Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-05-28
KANSAS COMMENT.


by barb wire fence.
FoE MEMORIAL DAY.-The memorial
day exercises at Wilson are to include
the services of the Ninth artillery band
from Fort Riley.
EVERYBODY KNEW HIN ONcE.-Fran-
els Herman, once of Fort Scott, who
built the st. Louis, Fort Scott & West
ern railway, died the other day at Ur-
E bana, Illinois.
CUMMINs FOUND GUILTY.--James
Cummins, charged with killing ayoung
girl in Sumner county, was convicted
of manslaughter upon his third trial.
At the other trials the jury disagreed.
LAWRENCE LOSES PROF. penny
Prof. George Penny, of the fine arts
department of Kansas University, has
left there to become the head of the
new Washburn Conservatory of Music.
CREAMERY CHEcKs.-From Ellis on
west, and especially in Thomas and
Sheridan counties, is a great seat of
the indstry. There are are great
many farmers out there now whose
creamery checks every month amount
to $50.
Boy FINDS TREAsURE.-A negro boy
was digging in drift in the Neosho
river near Emporia, for fish bait, and
found several gold vessels and cru
chile. Three months ago the Catholic
church i'll Hartford, Lyon county, was
robbed of 81, 900 worth of gold and sill
yer chalices and ccnsers.
GIET OF Miss GoULD.-The Railroad
Young Mems Christian association at
Topeka has Just received fine $3.50
aeolian made by the Aeolian company
of New York, the gift of Miss Helen
Gould. The membership is now about
$50 Miss Gould has expended more
than SIS, 900 on this association includ-
ing splendid library of twenty-five
hundred volumes, and seems inclined
to be a permanent friend of the insti-
tuition.
SHERIDAN COUNTY WHEAT.--Sheri-
dan county farmers have sown about
$1,000 acres in wheat, and it is claimed
there isn't poor field of wheat in the
county. The rains have all been bene-
fetal to the growing crop, and it has
been years since the county has been
so completely water soaked. So prom
Using is the prospect of raising a record
breaker wheat crop in Sheridan county
that two elevators will be built in
Hoxie at once.
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS The bank
commissioners report shows that the
aggregate assets of all building and
loan associations at the close of bust
ness on December 81, 1902, were S4,-
669, 341.5s, an increase for the year of
$50, 356.69. The aggregate loans OH
real estate at the same time were ST.
114;1s4. &c, on stock, SIZE, 4ss.6 and on
other securities SEA, 591.7O. The aggre-
gate increase on all loans for the year
was S5O4, s46.41.
THE Prison FARM.-This year War
den Jewett has put out 165 acres of
corn and So acres of potatoes and this
fall will fatten a herd of hogs. There
is already quite a herd of mich COWS
at the penitentiary and a bunch of
thin cattle for beef purposes probably
will be purchased soon. During the
fall and winter months Warden Jewett
will have gang of men at work clear
ing up Staiger's island so that corn can
be planted there next year. The island
is particularly fine farm land and large
crops of corn are raised upon it. The
arabic portion of the island owned by
the state is about 900 acres.
STOCKTON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is to
have new grain elevator, to be built
by the farmers and merchants The
money to insure the building of the
elevator as soon as a wheat crop is as
sured is already pledged in amounts
ranging from SIS to $500.
KANSAS WINs.-Kansas won in the
annual debate between the University
of Kansas and the University of Colo
RADIO. The Kansas Gebaters were A.
B. Earbart and ]. R. Wood. Colorado
was represented by c. ]. O'Connor and
&. Il. Mccoy.
An Insurance DEcIsIoN.-Attorney
General Coleman has decided that if
the Menonites continue their mutual
insurance business in Kansas they will
have to comply with the Kansas laws
by organizing and making regular re-
reports to the state superintendent of
insurance.
BELLE PLANES WAY.-Two men
went there to open joint. The coun-
cilmen held private interview with
the joint men and had a straight talk,
resulting in the men leaving the town
on foot, not waiting for n train.
INCOMES AND LIvIne.-Labor Com
missioner johnson took reports show
ing the annual income and average ex-
pense for living of 334 wage earners
reporting to the department for the
years 1900, 1901 and 1902 as: In 1900,
income S636.32, living s455 90; in 1901
income SOL 81, living 1913; in 1902, in
come S741.6s, living S65s.61.
TERRIFIC THUNDER SToRM.-Such a
one was experienced at Mcpherson on
the 18th. About an inch of rain fell
and several houses were struck by
lightning, doing considerable damage
ABOUT HARVEST HANDs.-T. E. Ger
ow, director of the state free employ
ment agencies, has decided that it will
require at least 10000 extra men to
harvest the Kansas wheat crop this
year. He says that the number of
teams required exceeds that ever called
for before.
For n. K. & GULF RoAD.-The COM