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W A-KEENEY, KANS., JULY 12, 1917
39th Year Number 20
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Titan Tractors
The Titan, is one of the best farm
tractors on the market. It will pull a
three bottom 14-inch gang as deep as
you want your ground plowed and as
long as you will want it to run.
Burns Kerosene Exclusively
10-20 Horse Power
Sample Now on Hand
FARMER'S ELEVATOR
Wa-Keeney, - - Kansas
I still have several of these servants
who would like places on farms in
either Ellis or Trego counties. All
that I have placed are giving the best of
satisfaction and never complain that
the work is too hard. They will work
cheaper than any other servants you
have ever had on the farm, require very
crude quarters, will do, the washing,
ironing, churning, milk the cows, sep:
arate the cream, fan the biby to sleep,
pump the water, sweep the" floors with-
. out injuring the carpets and rugs, keep
the incubator at the right temperature,
make the toast and coffee for the hurry
breakfast,; keep the ice box cool and
make sufficient ice for the family use
and many other little services so neces
sary for your comfort. Never complain,
" require only a little to eat and are not
very particular about what it is, so long
as it is clean. A small outlay is re
quired at the time they go to work, but
after that the wages are almost noth
ing. Never get cranky and are on the
job all the time, night and day. Make
inquirj of
RAY C. HALL
Ellis,
Kansas 4tf.
IT'S SPRING! PAINT UP!
Use tine Best
Mound City Paint
It lasts the longest and
goes the farthest and is the
cheapest paint you dan buy.
Any color, any quantity
and at any time.
You Can Get It From
The Verbeck Lumber & Supply Co.
Wa Keeney, Kansas
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LUMBER COAL GRAIN
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished
GOOD WEIGHTS AND GOOD PRICES GIVEN
FOR YOUR GRAIN
ThsHardman Lumber Co.
Poultry cap early next week. -
Master Joe Richeson returned to
h!a home in Salina, after a two weeks
visit at the home of his uncle, J. E.
Pritts.
W. D. Austin was down from Voda
Monday forenoon and reports a. fine
rain in that vicinity Sunday night.
About an inch of water': felL -
Leo. Myerly was called to Denver
Sunday night by a message stating
that he was needed to join his com
pany of the Colorado National Guards.
Several - of the boys from ". this
county who went east to harvest have
returned home after having put Tn
aoout ten days in. the harvest news
The Niquette Land Co., of Salina,
have closed their land office here for
the present. W. E. Basnett who had
charge of the office expects to remain
Here indefinitely.
- J. W. Phares came down from Cres
cent, Colo., last Saturday night and
is looking after business matters this
week. He says the weather has been
a little not in Colorado.
It takes water to raise Sudan grass
in this country the same as anything
else. It is recommended as a dry
weather plant but this year seems toj
be a little. too dry for it. .. ...
L. A. McFarland." of Lincoln. Kan
sas, but who is now in the officers
training camp at Ft. Riley, was a
guest at the home of F. D. Hastings
and daughter, Anna, in this city over
Sunday.
Miss Flossie Kern, of Phillipsburg,
who is spending: several weeks at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jake H,oover
wno live north of town, went down to
Ellis Tuesday where she will visit
friends for a couple of weeks.
Dan McKnight was up from Ban
ner Wednesday. He was accompan
ied by Frank McKnight, his nephew,
from Guyman, Okla. Frank will -be
remembered by many of the Worlds
old readers as he was one of the live
wires in the boom days of Wa-Keeney.
Chas. Sellers and sons, Joe Mack
and Eddie, and Mrs. Milt Warner and
children, left Saturday morning by
auto route for the mountains of Colo
rado where all of them but Charley
expect to spend the next several
weeks.
The World is full of advertising
and commissioners proceedings this
week and it is impossible to give our
readers the usual amount of local and
news matter. It is just one of those
weeks when the newspaper man has
his innnig.
Mrs. F" E. Nattier, who has spent
the last - several weeks 1 here at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Acre, left for her home at Concor-'
dia last Saturday morning. She was
accompanied by her cousin, Miss Mar
garet Acre.
If you are planning on offering1 any
thing in the special premium line for
the coming Trego County Fair, just
report it to the secretary at once. The
list must be closed up very soon in or
der that the annual catalogue can. be
issued.. Uo it now.
J. H. Poffenberger received a postal
card this morning from his son. Minor,
who has been with the United States
regular army in the Philippine Islands
for the last several years. He says
he is now on his way home and in a
few days is expected to land on home
soil again.
We are pleased to note that G. C.
Mangold trotting mare, came out with
flying colors and the first money in
the races at the celebration at Hays.
July 4th. She was entered in the 2:30
but her competition was not close
enough to give her a fair trail. O. L.
Cook's colt did not race as there was
no other entry in the 2-year old class.
Word has been received from Ben
Rogers that he and his wife ar.d lit
tle son have arrived safely in "Port
land, Oregon, and that the health of
Mrs. Rogers is gradually improving.
They have rented a house and will do
light housekeeping. Wa-Keeney
friends are glad to know that she is
improving.
At the coming Trego county fair
there will be a premium offered on
the best display of vegetables from
each township in the county and it is
hoped that there will be several com
petitors -from each township. . This
feature can be found under the head
of the vegetable department in the
catalogue which is soon to be issued.
The Wa-Keeney Chautauqua begins
Sunday, July 29th and last five days.
Some interesting matter is being sent
out and It promises those who attend
that the entertainment will be fine.
The numbers on the program are all
first class people in their line and all
who possible can should take in every
number. For full information get a
copy of .the Wa-Keeney Chautauqua
Herald.
Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Caron, Mr.
Hobbs, Mrs. Tennell and Mrs. H. D.
Moore, went up ko Quinter Sunday
evening and attended church. The
rainy weather prevented them return
ing tltat evening and they remained
over until Monday. On their return
trip they were accompanied by the
Rev. Woodward, who visited with his
friends here until the west bound
jitney came along.
The silo special meeting in this
county which are scheduled for this
week and concerning which a notice
appears in this issue, may be of decid
ed interest to the farmers and they
may not mean anything. If there is
no crop of feed they will mean noth
ing, but If there is even a light crop
they will be of importance. In years
past the farmers who canned their
feed in a silo did not worry over cat
tle feed like the farmer who had no
silo. It will be the -same thing over
this year and -other years to come.
Better attend these meetings r and
learn something about how to con-
struct a silo.. Look up the other notice
f.or places nu mc u memiigi.
. James Season who is with a bridge
gang on the U. P., spent Sunday at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Selby,
northeast of this city.
' Wanted Second hand autos, any
make, in exchange for mine homines
and oil stock. - Inquire Poffenberger
Oarage or phone 104. Adv. 20;
" W. F. .King was up f rom -, Glencoe
township Tuesday on . business and
made arrangements tor entering his
horses at the coming Trego County
f air. , Mr. King has some fine animals
and it is a pleasure to. look at them
in action on the race track.
- Jake Hoover arrived home last Sun
day morning from a trip to Phillips
burg where he had been for about a
week visiting at the home of his fath
er and mother. Jake says there are
some pretty good fields of wheat be
tween here and Phillipsburg.
: Mrs. Gean BeasonNand little daugh
ter left Monday morning for Brook
ville and from there will go to Galves
ton, Texas, for a visit at the home
of her parents. She had been visiting
at the home of Mr. Beason's mother,
Mrs. Selby, northeast of this city.
- Miss Myrtle Noll, of Abilene, was
her . the, first, pf the week looking
aj.ter tne interests oi ner real estate
south of this city a few miles where
she owns two half sections of land.
The prospects for a crop on her land
this year are decidely poor. She re
turned home Wednesday morning.
In this issue appears the advertise
ment ,of W. W. Gibson's Rexall store
one cent sale. ' This is the second sale
of this kind that Mr. Gibson has put
on and it is hoped to make this sale
an even greater success than the other
was. 'Be sure to read the advertise
ment i and make a check after the
name ;of the article you wish to pur
chase, and take it to the store.
The North Bros, tent theater is at
Ellis .this week where the company
is playing their shows. If they are
giving as good satisfaction at Ellis
as they did here there big tent is
certainly filled to overflowing. The
North Bros, have a strong company
of players and present? attractions
which please the people and on their
next visit to this city will likely be
greeted with larger audiences than
they had last week. - .
Otis E. Doane, of near Edson, Kan
sas, was here tie first of the week
loading up the remainder of his farm
machinery and getting them ready to
ship to his new home in the west.
When he left here last spring he was
hoping t lere would be some wheat for
him to rat. -from the crop he had sown
heuCii lv so left his harvest tools. But?
alas: The. dry weather cleaned op all'
but about twenty-five acres of his crop,
and that is not worth much more than
the cutting.
The contributions to the Red Cross
fund from this county -continues to
grow. At the close of the work last
Monday evening the total receipts
were $1,127.27. Of this amount the
city of Wa-Keeney contributed
$707.57. Considerable more money is
yet to be raised before the quota for
this county is raised. The proportion
according to the $1,000,000 asked for
from this state, will run the amount
to nearly $1 per- head for each man,
woman and child in the couiity.
Those who are soliciting for the
Red Cross fund are freouently asked
how much money this county is sup-
nosed to contribute to the cause. W e
have been informed that no apportionment-
has ever been mcie to this
county excepting that Governor Cap
per has sent word that to raise the
sum designated for the state it will
be necessary for each county to con
tribute $1 per head for each man,
woman and child in it. At that rate
nd according to the census returned
bj the assessors this spring, Trego
County should contribute $6,240.
In accord with the request from
President Wilson that all the churches
over the land should observe a pat
riotic day with prayer for our country
in this its hour of need, the Presby
terian church held a pleasing and im
pressive service last Sabbath. A good
choir sang appropriate anthems and
led , the congregation in enthusiastic i
singing of national hymns. The read
me of the Presidents W ar Message to
congress was followed by a strong
address from the pastor. Some very '
effective ' decorations of large and
small flags and two large bouquets
sent in by the absent members of the
church, all which tended to make a j
very impressive and helpful service, j
The collection which was taken' was i
devoted to the Red Cross work. I
First published in the Western Kan
- sas World, July 12, 1917.)
ROAD NOTICE
State of Kansas, Trego County, ss.
To Whom It May Concern:
Take Notice, that a legal petition
siemed bv Rav McCurdy and other
householders of Riverside Township,
in said County, has been presented to
the Board of County Commissioners,
praying for the location of a section
line road as follows, vz: Beginning
at the southeast corner of section 15,
township 15, range 22, thence run
ning south 3 miles and there termin
ating. Said road to be 40 feet wide.
And that said beard has appointed
A. H. Hamm. S. A. Newcomer and
John McNaughton viewers, who will
meet at the point of beginning of said
road, as petitioned for, on the 14th
day of August 1917, and proceed to
view said road, as the law directs, at
which , time and place all persons in
terested may attend and have a hear
ing. In case said viewers fail to meet
cn the day designated, they may meet
on the following day, as provided by
law,, without further aotice.
Witness my hand and the official
seal of said County, this 7th day of
July 1917. ' ' .'
C. H." Benson,
. County Cleric
MARGARET SWIGGETT
Bondfed Abstracter
Insurance Farm Loans
Wa-Keeney, Kansas
(Register of Deeds of Trego County Eight Consecutive Years)
WHAT A WEDDING PRESEN"
ar you going to give t the bride? Thar ar thing that ar nic bat
not lasting, and thr ar thing that ar lasting but not nic. But
A NICE CLOCK OR SILVERWARE
ar both nic and lasting. Pric Sl.OO and up
Engagement King, Wedding Ring, Diamond Rings. Come in and look
them over. '
A. S. TREGER,
Wa-Keeney, Kanaa
H. J. Hille. Pres.
W. G. Baker. Vice-Pres. A. H. Blair. Cashier
- W. J. Skelton. Second Vice Pres.
C. R Hille. Ass t. Cashier
Capital $25,000.00
TREGO COUNTY STATE BANK
DiBKOToafi Bl. J. Hille
General Banking
WA-KEENEY, KANSAS
W. J. Skelton ' F. S. Diebold
W G. Baker
A. Fi. Blair
SOUTH TREGO
This locality was visited by several
local showers this week.
J M. Perry, the Baker medicine
man, was through this burg Monday.
Geo. Lohman haa returned from
Russell after four days in the harvest
field. i
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Mai and- family
visited with Mr. and Mrsv -.Ha.ranJ
acnneiuer.
Soloman Deines and family moved
this week onto his own farm which he
is improving. - ' -
Mr. and Mrs. A. ' R. . McKinley and
family called pa Mrs. Julius Sitz Sun
day afternoon.
John Hixson was gathering up tne
cattle- in this burg Monday which he
bought dast week.
Mrs. Fred Eichman jr and children
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Lohman and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schoppel of Kan-
som called on Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ben-
isch Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Ryce and family
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jno.
Weideman jr and family.
Mr; and Mrs. Jas. Beniseh motored
to Ransom, Brownell and Ness City
last Thursday. They report crops a
little better down there. -
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heitman left
overland last Thursday for Wichita
and other places in the east where
they will visit relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Kraus of Wa
Keeney and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Zuit
zisr and Mrs. Joe Gorsky and son
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. Benisch.
OGALLAH
What little wheat we have is about
all harvested.
Wedding bells were ringing south
east of Ogallah Wednesday.
Miss Lrladys Dean, of balina, is vis
iting with Bertha Marquand.
Rev. Parish, Christian minister, will
preach every Sunday at 11:00 a. m.
and 8:30 p. m.
Notning stirring here as nearly
everybody who can get away has gone
to the mountains.
Who says Ogallahs dead " e vot
ed $5,000 bonds for a new school
house. - The vote was about 2 to 1.
Rev. W. L. Cannon preached a
splendid sermon last Sunday and rais
ed a large sum of money for the Kan
sas Children's Home Society.
As Rev. Sutton is away there will
be no services next Sunday afternoon
and the M. E. Sunday school will
meet with the Christian Sunday school
at 10:00 a. m.
Misses Lucretia and Katheleen Dot-
son gave a Cinderella party to about
fifty of their young friends last Sat
urday mgnt. lne admission was one
Denny for every year, of their ages
and they raised $3.10 which they gave
to the Red Cross b ana.
VODA
Voda was visited by a nice rain Sun
day night. '
W. M. Mcvey was m voda last
Thursday on business.
- We are sorry to note that Jonn
Kristoff is worse again.
W. D. Austin was heipmg Dick
Owens build his garage last week.
Philip Krhut and mother spent
Friday evening with Mrs. Geo. Kris-
tof. :
John Bordovsky is the only one to
start his header going this harvest in
Voda. -
R Owens, W. D. Austin and Chas.
Kristof made a business trip to Ogal
lah, Monday.
Ralph Kristof and O. Knudson each
shipped out a carload of cattle on
Sunday morning.
Grant Marshall was putting in the
furnace apparatus for the new hall
at Voda the fore part of the week...
Misses Grace and Myrtle Schwan
beck returned home from Denver
where they were visiting their broth
er, Otis and also other relative.
BIG RED CROSS MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
Trego County Red Cros chapter at
the court room in this city Tuesday
f.fternoon, July 17, at 4 p. m. All offic
ers and members and all interested in
Red Cross work are requested to be
present at this meeting. . There will
iik-cly be a big attendance at this
meeting.. It will be the place to come
to to learn something about tho "Red
Cross and its work. '- r.j-
: For- the general '" Information : of
those throughout thsc county who de-.
sire-tq know, we 'publish'' herewith a"
list of "names of those who have been
appointed by the county chapter to
carry on the Work of r soliciting-" in
Trego county.- "
Wa-Keeney township :W J". - Wil
liams, vice-chairman, with Mrs. A. H.
Blair, Mrs. J. C. Cortright, Mrs. W. R.
Walker, Mrs. A. J. Atherton, Tim
Rhoades, Daniel Pershing, Walter
Parks and H. J. McNair as solicitors.
Ogallah township C. C. Yetter,
vice chairman.
Glencoe Will Clark.
Riverside E. W. Allman.
Willcox Charles Marcy.
. Franklin P. W. O'Toole. '
Collyer L. E. Steigeiman, vice
chairman and Mrs. Steigeiman and .
Mrs. Newcomb, solicitors.
Voda Mrs. A. G. Schwanbeck.
Banner W. J. Harvey.
No restrictions are made as to
whom a contribution may be given
but it is advisable- that residents of
the townships give their money to the
solicitors for that township. Do not
delay about handing in your contri
bution but do so at once so that the
final round-up can be made at once
and the funds all be sent in to head
quarters.
WA-KEENEY CHAUTAUQUA 1917
The 1917 Chautauqua convenes in
Wa-Keeney on Sunday, July 29 and
continues for five days. The follow
ing officers and committees have been
elected and apointed. L. S. Myerly,
president; J. H. Niesley, secretary
and treasurer; committee on tickets,
W. J. Williams, J. H. Heckman, J. R.
Parsons, F. B. Acre, H. F. Kline, E. A.
Courtney, J. C. Kirkner, G. P. Hin
shaw; committee on grounds, S. J.
Straw, R. I. Pickering and A. S. Ker
aus; committe on advertising, Max G.
Garrison, J. W. Bingham, A. S. Pea
cock, C. L." Hard man, C. R. Hille and
R. R. Ufford. The program promises
to be interesting and instructive and
all should make it a point to purchase
season tickets and try -to be present
at each number.
NOTICE
Any land owner having sand pits;
gravel pits, rocks suitable for con
crete work, or rock for crushing fit
for roads, clays and shales of a nature ;
to spread on sandy roads, either as
binding or surfacing material close
enough to be available for use, on any
road, will confer a favor by giving me
its location, nature and quanity. I am.
required to gather this information
not only for our use in this county
but for the state highway commission
as well. All such is to the owners in
terest as well as that of the public.
The sooner this is gathered the sooner
it can be made of service.
t Hudson Harlan,
-" County Engineer.
BANNER PICNIC
Our Banner friends are organizing
a bill for an all-day picnic and bas
ket dinner for Wednesday, July 25th,
at the Purinton grove near Castle
Rock. While they expect the largest
part of tneir crowd will De irora me
south, Utica, Arnold and Ransom, yet
they say they would greatly apprec
iate the attendance of Wa-Keeney and
all Trego county. Watch for complete
program next issue.