Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-06-18

power 10 swear any Challenged voter
as to his right to vote.
If annual meeting is not held at
the proper time, any member of the
board within 20 days give ) days
notice of meeting Or clerk may
call meeting.
Fourth of July supplies ar The
Owl.
DR.. sterrett June 23rd to a9th at
Meade Hotel
NICE cakes, candies etc. at Owl
Restaurant.
VIII Wehrle is the latest victim of
the measles.
S, 10 and 10 gallon kegs for sale
at the Owl Restaurant.
Cigars from to 25 cents, best
brands at Owl Restaurant.
We received Odee news this week
but it was also crowded out.
Ice cream every day except Mon
day at the Owl Restaurant. The
Best Bon Ton.
Mr.. Chas Talley left Monday for
Cimarron where he will remain for
few days.
DR.. Sterrett will be at the Meade
Hotel from June 23rd to 2oth to do
dental work.
Don't worry about the three home
talent weddings that we predicted
last week, they are all going to
come off.
Misses Naomi Read and Esther
Lee left Tuesday for Englewood
where Miss Naomi will visit for
about ten days.
We are glad that everyone seems
bent on having fresh paint on their
houses. 1t makes everything look
like new, and makes the stranger
think that we are alive.
Last week we had not single
church in the town, with the excep-
ton of the Catholic church that
was fit to have service in. All of
them are in the hands of the plaster
er or brick and stone mason, but by
next Sunday we trust that they will
all be in running order.
T The census returns show that
since last year two thousand more
acres of alfalfa have been sown,
that is quite an increase in acreage.
1t certainly is the crop for this
country, and is as good, yes. better
than bank to, the man that owns it.
D. H. Scott of the firm of Scott &
Scott of Topeka, was in the city the
last oflast week, and gave US a very
graphic account of the floods at
Topeka. To a person who has not
actually been on the ground, it is
almost like fairy tale, or rather
bad dream, these fearful stories of
the havoc wrought by the waters.
1t does one good to drive through
the Astesian belt these days, the
crops look like they are supposed
to be in the best farming districts,
and the gardens are just full of all
kinds of flowers. 1t just shows what
one can do if they try. 1t is not
necessary to have your place looking
like desert, you can make it an
oasis if you are not too lazy.
I Rev. Reace preached the Odd Fei-
low Memorial sermon last Sunday
in the City Hall which had been
tastefully decorated for the occasion
In the afternoon the members of
the Lodge and also the Rebekahs
went out to the cemetry and deco
rated the graves of the deceased
members.
A number of the young folks
gathered at the home of Miss
Genevieve McMeel last Friday and
surprised her. The occasion being
to welcome her return. They en-
joyed themselves until late hour
and returned to their homes happy
that they had been there
You just ought to see the farm
machinery that is being sold every
day. If this sort of thing keeps up.
every man in the county Will own al
least one piece of every kind of ma
cninery needed on farm. Who
says We are not prospering? A man
does not buy expensive farm ma
chinery when he is broke, or thinks
that he is not going to have crop.
Notice.