Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-10-22

sas in 1850 half million of CRAFTS and
was the starter of tile fruit ind ustry III
the territory. He experimental u
great deal with fruit, and the Stayman
apple and Stayman strawberry were
named after him. At one time he had
an apple tree in his orchard bearing
| sixteen different varieties from gratis.
ARTEsIAN SALT WELL.-Rush county
mas developed remarkable artcsian
well. 1t spurts n ten-inch stream of
water which, when confined in pipe,
rises seventy feet above the surface.
The water is SO salty that the evapor;r-
ton of gallon of it leaves pint of
salt. The flow has formed u creek
about three miles long and the flow in
creascs day by day.
MOVED TO GooDLASD.-Theo Office of,
A. L. Abbott, superintendent of the
Colorado division of the Rock Island,
has been moved from Colorado Springs
to Goodland, Kas. Superintendent
Abbott, who has force of eleven
clerks, is now occupying seven rooms
east of the dispatchers' office in the
second story of the depot building at
,Goodland.
| OLD SOLDIER LAw.-The Dever case
involving the cons.itutionality of the
old soldier preference law, has been
advanced for hearing at January sit
ting Of the supreme court. This case
will also probably decide the suit
brought by Il. L. Goodrich against the
Topeka city officials over his dismissal
as superintendent of the city electric
light plant
ASKS A REHEARINe.-Judge A. L.
Redden will file II motion for rehear-
ing in the DR.. Brownfield case. Brown
field was sentenced to seven years for
perjury in the Jessie Morrison case.
Judge Rcdden says the court did not
make n ruling on the most important
point raised in the appeal.
TAKING CHILDREN TO SCuooL.-The
supreme court upheld the law allow
ing the parent or guardian a sum not
exceeding Is cents per day, for not
more than 100 days in each year, for
conveying his children to school where
they reside more than three miles from
the school house.
PAYMENT OF CHECKS of
checks is stopped by the death of the
signer of the check The proper way
to secure payment ON a check made by
a person who dies before the check is
court against the assets of the deceased.
HOWARD STREET FAIR.-With only
two weeks notice it proved to be II
grand success. In the horse and live
stock display there were many fine cx-
hibits and in the corn department no
finer showing was ever made in Kan
SaS.
MAYOR DENIES IT Mayor HinlSle,
of Halstead, denies the story sent ont
from Topeka abont cigarette smoking
boys in that town. There seems to be
a fake correspondent still doing bust
ness.
SCHOOL BoNDs.-The state superin-
tendent says that returns to his Office
show that women have elected ma
jority of the mcmbcrs OF school boards
in the 1000 districts of the state
A BAND REUNION. Plcasanton
Cornet band, which was organized in
1876, has held Il reunion ending with a
banquet.
MOWERS MosT FATAI~-Mowing ma
| chimes in Kansas kill or MAIN more
children than do the street cars.
LARGE HONEY CRoP.-A D. Bennett,
Garden City man, has gathered co.
600 pounds of honey this season.
BEARING CHEsTNUTs.- Chestnuts
planted six years ago at Robinson have
grown into bearing trees.
For THREE YEARs.-William frost
has carried the mail between Goodland
| and st. Francis for three years.
Two DEPoTs' ROBBED. Grand
Island dcpots at Troy and Wathena
have been broken into. Twenty cents
was secured at Troy and So at Wathena.
A negro who tried to rob the Rock Is
land depot at Bendena, was captured
by the agent and taken to Troy.
ENLISTED TO STUDY.-Joseph S.
Bouts, young man of Allison, enlist
ed at the government recruiting sta
ton at Salina for strictly business pur-
10 Va
ness to enlist, that he might make a
practical study of the army.
MORE BooDL1NG AILEeED.-A grand
jury to investigate alleged boodling in
the board of education of Kansas City,
Kans., seems 4 certainty. Each day
develops further evidence of crooked
work and it is asserted by NJ. A Water
man, chairman of the investigating
committee, that member of the
board had demanded money from a
Chicago firm to influence the award
ing of Il contract for school books.
BUTLER COUNTY FUNDs-Butler
county has in her treasury, in the gen.
eral fund, Sl3,713.75.
WANT SADDLE HORSES. The army
is securing the country about Fort
Riley and farther away for saddle
horses to be used for the maneuvers,
paying S1.5O u day for their use with
guarantee that they will be returned
in good condition. A carload of sad
die horses has been sent from Topeka
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| ANOTHER TRIAI.--The Jessie Nor
rison case will go to the. supreme court
of the United States on the contention
that u second trial cannot result in
conviction for a higher crime than the
first trial.