Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-30

Attorney General coleman Will soon
begin suits against several counties to
collect money loaned them tc buy seed
wheat for the farmers in 1891 and 1895.
In 1891 the STATE appropriated S6o,00o
for seed purchase and in 1895 appro-
priated $780, 600 more. The under
standing was that the counties which
received the money would repay it.
All but about 5000 has been repaid
and the state will now go after the
unpaid balance
BENT REMEMBERS THINGs.-Refer-
ring to General Miles riding ninety
miles horseback in one day, reminds
the Ell Dorado Republican that com
pany, Ninth Kansas cavalry, rode 74o
miles in 10 days, and none of them
bhanged horses, either.
f. A. A. Nor AFEEcTED.-The SUI
preme court of Kansas mas decided that
insurance orders cannot change their
rates unless such provision was. made
in their contract. The Fraternnl Aid
Association has clause in its policies
giving that right.
GOVERNOR BAILEY RETURs.-Gov-
ernor and Mrs. Bailey have returned
from visit of two weeks at the gov
ernors old home in Mount Carroll, Ill.
lie is well pleased with the prospect
for good crops in Kansas.
FELL ON His HEAD-Lafe Thomas,
of the quartermaster's department at
Fort Riley fell from buggy his head
striking the pavement. His skull was
fractured and he lived but a short time.
He came from Denver.
OVERCOME BY HEAT.-Major J. L.
Edward, proprietor of the elevator AT
Castleton, and Luster Huffman, truck
man at the Santa Fe freight house,
were overcome by the heat on July %.
Both will recover.
WORK ON THE ORIEST.-Workmen
who quit the road to go into the har-
vest fields are returning, and it is ex-
pected that by August 1 full force
will be at work once more on the gap
south of Wichita.
BERT CLAY KILLED.-He was con-
ductor on the Oklahoma division of the
Santa Fe and was run over at Olllaho-
Ina City by coal car. He was citi-
zen of Arkansas City and was Mason
of prominence.
FISH SEINING.-Arrests are being
made in several counties for illegal
seining of fish, and in other counties
prominent men have been warned that
arrests will be made if their acts are
not stopped.
JoBBIEG RATEs.-Coffeyville is the
fourth Kansas town which has jobbing
rates on farm implements, the other
towns favored in that way by the rail-
roads are Wichita, Kansas City and
Topeka.
BERRYToN GETS DEPoT-Thc state
railroad commissioners have issued an
order for the building of 4 depot by
the Missouri Pacific, with an agent, at
Berry ton, Shawnee county.
A CRATE FAMINE-The blackberry
growers of Wathena are losing thou
sands of quarts of berries by the lack
of crates. A number of growers made
wine of their berries.
IMPALED on FoEK-Fred Chadler;
young farmer of Brown county, slid
| down from hay stack and the handle
| of pitchforl1 was driven into his body
ten inches.
BELT ELECTRIC LINE.-The Yelling
ton News asserts that Wellington,
Winfield, Arkansas City and Geuda
Springs are to DE connected by belt
| line.
ORE CRUsBER BURNED.-One of w.
B. Stones crnshers at Galena was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is abou,
$1,000.
during a recent Sunday. 26O passengers
went to Geuda Springs.
| REroRMAToRY APPOINTMENTS Su
| perintendent Simmons, of the state re
formatory at Hutchinson, announces
the following appointments for places
created at the recent session of the
legislature. NJ. Fl. Taylor, of Rice
county. assistant engineer; Cash Mayse
| Cowley county, stone cutters foreman
! William Bentson, Scott county, anc
George B. Hanna, Miami county
guards.
BROOM CoRS ACREAGE. ia tlt
smallest in the broom corn distric
about Sterling in 25 years.
OIL IN RUSH COUNTY. WE'LL is to bC
sunk at Bison and it will be watched
with interest by all Central kans;Lns
There is not gas well within $50 Oh
state has always been considered out
side the gas region.
KILLED WITH PIcK.-William Link
a convict in the state penitentiary a
Lansing, was murdered in cold blood
with coal pick by George Horton ;
fellow convict. The killing took plac,
in the coal mine and was a most bruta
affair.
RUINED BY Foor BAIL--Franll Alex
ander. of Hamilton county, has beer
taken to one of the Kanses insane asy
lums. His insanity dates back to al
injury received in a football game u
Wichita when he was student in on,
OF the Wichita colleges He was al
athlete physically and bright young
man mentally, and he is gibberins
| wreck of manhood.
New RAILROAD MAP.-The stat,
board of railroad commissioners hav,
ordered 10000 copies of IL new rail