Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-23
Our Correspondents.
PLAINS ITEMS.

PLAINS ITEMS.
Everybody talking harvest and be-
ginning to make preparation to be-
gin work.
The recent rains were great ben
eft to the growing crops.
]. w. King and Berl Graham
were business visitors to Meade last
Saturday.
Miss Leona Bisbee returned on
Saturday evening from her visit at
Bucklin for some time with her sis
ter, Mrs. Charles Brial.
Ray Edwards and bret Graham
are stockholders in the Rock Island.
Tom Tegarten of the Cimarron
Valley was seen in the city Satur-
day.
Mr.. S. c. Matheny is putting
down a we'll on his place north of
town.
There is considerable blowing 60
Jun on and a prospect for about
80 per cent more farming.
Mr.. Leach's horse stayed off last
Friday night. He thought perhaps
some tramp had rode him off until
he found him at the Aker ranch.
Mrs. J. R. Griggs is visiting home
folks at this writing.
Miss Ethel Harbit entertainedher
little friends Monday May 18th it
being her 9TH birthday. A very
pleasant time was spent.
Mr.. Chas. Seward is contemplate
inh loading a car of his 1900 wheat
he had held for Mckinley prices.
Mr.. Robert Derry, of Montezuma,
passed through the city last We'd
nesday with load of the soft quail
ity of rock that is quarried near the
Cimarron river.
J. A. Elder has purchased the
rock hause that stands in the Camp
bell pasture and intends placing it
upon his place south of the city.
Newhouses moved 500 head of
their cattle to the river last week.
Wonder why there is any elope-
ments in this neck af the woods?
Miss Cox, of Liberal, sister-in-
law to Postal Clerk Newhouse, visit
ed Miss Adah Edwards last Thurs
day.
BRONCO SAM.
EAST SIDE ITEMS.
Who says 1t does not rain out
here.
The prospect for wheat is fine.
Mrs. Bishop and Mrs. Cowan
have been making weekly trips to
Fowler selling butter and eggs.
U. G. Cowan and family visited
at Fletcher's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Bennett at
tended quarterly meeting at Ever
green Sunday.
Warren Fletcher had quite run
away last week with a four-horse-
team hitched to a drag.
Frank Bennett and wife spent
Sunday at Oliver Padgett's.
Chas Young, of Meade, brought
so head of cattle out to the Bennett
pasture Monday.
Jake Wolfley brought over one
hundred good COWS and heifersfrom
the eastern part of the state when he
moved.
Joe Pinnick, of Evergreen, passed
through on his way from Fowler.
Miss Fife Henry. of Meade, was
visiting in this locality last week.
Mr.. Mahieu was badly hurt last
week while farming but not serious.
Frank Martin and wife visited in
this neighbhrhood first of the week.
Mrs. Maurice Frazier was ped
ding rugs on the east side Tuesday.
Mrs. Bishop was excited very
much the other day on seeing her
little sou enter the house holding a
little live snake by the tail In one
hand and a cat in the other hand.
Willie Cheney is working for
Ernest Fletcher at present.
Mary Bennett called at Bishops
Tuesday.
If you want lovely boquet call
on Mrs. Mcnamara. She has her
windows full of beautiful flowers.
Charles Edwards is hauling sand
this week to plaster his house.
EAST SIDER
ODEE ITEMS.
1t s very hard to please every
body. At one time this spring the
farmers were kicking because it was
too dry, and. last week they were
kicking because it was raining every