Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Local News.

OluCl Va bIl1o loouCs
Austin Ball was over from Plains
Tuesday, transacting business.
The boys have received a chal-
lenge from the Pratt football team.
Messrs. Bergman and Siegel re-
turned from Kansas City last Fri
day.
Frank Croker went to Bucklin
last week to work at the carpenter
business.
Mrs. Lou Osborne, of Plains, was
visiting with Mrs. Bunch for several
days this week.
Tom Hotz is drilling a well for
John Graves this week, at his place
east of the city.
County Treasurer Black publishes
the annual tax levies in another col
umn of this issue.
DR.. Simpson & Sterrett will be at
the Meade Hotel from Nov. IS to
30, to do dental work.
Bert Walters was down from Fow-
Ter Tuesday and made this Office a
very pleasant call.
DR.. Fee reports the birth of IT,
pound boy at the home of Ed Miles
of Fowler, last Friday.
Sheriff Judd took VIM. Collier
and Bert Perkins to the Reformitory
at Hutchinson last Monday.
We have been extremely busy this
week with job work-in fact, more
that we can conveniently handle at
once.
District court will convene in this
city on November 2oth, at which
time the Wiley bond case will be
heard.
Co. Commissioner John Conrad
got in from Kansas City last Friday,
where he had been with several
cars of cattle.
There will be a grand ball at the
city hall next Friday evening. All
are invited to attend. Good music
will be furnished.
Rev. Stromire will preach at Belle
Meade, Sunday Nov. 24th, at 3 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to come.
Mr.. John Hotz has sold his three
quarters of land northeast of Meade
to Mr.. Julius Riley, of Fowler twp.
The consideration was $4,000.
Mr.. F. G.. Hamilton arrived from
Kansas City last Friday in response
to a telegram that his mother was
very sick. She is considerably bet
ter at this time.
Don T. Edwards was over from
Plains last Tuesday night to ride
the Workman goat. He returned
home the same night, so we pre-
sumo he rode in good style.
Mrs. VIM. Colgan sold her hall
section of land north of Meade fol
S25oo to a gentleman from McPher-
son county. He intends to have it
broken out and sown in alfalfa dur.
Ing the coming spring.
Rev. Robinson's family arrived in
Meade last Monday and have locat.
ed in the new parsonage where they
will be glad to have their friend:
call after next week when they will
be prepared to entertain them.
The Epworth League gave very
pleasant social at the home of Mr.
/ w. F. Casteen on last Tuesday ev
ening. Everyone who was present
reports an excellent evenings en-
tertainment. The proceeds were
for the benefit of the League.
| We are advised that Jess Lanan
will have another preliminary hear
ing for the shooting of Jim Gillicl
last summer. A warrant was ISSUED
sometime ago and was recently givel
to VIM. Bunyan. Upon learning
this fact Lanam gave himself up t.
Bunyan who took him before w. T
Miles, a Justice of the Peace o
Fowler township. We have not ye
learned the date set for the hearing
We have had considerable inquir,
in regard to the recipe for extermi
mating prairie dogs and have con
cluded to publish the same mex
week. Now is the proper. time o
the year to get after these little pest
and unitod effort should be mad
to get rid of them, The countr
during the last few years has bee
overrun with them and a vast acre
age of grass is destroyed every year
Every cattleman having pastures G
any size should take steps towar