Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-12-19
Local News.

Miss Edith Porter left Monday
for her home in Ottumwa, Iowa.
We are advised of the birth of a
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Grin Vandusen,
of Sand Greek twp.
The Methodist Sunday school will
have their Christmas entertainment
at the church on Christmas eve.
The Lanam case came up at Fow-
ler last Monday before Justice Miles
but was continued until December
28th.
Mrs. Belle Smith and daughter
Pauline came up Wednesday from
Guymon to spend the holidays with
parents.
The cold wave hit US hard Mon
day afternoon with a good stiff
breeze from the north. 1t broke
away on Tuesday.
The mercury registered 3 degrees
below on Friday night and S below
on Monday night.
John King came in from Hutch
inson, Tuesday. He filed on a claim
over in Seward County, near his
brother, Will King.
A. T. Bodle Jr. will shortly open
law Office in this city. We are
pleased to see Tom make this move
and wish him success.
Representative S. D. Adams and
little daughter Alice left Saturday
for Polo, Ills, where they will speud
Christmas with relatives.
Mrs. A. c. Schmoker left this
week for David City, Neb., where
she will visit for some time with her
brother who lives at that place.
Judge Selvidge returned last Sat
urday from his three weeks sojourn
in old Missouri. He says that they
had had a good freeze and that the
persimmons are fine.
Mr.. John Hotz was down from
Fowler Monday. He informed US
that he had purchased the DR.. An
drews property and would reside in
Fowler for the present.
The store of H. G. Marshall &
Co., is being thoroughly overhaul
ed inside. New shelving is being
built to properly take care of their
Immense stock of goods.
Ormond Hamilton had force of
men at work the first of the week
putting up ice. He got the ice
house nearly filled with fine 5-inch
ice from the syndicate farm pond,
south of the city.
We hear that considerable of the
wheat is dying in the neighborhood
of West Plains. There has been no
rain all fall, this being our dry seas
on. 1t is actually getting too dry
for the lobo catfish.
Admiral Dewey has said that the
credit of the glorious victory at
Santiago belongs to Schley. The
other two members of the court who
were never in fight condemn him
on eleven counts. The people will
take Dewey's minority report as the
right one.
Ben Cox has purchased the Kirby
ranch, north of Fowler. He will
get possession the Ist of March next
year. Mr.. J. T. Bosley has the
place rented up to that time. We
are not advised where Mr.. Bosley
will locate but hope he will stay in
Meade county. We are also pleas
ed to know that Ben is goingto stay
with US, as he is very good fellow
to have around.
Chas. Talley went up to Cimar-
ron last week to meet his brother
who sold some Gray county real
estate. He says that Cimarron is
making a great effort to down the
liquor traffic and that last week over
forty gallons were shipped into the
town. He says that the most re-
deeming feature of the whole move.
ment is that Ellis Garten is making
radical temperance speeches and il
is only a question of few week:
until all Cimarron will be saved.
Quite a large number of people
have given US the glad hand in oul
effort to throw some light on tine man
ner in which our postoffice was be
ing conducted. This we shall con
tinue to do from time to time as W,
learn of the blunders. All that i
would require is some Republican
who has the courage to take up th'
, fight on the lines we opened out oil
week before last and continue tn,