Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-10-29
local News.

A. F.Gorman returned from Kan
sas City last Friday.
A number of people were here
last week and this attending Court.
The public sale at the Wick ranch
Monday was the largest of it's kind
ever held in the county.
M. E. Read has moved his family
to the residence in the east part of
the city, just southeast of the school
house.
Geo. T. Gore and wife have To-
Gated in Alamagorda, N. M. for the
winter and ordered the News sent to
that place.
Judge Madison left Sunday morn
ing for his home at Dodge City,
returning Tuesday at which time he
re-convened court.
The pipe leading into and out of
the tank of the city water works has
been boxed up to prevent freezing.
The work was done by E. w. White.
Judge Wall left Saturday night
for his home at Wichita. The
Judge is very pleasing gentleman
and enjoys large practice in this
part of the state.
Mrs. Barton and children recent
ly arrived from the east and Joined
Mr.. Barton They will locate
permanently as soon as they can
secure a residence.
Malcolm Judd has begun to learn
the art of printing in this Office.
He st.rts out in earnest and may
some day become editor-in-chief of
our metropolitan dailies.
The Presbyterians give Chicken
Pie Social, Saturday evening, Oct.
3Ist at the city hall. Supper will |
be served from O'Clock on. |
Halloween amusements and Gipsy |
Fortune teller.
J. NJ. Eaton has his new store
building ready for occupancy and |
his stock of goods has begun to ar
rive. He has a neat and attractive
building and will soon have it full
of goods.
Bert Rosenberg nowdrives fine
new bus. His travelling traffic be-
came too much for the old rig and |
Bert wanted to be equal to the
OCCASION so he got a rig that will
accommodate about twelve passen-
gers.
G.. o. Wick was down from Hutch
inson this week attending the sale at
his old home place. He was ac-
companied by his son Walter. Mr..
Wick informed US that they liked
Hutchinson but that they might
some time move back to Meade
County.
Mrs. Grin Vandusen, of Sand
Creek twp, has been seriously ill
for the past several weeks. She
has been attended by DR.. Dugan,
of Englewood. Last Friday he
called upon DR.. Fee to assist in per-
forming a very difficult operation
which was successful and the patient
is resting easy at this writing.
Doc Dossett, the enterprising
farmer and stock raiser of Crooked
Creek twp, was in the city Satur-
day transacting business, and while
on the west side dropped in our den
and paid up and ahead for this
great religious weekly. Doc has
been up in that country for a long
time and is now in a prosperous
condition.
Mr.. L. S. Kent, auctioneer, of
Hutchinson, Kansas, made US a
pleasant call Tuesday morning. Mr..
Kent sold the property at the Wick
ranch Monday. The sale began at
II O'Clock and was finished at 6
O'Clock. The total amount of the
property sold amounted to SIG. 500,
consisting only of the personal
property.
Jim Stamper, the successful stock
raiser, who lives II miles south
east of Meade, recently sold s head
of Polled Angus cattle to J. J.
Singley which averaged Sa5 lbs. and
brought him S3.25 per cwt. less 8
per cent for shrinkage. This is
a good price for cattle considering
the low market, but it is evidence
that good grade of cattle always
bring good price.
Mr.. F. J. Lee, of Englewood, KS.
has formed partnership with Mr..
M. E. Read and the new firm will
put in a much larger stock. The
building is being put in shape, all
! the nartiti ms being taken out which