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TREGO COUNTY, KANSAS NEWSPAPER TIDBITS W. F. PAGETT FALLS While he was attempting to get into his buggy at the depo a few days ago, the team made a too sudden start, and threw W. F. Pagett to the ground with such violence as to sprain his left leg seriously. This is the one that was not broken last spring and Pagett has grabbed a cane. (Western Kansas World, Wakeeney, Kansas, April 25, 1885) LEW MARXER DRAYMAN STANDS UP PRETTY WELL Lew. Marxer, Ellsworth's drayman, stands up pretty well generally. The rule had its exception a few days ago, when he was handling lumber. He was blown several feet to the ground along with a big plank which he was attempting to handle. He was bruised pretty seriously, which fact has been reflected in his limping gait. (Western Kansas World, Wakeeney, Kansas, April 25, 1885) DR. CONGER'S ALFALFA IS THRIFTY Dr. Conger tells us that his three and a half acres of alfalfa which was sown last year at his ranch is as thrifty as it could well be. The doctor is delighted with the dimensions of the crop, and he will sow a new patch this spring. Alfalfa is excellent feed for hogs, as well as other stock. Our people should remember it in their planting. (Western Kansas World, Wakeeney, Kansas, April 25, 1885) G. F. McKNIGHT RETURNS TO CLAY CENTER We regret to have to announce that Mr. G. F. McKnight, the senior member of the McKnight land firm, has returned to Clay Center to remain. He will open a branch office in that city. W. R. will remain in charge of the business at this place. We have had dealings with quite a number of men in our time and aim to say that not one of them ever exceeded G. F. McKnight in patronizing the prinTer liberally or paying him uncomplainingly and promptly. We give only feeble vent to our feelings when we say that Mr. McKnight has our very best wishes for success in his business enterprises. (Western Kansas World, Wakeeney, Kansas, April 25, 1885) TREGO COUNTY TRACINGS - APRIL 25, 1885 O. T. Birkeland expects his daughter, Mrs. Gunderson, and her aunt, of Chicago to visit them this summer. H. S. Case of Davenport, Iowa, arrived on Friday evening's train. He has bought 160 acres of railroad land, a mile east of town. Mr. Smith and family from Nebraska, have rented a house near town, until they can find desirable lands upon which to locate. Peterson & Co. will this week establish a branch land office at Grainfield, Kans.; Mr. Jones, for a time taking charge of the business there. B. O. Richards is hastening up the assessing of this township. Residents of the southern and southeastern portions will receive calls from him this week and next. Geo. W. Kessler recently lost a valuable horse which he had of late purchased, from dropsy of the heart. A post-mortem examination disclosed a pailful and a half of water around that organ. James Power has returned from another trip to Lane county. Mr. Power brought to this country with him a span of large mules and in the way of freighting they have proved themselves of great value as well as profit. Much against the wishes of the members of the Woman's Relief Corps, Miss York resigned the position of secretary at the meeting last Saturday because of her numerous other duties. Miss Stickney was appoitned by the president to fill the vacancy. Over 1,000 acres of railroad land were sold last week by Peterson & Co., to the following gentlemen; McIlvaine & Searles, land agents at Bushnell, Ill. Messrs. Griffith, Pratt, Henderson, Applegate, West, Lindley and another whose name was not ascertained. Source: Western Kansas World, Wakeeney, Kansas, April 25, 1885 OGALLAH OOZINGS - April 22, 1885 A social dance at Mr. Cutler's Thursday evening of last week. Wesley Marquand, Thomas Roberts, Ed. Morgan, Mr. Phillips and one other started for the plains Friday of last week. They ahve gone on a wild horse hunt. Success to them! Rev. P. J. Berg, of the Swedish M. E. church of Denver, preached at the school house last Friday evening. Three children were christened by him. He will return the 12th of May and then wil preach to his people in their mother tongue. C. U. Later Source: Western Kansas World, Wakeeney, Kansas, April 25, 1885 BANNER BUGLINGS - April 19, 1985 Mr. John Stewart lost a fine colt last week from eating loco. It is reported that one of Mr. Hawk's children has the measles. Mr. Dooling is building on section 26. He will also send for his family. Mr. F. O. Taylor took the Collins claim on section 22 and has gone back to Nebraksa to make arrangements to move out. Mr. James Fague, late of New York state, has taken the E. L. Drake place, and has his house about ready for occupancy. He will send for his family soon. Mr. E. W. Arnold and family arrived last week from Wisconsin. Mr. Arnold comes back to Trego county, thinking he will be satisfied. He left this county about a year ago and went to Wisconsin to get rich. He says his family were sick most of the time since he left, and he has concluded he can get rich fast enough in Trego county. Source: Western Kansas World, Wakeeney, Kansas, April 25, 1885 ARTHUR GAISFORD BROKE ARM Arthur Gaisford whose parents reside about two miles southeast of town, was thrown from a horse Thursday afternoon, with the result of having the wrist and elbow of the right arm dislocated and the right arm fractured a short distance above the wrist. Arthur is six years old. (Western Kansas World, Saturday, May 2, 1885) GUARD-PLOWER "BOB" HUTCHINSON "Bob" Hutchinson, of Glencoe township is getting ready to plow the fire guards for the railroad company from Wilson, Kansas to Denver, Colo. There were several bids for the job, but Bob's prevailed. He will run five plows and will make a guard six feet wide on each side of the railroad. He will go west on the south side of the track and will return on the north. From 40 to 50 days will be required for the completion of the work. (Western Kansas World, Saturday, May 2, 1885) LIST OF LETTERS - APRIL 24, 1885 Remaining in the post-office at WaKeeney, Kan., Friday, April 24, 1885
OLDEST SETTLER AGAIN MRS. C. C. COX Mrs. C. C. Cox, of Ellis, was in town last Monday on business and paid this office a subscription call. In the course of a talk about the country, Mrs. Cox mentioned having called on the World more than five years ago. She also revived the claim which she then made, that she and her family are the oldest settlers in Trego county. On their now beautiful place in this county, four miles this side of Ellis, they settled twelve years ago last August. Members of various Indian tribes visted their place with great frequency in those days, but never did any damage beyond stealing to some extent. Mr. Cox has been dead for years, but Mrs. Cox is well situated in the matter of property and she she does not seem to regret her many sacrifices in maintaining a residence on the frontier. (Western Kansas World, Saturday, May 2, 1885) BANNER BUGLINGS - APRIL 27, 1885 Preaching at the Banner school house last Sabbath morning and evning by Rev. Mr. dodge, of Lane county. Mr. James Tayne, who has just finished his house on his homestead expects his family this week from New York. Rev. Mr. Stayt and family have moved into the house in this place, which the Hodges family vacated the other day. Source: Western Kansas World, Saturday, May 2, 1885 MICHAEL WINTERS TRIES TO FORD RIVER Saturday morning, Michael Winters, who lives a few miles southwest of town, in attempting to ford the river near Mr. Atkins', had his large mule team and wagon swept away by the current. The mules were drowned, but the wagon and contents, harness, etc., were saved. This is a very serious loss to Mr. Winters. The attempt to ford was a foolhardy one. [Western Kansas world. (WaKeeney, Kan.), July 10, 1886 - Submitted by K. T.] DISTRICT CLERK BLAIR WENT TO ABILENE District Clerk Blair went to Abilene on Monday, and returned home Tuesday evening. He reports the country down that way in ever so much worse condition than this region. (Source: Trego County Tracings - Edited by the Western Kansas World's - Traveling Canvasser and Correspondent - Ogallah, Aug 5-8, 1887. Transcribed by Kathy Haggerty) JESSE COCKRELL PURCHASED TEN-INCH GANG BREAKING PLOWS Jesse Cockrell has recently purchased four ten-inch
gang breaking plows which he expects to pull with an engine. He has tried it with horses with one plow off, on
second breaking, and it worked like a charm. A trial was made the other day with all four plows and the engine,
but something was the matter with the pumps. Mr. Cockrell has remedied that difficulty and now waits for a dry
day to go to work. ["Western Kansas World, WaKeeney, May 12 1888 submitted by K. T.] Happy Hollow -- Mrs. Jane Lawson and son Lee are
visiting at W. H. Summerville's. Submitted by K. T. Wright Napue Sinks in Trego Creek
The four who lived came hurriedly to town, and
a crowd went back to the pond. Willis Jackson and Lee Beem dove for the body. Beem found it, and brought it to
the shore. The body was brought to town. In Napune's clothes $1.60 was found. Coroner Groft regarded it unnecessary
to hold an inquest. He furnished a coffin a the expense of the county. The body was covered with ice until the
next afternoon, when Blue Williams started with it to the home of Napue's mother, who lives near Kebar, in the
eastern part of Graham county. C. M. SCOTT VISITING ILL FATHER-IN-LAW IN NORTON COUNTY Trego Center... Feb 28, 1893 -- C.M. Scott and family are visiting in Norton county - called there by the illness of his father-in-law. Western Kansas world. (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, March 04, 1893 - submitted by K. T. REV. McCOY LEAVING WA-KEENEY We are sorry that Rev. Mr. McCoy has found it advisable
to make preparations for leaving Wa-Keeney. He and his family will go to Quincy, Ill., about the first of next
month. This step is rendered necessary on the account of the ill health of Mrs. McCoy. Mr. McCoy is an able minister,
and he will find no difficulty in finding a charge in the Quincy circuit. Rev. S.R. Ferguson, of Colby, will move
here with his family about the first of October, and become pastor of the M.E. church Western Kansas world. (WaKeeney,
Kan.), August 17, 1889 - submitted by K. T. Janet Yoder, 6-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Yoder of WaKeeney, is a patient at St. Anthony's Hospital, where she is being treated for a fractured skull. The baby fell off a bed at the Yoder home on Christmas Eve but did not seem badly hurt. Later she developed symptoms which resulted in her being brought to the hospital yesterday (Tuesday). Her condition today was regarded as satisfactory. Hays News (Western Kansas World, January 5, 1950, page 1) LIQUOR STORE ROBBER GETS A 15 YEAR SENTENCE Stanley R. Brown, age 23 years, of Cushay, Ore., one of the three men who have plead guilty to the Collyer Liquor Store robbery was arraigned in district court Monday at WaKeeney. Young Brown was sentenced by Judge Spencer to the State Reformatory at Hutchinson on two counts, burglary and grand larceny - ten years on count one and five years on count two to run consecutively. Robert Forem and Elmer Maness, both of Oklahoma will be sentenced in the next few days. Both men have served previous penitentiary sentences and will be taken to Lansing. (Western Kansas World, May 11, 1950, page 1) TORNADO KILLS 5 IN KANSAS WAKEENEY, Kan.--A tornado slashed through this Western Kansas town today, killing five persons and injuring approximately 40. The vicious winds turned a five-block residential area into a mass of splintered wood and brick. Trees were uprooted, water mains broken, and power and communication lines damaged. The dead were Mr. and Mrs. James Hladek, both about 65, and Dan Rohrbacher, 60. Mr. and Mrs. Hladek died in the wreckage of their home. Rohrbacher was blown from his house and his body found in the debris on the street. (Trenton Evening Times ~ June 27, 1951) POSSE SEEKS PAIR WANTED IN SHOOTINGS Wakeeny, Kan. - A search for a pair of young hitchhikers charged with murder intensified as darkness cloaked this northwest Kansas area Sunday night. "We're really going to work now, because they knew they didn't dare show their heads during daylight," said County Atty, W. R. Hainline. The hitchhikes killed Al Claycamp, 37, deputy sheriff and city marshal of Wakeeny, and wounded sheriff Chet McAtee, 55, Saturday night after the officers picked them up for questioning. Murder warrants were issued Sunday naming Harry W. Bloomer, 24, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Shirley Nixon, 17 of Wilsonville, Neb. About 200 men, three airplanes and some police dogs searched Satruday night and Sunday through the pasture and cropland area northeast of Wakeeney where the couple fled on foot. "Much of that land is in the soil bank and there is lots of cover," said Hainline, who is directing the search. (Dallas Morning News, June 16, 1962, page 1, section 1) WAKEENEY, KAN. - A Hitchhiking harvest hand and
his teenage girlfriend were captured in a farm granary Tuesday after a three-day hunt. A farmer spotted the girl's face as he moved objects around in the granary while searching for the pair. Knowing the fugitives were armed, he hurried outside and got the help of other searchers for the capture. The hunted pair - Harry J. Bloomer, about 30, and Shirley Nixon, 17, gave up without resistance. They had eluded searchers since Saturday night when the Wakeeney city marshal, Al Claycamp, 37, was shot to death and Chet McAtee, 53, sheriff of Trego county was wounded. McAtee said he and Claycamp had picked up the couple for questioning about 10 miles east of town and were driving them toward Wakeeney. The couple was in the back seat and the two officers in front. About five miles from town, McAtee said, the man drew a pistol and shot Claycamp. The sheriff halted the car and began struggling with the man. He said that during the struggle the girl also pulled a pistol and he was shot three times, but he did not know which of the two shot him. The couple bolted from the car and ran. They were captured only a mile and a half from the shooting scene. The area had been covered several times during the search, in which planes, horses, dogs and National Guardsmen were used. Bloomer and the girl were jailed in Wakeeney. A state highway patrolman, A. M. Scheibner, said neither had anything to say and the girl appeared upset. He said that upon command they came out of the granary with their hands up. Officers later found in the building a pistol believed to have been used in the shootings. Bloomer complained he was very hungry. He was shirtless and covered with scratches and insect bites. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Bloomer grew up near Bloomsburg, Pa., and Benton, Pa., and at the age of 16 began a crime career that has included robbery, burglary, larceny, auto theft and kidnapping. The FBI said Bloomer has been in and out of both state and federal institutions and received a discharge "other than honorable" from the Air Force, May 7, 1953. (Augusta Chronicle, July 18, 1962, page 3, section A)
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