Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-09-03

RURAL CARRIER Losr.-C. w. Fletch-
| err, assistant carrier on the mail route,
left Pratt with one thousand dollars
belonging to C. NJ. Clark at Iulsa. Mr.
Clark and others at Iulsa were in the
habit of sending their checks to Pratt
by the mail carrier to be cashed and
Fletcher was given So, 500 in checks to
be cashed and 81, 500 of it to be deposit
ed. He deposite: according tc instruc-
tions but left on the local going east
with the rest of the money.
CATTLE MUST BE DIrPED.-M C.
Campbell, of Wichita, chairman of the
state live stock sanitary board, says
there is nothing in the report that the
order requiring the dipping of cattle
infected with mango will again be
modified. He says that the order will
be strictly enforced and cattlemen who
refuse to dip their stock, when it is
shown they are diseased, will be prose-
cuted.
ABOUT MoroRMEN-The Wichita
4 0Sa~ OsNh S"ChNJ
six regular motormen and since the
new company took charge of the lines
in January, 1900. it has employed lis
inotormen. There were thirteen mo-
termen employed by the old company
when the present company bought the
plant and four of them still remain.
| nrpprCIrrT EvINtrN rroN -Dha "a, o;,
ers' examination recently, held at Ar
kansas City was SO difficult that only
.thirty-three applicants were successful
and there were not enough teachers
for the schools CT the county The
state board vas allowed another ex-
animation to ill the schools.
STILL AFTER FENcEs.-A. H. Burtis,
of Garden City, special agent of the in
terror department, is still after cattle
men who have illegally fenced govern
ment land. The department is deter
mined that the fences shall come down
| and Burtis is kept on the road going
| after offenders.
! NEwsBoY KILLED.-Harry Kent,
aged IL years, fell between some cars
in a Santa Fe train while stealing a
ride and was instantly killed. He was
was cut in two and the right arm was
severed from the body. He was n
newsboy and helped to support his
parents.
| KANSAS GIVES SPECIAL PRIzEs.-In
addition to the prizes offered in the
live stock department. of the worlds
fai- by the exposition company, the
Kansas commission will give special
prizes to all Kansas cattle which take
| prizes in the general contest at st.
| Louis
FIREMEN's TOURNAMENT. The pro-
| gram for the state firemen's tourna-
ment, which will be held at Salina
September s, and 10, has been issued.
1t is believed that ut least twenty-five
companies from different parts of the
state will take part in the tournament.
| A PRoMoTIoN.-D. Ell. Robinson,
heretofore chief dispatcher for the
Rock Island ut Harrington, has been
| appointed trainmaster for the Colorado
division with headquarters at Good
land.
| GIRLS ARE ScARCE.-A Goodland
hotel with 40 boarders has been com
PEELED to close the dining room on &C.
count of the scarcity of cooks and di-
ming room girls.
| RURAL. RoUrEs.-There are about
600 rural routes in Kansas, and there
are four special agents now in the
state working to increase the service.
! WAR RELIc.-W. l.. Fouts, of Nc
Pherson, has a captains army sash
which he wore in the civil war. 1t has
three bullet holes in it.
SAUER KRAUT.-A gardener at
Frankfort has already made and mar
lseted 5000 worth of sauer lsraut this
season.
Is ABLE TO BUnD-Neosho county
is well able to build a court house as
the county is free from debt.
Son OF JOE PATcHEN.-Dan Patch,
at Brighton Beach, paced a mile in
1:59, making 4 new record. He is the
son of Joe Patchen, of Kansas. John
R. Gentry was also foaled in Kansas
and in 1896 held the worlds record for
the fastest mile ever travelled by a har-
ness horse, to that date, the time being
2:0O15.
GRAND LODGE CoLoRED MAsoNs.-
The grand lodge of Colored NIasons of
Kansas met at Emporia. Forty-seven
out of the sixty-four lodges were rep
resented at the opening.
STORING CoAI.-Last year the Santa
Fc stored 200 cars of coal AT Newton
and long before the winter was over
coal was being confiscated for the use
of the engines on that division. The
storage this year will no doubt be
much greater. From Is to 20 cars are
arriving there daily and are unloaded
at the storage track.
For SHIPPING GANE-The manager
of the Wichita Wells-Fargo office was
arrested on q. S. warrant charging
him with violating the Lacey bill gov
erning interstate shipment of game
A 80, 600 POUND MACHINE.-The To.
pelSa railway company has received a
3o,0oo-pound planning machine to be
used in planning rails to make crossings,
frogs and switches. This kind of spe-
cial work is very expensive. The big
planer will be set up at the car barns.
CORN IN LINCOLN CoUNTY.-It is ma.
king unusual growth and promises a
heavy yield. Wet weather and wheat
harvest prevented farmers from cult
waiting corn as much as usual, 6ut in