Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-10-29

Kansas to go the. worlds fourth sun
day school convention to be held in
Jerusalem on A pril Is, 10 and 90: Mr..
aud Mrs. James Allison, Wichita, Kas.;
S. A. Bass, NJ. D., Wichita, Kas.; w. c..
Blatticr. Belpie, Kan; Miss Meme
Broclsway. Wellsville, Kan; C. $. Cald-
well. Wichita, Kan: ]. Ii. Englc, abb
Newton, Kan; Miss o. Eina Peterson,
jamestown, Kan; q. c. Rash, Salina,
Kan; D. d. Schney, Emporia, KAN;
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. M. Walt, Newton,
KAN; Miss Ida and Miss Lula Walt.
Newton, Kan.
DIVIDED AMONG 12 CHILDREN. Char.
Bonneil, an Atchison county farmer
for over 40 years, has turned his estate
OYER to his Il children. He gave so
acres of land to each of ten children
and 81, 900 each to two of his daughters.
The land he gave away is worth s4o,-
coo. Mr.. Bonnell retained enough
wealth to support him the rest of his
life. Mr. Bonnelrs wife died last
March. He made what he has as Il
Kansas farmer.
RUSSIAN TnIsrI.rs.-Notwiths
irg the big crop of Russian thistles in
Northwestern Kansas last year the
crop this year was light The farm
ers there attribute the thistle shortage
this year TO the fact that the crop was
GU. green last year and used for hay.
Not much went to seed. It has been
demonstrated that Russian thistlcs
make good roughness for cattle and
the people of the West no longer fear
its ravagcs.
MARRIAGE" CATTrE.-John Mar
riage, OF Eagle Canyon Ranch, Mullins
vile, Kiowa county, Kas,, had on ex-
hibition at the Kansas City stock
sho;r what he calls Marriage" cattle.
These cattle are crosses from thorough
bred stock and are very pretty speci-
mems. Mr.. Marriage had also some
very attractive photographs of his
ranch buildings and the canyon from
which the ranch obtains its name.
Ton NORMAL. School. MUsEUM.-C.
W. Miller is slsirmislling through the
breaks of the Saline bottoms looking
for specimens for the museum and bird
collection which he proposes to donate
to the Fort Hayes normal school. He
has a fine collection which he will
f1rr l,,.il
is completed.
To INvESTIGATE.-An investiga-
ton of conditions at the State school
for Feeble Minded Youth at Winfield
may be ordered by Governor Bailey as
the result of the treatment of Lizzie
Smell. a girl who was sent to the in
stitution from johnson county about
five years ago and who died suddenly
on October 6.
OF '101" RANCn.-W. H. England,
fling clerk in the Kansas supreme
court, and Miss Alma Miller, daughter
OF George Miller, owner OF the celc-
bratcd "lo1" ranch at Bliss, o. T., arc
married. The ceremony was performed
at the home of the brides parents.
ANOTHER PACKING PLANr.-Work
on Il packing plant at Solomon is in
| progress. A Topeka firm is building
an establishment for packing poultry,
eggs and butter. Tho building will be
completed in ninety days and will fur
nish employment for fifty persons.
SHAKE Roor IN ROOFS. William
Evans, Roolis county farmer, has
sold 1000 pounds of snake root to a
New York medicine concern. He dug
the root along the streams In the
county.
CosT OF KIssING.-It costs sac 10 kiss
TopcNa woman against her will.
This was the rate fixed by Judge
Arthur McCabe, of the city court.
OLD HOTEL BURNED. By the burn
ing of the old Pacific hotel in North
Lawrence, now rooming house, eight
families were almost burned.
GETS Bic CONTRACTS. j. D. Hanley.
of Topeka, has $1,000 worth of work
on pavcments at lola He also has Il
contract to construct a $50, 900 sewer in
that city.
TIE "KATHERInE" DEror-A very
nice old lady at Oswcgo the other day
asked the way to the "Katherine"
depot The Katy was pointed tout to
her.
DEPOT TWICE RoBBED.-Thc Mis-.
souri, Pacific depot at Red6eld was
broken into and robbed twice in three
days.
ASKS 15o,OOo.-The Kansas I'm
proved Live Stock Breeders associa-
ton asks the Kansas worlds fair COM
mission for ali appropriation of $780,
900 to make an exhibit at ST. Louis.
They want the Kansas commission to
duplicate premiums won at the st.
Louis fair.
FAIR GROUNDS FIRE.-Thirty-fou
box stalls were burned at the fair
| grounds at Sterling. The grounds are
out of the fire. company's limits and the
fire was finally put out by the farmers
and u bucket brigade.
MUST HOLD CEBTIFIcArEs.-The
state board of education gives it out
fiat that certificates will not be issued
to persons named by county superin-
tcndcnts as normal institute instructors
unless such persons hold certificates
and meet the requirements laid down
by the board.
Bounty FOB REsERvoIRs.-A. NJ.
Crazy. editor of the Herington Times
has started movement to give a
bounty to every farmer who builds Il
reservoir to prevent floods. The farm
/ ers are discussing fayorlblv The nlnns