Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-07-19
Ned Jenkins is attending Gray's
store this week.

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Meade on business Wednesday.
Mr.. Lusk is the relief agent il
charge during Mr.. Peck's absence
Miss Adah Edwards, of Plains, i.
visiting Miss Grace Young this week
Sheriff Judd and deputy Min Ell.
lis were out west on business last
week.
c. c. Callahan, of Plains, wa.
transacting business in the city Wed
nesday.
The editor of the Hardesty Herald
says he believes in hanging horse
| thieves.
Mr.. Fred Gray and wife, and Mr..
Geo. Bentley and wife, went to
Beaver Tuesday on business and
pleasure.
J. w. King and Sam Givler, Of
West Plains twp. were in Meade
Wednesday.
d. B. Stutsman was attending the
Dist. Clerks Office during Mr.. Ell
liott's absence.
The hay outfits all layed off Mon
day and Tuesday until noon when
they resumed their labors.
We learn that Rev. Ryder. for
merly of Meade, viii soon leave
Texas and go to Chicago.
We notice from the Globe that
Mr.. F. Sourbeer, of Artesian, has
announced his cannidacy for Clerk
of the District Court, subject to the
Republican convention.
Bert Young severely cut his leg on
a wire fence Sunday while trying to
rope horse. He is now able to be
out again. Burwell Rieman had his
foot mashed, the result of hay-rake
accident.
F. Montgomery, Tom Cannon and
A. J. Blankenchip went fishing the
first of the week and caught several
carp weighing about g pounds each.
They also got quite number of
large catfish. Fishing was good.
Chas. Byrns and Jack Roberts
went to Plains Sunday afternoon
with justice warrant for Love
Graham on complaint of Chas. Ad-
die. 1t seems to be some trouble
growing out of the first case, which
comes up next Monday.
State Bank Commissioner John
Breidenthal passed through Meade
last Friday morning from Liberal
where he had been to open the
Liberal State Bank. Mr.. Briedenthal
is the fusion candidate for governor
of Kansas and will no doubt be
nominated and elected.
Mr.. w. F. Clark, of Dodge City,
representing the Northwestern Cir
culating Library, of Denver, Colo.
is in the city soliciting members.
Mr.. Clark is recommended by some
of the most prominent citizens of
Dodge city. The membership fee
is So for S years. The books are
sent in installments of SO and remain
for 3 months, when the next install
ment comes. There are 1000 vol
umes in all. We hope Mr.. Clark
may secure enough in Meade to get
the library.
Mr.. Ramsey was in town Satur-
day and was seen by number of
our farmers and stockmen in regard
to exterminating the prairie dogs.
He sent out a number of ipoculated
dogs to different parts of the county
and is waiting for developments.
Mr.. Ramsey is still at Mr.. Marshall's
place, where he is personally watch
ing the progress of his experiments.
He has just recently tried the inoc-
ulation method and is very anxious
to know the effect. We will have
more on this subject when we hear
of the results.
The Meade Base Ball nine left
Tuesday for Ashland where game
will be played on Wednesday. The
boys will come up with-the following
team: Alf Siegel, Roy Twist, w. C.
Osgood Jr., Norman Elliott, d. B.
Stutsman, Elery Cooper, Harry
Coon, Jess Mckinney, and Geo. B.
Cones. We hope the boys will be
successful and succeed in defeating
the Ashland nine Among those