Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-06-02
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Lyons, Kansas, to spend Decoration
Day.
Lingerie Clasps in Gold and Ster-
ling Silver at the Reliable Jewelry
Store.
Mrs. J. T. w Cloud is visiting at
the home of her daughter, Mrs j. H.
Gunckel, at Ellis
F. D. Hastings came up from Ell
1lnwood and observed Decoration Day
with friends IN this city
Mrs. J. w Phares is entertaining
a company of WaKeeney ladies this
afternoon at a thimble party
For Sale-A large Holstein cow
Will be fresh soon.
14-2tp S. M. Babb-
J. W. Spena and Walter Spena
were at Salina Tuesday attending a
meeting of the Central Kansas Ford
Dealers association.
Mrs. Edna Harper has been here
this week visiting at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Biehler. She expects to
return home tomorrow.
A fine bouncing baby boy arrived
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Biehler near Co1lyer this morning.
They have named him Wayne Eugene.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Niesley went
down to Emporia the first of the week
where they are attending the com
mencement week program of The
College of Emporia, their son, Myron,
being one of the graduates
Miss Elizabeth Parsons arrived
home Sunday night from the College
of Emporia where he has been
student during the last term. We un-
derstnd that Miss Eva Walker and
some of the other students are ex-
pected to arrive home this evening.
In a recent letter to his mother,
Morgan Wollner says to tell the boys
| that he is enjoyig his work and is
having good time. He is playing
cornet in the orchestra of the Con.
T. Kennedy Show Co. They are at
Freeport, ILL.,, this week and will be
at Elgin, Ill, next week. After that
the company will go over into Canada
for the summer.
| Mrs. W. A Rhoden arrived home
! Tuesday night from Lincoln, Nebras-
| ka, where she and Mr. Rhoden were
| called last week account of the ILL
| ness of their son from blood poison
| ing She reports that the physicians
| have the blood poisoning under con-
troll and the probabilities are that he
will now get along all right. Mr..
|
/ DR.. and Mrs. W. Y Herrick were
| called to Topeka last Sunday night by
a message. announcing that it was
| necessary that their daughter, Miss
| Lacy, who is student at Washburn
College at Topeka, be taken to the
hospital and operated upon for ap-
pendicitis They both went to Topeka.
The operation was performed Mon
day. DR. Herrick came home Tuesday
night and reports Miss Lacy getting
4 along nicely.
4 The Bean Studio in WaKeeney is
now in complete charge of Elmer
Ward. Mr.. Ward has had fifteen
years experience at the picture bust
ness and is a capable artist. He is
; being assisted in the work by his son,
, Joe Ward. Mr.. Ward and babe ar
!, rived here this week. The family are
making their home in the rooms in
} H s. Giv1er's building which were oc-
cupied by Mr. Logue- Mr. Ward is
prepared to handle anything in the
picture and portrait line
James Rinker arrived home this
afternoon from Salina where he hac
attended the wage conference of the
wheat growers of northwestern Kan
sas. He informs us that it was the
general sentiment of all the meetings
in the state and the adopted orde,
) of all that the wages for single
hand shall be So per day and for 3
stacker and man and team, from $4-5(
to $500 per day. Wheat harvest this
year is not going to be as big prop
; osition as it was last year by whole
lot
According to information received
the Carter Oil Company has pur
chased the. interests of Foraker a11e
others in the oil well and bushes:
north of Co1lyer. This new company
has its men at work on the job ane
promise to put things along in bette
shape for the future. It will be
3 source of satisfaction to those fl
B nancial1y interested in the project i
the work of drilling is pushed alonf
3 without further interruption 1t ha.
3 been dragged out so long that on,
5 people are losing interest in it,