Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-01-02

latest styles at E. w. Williams.
The celebrated Bond Shoe Co.'S
shoes are sold by E. w. Williams.
The Meade State Bank is present
ing its patrons with beautiful 1909
calendars.
DR., Gibbons, the dentist will be
at the National hotel on January 6
and 7 to do dental work.
Mrs. Wehrle has the latest in fall
millinery goods. Ladies and child
rens' hats in the latest styles.
DR.. Gibbons, the Great Bend
dentist will be in Meade to do den
tai work on January and 7, 1902.
Your patronage is solicited at the
Owl Restaurant. Cleanliness is next
to Goodness. That is the Owls
motto.
The dance at the hall Tuesday
evening was largely attended and
everyone present had royal good
time.
w. c. Osgood Jr. is quite sick at
Hutchinson where he and his wife
had gone to spend Christmas. He
is improving, however, and is ex-
pected home the latter part of the
week.
J. E. McNair, of Protection, KS.
accompanied by Sam Givler, were
in the city Tuesday. Mr.. McNair
was formerly owner of the Turkey
Track ranch in this county. He
now owns a ranch in Comanche
county.
In another column we publish the
official statement of the Meade State
Bank, of this city. This is one of
strongest financial institutions in the
west. The deposits, county and in
dividual, amount to oyer S87, 900,
which indicates tnat the people of
Meade county have explicit con-
fidence in the institution.
Hon. S. D. Adams and daughter,
Alice, returned from Polo, Ills,
Wednesday where they had been to,
spend Christmas with Mr.. Adams
relatives. Doug says he saw land
sell for Sis per acre while there
but so far as living is concerned he
very much perfers Kansas. He says
that there was some snow back there
and that the weather was quite cold.
VIM. Jobling, of Fowler twp, was
in Meade last Saturday and, as
usual, made US very pleasant call.
He reports cattle doing we'll up his
way and that the world is using him
as well as could be expected. Mr..
Jobling is one of the Oldest settlers
in Meade county, coming here in
1879 with the colony from Zanes-
vile, Ohio, which settled at Pearl
cite. The Jobling family are the
only ones left who came out with
this colony.
H. G. Marshall & Co., have re-
placed the old tins in the front win
dow with window glass. It makes
a great improvement. The interior
of the store has been cleaned and
the mammoth stock has been chang
ed about so as to make better ap-
pearance and more convenient to
handle. Mr.. Marshall will have
one of the neatest and cleanest, as
we'll as one of the largest stocks west
of Hutchinson, in a short time.
We are certainly pleased to see such
material improvement in this store
under the present management.
1t is reported that F. NJ. Davi:
has purchased the Syndicate Alfalfa
farm, south of the city. This farm
is owned by company of 9 of oul
business men, and each share is val
ued at $500. This would make thu
total value of the property S72oo
This is the highest price ever pait
for real estate since the early boon
days of Meade county. This is on
of the best alfalfa farms in Mead
county and one man can certainl
make some big money out o
this place. Mr.. Davis is one of tn
members of the company and W
are pleased to see him secure it.
The Webb Lodge A. F. & A. M
of this city installed the tollowin
officers last Friday night:
c. E. Talley, w. NJ.
Louis Boehler, S. w.
J. R. Graves. J. w.
A. F. German, Sec'y.
r. A. Harper, Treas.
o. Hamilton, S. d.
H. NJ. Coon, 7. D.