Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-10-08
KANSAS COMMENT.
KANSAS

ment of the high school of Sumner
county has reached PAS.
Scorr COUNTY LANp.-A Missouri
man has just purchased five quarter
sections of it for 81, 1000.
GAS SAND PAssED.-The gas we'll at
Winfield passed gus sand at 900 feet
and the well is now down $50 feet.
FINE BROOCH CoRN.--It is published
that Rice county man received 500
ton for his broom corn. 1t was fine
short brush.
A Kansas Ess1eN.-Merlin G. Cook,
Of Cove county, has graduated from
the naval academy at Annapolis with
the rank of ensign.
FOUND VIcTIMs.-The 1904 dollar
falkir has invaded Kansas looking for
victims. He sweatcd many dollars
from men at Salina.
WORKERS. PICNIc.-Thc Worismen
are to have big picnic at Great Bend
October co. Grand Muster Turner, OF
Manlsato, will be present
DEUeeIsrs GIVE BoNDs.-Thc Par
sons druggists have signed an iron
clad bond to permit no one to drink in
their cellars, back rooms, or elsewhere
III their stores.
SETTLED OUT OF CoURT.-The rail
roads settled damage case at Hutch
inson before court convened. The
Santa Fe and Rock Island were being
ing sued for injuries received at the
crossing accident.
UNDER THE ANTITRUST LAW Five
wheat buyers of Hays and the Union
Pacific agent there have been arrested
by the county attorney upon the
charge made by another grain buyer
that they were restricting trade.
A New GRAFr-A new fal1er is at
work in Osborne and other northern
counties. He attends church and dur
ing the service throws ft He then
secures the sympathy OF the con-
gregation and gets contribution.
He then selects another town to re-
peat his fake.
Asks FoE SPECIAL TERM.-United
States District Attorney j. S. Dean
says so many cases are accommodating
in the federal court that he will ask
for Il special term TO be held in Topeka
In November. "Thc Kaw Valley flood
set us back in our court work." said
he. some big term had to be aban-
doned entirely because the lawyers,
clients and witnesses could not reach
court"
INCREASED CAPITAL.-At a meeting
OF the stockholders of the Junction
City Electric Railway. Light and Ice
Company the company's capital stock
was increased from S1oo, 600 to $500, 900.
The present stockholders will take all
of the additional stock. The increase
was made necessary for furnishing
light to Fort Riley. Tho company will
light the post and will furnish the cur.
rent for forty-three arc lights and G, 900
incandesccnt lights.
LESS STocK FEEDING.-There is going
to be little stock feeding for the mar
ket this fall and winter in Geary and
surrounding counties. The fat cattle
are being shipped ont and very few
feeders are being shipped III. Some of
the biggest stock feeders in that part of
the state say that the reason they are
not going to feed stock for the market
this season is that the difference be-
tween the price of feeders and the price
of fat cattle is too small, and that it
would be impossible for them to make
profit on the feeding.
KANSAS SCuooI. EXHIBIT -Chaneel-
Tor Strong has named john Mcdonald
as superintendent of the Kansas school
emit Davidson, of Topeka, Vice Prcsi-
dent Hill, of the Emporia normal, and
assistant State Superintendent Dyer,
Of Topeka, as assistant directors. They
will serve without salary
BONDS DEFEATED result of the
election at Madison for Sis, 900 in bonds
for city wa3erworlss was defeat for
the bonds oy majority of eighteen
votes
SCHOOL LAWS SENT OUT.-State SUI
perintendent of Schools Dryhoff has
had published in book form properly
indexed, all the school laws of Kansas.
Every law covering every phase of the
school question is included. sit is re-
marlsable how many calls we have for
information on the school laws" said
he.
LOSES VOCAL PowEBs. Estella
Beaver, head milliner in Wichita dry
goods store, has lost her vocal powers
by being frightened by mouse run
ming over her feet
GREAT BEND MILLS BURNED The
G. H. Hulme mills are burned with q
loss of about $50, oOo There was about
IS, 900 bushels of wheat in the mill.
Two cars of flour were burned, together
with considerable corn. This is the
second time the mill has been burned.
There was $1,000 insurance OIL the
building.
Rock IsDAND BAJLAsTINe.-The
Rock Island railroad has commenced
work on ballasting its track with
crushed white stone between Herring
ton and Wichita.
MAKING BoTTLEs.-The first bottles
ever made west of the Mississippi river
were turned out by the Coffeyville
Bottle works Sept. %. The company
employs Il people and turns ont Il hun
dred gross of bottles per day Nothing
but prescription bottles are made at
present
JOHN McCALLUM DEap.-His home