Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-01-06

/ Graydon Sellers came home Tues
day afternoon and is helping his
father on the oil truck.
Neil Uford left last Wednesday
night for Florida where he expects to
spend the next several weeks
The next number of the High Schoos
lecture course will take place at the
Garden Theatre Tuesday evening.
January 11th.
Mr. and Mrs Vernon Bice, of CLYDE
Kansas, visited here last week with
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Courtney. Mrs.
Bice is sister of Mrs Courtney
Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Bigger, of Col
Inns, Iowa, announce the arrival of
| daughter, Alice Marie, at their home
last Sunday, January End Mrs
Bigger was formerly Miss Alice
Peacock, of this city.
Farmers from all parts of the coun-
ty are rejoicing over the fine condi-
ton of their live stock and the small
amount OF forage feed it is taking to
carry them through the winter dur
ing the fine, warm weather which we
are having
Mr.. and Mrs C. c. Elias and Mr..
| Kansas, visited over New Years day
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bryce
Logan in this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Krause are parents of Mrs Logan and
Mrs. Elias is her sister.
/ w. G. Hulsey and family left Tues
day evening for Elvers, Mo-, where
they expect to make their home hav-
| ing come here from that part to west
ern Kansas several months ago. Mr..
| Hu1sey and family like western Kan
| sas very well and have hopes of re-
| turning here at some future date.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed. J. Rogers left
| last week for Phillipsburg, where
| they visited with relatives of Mrs.
| Rogers. From there they were called
| to Belle PLANE to attend the funeral
| of Mrs. WATSON, a sister of Mrs
| Rogers, whose death occurred very
unexpectedly. They are expected to
arrive home about Saturday.
| Irve Reddig arrived home last Fri
| day night from his trip to the western
| coast which has occupied the last
three months. While away he visited
George Kulp at Vancouver and went
down the western coast to southern
| California where he spent the greater
part of the time while away. He re-
ports a very pleasant journey and a
visit to many interesting places
| Over 500 head of governm ent
| horses and mules are now being sold
| at public auction and it is a safe bet
| that the government will not receive
| one-haf as much for them as it paid
a few months ago. A sale took place
| at Camp Funston Tuesday and an
| other will take place at Ell Reno,
| Okla FOL he hir.d
be held at Crawford, Nebraska, We'd
nesday, January 18th. The terms are
cash.
w. F. Young, of Wichita, Kansas,
an organizer for the National Wheat
| Growers Association, was in Wa
Keeney last Friday afternoon and
held-a meeting at the court house
which was attended by several farm
ers. A local unit of the national
association was perfected. The object
| of this association is to get the farm
| ers of the wheat belt so thoroughly
| organized that they can control the
price which they are TO receive for
| their crop They expect to eliminate
| gambling on the market and regulate
| the supply it will run about the
same the year around and thus keep
| an even price, thus beneftting both
the producer and the consumer.
While at the Farmers Elevator last
Saturday the young of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Koleber, who live south
of Wakeeney, attempted to pass be-
| tween a four-horse team of horses
and the side of the drive way. The
passage was rather narrow al best,
but it so happened that the outside
| horce on the team, which belonged to
Frank Burkett and which was being
driven by him, was a kicker and easily
| touched off Mr. Burkett saw the
boy endangering himself and called
to him but the boy did not hear him
Mr. Burkett also reached down and
| attempted to catch hold of the boy
but he was too late. The horse kicked
and struck the boy in the head Mr.
Burkett lost his balance and fell from
the wagon to the floor behind the
horse Fortunately he escaped with
out injury and the team did not ruf