Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-04-24
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Local News.

The grass is getting green.
| The city schools close Friday.
! Ned Snyder went to Englewoot
Wednesday afternoon.
Don't forget the Orchestra enter
tainment tonight. 1t will be i'm
mense.
Rev. c. N. Elliott will preach a
the Presbyterian church Sunday
May 4th, at II a. m.
Mr.. E. F. Tebbe, of Perry, Ok!
and family are visiting with Rev. J.
N. Stamper and family.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. w
Hotz, a boy baby Tuesday. Ton
is extremely happy and pleased witt
the new arrival.
F. M. Davis & Co., is the style
of the new real estate firm compos
ed of Messrs. Frank Davis and Geo
1T. Gore. We wish them success.
This Office turned out stationary
this week for The Crescent Agency,
of Plains, and F. M. Davis & Co.,
of this city. Both real estate firms.
The wind blew rather fercely last
| Monday from the hot wind direction,
but towards night it changed to the
northwest and chilled things up q
batch.
Geo. B. Cones, our popular north
side Real Estate Agent, has dis
play ad in this issue of THE News,
We highly recommend Mr.. Cones to
anyone wanting anything in the real
estate line.
S. N. Jared. of Lakeland, was in
Meade Monday transacting business.
Mr.. Jared is looking after the in
terests of Mr.. E. T. Webb at the
old Siegel ranch. He is a very
pleasant gentleman and made US a
visit while here.
The members of the Junior League
extend a cordial invitation to all,
and especially to the boys and the
girls to attend their first open meet
ing, held at the M. E. church, Ap-
ril Fl. They will occupy the time
usually taken by the Epworth
League, beginning promptly at 7
O'Clock, p. m.
1. B. Moore, an old timer ofMer-
tilla twp, drifted back to Meade
county last week. Mr.. Moore has
been in Kingman county for the
past four years where he has been
running a thresher. He says our
former citizens, Jonce Graves and
John Schonlau would like to be back
to Meade county.
John w. Baughman, of Wichita,
representing Freeman & Freeman,
Real Estate, of that city has enter
ed into partnership with Don T. Ed
wards of Plains who is also an en-
terprising real estate man. Mr..
Baughman is an owner of several
thousand acres of Sedgwick and
Kingman county land, and has in
vested in 1000 acres near Plains,
The new firms name is Edwards &
Baughman.
1t is quite amusing to hear old
settlers remark how much harder
the wind blows than during previous
years. The fact is that it blows the
same every year, the only difference
Is that during the summer months it
is little hotter than previous years.
We can imagine the settler sitting
in his cabin on July day, with the
mercury from 100 to no in the
shade, watching the hot blasts from
the southwest, destroying every YES
tage of vegation lying in its wake.
Oh, but sshow he wishes he stayed
back east with his wife's people and
swears that there is where he will
go. We distinctly remember the
summer of 1888, when thousands of
settlers from this country packed
their wagons with their household
effects, wife and kids and bid the
old sod shanty adieu. Many were
the "prairie schooners" with their
sails set for the east, that passed
through this city. Many of those
who remained, and are here today,
are, in many cases, ones who were
too poor to leave, and forced to re-
main in the country. These "stick-
ers" finally got "on their feet" and
are now enjoying the results of their
many years of hardships and tolls.
This is the principal reason the old
settlers reluctantly watch the pres
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