Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-12-24

discovered along the Nlnnescah river
which has very sstrong fibre similar
in many respects to the fiber used in
making rope. Samples of the grass
have ocen sent to the state penitentiary
for examination to see if it could be
used to make binder Irvine. The Nc
Corniels Harvesting company has also
secured some of the grass. This grass
| is said to be now along the river bot
toms but is a luxuriant grower.
DOUBLED IN vALUE-Asst Atty.
Gen. Close lives ut Bellevilic and he
gives it out that land in Republic coun-
| ty has doubled in value in the past five
years. Several quarters have sold re-
| Gently for $50 an acre; the average is
| about $40. Those selling their farms
acc mostly old men who want to retire
from active work. The buyers come
| mostly from Iowa and Nebraska and
most of the buyers pay spot cash for
their land.
| ANOTHER NORMAL BUILDING.-State
Architect John Stanton is preparing
! the plans for u model school building
which is to be erected at the state nor
NAL college at Emporia. Tie cost is
estimated at about $50, 900. It is to be
for practical work in teaching before
students are graduated and regular
! classes will bo conducted.
! Ok WICHITA TRACK -Twenty-eight
head of horses and colts twenty-five of
them sons and daughters of Parole,
| 2:16, 4-year-old record; have arrived in
Wichita from Maple Lawn farm, Del
evan, Ill, and they will be wintercd
and trained until about the first of
June over the Wichita track
CARRIERs REMEMBEnED-In Rice
county the rural mail carriers COM
menced to receive Christmas presents
early. Ono of them received a bouquet
a roast of beef, n basket of potatoes, =
| a bushel of wheat, n sack of corn, q
cake of shaving soap, pop corn and a
fine beef steak.
FIVE ENGINES RUINED.-A fire start
ed in the paint shop of the Santa Fe
roundhouse at Newton and before the
local fire department got the fire under
control the paint shop WAS partially
destroyed and five locomotives practi-
cally ruined. The loss will be fully
$4,000.
| Stock BREEDERS FoURTEENTH.-The
Kansas Improved Stock Breeders asso-
citation will hold it's fourteenth annual
meeting at Topeka on January II, IL
and 10, and will Immediately precedc
the annual meeting of the state board
of agriculture.
BANK AT HUNNEwELI.-A.J J. Smith,
of Bueiah, Kansas, is trying to organ
ize bank at Hunnewell to take the
place of the one recently discontinued.
Mr.. Smith will furnish $1,000 and the
local parties to subscribe 5000.
THIETEEN HAVE NoNE.-Thirtecn
counties in Kansas have no bonded in
debtedness They are: Butler, Craw-
ford, Cove, Harvey, Jefferson, Jewell,
! ihiAiI 4NCIIthiit, NCOSuO,
Pottawatomie and Sherman.
BETTER FACIIITIEs-Ano switcl,
engine has been added to the regular
working force in the Santa Fe yards
in Hutchinson. There has been q con-
gcstion of traffic
BATTLE OF NAsHvLIE.-One hun
dred and thirty old soldiers celebrated
the anniversary of the battle of NASH
vile at Ottawa in connection with their
annual banquet.
DIED FROM BURNs.-W. j. Brewster,
Il business man of Pratt, died from tine
effect of burns received at 4 fire on De-
ccmber 5.
SMALLPOX IN SCHooL.-Scveral cases
of smallpox broke out among the chill
dren in the First ward of yelling
ton.
POWER House BURNED.-The Neosho
Valley power and tool house north OF
ChaDute is destroyed by fire.
WANTS TO COME BACK. X. Web
stcr, formerly a prosperous farmer OF
Cherokee county, vino sold his farm
and stock for the purpose of moving
himself and family to Zion City and
embracing the John Alexander Dowic
faith. wants to come back. 1t is stated
by his son-in-law that he realized
about 81, 900 from his holdings.
CuAr-TAITOrra =,
Wathena Chautauqua association will
build tabernacle in the center of the
park, 100 by 16O feet in size. There is
So 200 in the treasury.
ONLY FOURTH SoLD.-C. e. Rough
ton, represeE tative from HodSeman
county, says that not over one-fourth
of the wheat has gone to market from
that county SO far. Great piles oil
wheat can be seen all over the county.
every elevator and vacant building is
full. So far the loss has not been
great.
Feds MANY SHEEP.-M. A. Rogers,
of Wichita, is probably the largest
sheep feeder in Kansas. He is now
feeding 10, 600 sheep for market His
expenses are 500 per day.
ESTABLISHED Fonr RILEY.--Major
e. A. Ogden, of whom fine oil paint.
ing has just been presented to tie post
at Fort Riley, which he es ablished in
1855, was one of the OF iginal company
OF thirty-two persons which incorpor-
atei the town of Leavenworth.
north of Pretty Prairie William Brad
burn, 55, was instantly killed and 1. B.
Moore, so, fatally injured by being
crushed between a threshing engine