Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-05
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Fresh pork at Bakers Adv IT,
Extra good hedge posts3Hardman

Lum Der Company
| Found entleman's band ring
with ruby set, in WaKeeney- Inquire
! of l. N Cress- adv 10-1tp-
| Clyde Vandebur and Art Richard
son, of Collyer, were transacting bus
| mess in WaKeeney Wednesday,
| Why eat poor potatoes when you
can buy good ones at Kellys Store for
SITS per bushel. dav- opt
l. H Galloway arrived home We'd
nesday morning from Kansas City,
| where he has taken John Stratron and
placed him in care of the state hospi-
tai at Rosedale.
Mrs Rose Stephens and daughters,
Lucy and Lavina, are moving this
| week from southeast of WaKeeney to
farm near Utica where they will
make their home hereafter.
They get lazy quite often-your
Bowels-But HOLSTERS GOLD
EN- NUGGET TABLETS will wake
'em up and make 'em hustle.
w w. GIBSON
Decoration Day or Memorial Day is
to be approximately observed in Wa
Keeney again this year The program
is being arranged by Moore Post,
American Legion and will be made
public in due time.
The Reliable Jewelry Store.
Shrine buttons, rings charms, etc,
for the men and brooches, pins and
rings for the ladies. Pick yours out
now while the stock is complete, as
you will sure want to wear one after
May 18TH.
The cool May weather is not very
unusual-at least, we have had such
| weather before In 1907 we had a
| snow storm on May End, followed by
a trace of snow and more frost on the
18th and 18th of the month, and a
hard frost on the 9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shaaf are each
building rental cottages in the west
move and progress in the right direc-
| ton. Several other like dwellings
| could be rented as soon as erected
| if some one Will put them up
Some very badly needed grading
| is being done on the STREETS of Wa
Keeney and when the workmen have
| completed their job it is hoped that
/ those citizen riding in an auto Will
not experience such a sensation of rid
ing on the ocean waves as they have
| been doing lately
| Lee Palmer arrived in WaKeeuey
/ from Colorado Monday afternoon and
expects to remain here during the
| coming summer. He is looking fine
| and says he is feeling the the same
way. He has been in the auto livery
! business at Orchard, Colo, during
/ the last few months.
| It may cost little money to clean
up around your Premises but they will
look better and you may prevent an
expensive sick spell for yourself or
your neighbors by getting the rubbish
and filth out of the way. Next week
| is '-Clean-Up' week, but you can COM
mence now and will have a nice clean
lot by next week
The placing of mahinery at the new
/ city power plant is gradually nearing
completion. The smoke stack has
| been erected and the boilers are in
place. The engine is being put into
| place and the steam fittings connected
| at present. The plant cannot be got
/ ten into working order too soon to
| suit the people of WaKeeney.
Mrs. C. NJ. Hutchinson and Jimmie
went down to Usage, Kansas, the last
| of the week where Jimmie is visit
ing at the home of his grandmother
| Mrs. White, while Mrs. Hutchinson is
attending the musical exercises fol
the week at Empor1a. Mrs. J. Fl. Mes
ley, mother of Mrs. Hutchinson, 1ef
Monday night for Emporia where she
Will join her daughter in attending
the musical exercises and in visiting
with her son, Myron, who graduate
from the College of Emporia thi
year
II From some unknown source tn
barn the farm belonging to VIM
KrauS six and one-ha1f miles SoI1fh a
WaKeeney, on what it known as tn
Pete Hendrickson farm, caught fir
last Friday night and was completed
destroyed with its contents, the chick
en- house and about $50 hens For
tunately there were no live stock i
the barn but several sets of harnes
; some farm machinery, including
new binder and part of a new heade
s and small amount of feed was 1os1
We understand Mr. Kraus carried lit
; tie or ne insurance Mr.. Kraus' so