Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-03-20
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Considerably more than half the de-
positors in Kansas banks are farmers
and stock raisers.
Dickinson county farmers report the
hard wheat in good condition while
soft wheat is injured.
During the month of February 421
cases of small pox were reported in
Kansas, but no deaths
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany is rebuilding its line along the
Union Pacific in Kansas
The state supreme court decides that
the search and seizure" feature of the
Hurrell liquor law is valid.
Although properly classed as an ag-
ricultural state Kansas produced in
1901 over Sc, 900, 900 worth of coal.
Even politicians are, some of them,
unable to trace the lines of the con-
gressional districts of Kansas on map.
well which gives an excellent supply of
water. If is considered as important
there as an oil gusher.
A carload of alfalfa seed has been
shipped from Emporia, it being the
most valuable load of anything ever
shipped from there The load was 700
bushels of the seed worth $4,000.
In case from Dodge City the su-
preme court decided that no city can
deny pupils of school age the privilege
of attending school for lack of vaccina-
ton when no contagious disease exists
in the city.
A new 30-stall round house and re-
pair shop are soon to be built at Ell
wood by the Rock Island. The Elwood
repair shops are intended for small re-
pairs; the big work will be taken to
Horton.
So much land in Mitchell county is
devoted to wheat and so much will be
planted in corn this year that the acre
age of oats will be very small. This is
believed to be true of many other coun-
ties in that section.
Jacob Horback, janitor at the Santa
Fe passenger depot in Arkaneas City,
found a poclsetbook containing a draft
for 81, 12O issued by the Carson, Iowa,
National bank and payable to Adam
King. King cannot be located.
Kansas has the largest state normal
Ia l., e%o4 % oo1
lege in the world, and state univer-
sity with 80 professors and 1000 stu
dents; also 10 county high schools with
60 teachers and /, 7SS students.
The Royal Arch Masons of Yelling
ton have filed a suit in the district
court to recover S321.O2, from E. Hayes,
the former treasurer of the lodge.
The petition states that on January l,
1900, Hayes, as treasurer, received the
sum of s973.79 of the lodges funds, and
that during the term he received an
additional sum of S333.25 lodge funds;
that he paid out for lodge purposes
S9s6.02, and retained the sum of 1921. OF
which he appropriated to his own use.
In the eleven months that the state
railroad commission has been doing
business lac cases or complaints have
been brought before the board, OF
which ia have been disposed of. The
railroads have complied with every
order of the board, resisting none. In
two cases the Missouri Pacific has
ignored recommendations in elevator
site cases. The only appeal taken from
the rulings of the board was the To
peka millers' case in the matter of diff
ferential rates; this has been appealed
to the district court.
Lightning rod sharps have beer
gathering in contracts" from Phillip.
county farmers which turn up in tn,
banks as notes. The old, old story
but the fool farmers who do not reaC
the papers are the only ones caught
Superintendent Nelson's second cir
cular concerning consolidation of rura
schools is getting out before the PEG
pie.
In four weeks time, ending March S
l01 farms in Osborne county hav
changed hands, aggregating 11,oo
acres.
Six acres adjoining the north limit
of Chanute has just been sold at $40
an acre for a site for big oil tanks an,
pumping station.
Kansas oil and gas fields, comprisin,
the counties of Allen, Linn, Bourbon
Neosho, Wilson, Elk, Montgomery an
Chautauqua, cover about $50 squar
miles.
A brick block block just completes
at Morrill,, Brown county, is to be oC
cupied by bank and other bushes
firms 1t contains a modern oper
house with a seating capacity of l zoo
The assessors of Cloud county lis
wheat at 90 cents a bushel and corn a
90 cents. The first time in Kansas tina
corn has been worth more than wheat
Roy Daniels, Topeka saloon keeper
has been held for murder by the col
oner's jury. He struck Frank Devlin
neau with oeer malleI, ana DeVIl
died
Seneca has had a $50, 900 fire whic
destroyed brick block occupied as
furniture store. The Rural Kansa
plant and mattress factory wei
burned out also.
Conductor VIM. Hudson, of the kat
was killed at White City as he was vi
coupling the engine from the train.
Fort Scott hoodlums in revenge fc
Aha n..-.arf e or,o of 4lo;r h. L