Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-05-14

came through the winter OF the
others large part failed on account of
poor seed. A few were winter killed.
There were nine varieties of rye planted
and only one gives promise. There
were five varieties of macaroni wheat
sown on sod last spring and Is varie-
ties since, in all covering about 40 acres.
Twenty-Five varieties of barley and IS
of oats have been sown this spring.
All these maze $50 varieties of grain on
| $40 acres. !:rsides the tests of varieties
there are te : of methods of preparing
the soil. Tine work with grains and
grasses is largely in cooperation with
tue U. 5. department of agriculture
1t has been only 10 months since the
FIRST sod was turned.
No PERMITS IssUED.-The probate
judge of Greenwood county has refused
TO issue permits to druggists and there
is not druggist in the county holding
permit to sell Intoxicating liquors.
His refusal to look after this branch of
the business loses for him some S240
per year, which he could have secured
from the county under a recent decision
of the supreme court. The jointists
are at present looking after the wet
goods traffic, but are being roughly
handled by the county and city au-
| thorities. There are six of them in
Jail.
RIOT IN KANSAS CITY, KAs.-Four to
| five hundred union men and sympa-
| thizers attacked about 50 non union
| employees of box factory, and but for
prompt interference of police officers
serious trouble would have resulted.
| The street was blocked and the street
cars were held. The trouble got hot
when party of fifty left the shops in
huge box wagon. They had not been
out of the factory for ten days and de-
cided to get out to visit their people.
They were chased and when they at
tempted to leave the wagon and take a
street car the attack became fierce.
CIGARETTE LIGHTS GAS WILL
| While the worlmen were casing off
heavy blow of gas in a we'll which the
Farmers Oil and Gas Co., are drilling
| on the McDaniels farm about a mile
west of Cherryvale, boy who was
| watching the work struck match to
light cigarette and ignited the gas.
| Within few minutes the drilling rig
was damaged to the extent of several
hundred dollars.
RURAL ELECTROMAGNETIC
county seems to be taking the lead in
Central Kansas in the construction of
rural telephone lines A line is now
being built south of Mcpherson. An
| other line will soon be in process of
construction north, which will connect
the principal farm residences north of
Mcpherson. There is also some talk of
line south of Galva, reaching toward
Mound Ridge.
| DAMAGE BY WEATHER.-Thea author
tiles at the state agricultural college
have investigated the damage to fruit
trees and vegetation. Grapes, cherries,
| plums and strawb berries are entirely de-
stroyed. 1t is a little early yet to es-
innate the damage to the apple crop.
Late apples, blacllberries and rasp-
berries are in fair condition. Wheat
in some sections is being damaged by
the severe cold.
CHANUTE GETS FREE DELIVERY
The postmaster general has ordered
the establishment of free delivery SER
vice at Chanute, Kas, on September 1
next, with four carriers and one SUBJ
stitute and ffty-two letter boxes.
FooTPADs II IAIL.-Two men and
two women, all colored, were arrested
at Usage City for an attempted robbery
of man. They were bound over to
the district court, the sheriff taking
them to the Lyndon Jail.
AT ELI.swoRTH.-The president was
greeted by thousands of people, some
| of whom had come 40 miles. He gave
them ten minute talk
ToRH BIT BuLLDoa.-Peter Morton a
13-year-old boy, was horribly injured
at Arkansas City by savage bulldog,
which attacked him without cause. The
boys face and one leg were torn and
badly lacerated. The dog did his work
before help could reach the boy.
AT RUssELL-Four bands were in
tho large crowd that greeted the presi-
dent; those of Russell, Fairport, Gala
tia and Paradise. There were long
lines of old soldiers The chilly air had
not kept the people from coming long
distances.
SHoRTENs THE LINE.-General Man
ager Nudge, of the Santa Fe, has an
nounced that during the summer his
road would build cutoff between Ha-
vana and Caney, Kansas. This will
enable tine Santa Fe to give up the
lease on the Missouri Pacific lines be-
tween those points 1t will shorten
the line only six miles, but will give
Territory.
HAS THE CAsH.-Barton county owes
only $19i,4 and has almost enough
money in sight to pay the bill.
AN ALLEGED SpY-Eighty machin.
lists in the Rock Island shops at Horton
struck because of the presence of an
alleged spy employed by the company.
All the other men in the shop, 600 in
number, say they will strike also il
the man is not discharged by the COM
pany. Considerable excitement pre-.
vailed among the workmen.
BONDS FOR n. X. &c CUBAN en-
thusiastic meeting in Concordia re-
suited in the determination to vote
bonds to the amount of SEQ, 900 for the
Nebraska, Kansas &c Gulf railroad.
FEAST OF MUsIc.-During the week