fve division which was
held there this week
The public sale of the personal
property of Mrs. Tena Schnase is be
ing held at the farm southeast of Wa
Keeney this afternoon. Mason & Olson
report a good sale of the w D. Gull
bert property yesterday at the farm
near Banner.
Rev. S. L. Allison left Monday night
hi ct GS0To
having visited here several days with
old friends He was called here last
week to assist in conducting the fun
era1 services in honor Of his friend
R. c. Wilson.
A. G. Schwanbeck and L. K. Bald
win were transacting business in Kan
sas City the first Of the week in re-
ference for larger heating plant for
Mr.. Schwanbeck's farm residence, the
one which was placed in the house
last year when It was built being too
small.
Mrs Ed Spann, of Ju1esburg, Colo,
was visiting WaKeeney friends the
first of the week. She was called to
Ellis on account of the illness of her
father but who Is improving nicely at
this writing and viii accompany her
home for rest. They have purchas-
to make it their home.
The work of excavating a basem emit
for a new home for Mr.. and Mrs. A.
j. E1lermeyer is now in progress. The
new home viii be a bungalow type 26
x38 feet with five rooms down stairs
and an u1lfurnished attick. Tt is to be
pushed to completion rapidly as
possible. 1t will be located on the
lots just east of their former home
which they sold to Grant Billings
about a year ago.
In just a few days after the big
fire last Tuesday night the Hartman
Lumber Company was doing business
in new office building which had been
erected to serve as temporary head
quarters. Also at the rate the yard
is being filed up, it viii not be long
until they viii have another complete
stock of lumber on hands and viii be-
doing business the same as usual at
the old stand. New permanent sheds
and Office building viii be erected as
soon as possible. Such enterprise is
commendabIe.
The biggest thing in the oil burn
ing tractor which has arrived in Wa
Keeney this year was unloaded Tues
day afternoon by the Mccall Bros.
and Eugene Howat- It was a 5000
Altman Taylor engine which they will
use on their farms northeast of Wa
Keeney. They viii do their threshing
and also pillow their ground with it.
The engine is guaranteed to pull the
eighteen disc pIows which they, have
ordered for it. When it is making a
trip across the field there will be
something doing The engine is big
| enough that pIows and drills can be
Iod ct he
While going to her school south of
Voda last Monday morning Miss
Grace Schwanbeck had an experience
which she will not care to repeat very
soon While crossing a rough stretch
of road the FLYER tried to climb out
of a rut one side while the other
wheel seemed to want to hold its pos
ition- This difference of opinion caus-
ed one of the front wheels to be
smashed down and the fiver turned
L. L.