Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-12-27

Some Finney county farmers are
talking of sugar beets.
The Methodists of Inman have raised
81, 200 to build new church.
The Presbyterian church of Neodesha
expects to build So, 900 parsonage.
There were two fatal shot gun acct
dents at Coffeyville on December Is.
The NJ. E. church at Chanute received
100 new members at one time recently.
The state association of Kansas post
masters are to meet in Topeka January
1O-11
Miss Mary C. Park is serving her
fifth term as clerk of the Atchison
school board.
Ex-Governor Leedy is going to Ore
gon with his family to remain there
permanently.
About 10000 acres of land near Hav-
gas production.
The Dodge City Presbyterian church
will build seven room parsonage in
the near future.
The December report on the condi-
of Kansas wheat is only 99.7 per cent.
What's the matter?
An advance party of Russians is in
Edwards county. They are looking
for a location for colony.
Val. w. Robertson, Rocl, Island
brakeman, fell from train at Abilene
and received very serious injuries.
The Sixth district seems to have
centered its desires on Ellsworth for
the location of the new insane asylum.
The agent of the American Express
company, at Fort Scott. will test the
law requiring him to have city IL
cense.
Miss Belle c. Brooks is visiting her
home in Ellis. She is the musical
director of the Madison Square Theater
company.
Burglars opened safe at Solomon,
securing valuable papers and about
500. The store was injured by the ex-
plosion.
The librarians OF Kansas propose to
hold meeting in Topeka coincident
with the state teachers association
meeting.
Rev. Harvey S. Christian, pastor of
the Florence Presbyterian church, died
December Is, after an operation for
appendicitis.
Decatur county people have prepared
a petition to the legislature to estab-
lish state salt plant at the Hutchin-
son reformatory.
Miss Anna Bigger, of Emporia, has
been elected principal Of the music de-
partment of female college at Will
Jamestown, S. c.
A county commercial club is being
organized in Montgomery county to
work for the interests of the county
and her towns.
Representative business men of Wich-
tia have started movement to erect a
monument over the grave of ex-Gov-
ernor L. D. Lewelling.
The First Methodist church of Wich-
tia, at its Sunday service raised thank
offering of So, 500, which pays the only
debt against the church, which was
upon the parsonage.
Mrs Bonsell, from Iowa, was enroute
to visit in St. John, Kas., and while
standing on a car platform the train
started throwing her in a position to
have her foot crushed between the
bumpers. The foot was amputated.
Governor Stanley says he wants to
hear from the people as to what they
want done by the state for the semi
centennial exposition in 1904
The report of State Bank Commits
sioner Breidenthal states that the
farmers and stocbmen OF Kansas have
on deposit in banks SIT, 1893. 31S, or sc =
per cent of the entire deposits, and
that the entire deposits of corporations
is Ga per cent of the total deposits
The number of the first named depos
itors is 1890 and of the depositine
corporations 1.516
Fifteen hundred turkeys were driven
overland from Stafford county and de-
livered to a Hutchinson poultry dealer
Major Ben Furguson, of Dodge City
has started in upon what he propose.
to make his winters employment, By
the capture of 100 sllunks and : coons
He skins the animals and takes tn,
fat. The skunk hides are contracted
at 90 cents each and the oil at 81 a gal
Ion. He digs the animals out of thei
sandholes and his dogs take care O
them. A judicious use of coal oil i
used to overcome the ''musk"
Governor Stanley has appointed 7
NJ. Potter, of Peabody; S. r. Myers, O
Sabetha, and Fl. w. McAfee, of Topeka
as delegates to the national live stool
convention at Salt Lake City, Januar
1918.
State Architect Stanton is preaarinl
estimates of the cost of finishing th
interior and exterior of the state house
There yet remains considerable worl
to be done in the basement and upo,
the first floor. The total cost vii