Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-01-16
Local News.

John Parks was over from Engle-
wood this week.
L. F. Parsons, the Plains merch-
ant, was in Meade Tuesday.
Mr.. Fred Lee, the Englewood
merchant, was transacting business
in the city this week.
DR.. Fee reports the birth of a girl
baby at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Cramner, last week.
Old citizens of this county pre-
dicted an open winter and it looks
as though they knew what they were
talking about.
Geo. B. Cones, the popular north
side real estate agent, has addedtwo
gasoline lamps to his Office equip
ment. He believes in being up to
date in every particular.
H. G. Marshall & Co., still con-
tinue to make Improvements in their
store. They have erected a harness
rack which displays their harness of
which they carry a large stock.
President J. w. Bergman, of the
Meade State Bank, was in lhe city
this week, transacting business with
the Board of County Commission
ers, relative to the county funds.
The Meade Lumber & Supply Co.
advertise their business in another
column of this issue. You cannot
fail to notice their yard when you
drive into the city. The high fence
is painted red and white.
Will Osgood and wife returned
from Hutchinson last Saturday after
an absence of nearly three weeks.
Will was quite sick while there and
unable to return sooner. He is i'm
proving at present and will soon re-
gain his usual health.
The Rock Island has moved the
ice house from Liberal to Bucklin.
This moving will continue until
Liberal will be like the other towns,
just an ordinary station, and per-
haps only flag station for some of
the trains. Bucklin will be the div
ison town.
In another column we print
communication from James T. Wal
ter, who is attending the University
at that place. He is taking a two
years course in the Law Dept. and
will finish this year. We wish Jim
success wherever he hangs out his
shingle.
E. o. Hudson, of Hutchinson,
was in the city couple of days last
week on business. Orth has a posi-
ton with the Barton Salt Works, of
that city and seems to be faring ex-
ceedingly well. He says he has quit
politics having taken the Kelley
cure for them oyer four years ago.
Jay Ellis and Ned Snyder return
ed Monday from the west where they
went to view the new towns along
the line. Jay informs us that J. R.
Griggs and wife are conducting a
restaurant at Guymon and doing a
very good business. He thinks that
Guymon is the best town along the
line.
Prof. Mccoy sent copies of the
Course of Study to all the patrons
ofthe Meade City Schools, this week.
The book contains an outline for all
the departments and the branches
taught in the different grades. 1t is
intended to give parents a correct
idea of the work that is expected of
their children in school.
The Board of County Commits
sioners passed an order, at their
present session, prohibiting the use
of air-pressure gasoline lamps in the
Court House. Commissioner John
Conrad was pr esent at E. w. Will
liams' store last Thursday night and
saw the effects of an explosion of
one of these lamps. This matter
caused the Board to take the above
action.
We received a letter this week
from the Salt City Business College,
of Hutchinson, Kansas, of which
Prof. Mark Fletcher is a member of
the faculty. Mr.. Fletcher is a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Fletcher
who reside in Logan twp, this coun-
ty and graduated at the Grand
Island, Neb., Business College a
few years ago. We are pleased to
note the young mans auccess.
Meade county is in the very best
financial condition considering the