Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-08


ors at the ball game this afternoon.
The celebrated Bond Shoe Co.'S
shoes are sold by E. w. Williams.
Tom Novinger and F. A. Shinogle
were over from West Plains twp.
Tuesday.
The "OwP Restaurant is the
name of Fred Gray's new eating
house.
Roscoe Gerow has a B6 cornet
for sale. Call and see him if you
want one.
Denny Coon and Oscar Thompson
left this week for Oklahoma with
bunch of horses.
E. w. Williams purchased about
1000 bushels of wheat from J. M.
Brannan this week.
S. Samples has the framework of
his new house in position, and it
will soon be completed.
DIR. Fee was called to E. McCau-
ley's last Monday night and to Fow-
ler Tuesday to see Ed Miles.
The young ladies are making
preparations for the program to be
given at the reunion at Dodge City.
Considerable building is being
done In Meade at present-probably
more than at any one time since the
boom days.
The Board of County Commits
sioners was in session last Monday
making the annual tax levies for the
coming year.
During the storm of the afternoon
of Sunday, July 28, NJ. f. & H. M.
Dahmer had two of their finest cat
tie killed by lightning.
There will be a dance at the City
Hall Thursday night after the en-
tertainment. The proceeds will be
toward helping the the treasury of
the base ball nine.
The "Brownie Band Cantata" will
be given at the City Hall this ev-
ening. Come and be entertained
by their comical and quaint actions.
Admission IS and IS cents.
We have a letter from Henry Bur
ford, Ell Reno Ok. He speaks of
the new Indian country. We hear
that Henry is going into a railroad
office down in that country.
Come and hear something about
brownies" "Wood Nymphs" "But-
terfies," "Gypsies" "Fairies". also
you will learn how they spend their
holidays at City Hall tonight.
Fred Gray is fixing up the room
next door to Mr.. Hamilton's meat
market preparatory to opening
short order house. He expects to
ready for business the latter part of
this or the first of next week.
Don't fail to attend the "Brownle
Band Cantata" to be given at the
City Hall August 8, (this EVENING"
The net proceeds to be applied to
fund for purchasing piano for the
City Hall.
We can furnish you the New York
Thrice Week World in connec-
ton with The News for SITS per
year. The paper comes to you ev-
cry other day, and is better than a
daily where you cannot get your
mail every day.
The Meade Invincibles will cross
bats with the Hercules of Hugoton
some time this afternoon. 1t is ex-
pected to be very interesting game
as the game at Liberal was a very
closely contested one, although the
Meade nine had the best of it all
through the game.
Frank Mars brought some sand
hill plum branches to this Office last
Saturday, that were loaded down
with plums. He says it would be
almost impossible to get any more
on the bushes. Mr.. Mars has a
patch of these plums which he cul-
tivates that will yield over one hun
dred bushels.
Mr.. F. Sourbeer informed US last
Monday that he would have the lar
gest and best alfalfa seed seed crop
this year that he ever had. This is
doing remarkably well considering
the long drouth of this summer.
He says that the cane and kafr corn
crops are coming out and that there
will be an abundance of forage
crops in that section of the county.
The foot race that was to come off
at Stratford, Texas, two weeks ago
was disappointment to many peo-
pie up this way, but it seems that
the Texas man would not run under
any circumstances or conditions.
Dick Beatte offered to give him 10
feet in 100 yards, and run for no
thing, but all propositions were de-
clined. 1t looked very much to US
that those Texas men who were
backing the Texas foot racer found
that they were up against the real
thing and took this method to back
out of the match. There is no
doubt in our mind or in that of a
great many people up this way, that
Beatte could have run away from
the Texas sprinter easily. When it
comes to running they all look alike
to Beatte, and he does not bar any