Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-08-25
NEWS AND COMMENT

We were criticised the other day
because certain item of news was
not published in the last issue of this
paper We may deserve criticism
some times when we don't get it, but
we sure get it some other times when
it isn't coming. We do the best we can
to get every news item we hear a.
bout into our paper each week but
there isn't week passes but that
about the time the paper is ready for
the mail we commence to think of
good news items which we have
missed Plenty of other editors have
had the same experience
We have promised ourselves that
we are going to quit the newspaper
business some day. That day viii
come just soon as we get out an
issue which contains absolutely all
the news items we knew of and when
there are no good items which we can
think of which are not in that issue.
We may have to quit the business be
tore that issue is ever published but
It will certainly be a triumph to have
accomplished such a task
The bald headed man will tell you
that it is impossible to produce hair
and brains in the same head, but he
forgets that no bald headed man has
ever been president of the United
States
Down at Ransom they are collect
ing poll tax and spending the money
in working the streets. The same
thing should be done in other cities
not very far away from Ransom.
Western Kansas towns are in a
close competitive contest to catch the
tourist travel between Kansas City
and the mountains. Advertising
signs are being put up along the high
ways directing travel toward the
cities along the old Golden Belt route
west of Oakley. Cities along the I'm
ion Pacific Highway are meeting the
calls of the sign boards with other
invitations and statements of facts.
The department of agriculture has
finally figured it out that good, thrifty
bull snakes are worth $15 each to the
farmers, but we have not heard of
any farmers paying that price for
one of them
The postoffice department has de-
cided that it is necessary to arrange
some way wereby a Especial delivery
can be delivered with a degree of
promptness. It is in contemplation
to make the price of special delivery
stamp twenty-five cents and then to
send a messenger out with the article
when it arrives at its destination
post Office. Heretofore Especial de-
livery has been delivered at the con
venience of the receiving postoffice.
We received a copy of the Downs
News this week. The News is sp1en-
didly edited and the mechanical make
up is also very good.
Here is one that farmer No. L told
US on farmer No. the other day.
No. 1 had been working with repre-
sentatives of oil companies who were
trying to secure oil leases on farm
land He had tried to get No. to
lease his land but farmer No re
| fused to do so for various reasons
| and finally hit on the excuse that to
lease for oil privileges would make a
cloud on the title. Farmer No. had
leased all his land to oil companies
He owned land which joined farmer
No. 2 No wanted to buy this land
but No. 1 did not care to sell it. Fin
ally No 1. hit upon an idea to really
| try out the sincerity of No. and the
next time when No asked him te
| sell the land he commenced to talk as
though he might let it go, but acting
as though he wanted some final ex-
cuse for not selling, he remarked
No 2 sYou do not want to buy that
| land I have it leased to an oil com
| pany". Whereupon No. promptly
replied: "Oh, that don't make BIT
of difference, it won't hurt the Lame
| any"
| Some times poor excuses a yer,
poor one.
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