Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-10-01
Local News.

turned from Emporia last Sunday.
Ben Edwards, of Range. Okla,
was visiting E. A. Twist and family
this last week.
Wallace Hamilton and Malcolm
Judd have secured horns and joined
Hamilton's band.
Mrs. VIM Backe and son Frances,
were up from Liberal Saturday and
Sunday to visit Mr.. Backe.
S. D. Adams is having the water
mains laid into his livery barn where
he will have water convenient.
Alb Stewart recently disposed of
his land in West Plains twp. at $500
per quarter. 1t was unimproved.
C. H. Hubble, of Mcpherson,
Kansas, was in Meade last week
looking after his real estate interests.
There will be an old soldiers
reunion at Beaver, Okla, on Oct.
I-2 1903. All old soldiers are in
vited.
A. E. Hedine who has been here
purchasing wheat for the past 60
days, left Thursday night for his
home in Mcpherson.
]. M. Eaton and Mr.. Walls were
at work on his building. Carpen-
ters were so scarce that he was COM
PEELED to 60 to work himself.
DR.. Fee was called to Sand Creek
last Thursday to wait upon Spencer
Rees, brother of Ira Rees, who is
seriously ill with typhoid fever.
There will be grand ball at the
city hall next Friday night. An
oyster supper will be given. You
are cordially invited to be present.
Don Edwards, the hustling real
estate agent of Plains was in Meade
last Friday. Don says they are
selling from one to a dozen farms
every day.
Will Griggs arrived last Friday |
from Victor, Colo, and will remain
in Meade for some time. We are
pleased to wolcome him and wish |
he might remain permanently.
Uncle Dick Skinner has purchas-
ed the Oscar Thompson residence
in the southwest part of the city
and will shortly move into the
same and materially improve it.
We are pleased to note that our
friend Alf Siegel has been elected
vice president of the Arkansas
Cherokee Coal Co., of Kansas City.
Alf's many Meade friends congrat-
ulate him on his raise.
Mrs. Cook and children, accom-
panied by her niece, Miss Ethel
DeCow. left last Thursday for their
homes at Chetopa. They have
been visiting for the past two weeks
at the home of R. A. Harper.
1t is reported that B. F. Leach.
of the Artesian valley will have
some alfalfa seed which will yield
IS bushels per acre. At 81 per
bushel, this will give an excellent in
come.
A letter from Chas. Wehrle, St.
Louis, Mo-, says the boys, Ed and
Frank and himself are well and in
good health. He says Roscoe
Griggs recently arrived there and
expects to remain for the present.
Mrs. Shaw has our thanks for
bucket full of fine luscious Seeding
peaches which she brought to our
den last Friday afternoon. They
were very fine and excellent speci-
mems for Meade County.
A. V. Angel informed US last
week that they had threshed nearly
10. 900 bushels of wheat and barley
and that they had pulled in for the
season. They have the largest and
most complete threshing outfit in the
county.
H. St. Martin was in Meade last
week inspecting the Meade Lumber
& Supply Co., in which he is in
terested. Mr.. St. Martin found the
yard in a fourishing condition and
doing a large business under the
able management of Mr.. Rogers.
Land around Plains is selling for
good prices. Last week Chas.
Seward disposed of quarter join
ing the townsite for S1zoo. 1t had
14o acres broke and small house
worth about SIS in the way of i'm
provements. Who says Meade
county land is not advancing in
ipricea
F. c. Judd returned Friday from
iOhio where he has been visiting fol