Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-04-30

latter that he had been convicted of a
crime and had been sentenced to serve
four years in the Kansas prison. He
presented letter written by the coun-
ty attorney of the county in which he
committed his offense, explaining why
the prisoner came to the penitentiary
alone. Shaw, the county attorney said.
was an absolutely honest man, and the
territory could save expense by having
him go to bis place of confinement
without the services of an officer.
WORK FOR COUNTY CLERKs.-The
meeting of the county commissioners as
a board of equalization is held on the
first Monday in June. The school
meetings are held on the third Thurs
day in June, and the county clerks
must have all the valuations ready for
them at that time. They are now be-
ginning to tell their troubles 10 the
secretary of state but nothing can be
done for them. 1t means a prodigious
amount of work on the part of the
clerks or an absence of valuations for
the school meetings to work on; most
likely the latter.
Nor PERQUIsITE.-The Salina city
council has passed an ordinance where
by the city will receive the interest on
city funds on deposit in the local banks
and the interest must be credited to
the city each month. Heretofore the
interest derived from the city funds
has been considered as part payment
for the treasurer's service, who here
after will receive only the 500 per
year allowed by law.
PARKS AT L. r.. STATIoNs.-The
Union Pacific has has sent ont car
load of trees and shrubs from Lawrence
to be planted at the station parks on
the line through Kansas. This car
load consists of a variety of ornamental
trees and shrubs, among them a fine
lot of catalpa bungel-umbrella catal-
pa. The work is in charge of Edward
Yewdall, of Lawrence.
To SEE RoosEvELT.-The students
and faculty OF Bethany college, Linds-
borg, numbering about 900 persons,
will be at Salina to greet President
Roosevelt. The delegation is to be
headed by the college band. While at
Salina these visitors will hold big
picnic in Oal1dale park
BRICK PLANTS COMBINE. There is
good authority for the statement that
st. LOUIS Brick company has bought
up all the brick plants of the Coffey-
vile interest which includes those To-
Gated in South McAlester, Independ-
ence, Coffeyville, Chanutc, Humboldt
and lola.
CHEAP PHoNEs.-Bendena Doniphan
county, has neither a church or joint,
but it has enterprising business men.
who, with the aid of the nearby farm
ers, have put in telephone exchange
of &C phones, and maintain it at a cost
of % cents a month per phone.
ROAD HOUSES BARRED.-The bad
people of Topeka VINO will be no longer
tolerated in the city with their joints
and disorderly houses, thought they
might open road houses Just outside,
but the sheriff's office will get busy
about then.
KAEsAN SENT ABRoAD.-The McCor-
mick harvester people picked man at
Pratt to represent them in Germany.
The next thing the east will be coming
out west to find men to fill their public
offices.
OLDEST RAILRoADER.-Brain o.
Richards, who died recently at his
home in Ellis, was one of the oldest
railroad men in the state, as we'll as u
pioneer resident.
TWAS EVER THUs.-Sterling mer-
chants complain that they get the
credit orders and the cash trade goes
to Hutchinson.
Four FIRES IN THREE HoURs.-That
was the record in Leavenworth the
other day. A barn with "a valuable
horse came first; followed by the burn
ing of three residences.
STATE S. s. CoNvENTIoN.-The pro-
gram of the annual State Sunday
school convention to be held at Parsons
May 1914, has been completed by State
Secretary Engle. Preparations are
being made for the attendance of 500
delegates and the work of he conven-
ton will be interesting throughout.
DEATH OF GEO. C. BBACKErr- He
died at Fresno, CAL, on April IS. he
was IL years old in October last. Mr..
Bracket was chief organizer of the
Kansas Horticultural society and was
its first secretary. In 1901 the Ameri
can Pathological society, at it's biennial
session in Washington, elected Mr..
Bracket as secretary of the society, in
which capacity he served six years, al
though he was not present at the meet.
ing. Mr.. Bracket lived near Law.
renee from early life until 1898, when
failing health induced him to remove
to California.
To SEE Excursion rates
are offered to- those who desire to see
President Roosevelt at many of the
places where his train will stop while
passing through Kansas.
WAS CAPTAIN IN THE e0TH.-George
n. Watson, who was captain of Com.
pany.L, Twentieth Kansas, is now a
corporal at Fort Apache, Ariz- Since
returning from the Philippines he has
been in South Africa taking part in
the warfare there, but year ago came
back and re-enlistcd in the United
States army.
WAS GOING HoME.-W. L. Stewart
started from Cherryvale to visit his