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WA-KEENEY, KANS., JUNE 14, 1917 :
39th Year Number 16
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The easiest way the quickest way the most thor
ough way and the cheapest way. The Progress banishes
washing slavery. ' It freed women from the drudgery
of old-fashioned washing and wringing. It does away
with bachache, headache and raw hands. The
Progress Electric Washer
Is the most serv iceable, practical, economical labor
saving device ever contrived for household use. It will
bring years of easy washdays to your home. Why let
another week go by without one?
For Sale Oy
P. E. Keraus
EXCHANGE NOTES AND LOCALS
Richard Yoxall. of Wa-Keeney went
as a volunteer to the. navy and -is now
a U. S. marine in the 30th Co. In
training for six or eight weeks on
Paris Island, Port Royal, South Car
olina. Sharon Springs Times.
The Penokee State Bank, opened
yesterday in full readiness for bus
iness. The fixtures and supplies have
been in for several days and the
officers have been "waiting for the
bank examiner. Hill City Republi
can. W. N. "Larrabee, the- government
officer for this district was in Hill
City this week. He is preparing a
list of our rich fellows whom ho ex
pects to step loyally up and pay their
income tax or he will assist them to
take the loyal step. Hill City New
Era.
Frank Clark was in town on Wed
nesday arid was showing some wheat
which he pulled from one of his fields.
It looked all right and from' the
length of the head if we have any
decent amount -of moisture he will
have a fairly good crop. There are
others who have some good pieces,
but none who expect anywhere near
a full crop. Ellis Headlight-
One day last week a bunch of 800
head of cattle on the Smoky was
stampeded by a hail storm and
twenty-two head were crowded into
a big canyon and killed. M. T. Fick
had 100 head in the herd and not a
one of his was in the number that
was killed. Grinnell Record.
AU the windows in the west side
of the High School building were
broken by hail Monday night,. Then
some one with a most contemptible
disposition has broken several of the
windows on the other side of the
building. It would have been a good
investment to have all the windows
screened. Quinter Advocate. ,
A young man in this city is in
something of a quandry. A short time
ago in procuring a marriage license
he gave his age as 27, but failed to
register Tuesday. He claims as an
excuse that he is more than 31 years
old and consequently is not subject to
registration. The officers are now in
vestigating and the young man will
probably know in a short time just
what his age is. We have heard of
women dodging the age issue but this
is about the first instance where a
man tries to adopt the plan. Russell
Record.
FROM THE AGRICULTURE COL
LEGE AT MANHATTAN
, Miss Anna Connor of 0llyer, is
a freshman in home . economics.
R. J. Reid of Ogallah, is taking
a course in the school of agricul
ture. - -
Miss Blanche Smith is a special
student in the college. She is also
from Wa-Keeney. .
Miss Elizabeth. McCall of Wa-Keeney
is another popular Trego county
student. She is a junior in home
economics. .""'"
A. H. Acre of Wa-Keeney, is a
popular student. He is a sophomore
in industrial journalism and belongs
to the dramatic society.
The extension division maintains
correspondence courses that are open
to all persons desiring to take up
a study at home. Several persons in
Trego county are enrolled in home
study work. -
. Aa Trego county has no .farm
bureau, the division- of extension is
slightly handicapped in its work, but
the farmers themselves in co-operation
with the extension division
have built up a good, annual farmers
institute at Wa-Keeney.
All departments of the college are
ready and willing to give advice and
aid to the farmer at all times. The
department of entomology performs
invaluable services to the .farmer by
identifying insect pests and working
out practicable methods for their ex
termination. Trego county is represented by 11
students at the Kansas State Agri
culture college. These are all earn
est, alert young people who are mak
ing an enviable record for themselves.
Of the 11 enrolled in the last year,
six chose the short course"while the
other five registered in four years
courses. ' .
Any Trego county farmer who sus
pects the seed he is buying ij adul
terated,' may find out whsthcr or not
he is right by sending a sarapte of
the seed to the -botany department
for analysis. . Many seeds, especially
the expensive seeds such as alfalfa
and clover, are adulterated with weed
seeds and cheat.
The chemistry department will
under the direction of Ir. J. T.
Willard examine and analyze any
stock foods and remedies, palenc
medicines, and samples of soils that
are sent to the department. This is
a valuable service to the farmer, es
pecially in the case of a patent med
icine or stock food.
The experiment station does an
important work. It carries on exper
iments to determine the best varieties
of crops to grow on different soils,
rotation of crops, grain rations for
fattening and growing stock, and the
value of different hay crops for feed
ing purposes. The results of the ex
periments are written up so that the
a'erage person can understand them,
and placed in bulletins. These bulle
tins can be obtained free by writing
to the dire-tor of the experiment
station, W. M. Jardine.
OH, WA-KEENEY
Shortly after the - registration
booths were opened at Wa-Keeney,
Kans., Tuesday a dove f.ew into the
room and was captured by a number
of women. Whereupon a story comes
from Wa-Keeney to the effect that
the people take it as an omen that
the war will soon be brought to a
close.
Imagine that from . Wa-Keeney!
There was a time when the cowboys
and the homesteaders who gathered
there on pay - days' and Saturday
nights to "see what was going on,"
would resent the tender sentiment.
But Wa-Keeney has never been the
same since the discovery of Trego
County gold there in the late "90s,
when Wa-Keeney "bit" for all the
spare change it had in its pockets.
Did the gold brick game take all the
spirit out of the old home town of
"Abe" F ricks and "Doc" Jones? In
"them good old days" you never
would have caught Wa-Keeney fall-J
ing for the notion that a pet pigeon
would solve the -problem of the
U-boat n more than the coo of a
turtledove" would have halted in that
day a fight between two "gents"
fresh from the roundup and full of
frontier "tarantula juice." Kansas
City Star.
DR. ALLEN, the TOPEKA DENTIST
Will be in Wa-Keeney, Saturday,
June 16th. To do al kinds of up-to-date
dental work. Also Spectacles
fitted to the most difficult cases.
Adv. 16. ' -
SILO BUILDING IN WESTERN
KANSAS
A. S. Neale, a silo and live stock
expert of the Kansas State Agricul
ture College, is helping the Fort Hays
Experiment Station force in holding
twelve meetings, in. Rooks, Ellis and
Trego counties' thiir-week. At the first
of these meetings at Demar, District
Agent W.A. Boy3, had the following
to say about silos in his district.
Several Western Kansas farmers
have reported that their silos have
easily paid for themselves - the past
year.' This was because feed was
stored in the silo when plentiful and
cheap, making it unnecessary to buy
feted at the high prices that have pre
vailed. On acccim-; of the possibil
ity of continued high, prices of feed
there . is a greater need of the s'lo
than ever, before. It is always impor
tant for the Western Kansas farmer
to store up feed in years of plenty for
years' of short crops.
"After deciding to put in a silo,
about the first thing' to consider is
what type of silo is the ' best. This
may vary some with conditions. How
ever, a permanent type of silo is
usually advisable. A silo that will not
burn or blow down represents a safe
investment.
"The next thing to decide is the
expense of different silos of this char
acter. The pit silo, if properly con
structed is a satisfactory, permanent
type of a silo and represents the least
amount of money invested. Some "of
these silos have been constructed for
a cash outlay of $25 and some were
less.
"The pit silos now in the best con
dition are those that have had some
covering to protect from rains. The
plastering was at least . one inch
thick and of a good rich mixture. It
is also important to bank up earth
around the curb ' to shed all water
so it will not run down the walls
''If some one prepares to build an
above ground silo, among others, the
concrete, or metal lath plastered are
good silos that can be depended upon
to give satisfactory results."
A "LETTER FROM W. S. AUSTIN
4-i-o visional Aviation School. '
. Squadron Company B.
Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Kay 18,. 1917.
Dear papa and mamma:
Will write you a few lines today,
I am well and hope you are all the
same. I arrived here this morning
as we left Ft. Logan, Colo., at 5:45
Tuesday evening. Came a.U tha way
to Houston and from there to San
Antonia. There is an awful bunch, of
men here and areoplanes are flying
around like birds.
We are sleeping in tents, every
thing is pretty good excepting the
water and it is somewhat warm.
They took all of 113 a ride in a big
motor truck this forenoon. Don't you
know that there is some fine country
around Armanilla and Fort Worth,
the finest in the world. All the wheat
and oats are headed out and the rye
is about'ripe, the corn is knee high.
Tell everybody hel.'o and tell them
to write once in awhile. There cer
tainly is a lot of motor trucks around
here. Well, here is hoping this thing
will be over within a short time. I
just got through taking my second
vaccination for typhoid and you had
ought to see my left arm. where I was
vaccinated for smaipox, it sure is a
fright.
Tell Charley to write and tell David
if he wants to see all the flying
machines to just .join the army and
he sure can see them.
If you want to you can send me
your World when you get through
reading it. I will close hoping to
hear from jfou- soom.-
Very truly yours,
" , : Stanley.
; MARKET REPORT
Kansas City Stock Yards, June 12,
1917. Cattle receipts were 12,500
head, following 16,000 yesterday, the
market slow, but there was finally a
place for everything at steady prices,
top $13.30. Hog supply was 13,000,
1,000 above the early estimate, mar
ket steady to 10 lower, top $15.65.
Sheep and lambs today 5,500, market
strong to unevenly- higher, spring
lambs .16.50.
x Beef Cattle
Thirty- two cars of good cattle and
hogs for today's market from Central
Nebraska, including 6 loads of steers
at $13.25, yearlings at $12.85, and
hogs at the top price .arrived late yes
terday. Two trains of good cattle
from Texas sold today in the quaran
tine division at $10.50 to $12.65.
Oklahoma cattle sold in the quaran
tine division at $7-50 to $11.50, grass
steers bringing from .$725 to $9.75.
MARGARET SWIGGETT
Bonded Abstracter
....'. . i- Farm Loans
Wa-Keeney, Kansas
(Register of Deeds of Trego County Eight Consecutive Years)
Insurance
HAMILTON WATCHES
Ara conceded by Jewelers 60 be the best watches made in America.
Their time keeping qualities, their beauty in appeatance, as well as
their lasting qualities, have & national reputation to be first class.
Come in and let me show them to you.
; SOLID GOLD WEDDING RINGS
An assortment of different styles, different sizes, .different weights
and different prices always on hand.
TABLE WARE IN STERLING SILVER AND
SILVER PLATED
A. S. TREGER, w.-KneT, k..
Special Dress Sale
Friday and Saturday
An Extraordinary Sale of Summer Dresses
at a big reduction. Exceptional saving oppor
tunities. Worth while prices that should ap
peal to every Lady or Miss. .
Silk Dresses will be offered in many cases at
less, than wholesale cost.
Included in this sale are some of the very
smartest models, developed in Georgette crepe,
Crepe de chine, Pongee, Linens, Organdia, Voils
and French Lawn.
Prices range from $5.50 to $27.50. These
are Friday and Saturday specials so don't for
get the dates.
Ynhsnxk ladies
uo w OUTFITTERS
Wakeeney, Kansas.
In the New Kline Building.
Ten cars of Arizona steers were
offered, some-of them bringing $11.25
which is a record for Arizona.- Ten
cars of Oregon steers arrived, six
cars of them selling at $1185, same
as ten cars of their mates brought
yesterday, four cars of the shipment
today at $11.75. Missouri steers
topped the market at $13.30, and Kan
sas heifers established a new high
mark on heifers, $13.00. Butcher
grades are in moderate supply and
steady, cows up to $11.00, bulls $9.75,
veals $12.50.
' Stockers and Feeders'
Stock steers range from $7.65 to
I $9.50, and feeders $9.10 to $11.00, the
latter price paid or nve cars ox high
bred native white faces, 964 pounds
average. Panhandle stock heifers
sold at $10.00 to $11.00. Shipments
to the country are running heavier
than a year ago, because of larger
receipts, and prices are one dollar
higher than a year ago.
Hogs
Volume of supply at leading mar
kets today justified higher prices, and
that was the indication of the opening.
However, packers insisted on reduc
tions, and while the top price remain
ed the same as top yesterday, bulk of
sales were slightly lower, at $18.00
to $lb.55, light hogs $14.75 to $15.75.
The agitation favoring - economy is
cutting down consumption of poric
and lard ih some degree and is res
ponsible for weakness in prices rec
ently. At the same time purchases
by the government cannot but be a
stimulus, although conducted in a
very quiet manner."- Conditions are ,
easily shifted under the existing war
situation, but in view of supply stat
istics for the next three months at -least
prices should remain at a high
range. ?
Sheep and Lambs
The advance of 25 cents yesterday
was followed by another gain of al
most as much today, best ; . native
spring, lambs at $16.50, common
Arizona spring lambs $15.00 which
prices are at either end of the full
range. Ewes are selling at $8.50 to
$10.50, wethers at a slightly higher
range. Goats are - rather scarce,
brasher Angoras worth $7.50 to $8.00,
fat Angoras $8.00 . to $8.25, whita
goats $6.50 to $7.00. ..