Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-01-20
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Mrs Henry Newschafer left for her
home at Ellsworth last Friday morn
ing after having visited for several
days at the home of her son, Julius
Newschafer, southeast of WaKeeney
As far as is known at present there
are but two cases of contagious dis
eases in this vicinity, one of chicken
pox and one of measles. If the citi-
zensS are careful they can prevent
the further spread of disease.
A large company of young people
were very pleasantly entertained
Tuesday evening at the home of Miss
Rosa Spena in this city. Games and
other social amusements were en-
joyed until late hour when delicious
refreshments were served
Peter DeBoer, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Owens and P. G. Owens went down
to Wichita Tuesday morning on bust
ness in connection with the Standing
Grain Thresher Manufacturing Co.
The company will soon have its large
building in Wichita ready for bust
ness.
Jacob Stopped, who lives fourteen
miles southwest of WaKeeney is adj
vertising a public sale to take place
at his farm on Wednesday, February
End. Mason & Olson are the auction
GERS. The sale bill appears in this pa
per. Mr. Stopped has bought lots in
WaKeeney and will build home on
them and viii rent his farm to his
sons.
j. M. Perry who left this city last
fall for southern Idaho, stopped off
the train here Tuesday morning while
on his way east on a business trip.
Mr.. Perry says he and his family
like 1T very well in Idaho, but that
the price of land is so high that one
can hardly afford to buy it. 1t ranges
in price from two and three hundred
to one thousand dollars per acre and
it is not all set to fruit either.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Hays and their
son, G. L. Hays, left Wednesday
night on the beginning of a trip to
southern California. It is their in
tention to visit with the Rev. and
Mrs. S. L. Allison in Denver for a
day or two, at the Grand Canyon ano
other places of interest while en-
route. Grover expects to be gone for
about six weeks but Mr.. and Mrs.
Hays contemplate staying in the
west until later in the spring.
w. H. Barger is not only building a
nice house and barn in WaKeeney but
he has also decided to erect hand
some building and gasoline filling sta
ton on the lots at the corner just
south OF his new house. He has pur-
chased one of the latest and best
equipped outfits manufactured by the
Hayes Equipment Co., of Wichita,
which includes plans for a building
20x24 feet with a porch or covered
driveway over the filling plant. This
will be one of the best filling stations
on the Golden Belt road.
1t is rather hard to believe that
there are any real thieves in WaKee-
ney but there was at least one here
last Thursday night. J. o. Knutson
came to town and left his car standing
south of the Trego Mere. Co. store and
attended a meeting of the Masonic
lodge. When he was ready to go home
he found his lap robe missing Further
investigation revealed that a set of
mud chains, pump, jack, and set
of wrenches had also disappeared.
The loss represents a value of about
twenty dollars. They may have been
taken by mistake. If they were, the
person who has them viii return them.
Vaughn Jones, a prosperous farmer
about Is years of age who lives near
Utica, shot his right foot off with a
sotgun Friday afternoon. Jones was
standing the street in Utica talk
ing to a friend, and had the barrel of
the gun resting on his foot, when the
frearm was accidentally discharged.
Most OF the foot was torn away.
Jones was taken to hospital at Sa-
lima where it was found necessary to
remove what was left of the foot,
amputating just above the ankle. A
later report says 1T was necessary to
cut the leg off near the knee-Gove
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