Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-26
DECoRATIoN DAY NOTICE

oior that all lots in WaKeeney Gene {
terry be cleaned up by Sunday on ac-
count of the Exercises They also
announce that ice cream and coffee
will be served free to those who bring
their dinner to the park next Sunday
The World received copy of the
Ellsworth Messenger this morning
in which it announced the death OF
Arthur Charvat who died at Kansas
City Thursday morning May 18th.
Some thirty years ago Arthur Char
vail ived in WaKeeney wit his parents
his father being section foreman He
will be remembered by our citizens
who lived here at that time
1t begins to look like the water
situation is going to be an important |
question in WaKeeney again this |
| year. During the warm weather this |
week there was a shortage of water
and of pressure owing to so many
citizens using the water for irriga-
ton purposes It is fine to have a
| pretty lawn and good garden but
the city pumping plant is not large
enough to supply sufficient water for
| irriga ting a quarter section OF land,
| consequently the supply runs out
once in while and very frequently
those living on the higher parts of
the city are without water for house
plant has not been strong enough to
pump water and supply the electric
current at the same time and the light
and power current has been cut off
and the pumps kept running This
resulted in those who depend upon
| electricity being out of power and
having their machines lie idle The
consolation is that it will not be long
until the new city plant is in opera
ton and there will be plenty of cur
rent. In the meantime some city or
dinances may have to be inforced in
order to keep enough water on hand
| for fire protection
| There were several business men
! from Hays, Ellis and Quinter in Wa
Il Keeney last Wednesday evening to
II attend the road meeting at which Mr.
H Brooke, of Winona, spoke regarding
i the advantages of the Union Pacific
j Highway A number of them had
. travelled over the Golden Belt road
lately and were not slow in stating
that the grade is in fine shape in Cove
county and that it is poor in Trego
county excepting a few stretches.
Cove county has but recently finished
regarding and remarking their road.
In connection with marking the Uni
: on Pacific Highway along the former
), | Golden Belt route the disposition of
the people here is that they do not
want to give up the name, Golden
!, Belt and lose all the advertising it
: has gained. According to the plans
= it viii not be necessary to relinquish
- the name Golden Belt" The white
band, shield and initial of the Unior
> Pacific Highway can be placed on the
. same posts and poles the Colder
Belt only higher up then the colder
= belt. The facts regarding the Colder
a Belt road are that the name is in us,
i only on a strip of country through
I'll this part of Kansas and that the nam
4 has been changed at both ends. TIL
III Union Pacific Highway will extern
al all the way between Kansas City an
iii Denver.
iii Times and scenes of twenty-seve
Al years ago were recalled to some O
81 the citizens of WaKeeney the first O
al the week when the slate black board
HI were removed from the down stair
al rooms of the old city school buiIdin
I'll which is now being torn down. Th
81 original blackboards were painted o
Ell the plastered walls and the ne,
al boards were placed over them. Whe
Al the slate boards were removed the
al uncovered the school program, til
I'll grammer work and the language, tt
al algebra, arithmetic and history le
81 sons of the days of the past all in
al perfect state of preparation. On tt
al old boards were also the names
al Walter Baker, Joe Sigler, Louis 81,
I'll Ter, A G. Bol1inger and Willis Bracl
I'll en- Also with view to inform tic
81 Tor the future generations is IL
Gl name of Ode Sigler with the dat
al October 6, 1894, and written just b
al fore the new boards were put on
al another room is found the name
I'll Major General JOS Sigler. Wheth
81 this was written by Joe, him self,
XII by some of the class prophets,
~ whether Joe had in mind a miIita1
al career at that time we are unable
ri say but it was there just the san
III but Joe is not major genera
Ef He is devotine his time to loo