Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-23
Local News.

Geo. B. Cones went east Monday
on business, returning Tuesday.
DR.. Leslie left Tuesday for To-
peka to be absent couple of days.
We are glad to report that Mr..
Petefsh is somewhat improving in
health.
Sheriff Judd went to the FS ranch
Monday to attach the property for
eastern creditors.
P. ]. Brown left last Saturday for
Labette county, where he has locat-
ed for the present.
w. c. Osgood Jr., has been hang
ing paper at the Crooked L ranch
for the past few days.
R. T. Worman has rye about four
feet high and headed out. He had
sample in town Tuesday.
c. z. Potter, of Saltwater, Okla,
arrived in the city Monday night to
visit several days with Mr.. Petefsh
and family.
A young child of Pete Craig's has
been seriously sick with a severe
case of whooping cough, but pres
ent is better.
R. P. Smith and family are now
located in the new town of Optima,
southwest of Liberal. Bob will en-
gage in the barber business.
A game of base ball between Ash
land and Englewood a week ago
last Saturday resulted in score of
16 to IS in favor of Ashland.
We understand that the Meade
base ball nine is contemplating 60
ing to Ashland about the first of
the month to play game of ball.
Section Foreman Stewards family
arrived in the city from Emporia,
last week. They are awaiting va
cant dwelling into which to move.
Arthur Schmoker went 10 Kansas
City Tuesday to accompany his
mother home, who has greatly i'm
proved in health since going to Kan
sas City.
Mr.. W. S. Bergman has purchas-
ed the building west of the bank and
will have it thoroughly repaired.
We are not advised who will occupy
it when finished.
Don't forget the foot race next
Saturday between N. B. Peck and
Dick Beatte. 1t will be an interest
ing sprint and you shou- not fail
to be here and see it.
Mrs. Henry is reported to have
one of the finest fields of wheat in
this county, on her home place east
of the city. There is about IS acres
and it promises a very large yield.
Will Totheroh expects to erect
blacksmith shop on the east side of
the square in the near future. Will
has had several years experience at
the business and will no doubt re-
ceive a large share of the work.
Mrs. U. G. Collins came from the
east last week and is visiting with
her sister, Mrs. H. G. Marshal. Mr..
Collins is night operator at Liberal.
He had been operator at Richmond,
Kansas, and was acquainted with
the Shamhart and Balm families be-
fore coming to Meade. We were
informed that Mr.. Collins would To-
cate in Meade in the near future.
VIM. Siebenthaler has sold his
farm east of the city to Messrs. c.
B. Watson and D. G. Longacre, two
gentlemen from Iowa. Mr.. Sieben-
thaler and wife expect to goto Texas
shortly to visit relatives and from
there to Illinois, and from there
back to Kansas. We are pleased to
have these new gentlemen locate
with US but would also be pleased
to have Billie remain with US.
The steam shovel crew left here
for Liberal yesterday where they ex-
pect to work three or four weeks
after which they will return to this
place. They have been here about
three months during which time they
have widened the two cuts west of
town one about half mile in length
and the other over a mile. They
will work in the cuts east of town
when they return.
Parties looking for land have been
quite numerous in this section for
the past ten days. Some of them
contemplate buying, others are look
ing for school land, while others are
looking for government land with