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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
Notice OIL BOOTd Of EQuOIlzQIl0n.

State of Kansas, Meade County. IS.
OGFIcE OF COUNTY CLERK,
The Board Of County Commissioners will meet
as a Board Of Equalization Of the assessment Of
taxes, on June 2nd, 1907, at the Office Of County
Clerk. All persons feeling themselves agKrieved
by reason Of the assessment or valuation Of their
property returned by the Of their town
ship city for 1901, can appear before said Board
Of Equalization at that time and have a hearing
upon such grievance.
FRANK WBHKLR, County Clerk
Nav l. 1902
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

The beef trust continues to do
business, regardless of the pros
ecutionS.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

Sc buys a full ton of first
class coal at the yard of the
Meade Lumber &Supply Co.
while it lasts. Come early
and avoid the rush.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

The Populist State Convention
will meet at Topeka June "a.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22
BRICK.

At the Brick Yard north
of the depot, so cents a hun
dred less than anywhere else.
P. MULLIGAN.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Congressman 9TH District,
VERNON ]. ROSE,
of Harvey County.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

A 0. U. W.-Mcets second and fourth Tues
day Of each month. X BUS, NJ. w.
F. c. JUDD, Recorder.
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SECRET SOCIETIES,

NJ W. A.-IIeade camp No. 1913, meets every
FIRST. third and fifth Thursday nights Of each
month
W. J. wooDARD, v. c.
JoUN ELLIOTT, Clerk.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

4 F. & A. M.-Webb Lodge No. 27s meets the
Saturday night On before the full moon Of each
month. c. E. TALLEY, W. NJ.
a (. t,osMAN. Secretary.
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Special Features.

neilseaairss 81 the United States; Psrti-
suia5 About Three Thousand Amsyieen
msgua.es. orCnnIxed Labor; Strength Of the
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net heneht They bsnish pain and prolong e One gives
relet Note the word R.I.PA.N-s on the package and
bs I'D a; drug store Tea sample. and thousand
sesonoei.s VIII mailed TO address. for Eve cents
Street, Eeu York
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

Il. .F.-Meade,L Lodge No. 523, meets on Fri
day night of each week. Visiting brothers cor
diauv invited. L. c. CASH, n. G.
c. E. LESLIE, Sec'y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-05-22

p o. SJSTERHOOD-Meets on alternateSat-
nrtay nights Of each month:at Masonic hall.
ABsIE E. BoDLE, President.
AIDA ELLIOTT, Vice-President.
MABEL CAsTEEN, Treasurer.
SABA JENKINS. Rec. Sec'y.
MAGGIE MARTIS, Cor. Src'y.
ETNA DALGARN, chaplain.
JENNIE KEsSLER. Journalist.
NELLIE BoEHLER, Guard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-25

furnish 10000 extra men every year
to the Kansas farmers. Mr.. Blaine
began three years ago by advertising
in the newspapers for harvest hands
to go to his home community, Pratt
county, and assist him and his neigh
bors in caring for surplus grain. Thou
sands of idle men in the cities read
the advertisement and hurried out.
This season Blaine secured even
more detailed reports of the needs of
the farmers as early as April, getting
the names of the farmers and number
of hands they wanted in every town.
ship. He also secured report on the
condition of wheat at that time.
BY keeping close watch on the
weather reports he knew early in June
about how many men would be need
ed He then sent out circulars to the
various employment agencies in the
United States stating that 10000 men,
1000 women and 5000 teams could be
used in the wheatfields for thirty days
or more. Most of these laborers follow
the wheat harvesting to the north, thus
getting from sixty to ninety days of re-
munerative employment. The wages
range from $1.5O to $3.50 for day of
eight hours, with double pay for extra
time.
The immediate cutting of wheat
field after it once begins to ripen Is
necessary il it is to be saved. This Is
why so many thousands of extra men
| are needed.
A farmer with four good horses, his
gang plow and q drill will plant from
| 200 to 300 acres of grain in the fall,
but to handle this grain when ripened
REQUIRES ten horses and seven men, or
six more men than are usually found
with the average farmer. Naturally
these men and teams have to be i'm
ported, as well as women to prepare
the food for the workers.
The work to be done in a harvest
field is extremely tiresome and soon
tells upon the tenderfoot. There is no
protection from the suns rays, which
often reach the 115 mark, moving
down the harvesters as their machines
cut the yellow grain.
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enable her to rejoin her husband at
Calcutta with health enough to admit
of her Remaining with him in India
during the balance of his term as vice
roy.
1t will be Lady CurZons first visit to
the United States since her marriage,
and Mrs. Letter is making elaborate
preparations TO entertain her during
her sojourn at Bar Harbor. Lord Cur
zon will not accompany his wife, as he
is debarred by statute from leaving
India so long as he continues to hold
his office as viceroy.
Lady CurZon was formerly Miss
Mary Letter of Chicago. Her father,
Levi Letter, made a vast fortune in
the dry goods trade in company with
Marshall Field and Potter Palmer and
later increased it by judicious invest
ments in Chicago real estate.
Miss Mary Victoria Letter was mar
ried to George Curzon in Washington
in 1895. She was then in her twenty
eighth year. In 1898 Lord Curzon was
appointed viceroy of India, which is
the greatest gift the British govern
ment has to bestow.
As vice queen of 300000,000 of peo-
pie the American girl became at once a
power in the most exclusive society of
the world. The courts of Calcutta and
Simla are far more magnificent than
st. James or any other in Europe. The
viceroy of India ranks as a ruler and
his wife is second only to the ladies OF
the royal family of England.
| The actual stipend of the viceroy OF
India is 10000 rupees a month. and his
allowances are countless. The pay oi
the viceroy is five times greater thar
that of the prime minister of England
and his sway extends from the shores
of Arabia to the borders of western
China.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-25
LIKE CHAUTAUQUA.
THE CATHOLIC SUMNER SCHOOL ON
LAKE CHAMPLAlN.

Thousands Annually Seek Health
Outdoor Recreation mt the Settle
ment-Camping by the Lake.
From all over the country Catholics
are vending their way toward the
Catholic Summer School of America.
which has just begun its eleventh an
nual session Mt Cliff Haven, on the
New York shore of Lake Champlain.
Thousands gather at this summer set.
tlement each year for education, rccre-
alton, health and the joys OF outdoor
life. During the months of July and
August upward OF GO00 persons are
residents Of the colony.
The institution is organized on lines
similar to and with much the same mo-
tives as the Methodist school at Chau.
tauqua. The grounds of the Catholic
Summer school comprise tract OF
| land of 4J0 acres on the shores of Lake
Champlain. They have been laid out
L anu hAlliAfNth At a Nbol VI f'ff't'f's
Water has been brought in from the
mountains and a thorough sewerage
system laid. But the school has been
/ conducted on such n busincSslike basis
that it has become self sustaining with
a small margin over.
The land was a gift to the associa-
| tion from the Delaware and Hudson
company and was first opened for the
work of the school in the summer of
1896. Prior to that time the sessions
of the school had been held at New
! London, Conn. and Plattsburg, n. Y.
Although the first object of the found.
ers Of the Catholic Chautauqua 0or by
this name it is often called is to offer
| certain educational advantages which
cannot be obtained at ordinary schools
or by prescribed courses of reading,
nevertheless great care has been taken
to offer exceptional opportunities for
outdoor recreation and social enjoy
ment. Indeed, If one desires, he need
not attend a single lecture but devote
himself entirely to outdoor sports.
Nor are religious or denominational
lines drawn closely. Attendance at
chapel is not compulsory. Those who
may have a different belief from that
of the Roman Catholic church are at
liberty to attend church in the neigh.
boring town of Plattsburg, which is a
few miles north. Playing golf or lawn
tennis or some other such sport on
Sunday afternoon is permitted, and, in
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&? g g $3 $$ % {

The men who come to the wheat belt
directly from the cities and have been
used to inside work are at first set to
driving binders. This pays Sl.50 a
day. and as they become more hard
ened TO the rays of the sun they are
promoted to the carrying Of bundles
or shocking and later get the job of
hauling. feeding thrasher, etc.
Those who are unused to the harvest
field generally break down the second
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-25
REV. MICHAEL J. LAyELLE.

president of the Catholic Summer School
of America.l
fact, one is at liberty to follow pretty
much his own inclinations so long as
he behaves himself.
| The educational work of the schools
is conducted along several lines. There
are schools in history, literature, peda-
gogy, philosophy and music. Lectures
are given by prominent educators con-
the fee for every resident is $1.50,
whether he attends or not.
| One of the foremost in the move
ment to establish the school was War
ren e. Mosher, who has been its sec
retary since the first session at New
London in the summer of 1892. The
president of the organization is the
Rev. Michael ]. Lavelle, rector of st.
Patrick's cathedral. New York city.
One of the features of the summer
school is the camp. Here it is possi-
BILE to live the life of an Adirondack
hunter with only stretch of canvas
as roof and q bed of leaves or a
straw mattress for couch at night.
The camp has become particularly pop
ular for boys who revel in the pleas.
ures of outdoor life or for men whose
health has been run down by the con-
finement of a city office. Without eff
fort such a man can lay up store of
health for months to come.
Within the boundaries of the four
hundred and fifty acre inclosure there
a,G opportunities for almost all kinds
{ outdoor recreation. The members
of the settlement, whether they live
in cottages or in tents, find available
every form of amusement.
On the shore of the lake boats may
be obtained for rowing or sailing and
the scenery of the lake at this point
is particularly beautiful. Opposite
lies Grand island, and to the north are
to be seen North Hero island and the
Isle La Motto. The surrounding coun-
try is rich in historic associations, for
it was here seventy-fve years ago that
the last naval battle was fought be
tween the United States and England,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-25

with slender, well formed figure. Her
eyes and hair are dark brown. MISS
Barber was much at the White House
during McKinley's presidency. 1t was
Miss Barber who christened the bat
tlesbip Ohio at San Francisco on the
occasion of McKinley's visit to the
coast.
Major Hartzel is a lawyer. During
the Spanish war lie was commissioned
a paymaster in the volunteer army
with the rank of major. His brother
is secretary of state for Porto Rlco'
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or third day. Even If not sunstruck,
running about through the rough stub
bio carrying hoavS bundles tolls on
them seriously. The work Of the har-
vest hands is well worth the price
paid.
1t ali depends, however, upon the
previous field experience, and this Is
why so many Kansas farm girls can
do more work with binder than q
strong, healthy man from the city.
Two types of machines are ordi-
narily used in the harvesting of wheat,
the binder and the header. The self
binder is usually drawn by three or
four horses. 1t cuts the straw close to
the ground, ties it with twine and
casts it on the ground ready for the
thrasher.
The header Is pushed by four horses
at the extreme rear of the machine.
The straw is cut by this machine close
to the head, and the head of grain is
thrown from the knives into the header
box. When the box Is full, it is car
ried to the dumping place 10 await
the thrasher.
But it is on the Pacific slope that
mechanical developments in wheat
production have reached their greatest
height,
On the Pacific coast standing grain
is so dry by O'Clock in harvest
time that it can be "headed' or reaped
thrashcd, cleaned and sacked all in one
machine, which is drawn over the field
by a small herd of horses or goes
through harnessed to steam traction
engine powerful enough to haul train
of freight cars.
Some of these machines will cut a
swath fifty feet wide and will reap
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-25

" NfNt ~ blS llldl lllt IAD-
pie of the wheat belt wonder
how 1t is all going to he gath
cred and handled, is now being gar
nered in Uncle Sam's big wheat grow
ing districts.
These July days, then, are busy ones
for the wheat farmer. From early
morn till late at night and often all
night long when the moon Is shining
the clack and whir of the header.
binder and thrasher are heard in the
fields. Busy men and toiling horses la
Dor and sweat under the burning July
sun while the fruits of natures handi-
work are being gathered.
The harvesting of wheat begins first,
of course, in the southern portion OF
the country. For instance, the binders
began humming in the fields of south
ern Missouri as early as the 10th of
June and will be heard far into Au-
gust In the Dakotas and British Amer
lea.
OF late years the labor problem has
been a veXing one with the big grain
growers. Even with the great help af-
forded by harvesting machinery it is
difficult TO get men and horses to save
the crops.
Less than score of years ago few
farmers would think of sowing more
wheat or corn than their own regular
help could gather at harvest time.
The most a farmer in any community
would do was to call few of the
neighbors to assist If the grain threat
ened to ripen too fast while 1t was
being cut. The importing OF labor was
unthought of.
But today the wheat belts of the
northwest and the southwest afford
striking contrast to the relatively
small industry of those days. Hun
dreds of acres in one field, one farmer
operating twenty-five binders and en-
| ploying a hundred harvest laborers,
| was beyond the widest dreams of the
old time agriculturist. Yet this is COM
mon enough in the wheat growing dis
tricts today.
David w. Blaine farmer of Pratt
county, Kan. has arranged plan to
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MONSTER harvest Of wheat.
n harvest so big that the pco-
pie of the wheat belt wonder
how II Is all pninoy IN bn On tb
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WILL WE'D A SOLDIER.

Mrs. McKinley's Niece BetrOthed to
Major HartzeI.
Miss Mary Barber, whose engage
ment to Major Ralph Hartzel of Den
yer was recently announced, is the
favorite niece of Mrs. Mckinley.
Miss Barber is the daughter Of Mrs.
Marshall p. Barber, only sister of Mrs.
Mckinley, and lives in the old Saxton
homestead at Canton, o. She is petite,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-07-25
LADY CURZON COMING.
Wife of the Ruler of India TO Visit
Her Native Land.

Lady Curzon, wife of the viceroy OF
India. will be notable addition to the
celebrities at Bar Harbor next month
The vice refine of Great Britain's Indian
empire will remain several weeks at
the Maine resort, where her mother.
Mrs. Levi Letter. has taken Mossley
Hall for the season.
Lady Curzon, it Is understood, is
much Iun down by the trying and de-
bilita;!ng climate of India and hopes
that the invigorating breezes of Bar
HarbOr will restore her sufficiently to
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thrash, clean and sack about 100 acres
of grain day. All over the grain belt
today thousands of men and horses are
saving the great crlp, and for weeks
yet they will be busy, for it must be
remembered that the United States
grows one. e.fifth of all the wheat pro.
duced in this world.
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VOL. XXX
rss.xDistrict Probate Court.

...-s;,,,s A, said Court will be held at
,5.1,.,,, the SECOND Tuesday OF October aud
N,Tii canaan the second Tuesday ni No.
.,g,rrr aud May. West Concord the second
tuesday of Decemhe' ana Iune. /; L"nsnou'S i,sll.
SnrriaI sessions will be held at any place IN
the District by agreement. -,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29
DANNY MAHER HOME.
American Lad Who Won $500, 900 for
His EMPLOYERS Reaches New York.

Danny Maher, our world-renowned jockey,
is home again once more. fresh from his
English eonquests. He reached New York
yesterday on the Celtic.
No more just or fitting tribute could have
been paid him than that spoken by Lord
Cadogan in bidding him farewell at the last
Newmarket meeting Lord Cadogan, who
is one Of his employers said
"Maher. 1 think you are without doubt
tne best jockey riding in England today.
and in saying that i. means that consider
you are the best jockey in the world.
By way of a souvenir, and in apprecia-
uon of his services Lord Cadogan pre-
scented him with a valuable single-stone
turquoise pin, which Maher shows with
evident pride Turquoise blue are his lord
ships racing colors, so that the pin Is
doubly commemorative Of his success for
the stable.
Have you RIDDEN for the king, or has
he any second call on your services for
next season." Maher was asked.
NO, not yet" he said. II should very
his majesty. But he has his own jockey
Herbert Jones-the same who, when he was
a stable boy, rode Diamond Jubilee and
won the Derby for him. He has ridden his
continues to ride as well as he does there
Is not likely to be any change.
AT what weight can you ride now
Il can ride at eight stone Q12 pounds)
comfortably enough. In my street clothes,
dressed as l am now, 1 weigh lis pounds"
Maher said eight stone three, but he cor
rected himself to us pounds, recollecting
that he was no longer in England.
He has had most successful season and
has been in the employ of Lord Cadogan,
Sir James Miller and Sir Daniel Cooper,
for whom he has won during the season
over 100000. Among some of his notable
victories were the races he won on Flotsam
and Rocksand, which. he says are the two
best tWo-year-olds of the season. He also
won the Eclipse stakes at Sandown Park
for his patrons on Cheers. This alone was
worth $4,000. Another big event which
he placed to their credit was the Cham
pion stakes at Sandown Park, worth s@o-
600. This he won on Rabelais.
His average of winning mounts was higher
than that of any other jockey in England.
His total number of winning mounts was
LOG, and he rode in all 400 races. Next
year he will ride again for the same en-
ployers, and he speaks eulogtstically con-
corning them-so much SO that there Is lit
tie chance Of his returning to ride in
America. Blackwell is trainer for the sta
BILE. and Maher says Of him that 'he Is
land"
The little jockey Is looking In the best of
health. He says himself that he never felt
better in his life. He arrived in New York
yesterday morning on the White Star liner
at $50. having been delayed by adverse
weather. He leaves for his home In Hart
ford this evening, and after short stay
there will return to New York.
After the Christmas holidays he intends
to take trip west to Colorado for the
benefit OF his lungs. Not that he finds them
troubling him, but he Is naturally delicate
and thinks that the Colorado climate may
benefit him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Three Good Contests In the
Bowling Leagues Last Night.
BOOMING THE SPORT
FAT MEN, INTERIOR AND AMERI-
CAN SECURITY TEAMS vICToRs.
Jockey Maher Arrives In New York
Local Foot Ball Games-Base
Ball Notes.
BOOMING THE SPORT

Most Of the District League matches have
been settled by the winners taking two out
Of three games in the contests that have
occurred SO far this season Last night
was no exception, and In the match bowled
at the Jolly Fat Mems Club the Saenger
bund, who were competing, went down
twice to superior play on the part Of the
home five. There was the narrowest kind
of chance that the corpulent gentlemen
did not make it three straights, however. a
bad split coming to Rodrick In the last
frame Of the game they lost, and though he
made noble effort, his shot fell short and
the game was lost by four pins.
1t was one Of the most Interesting matches
of the year, all of the scores being over 800
and the games averaging fairly close scores.
AS in the match of Wednesday night there
were no phenomenal individual strings, no
bowler reaching beyond the nineties. Har-
low did the most consistent work OF the
separate bowlers and averaged well. He
was particularly strong on spares in the
first two games and made safe on one or
two split shots. Crist also averaged WELL
and this man is developing into one Of the
steadiest shots in the District league Rod
rick had an off night. securing only one
good string. For the Saengers, Laue stood
rather prominently on account of some ex-
traordinary spare shots which he made
from WHAT were apparently SUI SpiltS. I1o
also averaged well, as did Burdine, but the
others of the German five all managed to
get in one or more bad games, materially
weakening the team.
Both teams bowled without a break in
the first frame Of the initial game, and each
side had but one break in the second. The
even start thus made kept the teams to-
gether for several innings, but the Fats
gradually forged ahead, and in spite Of
tame finish took the winnings by slightly
less than forty pins. The score follows:
IrDSyr .AxE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29
ADJUSTMENTS.
Kocian, the Violinist.

Kocian, the young Bohemian violinist
who has come to America, was born neither
humble nor poor, but yet genius. His
father was a schoolmaster Of excellent edu-
cation and comfortable means, living In
WIdenschwert. Bohemia. where Kocian
was born, February %, 1884 AS an infant
the boy showed a wonderful taste for
music, and when four years old could play
we'll on tiny toy fiddle. His father en-
couraged the child's bent and himself
taught him the rudiments of bowling and
lingering, finally sending him to the Prague
Conservatory at the age of twelve. Four
years later the boy was graduated one OF
the most brilliant pupils this famous con-
servatory ever taught. Almost Immediately
he began concertizing throughout Europe,
meeting with one ovation after another I'M
til his fame reached America. The an
nouncement was made last summer of Ko-
clans contract with Rudolph Aronson for
an American concert tour, which began
with concert at Carnegie Hall Saturday,
November %, which was a veritable tri-
umph.
Kocian will give concert at the Column
bia Theater next Friday afternoon, at
which he will have the assistance of Miss
Julie Geyer. pianist, and Frank Spindler.
accompanist. His program will be fol-
lows:
Sonata in C minor (Grieg), Kocian and
Miss Julie Geyer; (a) serenade. (b) romance,
(c) canzonetta "a. d. Ambrosio), Kocian; (a)
Novelette, E major (Schumann) CD Chant
Poionais (Chopin-Liszt (c) Csardas Cos
effy). Miss Julie Geyer; Ciaconna o. 9.
Baoh), Kocian; Rhapsodie No. IL U4iszt).
Miss Julie Geyer; Bohemian Fantaisie
(Sevcik).