Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-01-13
LOCAL NEWS

transacting business here Last Satur-
day and remained over until Monday
Pryce Owens went down to Wichita
Tuesday a business trip in con- /
nection with the Standing Grain /
Thresher
For Sale-25 shares of stock in /
Kansas Gas and PETROLEUM Co., Wa |
Keeney Station. Inquire at this Of |
fee. adv. 45-tf-
Lost-One black sow one year old,
weight about 200 pounds. Finder
take up and notify Alex Stickline,
Ogallah Rt- 2 adv. tip
For those who are artistically in
clined see me-I'm the doctor.
j. L Logue, Photographer.
1t Bean Studio, Phone 49,
There will be special meeting of
WaKeeney Lodge A. F. & A NJ at
the lodge room this evening. Work
in the third degree is on the program.
Mr. Sadie Smith, of Lacrosse, Kan
sas, was here a few days during the
last week visiting at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Bieh1er, and with other
relatives and friends.
The Norcross Show Co. played at
| the Garden Theatre the last three
nights of last week. This is one of the
really good companies making this
territory and their engagement here
was success from both the point of
finance and satisfaction. The house
was crowded full each evening.
Miss Julia Radenberg arrived here
| Monday afternoon from her home at
1 Claflin where she has been visiting for
a few weeks, and went to the home
| of her sister, Mrs. II. R. Dorman,
north of WaKeeney, where she has
| been assisting during the last year
on account of the poor health of Mrs.
Dorman.
Tip to Kansas bankers: 'sWhy not
keep mule in the bank? A resource
full farmer placed mule in a stall of
a COW which a milk thief had been
visiting at night. Awakened by a ter
rife racket in the barn the farmer
went out to find a battered milk pail
wrecked milk stool, a hat and q
self-satisf1ed mule-Thinklets in To-
peka Capital.
An error appeared in w. F. Swig-
: gets advertisement ia the last issue
of The World which he would like
for US to correct. The copy for the
advertisement called for the state
ment chat car of coaI' is soon tt
arrive and it. was set up to read {
<f1ot'' OF coal. Mr.. Swiggett sells al
the coal he can handle but It is mo-
easily enough secured that he can hav,
it come in t.lot'' shipments.
J. M. Hoobler was up from thu
south part of the county last Satur
day on business and was appointed
administrator of the estate of hi
brother, F. NJ. HoobIer, who died las
Tuesday as result of injuries re
| ceived when his team ran away AM
threw him off a load of feed. F. NJ
) Hoobler is survived by his brother
. J. M. Hoobler, his sister, Mrs. Bis
hop, and some chi1den of another sis
ter who died a few years ago
The ladies of the Baptist churcl
served dinner and supper at the Kiln
store building last Saturday and no
only succeeded in feeding many of tn
hungry but made good financially b
the transaction. The total receipt
We're Sill with about thirty dollars ex
pense. The ladies wish to expires
I their thanks to their patrons. TIL
l proceeds are to be placed in a ne1
/ church building fund to which the Ia
| dies have pledged five hundred dollars
III E. H. Hillman went down to WITCH
L tia Tuesday morning where on Thurs
| day .he will join an excursion of tn
| Bankers Life CD. representatives t
4 10XaS, where Cn0y Will al
| tend a district school of instructio
| being conducted by the company. A
| excursion to Galveston is also on tn
II schedule. The Bankers Life Co. ha
| just notified Mr. Hillman> that durin
4 1920 he has written $219, 900 worth c
life insurance which has been az
/ cepted by the company and paid fo
] by the applicant.
: VIM. Lemke writes to have U
change his address on The World t
q DeRidder, La, where he and his fam
2 lily are now located. He also says
q Eve are all pretty well and it sure
q nice weather down here. On Ne
q Years Day it sure did rain, thunde
q and lightning to beat the band. Hav
q not built on our land but will bull
g pretty soon" Mr.. Lemke is 1ik
g many others of our outside of count
q readers and appreciates the fact tina