Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-05-28

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officers elected are: T. L. Britton, Usage
City, grand chancellor;s George N. Gull
yer, Concordia, vice grand chancellor;
Charles N. Miller, Minneapolis, grand
prelate; ]. H. Luscombe, Kansas City,
grand master at arms; George 5. Colby,
Coffcyville, grand inner guard; Sam L..
Golden, Tonganoxie, grand outer
guard; Gus J. Neibert, Kansas
/. City, grand keeper of the records and
and seal; w. A. S. Bird, Topeka, and
j. w. Duval, Hutchinson, supreme rep
resentatives- The supreme grand lodge
will meet in Louisville; KY, in August,
1904.
RATES FOR HARvEsTEEs. -From Mis-
souri, river points parties of five will
sas harvest fields every day after June
10. From Chicago, Peoria, st. Louis,
and Bloomington, one fare plus 81 will
be made for the first and third Tues
days in June. Following the harvest
will be 100 days of threshing. The
wages will be from ST. so to So so per
day. Thirty thousand-men are wanted.
TRACKS TO STUCCo BEDs.-The Santa
Fe and Union Pacific are seeking to Sc
cure the use of direct tracks to the
large stucco beds. The Santa Fe is
contemplating four mile switch to
the beds and there is rumor that the
Union Pacific will build up the Chap
man creek valley through Industry.
1t will pass through rich section at
present unoccupied by any road and
with large local business.
Took A REST THoUGH.-Ex-Sheriff
Jerry Seitz, of Mcpherson, was stroll
ling about the street; he suddenly be-
came very tired and seeing some new
looking chairs standing out in front of
one of the store buildings, he sat down
in the brightest looking one and pro-
ceeded TO take the greatest rest of his
life. 1t wouldn't have looked so bad
had not the chair been recently painted
a bright red.
A QUEER STRIKE.-Union BARRIERS
rent shop in Wichita. The front of
the building was being painted on the
order of it's owner The BARRIERS OBJ
jected because the painters are not
union men, and the work stopped to
await the arrival of the owner who
was out of the city on business.
HOSPITAL AT HALsTEAD.-H. ID.
Rand and brother are just completing
a stock company hospital and sanitari-
um of twenty-five rooms. All conve-
niences, including elevators and gas,
are being put in and the building will
be equipped with the latest scientific
instruments and machinery.
Nor So MANY:-Neither the city
clerk nor county clerk at Abilene gave
the printed estimate of 500 harvesters
for Dickinson county published by the
state employment bureau. The figures
are much exaggerated. 1t is not prob
able that more than half as many will
be needed.
NEAT CONFERENCE.-THE territorial
board of health has condemned a car
load Of tainted meat which packers
had sent to Oklahoma and were selling
at reduced prices. Instructions were
sent to each county to be on the look
out for this kind of shipments.
KILLED AT AssARIA.-There were
two fatalities by the tornado at As
saria, Saline county. VIM. A. Olsen,
Is years old, and Peter Olson were
killed. Others were injured but none
fatally.
Books FOR HIGH SCHooIs.-In April
of next year the commission will select
a new set OF books for the high schools
1t is thought there will be a hot con-
test over the contracts.
KILLED MABEL TUTTLE-A tornado
passed over Hodgman county, Is miles
northwest of Kinsley, destroying Dan
Gleason's house and killing Mabel
futile.
KINGMAN COUNTY FILLINe.-A great
many new settlers are moving into
Kingman county and where were for
merly big cattle pastures are now pros
porous settlements. The people are
building school houses and churches,
which shows that Kingman county is
getting good class of settlers.
TORNADO AT HORTON Union
hotel was unroofed at midnight. A
livery stable and a blacksmith shop
were blown away, and some small
buildings were destroyed. Two per-
sons were injured.
SAW IT CoMING.-A farmer at Clear
water did not like the looks of the
clouds and made push for Wichita to
insure his wheat against hail That
night his wheat was beaten to the
ground and on the following day he
collected his insurance.
New HIGH ScHooL.-The junction
City board of education has decided to
purchase site for the new high school
building, which is to cost $40, 900.
Bonds were voted to build it. Manual
training will be a department of the
school.
FANcY WORK TAUGHT.-Mrs. w. NJ.
Greenwood, of Topeka, has been select
ed by the state board of charities to
take charge of the new department to
be established at the Girls Industrial
school at Beloit, in which the girls will
be taught fancy work of various kinds
abb ENE's AssEssMENT.-The asses
sor's annual report shows that the city
has s,7s5 population, a gain in the past
year of LOG. The valuation, owing TO
the new buildings erected and the adj
dition of improvements in other mat
tiers, has increased nearly $4,000