Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-24
Local News.
Court convened Monday.

George Healey, of Woodward,
county was in the city this week.
Judge Maids on arrived last Mon
day and Immediately opened court.
Prairie hay is selling for 81 per
ton delivered. This is a pretty fair
price.
R. T. Rountree, of Fowler, was
transacting business in the city last
Monday.
Tom Hotz has his we'll machine
at J. E. Roberts where he will put
down a we'll.
Miss Pearl Gillick, of Mertilla,
is visiting in the city this week, with
Mrs. ]. w. Kibby.
Remember that Tuesday Novem-
Der S, is election day and don't fail
10 20 out anu vote.
DR.. Fee was called last Tuesday
to see Riley Keith who was sick at
his home in Logan twp.
Will Mott came up from Liberal
last Friday and went down to Beav-
er county. He returned to Liberal
Monday.
The Rock Island have put water
mains to the stock yards and now
stock may be watered at the yards.
This makes it much more convenient
for stock shippers.
Attorney S. H. Cowan, of Fort
Worth, Texas, was here this week
attending court. He was assisting
Co. Atty. Selvidge prosecute the
Perkins cattle case.
Judge T. B. Wall, of Wichita, was
here this week attending court. He
was associated with Judge Davis in
the defense of Bert Perkins. He
had several other cases also.
Mr.. John Ragland and daughter
of Illinois, are visiting Uncle Zack
Ragland and family. Mr.. Ragland
is brother of Uncle Zack and has
not seen him for over II years.
The Baptist people held baptis-
NAL services last Thursday, at which
time Mr.. James Sullivan was taken
into full membership in that church.
We believe in reform and it pleases
US to see anyone make a good start.
The work on the new Baptist par
sonage is being pushed very rapidly
under the management of Mr.. John
Hotz. Many of the members are
donating work and it is hoped to
have the house completed in about
three weeks.
DR.. Dickerson and wife and little
granddaughter left Monday for Kan
sas City for a few days stay. The
DR.. goes to consult a specialist on
catarrhal diseases. He will also take
a look at the fine stock at the Horse
and Cattle Show which opens this
week.
There are many strangers in the
city every week who are looking for
lands. 1t seems that outsiders have
just discovered Meade county as fol
IS long years the land had lain with
practically no value and hardly once
year did any one come to pur.
chase land.
Mr.. Lou Smith, of Hoopston, I'LL
former resident of Meade county,
was here last week visiting his wife,
people, Mr.. F. Sourbeer and family
Mr.. Smith left here about IL year!
ago and went to Illinois where ht
has been running a newspaper fol
several years. Mr.. S. formerly liveC
south of Fowler.
Judge jenkins returned Monda,
from Leavenworth where he wen
last week as witness in the U. S
court. 1t seems that there were sew
eral couples to see the Judge durini
his absence, and who went ava
sorrowful because the Judge himsel
was the only one with whom sue
business could be transacted.
C. H. Funk and family arrived i
Meade last week from Denver an
expect to make Meade their home i
the future. Mr.. Funk's aged pal
ents accompanied him and the fatt
er died Sunday. Mr.. Funk is
brother of Mrs. w. H. Walter VIII
reside east of the city. The Fun
brothers lived in this county in tn
early days and still own land east c
this city.
We are informed by residents {
the south part of the county tn;
the prairie chickens are destroying
large amount of feed which has bee
cut and shocked. From 200 to sc
of them will fly into the field an