Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-13
Local News.

DR.. Simpson Aug. 81 to do denta.
work. Remember the date.
The weather still continues very
dry and we need rain for feed crops.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Byrns are
rejoicing over the advent of fine
boy baby at their home last Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Davis and
son. of Hutchinson, were visiting
relatives and friends in Meade for
several days.
Everybody is invited to the Read
ing Room at the Salvation Band
Hall next Saturday evening. Open
ed at 8 O'Clock.
Mrs. John Hotz of Fowler, and
daughter, Mrs. Brown, of Dodge.
were visiting with Tom Hotz and
family last week.
We are sorry to report the serious
illness of Amos Chilcott, at his
home southeast of Meade. His
many friends hope for his early re-
covery.
Mr.. B. F. Bisbee and w. H. Will
SON have been in Meade a few days
this week. Mr.. Wilson is the gen
tleman who owns so much land in
the western part of the county.
Mrs. Tom Johnston has been
visiting at Schmokers in Odee twp.
this week. Messrs Geo. and Will
Schmoker have just recovered from
severe case of measles.
A letter from our old friend, Sam
E. Myers, Greensburg, Kansas, says
ne is getting along nicely. He says
he has built house.in south Green's
burg and has plenty of work.
DR.. Fee returned from Hutchin-
son, Kansas, Sunday where he had
been with Mr.. Newhouse, ofSeward
county, whom he accompanied to the
Stewart Hospital for treatment.
Quite crowd of young people
went up to the Rice grove in the
Artesian Country last Thursday
night to attend the C. E. Social.
All report delightful time.
Mr.. S. N. Jared, foreman of the
Webb ranch, was in the city Mon
day after supplies. Mr.. Webb is
making some substantial improve
ments in his part of the country.
The new members of the Epworth
League are requested to be present
at the devotional meeting August
I6, 1908. at which time they will
be received into full membership.
The wheat continues to roll into
Meade at very lively rate. We
are safe in saying that more wheat
will be shipped out of Meade County
this year than any year since 1891.
Mr.. Steve Cave, of Haskell Co.
has purchased the Brannan thresh-
ing machine and is running same in
the neighborhood east of Meade.
He will take it up into Haskell
County.
Thursday of last week Brannan's
machine threshed 1887
bushels of barley. This is the larg-
est run we have heard of. If any
other machine has beaten this please
let US hear from them.
MIR. John J. Miller, editor of the
Santa Fe Monitor, and family were
in the city the first of the week visit
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Backe. Mr..
Miller and Mr.. Backe made US a
very pleasant call Monday morning.
Miss Carrie White returned from
Lawrence. Kansas, last Thursday
evening, where she has been for
several months taking music. In
the evening number of her young
friends surprised her to welcome her
return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Boehler and
children returned from California
Saturday night where they have
been for the past month. They re-
port a very delightful trip and are
exceedingly well pleased with the
Golden State.
]. B. Browning, an old timer of
West Plains twp. was in town for
several days this week. He has
been living in Missouri since leaving
here in 1896. Joe still owns a half
section of Meade county land. Mr..
Browning looks as natural as ever
and all his oldfriends were pleased to
see him.
Uncle Joe Brannan has finished
threshing and has more grain than
any other one man in the county