Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-04-21
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Fresh beef at Bakers Adv. IT,

the Farmers Elevator. It.
Mr. and Mrs Floyd Pugh, of River
| side township, are transacting bust
ness in WaKeeney today.
Harry Bosco is here this week Wis
iting with former friends He is now
foreman of a gang fer an oil com
pany working near Wichita
Lost-Lady's tan purse, Tuesday,
contained about SO in bills and
change Finder leave at this Office or
hand to Mrs Eva Sites SLIP
For Sale-Sman house and twenty
one lots; chicken house and cave
Price $4,000; Terms.
adv 8-3tp- Alva Billings.
c. W Kelly who comes from Bell
to unload car of goods and to locate
in this county He unloaded his car.
the first of the week
Mrs. G. G. Jones arrived home the
last of the week from her trip to Cali
fornia- She was accompanied as far
as GrinneH by Mrs T. B. Moore,
formerly of this city.
Come to my shop and compare my
prices with those IN the mail order
catalogues I can save you money
and you can see the harness before
buying its. A. Shriner- adv sgt.
c. R. Wheeler and his nephew, W.
H Barr, We're up from Ogallah town
ship this morning transacting bust
ness Mr. Barr is from LosAngeles,
California, and is visiting with his
uncle.
Miss Murle Munson viii leave Fri
day morning for Lawrence where she
Will be the guest Of Miss Clara Glib
son and attend a house party given
by Miss Gibson's Sorority Achoth, at
Kansas University
W. S. Gorre1l informs us that he
and Mrs. Gorrel1 are grandparents
again A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs J. L. jacobson at Kingman last
week. Mrs jacobson was formerly
Miss Blanche Gorren.
John Ku1p, from Clay county, Kan
sas, visited here this week a short
time at he home of Mrs. H. E. Trip
and Mrs. Grant Billings. The three
were schoo1nates in their earlier days.
Mra Ku1p was on his way to Colorado
where he has a homestead.
Mrs. Parks, formerly Mrs. DIR.
Wall, is here this week from Topeka
looking after business affairs and sup
erintending the packing of her furrli-
ture preparatory to moving it to
Topeka She has sold her residence
property near the school house to Dr..
Burnett.
Dir. and Mrs. John Millholland ar
rived home last week from Bull,
Idaho, where they have been for the
last year or more, and expect to make
their home in Kansas hereafter John
went up to Quinter Wednesday after
with the Frank Kotcher Construction
Co. as a book and time keeper.
The Backward Social given by the
ladies of the Westminster Guild of the
Presbyterian church Monday evening
was decidedly pleasant social gath
ering- Those present entered heart
lily into the form of amusement pro-
vided adding much jolity to the oc-
casion- The proceeds were over thir-
ty dollars with but little expense
Mr. Leslie Truan shot a very fine
specimen of Pelican last Saturday.
The bird was skinned by Prof. Schaff-
ner and sent to the College of EN-
poria where it will be mounted. Mr..
Truan says that there was a large
flock Of the birds on Big Creek last
Saturday They were evidently on
In writing to The World from Me
dina, Ohio, B. E. Grim says: ct is
very wet here this spring No oats
sown or spring blowing done up to this
date We are willing to divide mois-
ture with Kansas" We are thank
full to Bfr- Grim for the generous dis
position shown-when they have more
rains than they need-but at present
Kansas has all the moisture it needs.
Nov that the effects of the Easter
freeze and the March blowing can be
better judged, it is estimated that the
damage to the growing wheat crop
has been close to forty per cent.
There are a few fields which are en-
tlre1y gone owing to blowing and
freezing, but not many On the other
hand there are many fields which have
| not been damaged at all. The weather
from now will decide the fate of
| the crop and If favorable conditions
prevail the damage will not be as