Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-01-22

LOOKING For Rock IsLAND-People
of Dickinson county are encouraged by
the reports from Lincoln, Neb., con-
corning the appropriation for addition
al Rock Island construction and think
it means the immediate building of the
cutoff from Fairbury, Neb., to Herring
ton by way of Abilene. 1t will make
a direct north and south line and add
materially to the butiness of that sec
ton.
A New LIGHT Plaintiffs new
electric light plant, for which Emporia
voted $50, 200, is very near completion.
The new system will include a day
and night service of both light and
power. Over hundred of the newest
model arc lamps will also figure in the
new system.
Follows IN THE RUT.-It appears
that the present legislature is COM
peting with its predecessors in the mat
ter of squandering money to pay hordes
of needless attendants upon the two
houses.
CoNGREssMAN's I'LL LUCK-Mr jack
son, one of the Kansas members of
congress, whose leg was broken at near
the opening of the campaign last sum-
mer, shortly after reaching Washing
ton had to go to New York City to
have his limb re-brolSen and reset.
COMMERCIAL CLUB PRosPERs. The
| Abilene commercial club has accom-
Plished much good. At recent meet
ing it gave SOS, the balance in the
corn carnival fund, to the public Ii
brary started by the women's clubs of
the city.
WIND RAN OFF WITH Ir.-Blue
Rapids, in common with many other
Kansas towns, has been experiencing
great difficulty in getting sufficient
supply of coal. The high wind blew
partially unloaded car from the siding
onto the main track and carried it clear
to Irving, five or six miles to the east
ARRIVED ON DATE.-The Orient rail-
way was finished through Harper
bonds voted which were conditioned
upon getting across the county with
their completed railway by January /.
ELKs WILL BUILD-The Elks of
| Winfield have decided to erect build
ing of their own and have bought a
lot on Main street in the center of the
city. A three story building will be
erected at once. The Elks, organized
$50 and still growing.
GIVES A BULL CALF.-Frank Rookie
felier, the owner of large cattle
| rancho in Kiowa county, has presented
to the Kansas Agricultural college
fine bull calf. Mr.. Rockefeller paid
| SIS, $50 for the sire of the calf.
HIS HEAD CRUsHED.-August Tabor,
young farmer of Barton county,
bought load of corn at Great Bend
and on the way home fell off the
wagon and the hind wheel ran over
his head and crushed it. Be was dis
covered soon after the accident dead.
No one saw the accident He leaves a
young wife and child.
New COURT HoUsE-The commits
sioners of Douglas county have APP
proved architects plans for the $50, 900
court house to be built in Lawrence.
Bids will be opened February 10.
Snow DRIFTED.-The heavy snow
which fell in the western part of the
state on the night of January IL was
the heaviest of the winter The snow
drifted and trains were delayed to
some extent Telegraph wires suffered
from the windstorms in several districts
CT the state.
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS are
now CTS of them employed on the rural
mail delivery routes in Kansas, their
salaries aggregating more than ssa, 1000.
They are all paid by Postmaster Guth-
RE of Topeka