Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-04-30

have the requisite fire protection to en-
able them to come under the law, was
made by the superintendent of insur-
ance. According to law the insurance
companies are required to pay two
per cent tax into this fund. The total
for this year is S24, AZ. which is
81 500 more than last year. There
were only four more new towns added
during the last year, Caney, Jewell
City, Hoisington and Washington.
There are now 116 towns which share
in the distribution.
SCHOOL FUND INVESTMENTS.
state school fund commissioners are
not experiencing any trouble invest
ing the funds in their charge. The
last legislature passed a law providing
that bonds could be purchased from
municipalities where the bonded debt
does not exceed Is per cent of the as
sessed valuation. The old statute
placed the limit at 10 per cent. Quite
a number of counties, cities and town
ships were barred from selling their
bonds to the commission by the 10 per
cent limit, whose debt is less than Is
per cent of the valuation.
FELL FROM TRAIN.-W II. Coad,
agent for the Missouri Pacific railway
at Clearwater, fell from a moving train
near that place while returning from
trip to Wichita. His left foot was
mashed so that amputation was neces-
sary just below the knee and the first
three toes on his right foot were cut
off. Mr.. Coad had his arms full of
bundles at the time of the accident and
was standing on the platform of one of
the cars short time before the train
reached Clearwater.
A DISCOURAGED observation-disclosures
aged after three years effort TO work
his way through Northwestern Medical
school, of Chicago, S. L. Hourly, of
| Halstead, Kansas, attempted to end
his life by jumping into the lake.
Hourly went to Chicago three years ago
and has paid his expenses in college
by delivering papers. For three
mon this he has been studying hard and
putting in long hours preparing for
examinations.
FARMERS INvEsTING.-Therei is much
activity in Saline county real estate.
| Within the last few weeks several big
! sales have been made. One of the
| largest was the sale of the Watson
/ l., 80 CnIa no IT
bakers, of Marshall county for S20,
| 600. The ranch comprises S24 acres of
very fine land. Five Marshall county
| farmers have invested in Salina and
Saline county property lately.
THREE PoLLoCKs.- d. Pollock, the
representative in the last legislature,
who is now in trouble over defalcation,
or ENLIGHTENMENT of funds of the ArlSan-
sas City postofice. is not relative of
Judge J. c. Pollock, of the supreme
! court. There is another Pollock who
is mayor of Win field, and there is no
relationship connecting any two of the
three men, though they are all citizens
of Sumner county.
OLD CITIZEN SELLS FARM. n.
Shawnee county, to L. V. Burson, of
Morris county. He received So. so an
acre for the place, which included 900
acres, the total received being over
| Sill 900. Mr.. Towne has been a citizen
of Kansas for As years and the greater
part of the time he has spent in Shaw
nee county.
TOWNSHIP CROP FIGUREs.-The as
SCISSOR of Jackson township, Mcpherson
| county, found IA, O65 bushels of corn on
hand; last year his report showed $50
bushels. The farmers have been sell
ing wheat early, having on hand only
25.455. There are s,s45 acres now in
wheat: last year the township had
s,6s7 acres. The population of the
township is 500,
GAS NEAR HoRTON.-William Will
| Itch, farmer, thinks he has discovered
| gas on his farm northwest of Horton.
Through big crack in the ground
there is a steady flow of gas and Mr..
Which says it is inexhaustible
SMALLPOX IN Observation-Disclosures
pox has broken out in the state reform
atory in an aggravated form. A boy
was sent from Leavenworth. and it is
said that he introduced the disease
Supt. Simmons thinks he can stamp
| out the sickness without serious re-
suits.
| New ELECTRIC CoNNECTIoN.--A Sum
ner county farmer has his mail box
electrically connected with his house.
When the carrier leaves mail he presses
button, and the ringing of bell in
the house apprises the family of his
visit.
| COUNTY SUPERTNTENDENTs.- Hereto
fore these officers received no pay in
| addition to their salaries for visiting
schools. The law requires them to
visit each school at least once year.
The new law. allows the superiuten-
| dent 81 for each school visited.
PROF. WARD SUEs.-Prof J. Fl.
Ward, of johnson county, Ia, has filed
suit in the United States circuit court
of Topeka against the regents of the
Kansas Agricultural college for S12, O65
OF this amount S2,O65 is alleged to he
for back salary and $4,000 for DAM
ages. Prof. Ward alleges that he was
discharged from the faculty of the col
| lere for nolitical reasons only
REDUCED RATEs.-Last week in the
Kansas papers the Santa Fe called at
tention to seventeen chances to. make
trips at reduced rates.
GEO. W. WATSON HURT.-Mr Wat
son, of Kinsley, and widely known