Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-30
KANSAS COMMENT.

SALINA GETS ANOTHER. Another
elevator to be erected there is to have
capacity of 60, 900 bushels.
FRED WELLHoUsE's DAUGHTER
was married last week and Senator
wulfekuhler. of Leavenworth, is the
bridegroom.
CREAMERY PAY ROLL The Belle
Springs Creamery company. Dicliin-
son county institution. mas n S6,oo0-a-
mon til pay roll i'll Ellsworth county.
Took TOPS OF Box CARs.-A twister
struck a train near Burden, lifting the
tops off of several box ears. and spoil
ing grain separator on fat car.
WANT KAN. AND OKLA. WHEAT
The Minneapolis, Mimi, mills are adj
vertising for the purchase of Kansas
and Oklahoma hard wheat Those
mills used TO advertise that there was
no Kansas hard wheat mixed with their
-four Now the more Kansas hard
wheat the better the flour.
AN IRON RAILROAD TIE.-The Santa
Fe has placed an iron tie in the Hutch
inson yards to be tested. 1t is the in
vention of Hutchinson man, j. II.
Bryan. With it no fish plates are nee
essary and there is no possibility for
the rails to spread. The road will
adopt it If it proves a success.
PosToEFIcE REPORTS. Every month
reports are sent from the postof1ices in
that district TO the postoffice in Topeka
and mistakes are often found. Post
master Guthrie was compelled to send
back as defective, vouchers of sixty
seven postmasters of Kansas for LOG
rural free delivery mail carriers.
GRAND OFFICERS. following are
the grand officers of the Native Sons
and Daughters of Kansas: Colonel A.
S. johnson, who is 20 years old and
bears the distinction of being the first
white child born in Kansas, president;
Arthur Capper, vice president; II. W.
Brent, secretary; L. NJ. BonebralSe,
treasurer; board of directors, A. V.
Lindell, w. A. L. Johnson, c. L. Gregg,
S. G. Zimmerman, W. S. Eberle.
For WHEAT RAIs1NG.-During the
past year the Mulvanes of Topeka have
been purchasing wheat land in western
Kansas. John r. Mulvane said: 1--WE
have considerable wheat ground but 1
don't believe 1 would be justified in
discussing them. The land will be
used entirely for wheat raising and we
have extended our holdings whenever
we found it possible to buy advantage
ously."
A FLOOD FORMED LAKE.-The flood
left lake on two farms south of Wa
mego which covers one and a half acres
and is SO feet deep, extending below
the underflow. 1t was started by the
water pouring over hedge fence. The
deposits washed out show it to be along
an old creek bed long since buried. A
great deal of gravel, covering an acre
or more of land to the depth of ten
inches, sand and masses of gumbo were
the main deposits.
OTHER ENTERPRISES DRAW Then
While the farmers as well as all others
of Montgomery county are anxious to
have the oil development pushed rapid
ly, the farmers especially are just now
feeling the effect in scarcity of hands.
The Standard Oil Co. is putting in it's
pipe line to the Neodesha refinery and
this line penetrates all the parts of the
county in which oil has been developed.
Italso extends into Chautauqua county
and on south into Indian Territory.
Two or three hundred men are en-
ploycd and they are paid from 81 to So
day.
The LARGEST ELEvAToR.-The Rock
Island and Frisco railroads have COM
pleted arrangements for builping one
Of the largest elevators on the ground
formerly occupied by the bold Packing
Co., in Kansas City, Kansas. 1t is to
have a capacity of two million bushels
Jacob Dold is said to be interested in
il.
FIFTEEN LIVING CuILDREN.-The La
crosse Republican says the new post
mistress at Saunders, Mrs. Legge, is 42
years old and the mother of Is living
children.
LYONS SALT INDUsTRY.-Five hun
dred tons of salt are shipped from
Lyons daily. This means large pay
roll for the work of mining and pre-
pairing the salt for shipment
HALF ACRE NETS s4Oo-A straw
berry patch of one half acre situated
south of Topeka on the Burlingame
road netted the owner over $500 this
season.
THREE GIRL BANDs.-At the Downs
anniversary celebration on June 81
there are to DC three girl bands from
Phillipsburg, Smith Center and Downs.
Nathan Kelley, an old soldier who died
at bingham, put in an appearance.
Mrs. Lydia Kelley, of Effingham, was
appointed administrator of his estate
as widow, and now Mrs. Jeanette Kel-
ley, of Kansas City, makes similar
claim.
DEMAND FOR LABoR.-The Santa Fe
is also building cutoff from Havana
to. Caney and ali over Montgomery
county oil wells are going down rapid.
ly so that the demand for labor is
greater than the supply.
CONSTANTLY BUYING LAND.-Col.
William Scott, of Larped, who harvests
hundreds of acres of wheat annually in
Pawnee county, is increasing his hold
ings of wheat land. This spring he
bought 600 acres of land in that county
and is constantly buying cheaper land
in the counties still further west