Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-12-11
KANSAS COMMENT.

NEVER DEFEATED.-Clyde claims to
have football team that holds that
record.
BUYS CREAMERIEs.-The Rev. T. NJ.
Erb, of Newton, has bought two cream
cries; one at Wellington and one at
Harper.
On SALARY AMENDMENr.-The vote
on the constitutional amendment to
raise the salaries of legislators was
90, 090 for; 14O, 76s against.
KANSAS PEOPLE THERE.-Some for
mer residents of Abilene are in Guate-
mala, in the region affected by the re-
cent earthquake and volcanic erup-
tions.
HARRY P. LUsK.-The death of the
editor of the Parsons Morning Sun is
announced. Mr.. Lusk was AZ years
old and was one of the best known
newspaper men in the Southwest.
WICHITA MEN IN FLooD.-A party of
Wichita hunters went to the Choctaw
nation and their camp was surrounded
by freshets. Their supplies gave out
leaving them both dry and hungry in
the midst of waters Two of them
swan out and they tell the story.
A THRIVING TowN.-Council Grove
has had building boom the past
eighteen months not equaled in the
same period of time since its early ex
istence. Besides the new $40, 900 court
house wing, which is nearing compile
ton, many substantial business houses
and residences have gone up.
JUDGE DosTER sAYs.-The Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme court has an
nounced that he does not propose to
sit in any case where the Missouri
Pacific railroad is interested for the
reason that when he retires from the
bench in January he will take posi-
ton with the Missouri Pacific in it's
legal department
236 OUT OF 35o-Dr. Hutchinson,
physician of the state reformatory,
produces figures to show that cigar
cites are the cause of the downfall of
more inmates in that institution than
all other vicious habits combined. Of
the $50 inmates in the reformatory last
year, 236 claimed that cigarettes had
driven them to crime.
No COAL AT LIBERAL.-A number of
citizens of Liberal and vicinity have
no coal and those that have coal have
not enough to divide. No coal has
been shipped there since August and
then there was not enough to supply
the demand. Coal ordered by the
dealers was confiscated by the railroad.
There are threats to hold up engines
and take coal from.
BoYCoTr COAL DEALER.-At Horton
lately the coal chutes were burned
The railroad company permitted the
poor people of the town to carry away
lot of the half burned coal. A coal
dealer of the town protested against
this charity, saying it was damaging
his business. 1.-THE people of Horton,
rich and poor alike" says the Head
light, ''are up in arms against the deal
er, and general boycott is now on.
AN EQUINE HosPIrAL.-It is pro-
posed by the Foster Humane Society of
Topeka to erect large building where
MANNED and crippled or abandoned
horses, or those which have in any
way been mistreated can be given at
tention. The society was founded by
the late Judge C. G. Foster. His hob
by was to get after people who mis-
treated their horses. He gave a valu-
able lot on Kansas avenue opposite the
Copeland hotel, to the society for a
home.
GAS IN SUMNER.-A reported find OF
gas at Ashton, twelve miles west OF
Arkansas City, is causing considerable
excitement in Sumner county. The gas
was discovered in well only eighty
seven feet deep after heavy charge OF
dynamite had been exploded.
FILED MOTION BY WIRE.-B. P.
Waggener wanted mandamus dis
missed. He did not go to Topeka, OF
hire Topeka lawyer, but telegraphed
his motion to the supreme court with a
request that it be granted. The court
promptly granted it.
SIXTEEN PoUND SoN.-Mrs. A. NJ.
Ricklefs, who lives near Bendena, Don.
iphan county, has given birth To her
sixth child which weighed 1e pounds,
Her other five children weighed al
birth-two girls, 10 pounds each and
three boys IL pounds each.
MORE COUNTRY BANKs.-Two small
towns of Cowley county, Atlanta and
Latham, are to have banks by the new
year. The former bank is capitalized
at 81, 900 and tie latter at SIS, 600. This
makes five small towns in the county
having state banks.
Took THE GOLD MEDAL.-Larned
won the honors for the second time al
the meeting of the Southwest Kansas
Teachers association. Miss Mae Kim.
ball is the successful one this time
at the Kinsley meeting, who takes the
gold medal in the Evolutionary contest.
Miss Alberta Whitney was the winner
last year.
DEMAND FOR HoUsEs.-There is lack
of shelter for families going to Neode-
sha. The Rev. Mr.. White, the Baptist
pastor there, is living with his family
in barn until he can build house.
EIGHTY CARS OF APPLEs.-Johr
Welmer, of Hiawatha, packed and
shipped $500 barrels of apples, making
eighty carloads, during the season.