Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-06

DECIDE TO BuILD.-The Masons of
Wellington have decided to build fine
home for their lodges, to be three sto-
ries high, having fifty-foot front and
being l4o feet deep. The first floor
will have two large store rooms; the
second will contain offices, and the
third will be the lodge rooms. A base
ment will be built under the entire
building. This will be utilized by the
Ladies' Federation of Clubs for rest
and reading rooms aud by the Young
Mems and Young Ladies' athletic asso-
tiations for their club rooms.
SAVED GIRLS LIFE.-While Miss
Sadie Bixler, of Lerado, Reno county,
was dressin" for party at her country
home match set fire to her light or
Candle dress and she was Immediately
Ell veloped in flames. She ran scream
ing from the room to the porch, where
Grover Clark, young farmer, was
waiting to take her to a party. The
young man caught her in his arms and
ran with her to water tank seventy
i've yards distant and dropped her in
distinguishing the flames before serious
burns were inflicted.
GOES TO HoNoLuLU.-NIiss Nellie
Waddington of Wichita received cable
gram Honolulu from saying that she
mad received tile appointment us teach
er of the primary work in the Hawai-
hao seminary for girls. Miss Wadding-
ton will leave for Honolulu August 20
with her aunt, Miss Eugenia Thomas,
teacher i'll a boys seminary in that
city, who has been on a vacation in
this country.
SCHOOL BOND ELECTIONS. School
district bond elections held under the
Australian ballot law system are not
Illegal" said Assistant Attorney Cen
cral f. ]. Close. 1.-THE law providing
for the voting of bonds simply does not
require that the Australian ballot law
must be followed and the old ballot
system can be used
GooD RAIN.-The rain of July 20 was
enjoyed at Junction City, Abilene, In
dependence, Concordia, Manhattan,
Lindsborg, Marysville, Hutchinson,
Clay Center and intermediate places.
Wamego was skipped. 1t did not
reach Wichita until the next day, but
was good one when it came.
WILSON RETURNS. Attorney
of Sumner County Emory L. Wilson,
who disappeared from Kansas City on
July 4, was found in his own door yard
at Belle Plain, on July 90. Re was de-
lirious, emaciated, ragged and filthy.
He recognized no one of his family or
neighbors.
AN EXPERIMENT FARM-The Kansas
state agricultural college is negotiating
for an experimental farm near McPhcr-
son. A farm of about 20 acres is want
ed, near the city and convenient to
railroads.
MAKE LoAFERs WoRK.-The police
of Ottawa have arrested a number of
loafers. charging them with vagrancv,
and the police court has given them 80
days each, which they must work ont.
A BROOM FACroRY.-A broom com
pany of onandaga, N. Y. has pur-
chased building at Hutchinson and
will open broom factory in it.
PHONES TO RANCHES about
Liberal are putting in telephones from
the town, incidentally getting connec-
ton with each other.
BROKE HIS NECK.-J NJ. Proctor,
postmaster and mayor of Willis, Brown
county. while reshingling house, fell
and broke his neck.
CowLEY COUNTY APPLEs.-The apple
crop in Cowley county has never been
equaled, One man will harvest over
L., 900 bushels.
DAT FIELD FIRE.. w. Granden,
Reno county, lost 80 acres of oats by Il
fire started by small boys playing with
matches.
HARPER ExPECTs.-And is happy in
the expectation OF a new academy
CARRIED 5000, 900 PEoPLE.-The lola
La Harpe electric railway is 81 miles
long. 1t has larger cars than any in
Kansas except the Topeka line and
during last year carried 600, 900 passen-
gers. The lola cars run from thirty to
forty miles an hour and cover Il dis
lance of nearly 600 miles every day.
The cars on the line are fifty-one feet
long, seating sixty-four persons and
they carry motors of fifty horsepower
MADE 81, 500. -The Winfield Chau-
tauqua balanced up with ST, 800 to Law
away.
LARGEST KANSAS BoND.-The execu-
tive council has issued state bonds for
SEQ, 900 to pay for work done on the
state house 60 years ago. This issue is
refunding of outstanding bonds. OF
this amount one bond for S211, 900 was
sold to the permanent school fund and
will draw four per cent interest
BONDS TAKEN 1T HoME.-Tne $50, 900
bonds voted by Junction City for a
high school have been taken by home
men and the school board has pur-
chased site. The building will be
put up this year.
GRAIN DEALERS Cor BUsY.-The
grain dealers of Wichita are doing
more business than ever before. One
firm is handling 10000 bushels of
wheat day. Buyers are there from
Minneapolis, Mimi, and have already
secured half million bushels. This
puts Wichita on an equal footing with
Kansas City for northern business
A KANSAS EDUCATOR King,
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