Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-05-21

Orient construction work and the SUI
perintendence of traffic and passenger
service at this end of the line are in
cial agent of the road, has removed his
headquarters from Anthony and has
Office rooms on Main street in Wichita.
j. A. Foley, superintendent, who has
been looking after the business of the
road from Anthony, will also occupy
! office room in the same building and
will soon cirect the traffic operations
from that ci v.
AFTER % YEARs.-A. G. Wright, of
Wichita, and his brother David Wright,
of Colorado, although both are COM
paratively young men they have not
seen each other since they parted as
boys, at Hunuewell, Sumner county,
twenty-eight years ago, and for twenty
three years one didn't know where the
other was or whether dead or alive.
David Wright has lived in Colorado
nearly all the time, and, with the ex-
ception of three years, has not been
out of the sight of snow. They are
now enjoying a visit at the home of
the Wichita brother.
KANSAS FOREST RESERVE. Secretary
Hitchcock will soon issue an order
withdrawing $4,000 acres of land in
Finney, Grant, Kearney and Haskell
counties from homestead entry. The
bureau of forestry has completed its
plans for a forest reserve and will now
begin work. They plan to plant seeds
from the jack pines of Northern Mich
igan; also to cultivate the red cedar,
which is found near Mcfarland
FROM WEALTH To Poor House.
Sumner county man is in the county
poor house after having followed for
some time a well beaten path. A few
years ago lie owned Il fine farm in the
northern part of the county as well as
$50, 900 ranch in Edwards. He had a
fine and happy family, but his drink
ing habits broke it mp and finally re-
suited in the loss of all his property;
and now it's the poor house.
STATE S. S AssocIATIoN.-The State
Sunday School association convened in
annual meeting at Parsons. In spite
of rains there were several hundred
delegates present. The preliminary
session was held in the Methodist
church, but the exercises during the
remainder of the meeting were held in
the large tent which will hold 1000
people, erected by the citizens of Par
sons for the convention.
STORE RoBBED.-Thc general mer-
chandise store of j. A. Sweet of Fall
River, Greenwood county, was robbed
of about 500 in cash and considera BILE
clothing, cutlery and firearms. The
money till was torn from the counter
and taken to a neighboring lumber
yard where it was rifed of its contents.
The Fall River postoffice was robbed
less than a year ago and the Frisco de-
pot robbed last winter
SUGAR BEETs DEsTRoYED.-J. NJ.
Bailey, who, as city clerk, is agent for
the free employment bureau of Argen-
tine, has received letter from Kear-
ney county saying that the recent cold
weather had destroyed tine beets there
Mr.. Bailey had received a letter ask
ing him to secure 200 men to pull the
beets. He has now been asked to can
eel the order for men,
To ASSIST COLEMAN. Bal
ley has appointed Pension Commission
er Ware to assist Attorney General
Coleman in the suit against Colorado
for use of the waters in the Arkansas
river. Mr.. Ware will look after the suit
in the supreme court All the expense
of the undertaking must be kept with
in the $1,000 appropriation made by
the legislature.
EASTERN STAR.-The grand chapter
of the Kansas order of the Order of the
Eastern Star began its session in the
Scottish Rite temple in Wichita with
about 500 delegates present.
To COMPROMISE BoNDs-It is report
ed that the Kearney county commits
sioners have called an election TO vote
SO, 900 to the parties holding "a judg-
ment against the county for 500, 600.
A compromise on that basis has been
made with Lindsay and other alleged
creditors
EXPERT AT WORK.-CommiSsiOn of
Douglas county have hired an exper.
to go through the records for the pur-
pose of finding how much revenue the
county is being cheated out of by tax
dodgers.
CANNOT VoTE THERE.-Judge ]. Fl.
Fitzpatrick of the Leavenworth dis
trict court handed down a decision
in the Cory-Spencer election contest
over the office of county treasurer,
holding that veterans at the Soldiers
home cannot vote in that county.
DEAN OF LAW Standardization
college of Topeka has selected Earnest
b. Conant, of Chicago, as dean of the
law school which the college VII es.
tablish this summer. Mr.. Conant is a
graduate of Harvard and is a leading
Chicago lawyer.
POLICE REsIeN.-At Hutchinson the
city marshal, his assistant and one po
liceman resigned because the mayor
named a man to have control of the
police during special attractions at the
park, the marshal and all police to be
under the orders of the appointee.
To AID A SINGER.-Harold Challiss
of Hiawatha, who is studying music in
Italy, was operated on recently in
order that the quality of his voice
might be improved. Surgeons removed
both tonsils and portion of the nasal
bone.
STRIKE AT LAwRENCE.-Oneh hundred