Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-08-07
Local News.

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Don Edwards was overfr Plains
Monday.
Claud Leach is visiting his father
and mother this week.
Tom Novinger of Cimarron twp.
was over last Saturday.
Bob and Charley Campbell were
in the city couple ofdays this week.
Pete Hotz wasin town Monday and
Tuesday visiting with the boys.
w. E. Davis and wife are visiting
friends and relatives in this city.
w. C. Osgood Jr. was down from
Bucklin Sunday. He returned in
the evening.
Section Foreman Lebeck has a
gang of Mexlcans on the section
west of town.
Mrs. Frank Murphy and Mrs. Tom
Martin, were visiting friends in
Meade last week.
The Greensburg Signal has been
enlarged to 6-column quarto.
Congratulate Bro. Holmes.
The Dodge City Republican has
the largest delinquent tax list of any
paper in the western part of the state.
We understand that J. R. Gr1ggs
fell off a box car, at Bucklin last
week but was not seriously injured.
There was.no ball game last Satur-
day as was expected. heMinneola-
Bucklin combination did not arrive.
Rev. M. S. Gillidett and B. F.
Bisbee, of West Plains twp. were
transacting businessin Meade last
Saturday.
A letter from Mrs. R. A. Harper,
requests US to send THE News to
Mineral Wells, Texas, where they
are visiting for the present.
Roscoe Smith, is visiting friends
in Meade. Roscoeha been employ
eb as telegrapher for the Western
Union at Chickasha, L. T.
Bob Smith was in town couple
of days this week. He was on his
way to Bucklin to look around with
a view of moving to that place.
Thos. Tegarten living 4 miles
west of Plains threshed wheat which
yielded 16 bushels per acre and bar
ley which made "a bushels per acre
John w. Baughman and wife
came in from the mountains after a
three weeks visit. The expect to
build in the near futnre in the Cres-
cent Addition in South Plains.
DR.. Fee went to Dodge City Mon
day night to meet the children who
are accompanied by their aunt.
Mrs. Fee was detained at Denyer on
account of Archie being down with
scarlet fever.
DR.. Fee accompanied Mrs. ]. E.
Roberts Sr. to the hospital at Hutch
inson last week. Mrs. Roberts was
not improving in health rapidly and
it was thought best for her to return
to the hospital.
E. w. Jones living 2 II miles south
west of Plains threshed his wheat
last week. 1t yielded IS bushels
per acre and tested So pounds pei
bushel. How is this on land that
can be purchased for 81. so per acre.
Last Saturday, Sunday and Mon.
day were real warm days. In fact
there was little hot wind during the
afternoon. 1t is very hard weather
on growing vegetationand also make.
the new settlers wish they were il
some cooler climate.
At the school election last Thurs
day afternoon, NJ. E. Read wa
elected director. An g. month tern
also voted with 4 teachers. 1t wa
also voted to have a graded school
This will hereafter throw the annua
school meeting in June.
A merry crowd of the young peo
pie went to the springs at the Bal
lard ranch, to picnic, last Monda,
evening. After supper, couple o
hours were spent strolling up ant
down the banks of Spring Creel
which had been illuminated witt
Japanese lanterns. Everyone spen
an enjoyable evening and returne'
about midnight. A few of the boy
made missteps and landed in tn
creek, otherwise, everything wa
lovely.
A number of young people fror