Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-26


intciIdent of schools Dayhoff has ruled
that county commissioners must con-
firm the appointment of trnancy Off
GERS named by the county supcrintend-
ent. Several boards nave refused to
do SO. claiming sucil officers are an un-
necessary expense Unless they yield
proceedings will be instituted against
them.
GRAIN DEAF FRS CoNPLAIN.--Grain
dealers at Glen Elder, Kan, have filed
complaint with the state board of rail-
road commissioners agaisnt the Mo.
Pac Railroad for its refusal 10 accept
shipments TO Kansas City. They claim
that the road has refused to accept
wheat, honr and bran in car lots for
Kansas City since October 3, and still
continues to refuse.
FII: At COURrLASD.-lt caused u
$4,000 loss. 1t started IN the center of
Il block of frame buildings, in the coal
oil room OF general merchandise
store, which was destroyed with other
buildings. The women formed a buck
ct brigade and carried water until their
clothing was drenchcd and frozen.
They saved other buildings by checking
the fire.
CAN CALI. TAX DoDGERs. Judge
commissioners and county clerk have
authority TO call in any one who, they
have reason to believe, has not proper
~ listed his property for taxation, and
question him under oath touching sucl,
property ond his ownership of the
same and his ability to pay the taxes
upon it.
LACK OF PowER.-Wlile the rail-
! roads are slow in moving grain to mar
llet, State Grain Inspector Radford
says it is not due to II ear shortage.
''Thc fac. is the roads have enough
cars, D." said he, ''but they are short on
motive power Had they enough en-
gines 20 keep their ears on the move
there would be no trouble
KANSAS BETTER FOR CRops.-A big
syndicate of Chicago capitalists is now
buying mp land III Western Kansas to
COLOMBO eastern homeseekcrs. Some
of the moncyed men In the enterprise
have been working immigration in
Western Canada, but they believe
Western Kansas offers better prospects
for crops.
A YoUNG CoIoRED WoMAN-The
state pharmacy board examined {. big
class at Wichita, consisting mostly of
young people. One of them is Il young
coiored woman-Pauline s. NJ. Jack
son, of Topeka. She had been engaged
as a pharmacist for some time under
special permit
COLD STORAGE EeGs.-A Wichita
dealer sold four carloads of fresh eggs
to one firm. The four cars carried
1000 cascs. $4,000 dozens, or $40, 900
eggs. The eggs were bought last A pril.
candled and put into cold storage with
a regular temperature.
DA-NSOEl IL hlASON5.@lI was given
by the Masons of Wichita at the Scot
fish Rite temple in honor of the Masons
in attendance at their semi-annuai
meeting. There were 500 persons in
attendance.
RAISE PRICE CT CoAI.-Coal at the
| Usage mines has had Il raise from 81 95
n ~ a I,n 4
price WAS promptly raised % cents on
the Ton.
A fundamentally n week ago Il
blizzard struck Englewood. With it
came two inches of snow. 1t is not cx-
planned why the news has been so long
delayed.
Will. COME OUr.--J. II. Cannon, Il
clothing merchant of Garnet, is first
cousin to Jos Cannon, speaker of the
national house of representatives.
SIX FEET EIGIr.-James Lance.
of Rosedalc, claims to be the tallest
man in Kansas He is =? years old and
is six feet eight inches tall.
No RESERVE SToCK.-Warden Jcwett
of the psnitentiary says that he is still
having trouble getting cars to hanl
coal although he has been able to keep
the State institutions supplied with
fuel. The difficulty is that enough
cars cannot be secured so that the in
situations can accumulate Il reserve
stock of fuel
AT TIE OLD SCALE strike of
the machinists' helpers in the Katy
shops ut Parsons, Denison and Smith.
Vile has been called off and the men
all rent back to work at the oil scale.
JAPANESE CHEsTNUrs.- WIN. Eager,
the well known orchardist who lives
seven miles south of Wichita, has 25 or
30 japanese chestnut trees that are
growing nicely and that bear nuts
every year. They are II years old and
have borne the past FIVE years.
ELLINwooD DEPOT. The fine new
pressed brick depot ut Ellinwood has
been opened for business. It is hand
some and commodious, containing
freight, express and baggage depart
mcnts in Il building one hundred and
thirty feet in length.
KANSAS HIsToRY.-Under law
passed several years ago it is made OBJ
ligatory to include Kansas history in
the course of the public schools. In
some counties, however, but little a.
tention, it is said, is paid to the act
and it is Superintendent Dayhoff's in
tention to enforce it rigidly.
ARTISTIC TEAcHEE.-Miss Grace
Woody, country school teacher in
Lincoln county, with her own hands
repapered and fixed up her school room
in an artistic manner. She is oivino-