Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-13
Local News.

is in the lefty visiting friends.
Real estate Agent Cones is at Hot
Springs, Ark, where he will remain
for a few weeks.
The weather moderated Tuesday
and everyone seemed to have symp-
toms of spring fever.
The REVEAL meeting began Mon
day night at the Presbyterian church
with a good attendance.
New correspondent from Sand
Creek twp, this week. We well
come Zone among You," and hope
that the letters will be regular.
Presiding Elder Martindale held
quarterly conference at the M. E.
church last Saturday. He deliver
ed a sermon at the church on Sun
day morning.
We note that Ralph Stokes, for
merly of this city, will be the day
telegraph operator at Bucklin, in a
few weeks. He is now night oper-
ator at Dalhart.
Mr.. Seth Dorland, of Argentine,
has been here for the past several
days visiting with the families of R.
A. Harper and Geo. DeCow. Mr..
Dorland is brother of Mrs. Har-
per.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Judd have
disposed of their store and residence
property, on Carthage Ave, to Miss
Campbell, our east side real estate
agent. We understand the consid-
Grafton was SI2oo.
Mr.. w. B. Hays, who recently
located in West Plains twp, was in
Meade Tuesday buying load of
grain. He says he is going to be-
gin blowing as soon as the ground
becomes moist enough.
The township board has received
supple of prairie dog poison from
the Agricultural college at Manhat-
tan and the farmers and stockmen
are securing the same and getting
after the dogs with a vengeance.
Sam Newly, accompanied by VIM.
Backe, were in Meade Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. Mr..
Backe is photographer and is in
search of a location. He is con-
templating opening gallery in this
city.
We don't believe in wasting am
munition when there is no game in
sight, but whenever there is, we will
endeavor to be on the skirmish line.
1t is no use shooting holes in the
atmosphere so we'll just sit seady
and continue to "saw wood.
The Beaver Herald changed pub
fishers recently, Miss Maude Thomas
succeeding Noah Dawes. We note
that Editor Quinn, of the Guymon
Herald, moved off of the ''iring
line" last week and we presumed be-
cause he knows that it worse than
useless to argue with a woman.
Rev. Gillidett returned Saturday
from Hutchinson and remained in
Meade over Sunday. In the even
ing he occupied Rev. Roblnson's
pulpit at the Baptist church and
preached an excellent discourse from
the 4th chapter of Hebrews. Rev.
Gillidett is a very forcible talker and
we would be pleased to have him
preach frequently in our city.
Mr.. Frank Hamilton has been
notified by the Rock Island that he
is to have a station on the new ex-
tension 20 miles west of Dalhart, in
the Panhandle. The line will prob
ably be opened the latter part of
this month. THE News is pleased
to see Mr.. Hamilton secure a posi-
ton and the railroad company will
never regret that he is in their en-
ploy.
Thos. Sheddan, of Fowler twp,
has traded his Meade county land
for a farm in east Tennessee, 20 miles
east of Knoxville. Tom expects to
move back there in few days and
all he knows to remain permanently.
We regret to lose Mr.. Sheddan and
family from our county as they are
among our oldest and best citizens,
and we hope that Tom will move
back to Meade county before many
years and end his days in this bright
sunshiny cline.
Mr.. Allen Miller, of Monmouth,
Ills, has purchased the w. w.
Green & Sons ranch, in Crooked
| Creek twp, and will move his fam