Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-06-11
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| Sam Weston returned from Kan
sas City Tuesday.
Barney McMeel went to Bucklin
Tuesday evening on business.
Mr.. S. o. Ball went over to Plains
last Monday and returned Tuesday.
Ormond Hamilton is at the Rice
ranch in Crooked Creek twp. this
week doing carpenter work.
W. S. Rowe, agent for Car-Sul
cattle dip is again in the city seeing
the cattle men and selling dip.
Sam Weston, formerly manager
of the Meade Lumber & Supply Co,
left last week for Kansas City.
MIR. D. E. Billiards. sister came
in Monday from Michigan and will
visit at the ranch for few weeks.
We acknowledge an invitation to
attend the 5Ist annual Commence
ment of the University of Kansas,
June 4 to 10th.
The Methodist and the Baptist
church are undergoing repairs.
The Presbyterian church was repair
ed some weeks ago.
BY the recent proclamation of the
Governor, all cattle must be dipped
before they can be removed from
any pasture for shipment.
Henry Burford, our Fowler Editor
of our Fowler department was in
town Wednesday. He reports crops
in hourishing condition.
The recent rains almost insure
wheat and barley crop. In fact
the prospect for all kinds of crops
was never more fiattering.
Mrs. w. c. Osgood returned to
her home in Bucklin Sunday eve
ming. She was accompanied by her
brother, Alex Tripod, who return
ed Monday.
George Wehrle, one of our com
positors, has been confined to his
home with the measles for the past
few days. He will be all O. k. and
at the Office in day Or two.
R. E. Steele came down from
Hutchinson Monday. He says the
water was high and filed the cellar
of their house in that city. No
great damage was done to the house.
Plumosus once remarked that a
youny man conducting his first love
campaign was composed of IS per
cent absurd jealousy IS per cent
lunacy and verify we believe he is
correct.
The alfalfa growers are receiving
a set back on account of the wet
weather. Considerable alfalfa had
been cut and was on the ground
which they were unable to get in the
stack.
Miss Katie Martin returned from
Nickerson Monday, where she has
been attending the Nickerson Nor
NAL college for the past six months.
She will remain at home during the
summer.
1t would surprise the average
foreigner who thinks that this is still
the ''great American desert" to see
the car loads of farming implements
that have been sold in Meade Co.
this season.
Mark Bird says that his section of
the country is the only one on
which the rain never falls and he's
getting tired of answering the en-
quiries of the good people as to the
amount of wet.
Fred Gray and his force of paint
ers are busy renovating the Court
House roof. Fred's painting and
paper hanging is assuming gigantic
proportions and he is always ready
to contract with you.
All sorts and sizes of strange faces
to be seen these days in this city.
We are getting quite civilized in
this county now, don't know every
body we see and have quit asking
who the strangers are. Meade is
filing up.
| We have one citizen who is not
troubled with lnsomania and who
must have a clear conscience. He
arose last Sunday morning from his
bed and helped load wagon and
then retired again until dinner time.
And as far as we know he hadn't
been loosing any sleep during the
week.
Frank Hamilton and Alex Tri-
pod slipped in Unexpectedly the end
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