Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-12-05
local News.

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morning.
The local freight goes east now at
9:3o every day.
DIR. Fee was called to Montezuma
Monday night professionally.
Miss Eva Smith is in the city and
is visiting with Mrs. S. P. Bunch.
Baptist services will be held as
usual at the church next Sunday.
B. F. Bisbee and wife were over
from Plains last Monday, transact
ing business.
Mr.. H. L. Woodruff and family
were transacting business in Meade
last Tuesday.
Gene Baker and family were up
from the Cimarron this week trans
acting business.
We turned out some job work this
week for Bryan & Fisher. the Min
nicola merchants.
Co. Atty Selvidge spent Thanks
giving at his old home in Missouri.
He has not yet returned.
w. E. Davis and wife and Geo.
Wiley and wife were down from
Hutchinson this week, on a visit.
Mrs. Johnston and little Bob are
down in Odee this week visiting at
Schmokers. Tom is running a bach
elor's hall.
Co. Atty. Chas. Wright, of Beaver
county, was in the city Saturday on
business. He left Monday noon on
No. 20 for Liberal.
Ned Snyder went to Englewood
this week to train a race horse for
Will TRULY. The race comes off
the last of the week at that place.
Doc Fee went to Wilburn last
Friday to examine some insurance
applicants and to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
J. T. Bosley, who were on the sick
list.
Mr.. S. o. Ball, of West Plains
twp. was over Monday. He says
the early wheat is needing little
moisture and that the late wheat is
not up yet.
E. w. Williams has just finished
ornamenting his store building with
coat of white paint. 1t now pre-
sents a fine appearance. Will Os-
good was the artist.
E. E. Moffett, of Thorntown, Ind.
has been here for the past ten days
looking at the country. Mr.. Mof-
felt will probably locate here and go
into the stock business.
DIR. P. D. Godbout, a dentist of
Kankakee, Ills. was here this week
looking for location. He left Mon
day for Chicago and expects to re-
turn here about January 1st.
The dance at the city hall last
Thursday night was one of the best
ever given in the hall. The attend
ance was large and everyone seem
ed to spend an enjoyable evening
VIM. Robert, of the XI ranch pur-
chased some steers from the Peoples
boys for which we understand he
paid over 3 cents. This is a good
price for cattle and would indicate
that Mr.. Robert expects the market
to remain about the same.
The prospects are excellent for
the removal of the county seat of
Beayer county from Beaver to Guy
mon. This would be a good move
as G uymon is on the railroad and
Beaver is not and the chances are
good that it never will be.
Chas. Ellis and wife and little
child have moved up from Wood
ward, Okla. and will remain in this
county for the present. They have
moved to Mertilla twp. We are
pleased to have Charley and his
family numbered among our citizens.
| Arthur Mahieu was in town Mon.
day on business. He informed us
that he had been poisoning prairie
dogs with the poisoned wheatrecipe
as published in this paper a few
weeks ago and that it was entirely
successful killing of every 10 dog
in the town. This is good show
ing and everyone ought to get rid o
the dogs.
We note from the Cimarron Sen
tinel that effort will be made il
that city to reduce the amount o
"booze" which is being consumed
by the citizens of that place. Eli
Garten ventures the opinion tha
Cimarronites consume more ''fire
water" than the citizens ofany othe