Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-03-06
Local News.

hdICn WCdtucI inc past IeH uayS.
T. c. Baxter has purchased the
Shuetz house in the west part of the
city.
Joe Dorland, of Greensburg, Wis
tied the Harper and DeCow famil-
les, this week.
Annie German has purchased the
confectionery and grocery stock of
A. N. Cramner.
Frank Mars returned from In
diana Saturday, where he has been
visiting all winter.
Roscoe Gerow has gone to Hutch
inson, Ks, where he expects to re-
sumo his study of telegraphy.
A. T. Bodle Jr. returned Wednes-
day from Hutchinson and Wichita
where he had been on business.
DR.. Fee went to Kansas City last
Monday and will also go to Fort
Scott before he returns home.
Messrs. c. P. Fullington and Geo.
P. Grace, we're in the city this week
looking after their real estate inter
ests.
Fred Judd went to Hutchinson
Tuesday to attend the meeting of
the Democratic Congressional Com
mittee.
Mrs. M. A. Williams returned
from the east last week, where she
had been to purchase herspring stock
of goods.
Ed. Rieman went to Hutchinson
Monday where he has secured pos
ition as assistant cashier in the Ex-
change Bank of that city.
Louis Boehler was up to Bucklin
the latter part of last week making
arrangements for the erection of a
store building at that place.
We understand that the Section
Foremen are looking for more men
to work on the road. If anyone
wants to work, there is your chance.
The band concert at the city hall
last Friday night was quite well at
tended and everyone expressed them
selves as we'll pleased with the pro-
gram. The receipts were about $40.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Judd retired
from the management of the Meade
Hotel Monday. The hotel, under
their management had secured a
large patronage and was avery pop
ular inn.
At the Republican convention last
Saturday w. E. Davis and R. B.
Campbell were elected delegates to
the state convention, and F. Fuhr
and A. Hempel to the congressional
convention.
Residents of Crooked Greek twp.
can secure prairie dog poison at the
residence of w. w. Green, Trustee.
Those who have not secured a sup
ply, or need more, will please call
and get same.
The Board of Assessors met last
Monday and fixed the basis of as
sessment for 1907. The proceed
ings of said board are published in
another column of this issue. Read
the same and be wise.
S. D. Adams has purchased the
National Hotel from VIM. Bruce,
and will conduct the business in the
future. The travelling public will
continue to find the National a very
accommodating place to stop.
Mrs. Ella Thurston, of Bowling
Green, Ohio, arrived in Meade last
Friday to visit for several days with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. Skin
ner. Mrs. Skinner will return to
Ohio to spend the summer with her
daughter and family.
We think it would be a rather diff
ficult task for our real estate agents
to make the new conner believe that
this country had one redeeming
feature, for the past few days, with
the wind blowing dust at the rate of
about 40 miles per hour.
Mr.. M. E. Reed and family, of
Englewood, Kansas, arrived in our
city tast week and will make Meade
their home. Mr.. Reed has taken
charge of E. w. Williams store and
will conduct the business in the fu-
ture. We are pleased to have this
estimable family become residents
of our city.
w. E. Davis and wife, we're in the
city several days visiting friends and
relatives. Will recently filed ON a
lnnarter section of land in Mertilla