Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-06-04

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baggageman at Goodland, Kansas
Ed Aker and family were owe
from Seward County Decoration
Day.
Mrs. w c. osgood of Bucklin
is visiting her home folks in thi
city.
w. C. Osgood was down from
Bucklin Sunday. He returned il
the evening.
= VIM Roberts, of the XI ranch
was in town Monday and Tuesday
on business.
Wallace Hamilton, one of oul
devils, has been rusticating in the
alfalfa field this week.
Bob Molyneaux returned from
Pratt last Friday where he had been
visiting for few days.
Mr.. Downs, who has been night
operator at this place for the past
year left this week for Dalhart.
c. c. Barker has been hauling
kafr corn seed from Fowler for
Will Pressly, the grain merchant.
The tempeature was 40 degrees
above zero on June 1st. Pretty
cold weather for a summer month.
Henry HENSON, of Odee, handed
us a dollar last Saturday, which
will renew his subscription for
another year.
The Meade Rebekahs will give an
ice cream social at the City Hall
next Thursday night, June II.
Everyone is invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Scott, of El
Dorado, arrived in Meade last Fri
day for several weeks visit with S.
c. Sumpter and family.
The City has erected a IL foot
Sampson wind mill at the city well
and now we have tank full of
water-a much needed improve
ment.
Frank Murphy and family were
up from Liberal to spend Decoration
Day. They went down on the Cim-
arron to visit N. ]. Rhodes and
family.
There will be an old settlers PIC
1ic at the Lambert grove, on June
IL. Hamilton's Band has been in
1ited and will furnish music for the
occasion.
Our esteemed friend, Levi Casey
If Fowler twp. was in town Saturday |
md Sunday. He remembered the |
News with dollar on subscription
or years News which he has not
yet received.
Despite the disagreeable day last
Saturday the hall was filled to over
lowing to hear the afternoon pro-
yram rendered by the children and |
young ladies ofMeade. All deserve
he very highest praise for contri-
putting to It's success.
We are requested by the Dec
'ration Day management to extend |
hanks to all who assisted in making
he program a success, and partic-
ilarly to the committee who drilled
he children and to Mrs. R. M.
|udd, the chairman, for her untir-
ng efforts which made the enter
ainment the best rendered for several
years.
The Congressional Election in
Meade County week ago Tuesday
vas the quietest affair that ever oc-
Cured in the county. Only about
'ne half the voters went to the polls
md Murdock, the Republican can
iidate got about IS majority.
fhis was the condition all over
he 9TH district. Murdock's ma
ority will be about IL, 900 in the
district.
At the last meeting of Meade
Lodge 10. O.. F. No. sag, last
Friday night, the following officers
we're elected for a term of 6 months:
A. Hemple, N. G.,
S. IS Conger, v. e.,
H. G. Marshall, Rec. Sec'y.
S. P. Bunch, Per. Sec'y.
R. T. Worman, Treas.
S. P. Bunch, Delegate.
F. c. Judd, Alternate.
Sunday, June "A. is Memorial
Sunday for the 1. o. O. F. Lodges
and the Meade Lodge No. sag win
observe same. They will meet at
their hall in the morning at ten
O'Clock and march to the NJ. E.
church where Rev. Reace viii de-
liver the memorial sermon. In the
afternoon. they will again meet at
their hall at rvo n,clorL a1d ,,.rob