Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-06-21

glourious 4th and hear the eagle
scream.
If you want to secure quarters at
the Kansas City convention in ad-
vance, we have blank applications.
Call at THE News office where they
can be secured free of charge.
At the meeting of the county COM
missioners of Beaver county as a
board of equalization not a single
protest of erroneous assessment was
presented to the board. A queer
incident indeed.
The Meade base ball mines are
seriously considering the purchase
of base ball uniforms. We hope
the boys will conclude to make the
improvement as they are good play
ers and we'll deserve it.
We hope all the members of the
Meade County Live Stock Associa
ton will file their brands with the
secretary, r. E. Steele, as soon as
possible so we can begin work on
the brand book.
Elmer Beatty, through his attor-
neys, replevined the cattle recently
taken by Sheriff Judd, as receiver,
and moved from A. Gillick's to R.
M. Painters. Mr.. Beatty gave a
bond and we presume will take pos
session of the cattle.
We notice lot of our exchanges
are running ads. for Montgomery
Ward & Co., Sears, Roebuck & Co., :,
etc. Of course these firms pay well
for them but how do you expect to
have the nerve to ask your home
merchant to advertise when you are
advertising for firm out of town
thus encouraging people to send
away for everything.
The lectures delivered by DR..
Petit at the city hall last week were
the best of the kind ever delivered
in Meade. The DR.. is well acquaint-
ed with his subjects and gives some
good, practical thoughts from which
everyone can profit. The people of
Meade should appreciate and en-
courage lectures of this character.
We would be glad to have DR..
Petit return at some future date
and continue his lecture course.
The Liberal base ball nine failed
to put in an appearance Saturday as
we advertised last week. We don't
know why they did not come, unless
they were afraid to play our best
nine. We also have second and a.
third nine that might accommodate
them. We are sorry to have the
Liberal nine disappoint the Meade
nine and also the people. We al
ways thought we'll of Liberal and
her people but shall not hold enmity
on account of the base ball nine's
failings. We invite you to come
some other time.
MIR. Frank Wehrle received an in
quiry from Bureau of Employment
recently in regard to employment for
harvest hands. He replied to 1. E.
Strauss that none were needed. The
letter fell into the hands of l. A.
Strauss, an early Meade county res
ident, and the following reply was
received:
My Dear Sir-I don't think that
Meade county was ever intended for
farming anyway. In fact, 1 gave
away my farm there several years
ago. Don't know how l came to
get this letter for it is no answer to
me, passed it up years ago. l
have however, fshed in Crooked
Creek, drank alkali water, (before
you discovered artesian) lived in a
sod dug out, taught the first school,
tried to defeat Meade in race for
county seat, run a subsidized news
paper, MIXED borrowed mavericks,
courted and married the prettiest
and best girl in the sand hills and
then left Meade County with the
tastes of a millionaire and the pock-
cts of pauper. The Almighty in.
tended Meade County for some pur.
pose, but as yet it is one of those
mysteries hidden to the mortal eye
Meade County, however, has &
"pride of ancestry and hope oi
posterity" She was not conceived
-, ;pi1,i+u nor rvoc che horn in sin