Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-16
KANSAS COMMENT.

thousand acres ofwheat were destroyed
by hail in Sumner county.
FIFTH RURAL RoUTE.-The fifth
rural route out of Arkansas City has
been opened for business
POWER TO Ctr WEEDs.-A law passed
last winter which empowers cities to
cut weeds on lots when the owner re-
fuses to do so, and add the expense to
his taxes
LINDsBoRG DEPOT RoRBED. - The
Union Pacific depot of that place has
been robbed The robbers took half a
case of beer, an electric belt and
small amount of small change.
DIDN'T GRANT RATEs.-The railroad
did not grant harvcsters rates out of
Chicago and st. Louis to Kansas points
as was announced, but the Santa Fe
brought many men from Colorado.
LrSwooD MovEs-The town of Lin
wood, which suffered sorcly from the
food, is to be removed to higher
ground, - acres of the Senator Harris
farm having been purchased for that
purpose.
BACK TO OLD CHANSkL.-Up to July
about 4, 1000 wagon loads of rock had
been used at Blue Rapids in construct
ing the dam which will turn the cur
rent of the Blue river back into its old
channel.
HORSES DYISG.- Conrad the
liveryman at Sabetha, has lost over
Sc, 900 worth of horses in the last ten
DAYS. The animals seem to go crazy
and die in great agony. They are only
sick for few minutes. One stallion
which cost So, 900 died. Some of the
business men of the town believe that
the animals have been poisoned and a
couple of parties are being Swallowed.
SUES A DRU6GIsT.-Susan Kirk, of
Arkansas City, has filed $40, 900 dam
wye suit in the district court against c.
c. Scott, druggist, OF that place. She
alleges in her petition that her nus
band is addicted to the drink ha bit and
that since July, 1900, he has deprived
her of her means of support. She
claims that he spent the money that
rightfully belonged to her at SCOTS
for drink.
&. a. r. COMMANDERS DISAGREE
Commander Smith demands of Retiring
Commander Loomis the minutes made
of the Mcpherson encampment and
Loomis refuses to turn over the record
10 Smith. The new commagder made
complete change in department Off
GERS. The attorney general rules that
Smith is entitled to the transcript of
the minutes but doubts whether Smith
can open mail addressed to Loomis
MANEUvERs AT FORT RILEY.-Ad-
jutant General Kelsey received a letter
from the quartermaster general of the
army asking him how many mounts
would be required for the officers of
the Kansas National guard For the
Fort Riley maneuvers this fall" This
would seem 20 be pretty good evidence
that it is the intention to hold the
maneuvers at Fort Riley again this
fall.
WARNING CORPORATIONS
aof State Burrow is now sending out
blanks to the different Kansas corpor-
atoms for statements showing their
financial condition. Accompanying
oaC1, 1,lani- iS oil latta NalI
what will happen to the corporation if
the statement is not made and filed
with the secretary of state. The in
formation is taken from the new cor
poration law.
WELLINGTON PAYS UP. That city
has just paid the last of the bonds
issued in 1883 to build the First ward
school house, which was blown down
in 1892. No payment had been made
when the building was wrecked. The
bonds for the new building to take the
place of the one that was tornadoed
became due and were paid off in a
comparatively short time.
FELL. FROM PoLE.-J. j. Mccullough
manager of the Herington exchange,
fell from a telephone pole while fixing
wires. He died of his injuries
To Cross THE KAw.-The ferry boat
at Manhattan began operations and
nearly 300 farmers teams crossed the
Kansas river. This is the only means
of crossing the Kaw river between
there and Wamego and west to juno
ton City. Contracts for four large
bridges have just been awarded.
PLEASURE BoAT.-The steamer
Olympia was launched in the Walnut
river at the Baden ice plant. 1t is IA
pleasure boat carrying seventy five
people and plies between Winfield and
Pastime park, "a distance of five miles.
WEALTHY CoUNTY.-The assessors
of Brown county return a valuation of
all kinds of property in a total of ST.
215,o 900. Considering the low rate OF
valuation for taxation, this means a
property having a cash value OF some
thing like $40, 900, 600
HARVEST HALF OVER. is
about half over in the territory around
Hutchinson and there will he an i'm
mense yield of wheat. Many fields
will make twenty five to thirty bushels
and the average will be about twenty
bushels to the acre.
HAVE They NorIcED-Have the
Kansas temperance workers noted that
the judges of the supreme conrt in
Maine have given notice that the pos.
session of "a United States internal rev.
enue liquor stamp will subject the pos,
SCISSOR to Jail sentence.
ANTHONY PosToFFIcE.-Its quarterly
report for the three month ending Junes