Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-06-19

The l. o. o. f. school of instruction
was in session most of the week at
Usage City.
Shawnee county has made quite an
extensive beginning in making macad
amized roads.
The striking carpenters of Wichita
received over 81, 900 from their national
organization.
An automobile factory is to get at
work in Parsons. Thirtyfive men are
to be employed.
The United States Geological Survey
will make map of the gas and oil re-
gions around lola.
a number of Topeka men have or
ganized company to develop an oil
field in Wyoming.
The Northwest Kansas Consolidated
Oil and Gas company is to drill for oil
at Oberlin ut once.
Zinc workers at Cherryvale struck
because of the 81 month assessment
for medical services.
The fifth district log rolling of the
Modern Woodmen will be held at Abb
lene on August 81.
A joint just outside of Conway
Springs, was burned in the night, pre-
sumably by citizens.
President J. D. Drake of Lane uni
versity at Lecompton, has resigned on
account of his poor health.
Pittsburg shows up with a popula-
ton of IA, 463. Last year the city as
SCISSORS found only 12,676.
On June 10 the Missouri Pacific was
under water at lola, and passengers
were transferred in boats.
The state board of charities are pur-
chasing supplies to last to the end of
the year. 1t will require SOS, ZOO worth.
The Anthony salt plant has been
placed by the railroads on an equal
footing with those at Hutchinson as to
rates.
The assessors found the population
of Hutchinson to be 10, 254, a gain of
PAS during the last year and of nearly
1000 since 1900.
Thirty-eight of the years graduating
class at Ksnsas university have been
admitted to practice in the supreme
court. -Four of them are ball PLAYERS.
1t was Calvin Titus, of Wichita who
was called out of the ranks at West
Point and presented with a medal by
the president for being the first to
scale the wall at Pekin.
After exhausting the regular and
special jury list in forming a jury for
the trial of Jessie Morrison at Ell Dora
do, a special venire for three hundred
was issued and deputies sent in every
direction.
At wedding at Jewell City some OF
the guests slipped out, put on old
clothes and started charivari. The
town marshal gathered in two of the
crowd and found that he had the mayor
and the police Judge.
Sedgwick county having attained the
required population, county auditor
has been appointed. This makes foul
in the state which have more than As,
600 of population-Wya Leaven
worth, Shawnee and Sedgwick.
w. H. Parsons, agent for the Chicago
Rock Island &c Pacific road at Holton
Kan, died at the home of his parent!
at Lamont, Mo-, of diabetes. He wa.
to have been married to Miss Marth;
Drake, of Holton, on the day following
that of his death.
The Abilene school board has raised
the age for admission of pupils from |
to G years.
Harvesting of soft or May wheat go
ing on in the central counties, shows E;
yield far in excess of what was expected
few weeks ago. Dickinson county il
now expected to weigh out a million
bushels, or half of last years crop, anC
twice what was expected in April.
Col. James Redmond, a lawyer o
Burlington, where he has lived for g.
years, and is is now city attorney, ha
been stricken with paralysis,
The formal opening of the town o
WaIdron Harpan rso,,1tt, <,s,o,,x. A.;
week when the Orient crosses the Choc
taw.
| The G. A. r. council of administra
ton fixed upon September % for tn
state reunion and located it at Wichita
Commander H. c. LOOMS was charged
with its management.
D. c. Stoffer, a young farmer of Dick
inson county, was working in his fiel,
when he saw hail storm sweep owe
his house. He ran n half mile and wa
exhausted and died from the shock.
There is talk of yeast factory t.
be established in Wichita, to have
a capacity of five tons per day.
The Rock Island tracks in the soutl
part of Dickinson county were washe,
out for 1000 feet and many bridge
were weakened. Herington had TEL
feet of water in the lower part of tn
town.
The Santa Ee commenced to move it
trains on schedule time, or nearly SC
on June Z. The damage by the flood
to the railroad is estimated at fror
SIS, 900 to SOS, 900.
The railroads have not granted an
rates for harvest hands this year a
they did last, because they feel that n
outsiders are needed, and that troubI