Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-10-30
KANSAS COMMENT.

old soldier votes in the Dodge home
now. Two years ago there were but
eighty-fve.
WAS Too BossY.-A section gang on
the Santa Fe cutoff near Emporia went
on strike. The men, about fourteen
in number, said their boss, Paul Eber-
ly, was "too bossy." There was delay
in finding men.
FIRST HUTCHINSON TEACHER.-Miss
Jane Hodson, who taught the first
school on the TOWNSHIP of Hutchinson,
is dead. She was sc years old and for
the past four years, because of her bad
health, she has lived with her sister,
Mrs. w. j. Sponsler, west of Hutchin-
son.
OWNED BY STARCH TRUsT.-The old
Topeka starch factory IS burned caus-
ing loss of S1O,O 900 to the starch trust.
The factory was bought up by the
trust about eight years ago and closed
down. 1t has not been operated since.
Not much of the machinery was ever
removed and it was destroyed with the
building.
ACCIDENTALLY SHoT.-While hunt
ing on the Cheyenne bottoms John Nc
Mahon, butcher of Hoisington, was
accidentally shot and killed. McMa-
hon was riding in a buggy with load
ed shot gun and upon getting out of
the buggy to open gate, the gun was
accidentally discharged, the shot enter
ing his left breast
NEW DIVISION ACCoUNTANT.-C. D.
Collier has been appointed division ac-
countant for the Rock Island in Tope-
ka, to succeed John McAloon, who is
transferred to Trenton, Mo-, in the
same capacity. Mr.. Collier comes from
the Central railroad in New Jersey,
at Jersey City, n. j., and already has
assumed the duties of his new position.
WORKED BY MOONLIGHT farm
ers of Lyon county worked all night
during the all night full moon period,
in October, at harvesting their kafir
and cane crops. Many of the farmers
SLllLo VI IcdmS OI
their machines; some of the horses and
men slept in daytime and ran the cut
tiers while the day force rested.
BALL IN New SHoPs.-Arrangemen
are being made for a grand ball at the
new Santa Fe shops in Topeka on their
completion. The date has been fixed
at October -. 1t will be given on the
second floor on the east side of the
new machine shops. Marshall's band
will give concert before the ball and
Steinberg's orchestra will furnish the
music for the dancing.
HIGH SCHOOL FEE.-The probate
court of Douglas county has granted
an injunction against the board of ed
ucation restraining the board from col
lecting high school tuition fee. The
board has levied fee of SIS from each
pupil and had given instructions to ex-
clnde all pupils who had not paid the
fee. The restraining order is set for a
hearing in the district court early in
November.
A COLLEGE CHICKEN FRY.-Ottawa
university has seven former students
of Lewis academy and the Wichita
high school there. Miss Bessie McCune
and Mr.. B. B. Braden who were in at
tendance there last year gave a novel
reception to the new students. Invi-
tations were issued to meet at the gym
nasium and from there they went to
the varsity" farm on Rock Creek,
where, after various games, large
campfire was built and the guests in
troduced to college chicken fry
KANSAS MINERS WoN'T SrR1KE-W.
L. A. johnson, state labor commission
er, says that Kansas coal miners won't
go out on strike in sympathy with
the anthracite miners. They are salts
fed with the contract they have with
the operators, there is plenty of work
and all are making good money.
Took HIM FIVE YEARs.-'There has
been but one cigarette smoker to grad
uate from the Fort Scott high school
in % years." says Professor Lansdon,
land it took him five years TO get
through"
SOLD 100 TICKETs.-The Wichita let
ter carriers have had a ball. One of
the carriers, ]. 7. Mcdonald, sold 100
tickets to the ball at 81 each. He did
this during 10 days and while working
his regular route.
TANGLED IN A BINDER.-G. w. Good
Toe, of Pratt county, was dragged sixty
five yards in a l1afir corn binder. When
the team stopped it took an hour to
disentangle him from the machine.
He was not seriously hurt. There
were few grabable places on him
that the machine didn't get at.
OFFICIALS REsIGN.-Orange j. Smith
and James e. Doom, storekeeper and
gauger in the Leavenworth, Kansas,
internal revenue district, have re-
signed.
SHORTAGE OF Cause.-The Wichita
Traffic association complains of shoN-
age of cars to move the grain that is
wanted elsewhere. A letter was re-
ceived from the T. j. Odenlahl Commits
sion company at New Orleans, stating
that they could handle 100, 900 bushels
of No. 9 Kansas corn if the traffic asso-
citation here could send it to them
To VOTE ON BUILDING JAIL.-Phillips
county voters will say at the election
whether they are in favor of special
tax levy for the purpose of erecting ,
new county Jail with jailer's residence