Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-03-12
Local News.
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week.
We printed the Bar Docket this
week for the coming term of court,
March, Io.
Geo. Theis, of Ashland was in
town Tuesday last looking after his
various interests.
Ed Wehrle left last Friday for St.
Louis, Missouri, where he will re-
main for several months.
Brother Buis left Sunday for Wich-
ita, Kansas, where he had been sum-
moned to serve on the U. S. petit
jury.
Jonh Taggart and wife arrived
from Salt Lake City, Utah, last Fri
day and are visiting with Dan Tag
gart and family.
FRANK Fuhr attended the Repub-
lican Congressional C Committee meet
ing at Hutchinson last Saturday.
Frank is looking out for the P. O.
scalp.
Fruit tree agents are making their
rounds. Solomon says that when
man has failed at everything else.
he then tries selling fruit trees or
crayon portraits.
Bob Russell was down from Fow-
ler last Saturday and handed US one
plunk for another years News. Bob
is one of our best boys and knows
where to get good reading material.
The Prosper land Co. have now
got their office decorated, the work
of Fred Gray, and now feel fully
able to put up as good a front as any
real estate concern in the country.
Frank German arrived last Thurs
day night from Globe, Arizona,
where he has been for the past few
years. He will visit few days with
his brother, A. F. German and sis
ter, Mrs. viii Pressly.
The snow is about all gone, but
we havea beautiful coat of mud in
its place. However we see allkinds
of rigs in town again. and we trust
that from now en- the spring weather
will prevail.
H. G. Marshall and Co. are roof
ing over their barbed wire ware
room. These gentlemen have also
large quantity of farm machinery on
view, plows, drills etc. The sight of
all this machinery makes us feel as if
we already have the spring feaver.
The representatives of Car-sul and
Chloro; Naptholeum, the two famous
cattle dips are in the city, both ge-
NAL citizens, one from Texas and the
other hailing from Nebraska. We
trust that neither one will try to ex-
terminate the other by means of his
own particular dip.
Mr.. Slaughter and his SON in law
Mr.. Hall have been snow bound in
the city the last week. These gen
tlemen are interested in the old
Miles ranch at Fowler and are also
looking around the country with the
view of purchasing alfalfa land.
They purpose running cattle on the
Miles ranch and then wish to have
their feed within a short distance
We shall no doubt hear of them
owning several acres in the artesian
valley before long.
Davy Williams has gone and shak-
en- the dust of the city from his feet.
He will now stay for some time on
his homestead as the. giddy whirl of
the CITY is too much for his state of
mind at present Dayy,, Davy,
. don't despair, and never say die.
Think of all those old proverbs,
there are lots of others that will fit
your case too. eff at first you don't
succeed, try, try again. "Faint
heart never won fair lady" Then
again if none of these work there is
that wise saw of the scientist "There
are as good fish in the sea, as ever
came out" So buck up my hearty
and don't stay away too long.
| Captain Niles and his fair daughter
are working hard to arouse the slug
gish system of these church mem
bers who think as they are converted
tn at it is not necessary for them tc
. do aught else but go to church or
Sunday He says, and rightly too,
that it will be next to impossible fol
him to create any enthusiasm unless
he has the hearty cooperation of the
church members, and we trust thai
they will not be afraid to go ou
and mingle with the sinners and dc
their very utmost to urge them tore
pent. 1t certainly must be dis