Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-09-25
Kansas Events
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INDIAN Match GAME-The Potta-
watomie Indians, on their reservation
near Holton, played match game OF
ball with the Sac and Fox Indians,
who live on reservation in the north
ern part of Brown county. A big
crowd of Indian s'fans' witnessed the
game, which was close one, the Sac
and Fox team winning by score of
3 to l. A large party of braves and
squaws made the trip from the Brown
county reservation to witness the
game.
FEEDS 5000 CATTLE.-M. NJ. Sher-
man, is proprietor of the Sherman
ranch at Geneseo, comprising 10000
acres which is considered the finest
ranch in the state, if not in the south
west. Some 5000 acres of the land is in
cultivation, and the other is for hay
and pasture lands for the 1000 head of
cattle on the property. Every year
Mr. Sherman feeds in the neighbor-
hood of 5000 head of cattle, and as
many hogs
RAISES HEREFoRDs.-On his Kansas
ranch MIR. Sherman, of Geneseo raises
Shorthorn cattle, but he has a ranch
in Mexico on which Hereford cattle are
bred. TheEe cattle are shipped to Cen
eseo and fattened for the market. Mr..
Sherman owns about $4,000 acres of
land and leases about $4,000 acres,
which extends for sixteen miles along
the Missouri Pacific railway and
about thirteen miles north and
south.
STREET CAR WALK-oUT.-The lola
street car service was stopped by
walk-out. The men were refused their
request for a raise of wages from 12 to
Is cents an hour. This, they claim, is
but just compensation considering
the nature of the work. The cars be-
gin running about three o'clock in the
morning and continue until IL o'clock
at night. One set of men does not
work all those 81 hours but there are
two shifts who divide the time.
TwENTIETH's REUNIoN.-The Twen-
tieth Kansas reunion at Burlington
closed with banquet, after which the
annual business meeting was held.
Colonel Metcalf and the other officers
were reelected. Walter P. Hull and
Mr.. Conley, of lola, were made presi-
dent and secretary of the entertain
ment committee for next years meet
ing which will be held at lola
WOMEN WILL MANAGE IT.-The club
women of Abilene who constitute the
public library association and have
raised 81, 900 as start for the library,
have unanimously voted not to CONSOLE
date the library with the high school
library as was arranged few months
ago. They will take their money and
start the library themselves, being
their own managers.
KANSAS HAS CATTLE.-''It beats me
how Kansas can afford to send in SO
many cattle" said railroad agent.
Anyone would naturally think that
with all the corn and forage that is
being raised in the state there would
not be cattle enough to consume it.
But there is world of cattle in the
West and Kansas always has her
share.
A COLLEGE sENATE.-Discipline for
the coming year. at the Kansas Wesley
an, Salina, will be in the hands of
the college senate, which is made up
of representatives from the various
classes. The senate will make recon-
mendations to the faculty.
A JEALOUS RIvAL.-Titus Mauch re-
siding near Talmo, Republic county,
had spent a Sunday evening with a
young lady. On his way home and
while crossing bridge, he was shot by
man with handkerchief over his
face. Arden Jewell has been arrested
as it was known that he was jealous of
Mauch's attentions to the woman
TURNED FOLIAGE BLACK.-A light
frost fell over Clay county the morning
of the 18th, causing some vegetation to
turn black. Corn is too far along to
be injured.
A You've RAILRoADER.-Ralp Moi
fat, of the Mo. Pac. railway, while re-
t,,rp;no from, a Sunday ,1;on;o ~ Hove
vile, attempted to board moving
train and his foot was crushed.
FED AT COUNCIL GRovE.-Seventeen
head of native steers, averaging 1926
pounds, sold at Kansas City at ss.75,
which is the highest price for beef ever
received on that market. The cattle
were sent by c. c. Slaughter of Dallas,
Texas. They were fed at Council
Grove, Kan, land in twenty months
gained 942 pounds.
PROSPECTS OF K. S. A. C.-The open
ing of the Kansas state agricultural
college marks the beginning of its for
tieth year. Prospects were never bet
ter for large attendance. Students
have been coming the past week and
many are there who intended going to
Ottawa university this year.
ABBEYvILLE BURNED.-The business
portion of that Reno county town is
burned. Seven stores, all the town
had, are destroyed. The loss is $40, 900,
insurance $4,000. The town has 600
people.
JEWELL COUNTY COAL MINE.-State
Employment Agent Gerow has notified
the city clerk of Pittsburg that the coal
company wants thirty miners. and will