Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-05-27

In recent issue or the Capital I
tsQuiz'' asked whether a President had
ever been elected from the senate and /
in the next issue answered the ques- |
ton negatively. However, the Dicta- |
grammer observes that Garfield came |
very near it He was elected to the |
senate in January, 1880, but at the |
national election in the following No |
vember he was elected to the pres |
idency, which was just prior to the |
regular session of congress beginning |
in December at which he might have
taken his seat senator. Our recol-
lection is that he then resigned the
senatorship to accept the larger office
He died after a little more than six
months in the presidency, his death
being the result of a gunshot wound
do you remember the name of the
fanatic who shot him p If Garfield
had resigned the presidency and serv-
ed as senator he might he living to-
day, although his age would be more
than 80 years.
Unmindfu1 of Garfield's lamentab1e
fate there are now five members of
/ the senate who are seeking nomin-
| alton for the presidency and at least
| one OCIlcI Is InenLIOuSO DIS OZARK
/ horse. Dust why he should be called
| a dark horse is a wonder since he is
| equipped with one of the most efficient
/ self-starters in the whole country.
/ There are three governors who are
/ willing to be president and at least
/ one of them is supposed to be harbor-
/ ing shady inclination in that direc-
/ ton. Can you name these senators
and governors You ought to know
them-the national conventions are
"just behind the door, already"
j President Wilson probably will not
split his party but he certainly did
, tsp1it an infinitive' one day last week,
, and there are people who would con-
, slider the latter the greater offense
and perhaps the greater misfortune of
! the two.
Another recipe for the good of
your purse: Never eat anything today
} that will keep until tomorrow.
Answering some more questions
The little tree in the Warnoak yard
which was so full of bloom last week
is catalogued as "BechteTs Towering
2 crab" So far as we know there is
only one other like it the TOWNSHIP
5 although have another Towering
3 crab but of a different kind. Oh
, course all crab trees bloom more OF
less but these are grown for bloom
alone; they bear no fruit. This par
ticular tree was Ieafing out when tn,
5 Easter freeze came, consequently tn.
abundance of bloom which burst ou
z last week was both a surprise and .
q delight. Another subject for inquir.
3 IS the purple-blooming plant aroun'
Z the edge of the flower bed in tn
g back yard. 1t is just chives-commol
8 chlves, at least common in the Id
& fashioned garden. It is a plant of tn
g onion kind and the young shoots ar
& used for favoring salads. We oil
O fashioned folks who are domiciled a
= Warnoak are partial to the old-fash
81 Toned things, plants included Anon
IS these old-time 'syarbs' we have a no
II vine, tansy, catnip, hoarhound, per
X permint, and calamus or sweet fas
II Some of these do not grow very we
in this country and so our supply
limited to mere samples
n The 30th day of May commonI
called decoration or memorial day.
"a a legal holiday in Kansas. When
legal holiday falls on Sunday it
both lawful and generally customar
to observe the following Monday q
the holiday. Of curse if the obsel
re vance of the day is merely a Ger,
lie monial such ceremonies may be he]
Or on Sunday the Saturday befor
op and the selection of different days b
ed adjoining communities will be col
ly ducive to the greatest convenient
at and pleasure of the greatest numb.
and consequently result in a wide
ad observance of the day
of -
NJ. Whether you buy Sugar by Il
an pound or by the S does not NAL
n | many pounds difference