Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-09-24

Jewett by the aid of convict labor is of
the most substantial character. Scien-
tific methods of drainage have been
employed and retaining walls are be-
ing put in wherever needed. IL is be-
lIeved the success attending the con-
struction of this road will lead to the
legislature authorizing the construc-
ton of other state roads 10y convict
labor. The cost OF building the road,
it is stated, is not excessive.
ANOTHER GITT.-The Kansas Yves.
leyan university of Salina has received
another gift of s95,oOO, this time from
Mrs. Mary johnson, Of Barton county.
1t is u valuable farm in Barton county,
which will come into possession of the
school at her death. Mrs johnson
owns five quarter sections, 100 acres of
which had already been decided to the
college.
SCHOOLS GBow.-Last year the school
| enrolment at Emporia was 1895.
which comfortably flied all buildings.
This year on the third day of school
the enrolment was 1,732. The high
school is especially crowded. There
arc 210 students enrolled, willie there
are Accommodations for only IT'S.
RAISED SINCE THE FIooD.--One of
the interesting features of the state
fair at Topeka is the display of corn,
beets, cabbages, potatoes and other
crops planted and raised on the Kaw
bottoms since the flood. Many of these
exhibits would attract attention at a
worlds fair for size and quality.
GOVERNMENT SuRvEYINe.-Thc gov
eminent surveying party which is
travelling on foot ZIP the Kaw valley
for the purpose of investigating the
changes in the rivers course made by
the flood, is expected to arrive in To-
pelka in two or three weeks. The en-
gineers are now in Lawrence.
GRADING IN KANsAs.-The Orient
construction force is hard at worl,
near hatfield Green. Twenty-Gv
teams are at work between hatfield
Green and Emporia, and between Mat
field Green and Ell Dorado there are
over hundred of them. The work is
being pushed.
FORESTRY STATIONS. Dodge City
forestry station has furnished about
! 500, 900 trees to Western Kansas farm
ers the past year and the Ogaliah sta
ton has furnished about 600, 600. The
varieties most in demand are honey To-
Gust, white ash and catalpa-
PINEs on SAND Hu.Is.-Colonel r.
NJ. Wright of Dodge City, believes that
the experiment of the United States de-
partment of agriculture will be sue
cessful in its attempts to grow pine
| forest on the barren sand hills of
southwestern Kansas.
KANSAS PIONEER GoNE.-John Bis
sell, probate judge of Phillips county,
died at his home in Phillipsburg. Mr.
Bissell came to Phillips county in the
carly seventies and ut one time repre-
Sented it in the Legislature.
MORE RURAL ROUTES.
county gets three more F. r. D. routes
Colwich, Goddard and Maize each get
one; Colwich and Maize each with one
carrier and Goddard with two carriers.
WICHITA HIGH ScHooL~-Its enroll
ment on Thursday of the first week of
the term was 466, which is 40 more
than the school had at the close of the
first month last year.
SHIPPING App Es.-Eight to ten car
loads of apples were shipped from Win
field in week. Eastern states are
paying good prices
NEoDEsuA ADVANCES. By proclama-
ton issued by Governor Bailey that
great gas and oil center is now city
of the second class.
REAL GREEK LETTER. uni.
versity now has real Greel, letter
fraternity.
CAPTAIN HIEsT DEAD.-Four years
ago he became a mine officer in the
Kansas peniten tiary from his home on
his farm near Sedan, where his family
still live. He died of heart disease or
September 13 He was an officer in
the Union army in the civil war, was
member of the G. A. R., L o. of O.
f., and o. N. w. lodges.
DEPOSITS AT LAwRENcE.-Publish
statements of the condition of four
banks at Lawrence, three of them ma
tional banks, show total of deposits
of 81, sos, 925. g.
VACANCIES FnLED.-Vacancies at
the agricultural college at Manhattan
have been filled by tile election of Prof
Frank McClenahan as assistant in
chemistry; and X. J. Kinzer, of Ames,
Ia, as assistant in the animal hus.
bandry department. Prof. McClena.
han comes from Yale college.
PRICKED By CATFIsn.-R. B. Nelg.
ncr, of Fort Scott, went fishing the
other day and one of the catfish he
captured priclred him on the left wrist.
He paid no attention to it and blood
poisoning set in.
ONLY HIT ONE Professionalism
Gay, farmer living near Greenwich,
Scdgwick county, reported the loss OF
his barn. orchard and portion of his
house which were blown away Only
Mr. Gays farm was struck by the
twister which seemed to disappear
after it had demolished his barn and
uprootcd the orchard.
For GOOD RoADs.-The Good Roads
commission of Fort Scott has contracted
for building six miles of road for So.
26s 4s a mile, which was the lowest
bid, made by Grant Hornady.