Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-27

SerVeu III Tile. IuillptiucS hiu upon hiS
return was made captain in the Kansas
national guards Nearly year ago he
disappeared from Topeka, and an in
vestigation showed a shortage of $500,
of cash under his supervision. He was
arrested last week at San Francisco.
WHEAT RETURNS. = Tabulated re-
turns of assessors for each of the los
counties in the state, save Wyandotte,
show the total winter wheat area this
year to be 5,9l1, 0s1 acres, and reports
from threshers, millers, growers and
others indicate that the yield for the
entire area sown will average slightly
more than l5.o bu. per acre, or total
for the state of 90, 270. 900 bushels.
In HUMMELSHINE, of the corn fields
will go as high as 35 bushels; others
will yield little or nothing. The aver
age for the county will be about IS or
90 bushels. The rains have brought
out the pastures in fine shape and peo-
pie who had taken their stock off the
pasture are putting them back. Hay
history of the county.
J. P. ALLEN IS DEAD.-Hc had been
an honored citizen of Wichita for 33
years; was the first druggist there and
continued in that business all those
years. He died in the house which
occupies the lot which was given to his
son, who was the first white child born
in Wichita. He was an active thirty
second degree Mason. He was mem
Der of the First NJ. E. church.
IN Usage COUNTY. With warm
weather from now on to the end of the
season many ields will yield from 81
to 35 bushels of corn to the acre. Kaffir
corn will yield heavily if the season is
as late as usual. Hay will not give as
heavy yield as last year, but it is of a
very good quality.
SHORT In CowLEY.-W Wheat turned
out about one-third of Il crop in Cowley
county. Corn will be a two-thirds
crop, while the oats crop is only about
one-fourth yield and of very poor
quality. Prospects are favorable for
good gross crop.
LEAvENwoRrH CROPS.
county farmers will have about 90 per
cent of corn crop. Late potatoes and
vegetables and all late forage are do
ing well. The wheat crop in Leaven-
worth county was the best ever
known.
BOURBON COUNTY CRoPs.-In Bourbon
county the acreage of corn is at least
one-third short on account of wet
weather in the spring. Corn is inatur-
ing rapidly and will make a good yield.
NINE ARE DEAD.-The crazy man
who shot into the band concert crowd
at Winfield, caused death list of nine
victims. 1t will be remembered that
he was shot, which makes ten.
KINGMAN's CoRN.-It is now predict
ed by we'll informed farmers and
stoclxmen that there will be more corn
raised in Kingman county this year
than there was last.
To CONSTRUCT DIPPING VAT.-The
stockmeD and farmers in the vicinity
of Canema will meet and organize
company to construct dipping vat for
cattle.
In WILsoN.-Wilson county has full
crop of corn where it has been possible
to keep it clean from weeds and crab
grass. The upland corn averages the
best.
In SrAFFoRD.-This is the first time
in a number of years that Stafford
| county has been blessed with bumper
wheat and corn crop in the same year.
AMONG THE FIEsT.-C. S. Funk, who
came to Harvey county before the
! county was organized, died at Newton
| recently.
GRAPES A PLENTY.-Meade county
reports an immense grape crop this
year.
FINE SHAPE IN RENo-The crops of
that county are all in fine shape. Its
1S6, COG acres of wheat is turning out
an average of 30 bushels per acre. Only
small per cent of the corn has been
| injured and the crop is generally in
good shape. Late planting seems to
fit the season.
IN MARsHALL.-In that county corn
is in exceptionally fine shape as re-
suit of the favora BILE weather and even
that planted after the flood will aver
age good yield with anything like an
ordinary fall.
SWEET POTATOES. Almost the entire
county was swept by the flood. All
fields that escaped give prospects of a
splendid crop. Replan:ed fields are
doing much better than expected and
will make u half crop or more.
TREMENDOUS RAINFALL.-A rainfall
of tremendous proportions, amounting
almost to n cloud burst, fell at Topeka
from midnight until daylight of August
caused by heavy local and western
! showers.
CROPS ARE BooMING.-Crops of all
kinds in Riley county are booming.
Corn in all stages is doing finely. The
early corn on the uplands is assured,
while that planted after the flood is in
tassel and sillxing and very promising.
The third cutting of alfalfa will make
a great yield.
INSURANCE AGENTS. During the
first six months of this year the Kan
sas insurance department issued 10, ABS
agents licenses. This is more than
the number issued during the entire
preceding year.
MITCHELL COUNTY WHEAT.-Mitchell
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