Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-31
Local News.

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of freight last week.
Rev. Robinson preached at En-
glewood last Sunday.
Don't forget to go to the polls
and vote next Tuesday.
Dave Mackey was up from his
place on business this week.
Miss Hattie Free was up from
the Cimarron last week visiting
friends.
A special train carrying the Rock
Island officials went west last Mon
day night.
The Dalhart Sun is jubilant this
week over the closing of the saloons
at that place.
Two train loads of cattle went
west last Friday night to be pastured
in the Panhandle.
The quarterly report of County
Treasurer Black appears in another
column of this issue.
We print ballot in another col
umn so that our readers may study
the different changes.
DR.. Fee reports the birth of 12-
pound boy at the home of Powell
Sealock, of Fowler township last
Friday morning.
A foot race was pulled off Mon
day between Norman Elliott and a
stranger who was passing through.
The stranger won.
M. o. Danks was up from his
ranch Tuesday after load of feed.
He reports the discovery of more
Lobos in his irrigating ditch.
DR.. Fee reports the birth of girl
baby at the home of Jess Edison, at
the Crooked L ranch on last Tues
day. Also a very happy household.
We were so rushed with job work
this week that our local news is very
scarce. We don't like to make
apologies and hope this will not oc-
cur again.
Mr.. w. w. Green, one of the en-
terprising stockmen of Fowler twp.
was in the city yesterday. He call
ed on THE News and left an order
for stationery.
Ed Schmoker and family of Man
chester, Okla, was visiting with
Tom Johnston and family and other
relatives last week. They left for
Dodge City last Monday.
A heavy rain fell last Sunday ev-
ening. The streets were flooded
with water in about o minutes time
Considerable hall fell also but not
large enough to do any damage.
Pete Brown arrived in Meade last
Monday after an extended absence
in the east. Pete says Meade is
still his home and that he will re-
turn to remain permently some of
these days.
If you hear any false reports over
in the srd Commissioners district,
just go to the court house and ex-
anime the records for yourself. You
will find that they bear inspection,
and they will be fully explained to
you.
Voters in Mertilla, West Plains
and Cimarron townships will have
two separate ballots to vote this
year. One will contain only the
names of the candidates for com.
missioner; this is the general ballot.
The remainder of the townships
have only the township ballot, as
there are no county officers to elect
outside the 3rd commissioner dis
trict. The tickets all contain cir.
Gle at the head, as shown in another
column, below the emblem. A
cross-mark in the circle, votes the
entire ticket from top to bottom. L
you do not want to vote a straigh
ticket, do not mark in the circle, bu
proceed to vote as you have hereto
fore as though there was no circle a
the top. Voters should be careful
as you are liable to make mistake
in marking your ballots.
Mr.. Hempel seems inclined t.
make capital out of our remarks o
last week in regard to some report
we had heard and commented there
on. We stated in those remark
that it was not our purpose to mis-
represent him and we now reiterat
the same statement. Our remark
only applied IF the reports wer
true and the article so stated. ]
was in plain English and any on
who understands that language coul