Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-05-14
STRING OF HEAVY STEERs.-william

There were thirty-two head in the
bunch. At home the heaviest steer
weighed 1880 pounds and the lightest
1880 pounds. Shirley calls the breed
''the Irishman's scrub" The steers
were of his own raising and feeding
and were 3, and years old. Shirley
had fed them since last fall and had
full fed them the last forty days on
shelled and ear corn with alfalfa for
roughness. The cattle sold at 5 cents
pound. They averaged 1. s64 pounds,
netting nearly 500 per head.
DELUGE IN SMITH AND NoRroS.-Rain
amounting to a deluge fell in those
counties delaying Rock Island train
service in both directions for a short
time. Beaver Creek, a short distance
west of Smith Center, was badly swol-
len for time and overlooked the
tracks of the Rock Island for some dis
lance on either side. No washouts of
any consequence were reported. Four
inches of rain is said to have fallen in
that vicinity. All the streams west
from Smith Center in Phillips and Nor
ton counties were filled.
KANSAS WINS OVER NERRAsKA.-
The Kansas State Normal debaters
won in the debate with representatives
from the Nebraska State Normal. The
question was: Resolved, That the
Adoption of the Fifteenth Constitu-
tional Amendment Was National
Mistake" The Kansas debaters were:
E. c. Broolxens, D. G. Sheedy and r. S.
Whitelaw. Nebraska was represented
by F. p. Smith, Julius Gilbert and J.
s. Suva.
CITY MUsT PAY.-A Topeka saloon
keeper whose mirrors were smashed by
Carrie Nation, sued the city for $3.50
damages, and got Judgment in the
district court. In his instructions to
the jury, Judge Hazen declared that
the nature of the property destroyed
did not prevent the plaintiff from col
lecting damages.
A FINE REsIDENCE.-R. T. Upde-
graf, lumber dealer and proprietor
of the Windier hotel at Maple Hill, has
just finished $1,000 residence which
contains twelve rooms, bath, furnace,
heat and large wide veranda around
three sides of the house with colonial
columns.
PROF GRIMsLEY SELEcTED.-The
Kansas commission to the Louisiana
Purchase exposition at ST. Lonis, Sc
lected Prof. G. P. Grimsley, secretary
of the State Academy of Science, to
have charge of the Kansas exhibit of
minerals and mineral products at the
fair.
OUTLAW SHows.-A number of people
in Leavenworth took steps to pre-
vent the appearance there of the Cole
Younger and Frank James Wild West
show. They claim the show is demon
| alizing 70 the youth of the land because
its principal characters were once out
laws.
OLD MAN LOSES LIFE.-George An
derson, of Pottawatomie county, aged
Sc years, was in the timber on his farm
after a load of wood and his team be-
came unmanageable and backed over a
ten foot bank into the creek. He was
substantial pioneer of the county.
MAI. Box PATENTED.-W. S. Isham,
of Maple Hill, Shawnee county, is the
patentee and manufacturer of a rural
mail box that has been approved by
| the postmaster general as the best that
he has tested.
500 MILES IN THREE DAYs.-A Salina
man made the trip home from Omaha
in his automobile in three days run
| ming. The distance is five hundred
miles and stops were made for lunch
| cons.
VIOLATED THE RULEs.-Six Santa Fe
engineers and conductors were recent
ly discharged at Dodge City for having
been frequenters of joints.
FAIR BUILDING CoNrRACT.-The
Kansas worlds fair commission has let
the contract for constructing the Kan
sas building at the fair to C. T. Beeler,
of Ottawa. The entire cost must be
kept within sa9,475 and nothing but
Kansas labor and material employed.
SOLDIERS CAUGHT CoLD.-Eighteen
officers and 377 enlisted men, compri-
sing the command that was at ST..
Louis during the dedication from Fort
Riley, have returned. Many are af-
fiicted with colds or tonsilitis as a re-
suit of the weather.
AT Observation-Disclosures the
weather was threatening large crowd
! gathered at Manhattan to greet the
president. All the business houses
were closed. The battalion of the ag-
ricultural college consisting of 400 stu
dents and the college bands were on
hand. The president spoke for about
10 minutes.
AT HAYs.-The Hays military band
and the normal school students were
drawn up in line. The town was
handsomely prepared for the presidents
coming.
| LIVED Lone IN KISsLEY.-Dr. 3. R.
Mosher, one of the early settlers of
Edwards county, is dead. He located
in Kinsley in 1876, was member of
the house of representatives during
sessions of 1888 and 1885. He was 70
years old and died of general debility.
MONTHLY REPORTS UReED.-Secre-
tary Coburn is using the law for a
whip on the county agricultural boards.
Those failing to make monthly re-
port stand a fair show of being de-
| prived of county financial aid at fair
time.