Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-11-06
Kansas Events
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assistant attorney general, mes Oeen IN
the southwestern part of the state
looking up matters pertaining to de-
| linquent school bonds in the state
school fund. He went to Garden City
and drove from there over considerable
of the surrounding country. As re-
suit the state school fund will receive
several thousand dollars which he
found in the sinking funds in some of
the county treasures awaiting applica-
ton to the payment of Indebtedness.
Ed. CoBURN's NEW RooMs-Secre-
tary F. D. Coburn is now comfortably
located in his new and permanent
office in the state house. He has been
switched around considerably, but is
now settled for good. His Offices now
occupy four rooms on the east side of
the south wing, just under the gov
ernor's offices. The executive council
has fitted up Coburn's new rooms in
elegant style. Nothing is too good for
the Kansas farmers.
MYsTERIoUsLY MIssING.-John Dice,
a prominent citizen of Neosho Falls,
is missing. He stepped out of his
house in his night clothes to ascertain
the cause of noise at the chicken house
and has not been seen since. He has
been morose of late and it is feared he
has taken his life. He is fifty years
old. He was a prominent Odd Fellow
and Mason and great naturalist He
was called the "bone crank of the Neo-
sho.'
RAPID L.BRARIANs.-Miss Anna Wei
gand, city librarian of Wichita, gave
out n books in just one hour Saturday
night. This is breaking the record for
quick library work, for it included re-
ceiving the books, stamping the cards,
writing the ticket, and finding and
giving out the new book. Miss Gross
and Miss Weigand together often wait
on over 100 in an hour, but this is the
record for one alone.
SERVED "a YEARs.-Moses Bertram.
an old resident of Junction City, was
killed by being run over by a Missouri,
Kansas & Texas train. Mr.. Bertram
was retired sergeant of the United
States army. He had served thirty
years and seven months in the army
and four years in the navy. The body
was given military burial and the
funeral was held at Fort Riley.
Sons AND DAUGHTERS Now.-The
Native Sons of Kansas have decided to
admit women born in Kansas to the
order, and the name has been changed
to the Native Sons and Daughters of
Kansas.
NEED MORE LAND.-The state board
of charities will present to the legis-
lature their conviction of the necessity
of giving to the institutions in their
charge more land.
DID Nor HEAR--George McBrier,
an old soldier, was run over and killed
by Santa Fe passenger train in To-
pelka. He was walking on the track
and didn't hear the whistle.
COVE OUT OF DEBT.-The commits
| sioners of Cove county recently took
up 5000 county bond not due until
1905 in order to have the county en-
tirely out of debt.
GETS FREE DELIVERY order
has been issued for free delivery SER
vice at Junction City to begin on Ithe
| first of March next.
RATTLE FOR DRUG sToRE.-At Ok
ford drug store with an 1900 stock
is being ratified. There are 1900 tick
| cts at 81 each.
MACHINIsTs WERE SURPRIsED.-Offi-
cial notice has been received that the
machinists on the Eastern Grand di-
vision of the Santa Fe have been grant
ed raise in wages from 81 to 80 cents
per hour effective November 1st. The
boys are very happy over this raise and
it came to them as surprise.
BUILDING TRADES PULL OUr.-The
members of the building trades unions
of Topeka have pulled out of the gen.
eral trades council and organized a
building trades council. They have
200 members.
APPLES FOR ENGLAND.-Oneh hundred
and sixty barrels of Jonathans filled a
car at Atchison for shipment to Eng
land. The apples were carefully Sc
lected and every one was polished and
wrapped in oiled tissue paper. The
apples were sold for Sc barrel on
board the car at Atchison.
Ten MILLION BRIcKs.-Coffeyvi
has contract to furnish ten million
bricks for the new oil refineries at Port
Arthur. The freight bills on the
bricks alone will aggregate over $780,.
900.
FISH HATCHERY WLNTED.-State
Fish Commissioner John Haughey says
that he intends to ask the next legisla
ture for an appropriation for the estab
lishment of fish hatchery in thi:
state. This project has been agitated
for number of years but every at
tempt thus far to secure the necessary
appropriation has failded.
AND Cor THEM-The Wellington
Monitor says: 1.-The piclsers employed
in George Blair's apple orchard at Null
vane, went on strike for higher wages
and got them"
THE Body is FoUND.-The body Of
John Dice who mysteriously disap
peared Thursday night, was found ir
the river four miles above Neoshc
Falls. The artery in the wrist wa.