Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-10-01


entering the reservation, is at work
building four large side tracks Mt the
camp, and will maintain u permanent
yard there. Once the territorial cap
ital WAS located on the Pawnee fats.
DEwEYs' RANCH HOUSES BURNED
Three ranch houses on the Cheyenne
county ranch of C. p. Dewey, have
been destroyed by fire. The houses
are from two to Ave miles apart The
settlers In that section claim they were
all struck by lightning and destroyed.
The Dcweys hesitate to believe the
story. 'If only one house had burned
the lightning theory might be accept
ed" said one of Dewey's forcmen.
WILD COLLEGE Bors.-The Law.
renee Gazette gives an account of ga
hundred or so of the university stu
dents" who went to the grounds OF the
old soldiers reunion and raised n dis
misunderstanding" says the Gazette,
''in n rndc, disorderly and vicious
way" Which suggests that perhaps
the university needs department: of
good behavio- more than a department
of journalism.
shipped the first car of the season of
sweet potatoes from Wa,nego. They
bring one dollar per bushcl and are
running $50 bushels to the acre. This
il about s1Io per acre clear profit
WAsIIBURN OPENING Washburn
college opened with the largest attend
ance of any year in its history. The
addition Of the law school and the en-
largemcnt of the school of arts helped,
of course, in causing the increase.
WANT BETTER MAIL SERVICE.
railroad commissioners have been
asked to compel the Missouri Pacific
to put a passenger train on that road
between Lnrncd and Conway Springs.
Bet err mail service is wanted.
ALFALFA SEED CEoP.-Near South
Haven J. w. johnson has thrcshed
foFty-four bushels of see1 from seven
acres. He sold it ut s5.5 Il bushel, or
at the rate of S33 an acres an acre.
HIGHLAND UNIvEEsIrr.-Scho are
in progress with Increased atten lance
OF students. Especially is this true of
Highland university, which has about
doubled it's usual humble
DRUGGISTS GIVE EoSDs. The Par
sons druggists have signed an iron
clad bond to permit no one to drink in
their cellars, back rooms, or elsewhere
i'll their stores.
PLANTED THEN IN BUs1SEss.-Ed.
W. Howe, of the Atchison Globe, has
established his three children at EN-
met Idaho, us the owners of weekly
newspaper.
LIeIlTNI.:e BURNS GEAss-Lightning
caused 81, OCo acres of buffalo grass to
burn near Hazclton, Barber county.
The owners were saving it for winter
pasture.
STATE CONFERENCE.-The state con-
venlion of the Universalist church will
be held in junction City from Thurs
day, October /, to Monday, October 5.
HIGH PRICED HorEr. v. Lippin-
colt, of Kansas City. has purchased the
Hamilton hotel at Wichita for 4 con-
sideration of ST., 900.
LITTLE RIVER DEDIcATEs. The fall
festival in that bright little city was
utilized for the dedication of a fine
new Masonic hall.
DocroR SOLD WnrsKY.-Dr. S. B.
Wilson, one of the oldest physicians of
Olathc, was arrested on 10 charges of
selling whisky.
LoNG GRAIN TEAIN.-Forty-thre
grain cars were pulled out of Conway
Springs the other day by one engine.
INDIAN STUDENT INsANE.-IoseplI
French, Il 16-year-old half breed In
dian who came to Manhattan to at
tend the state agricultural college, has
been adjudged insane. At times young
French prays and breaches and he says
that his work is directed by the voice
of the Lord. He is a son OF G. French,
of Tahlequah, 1. T., and was bright
student. He will be taken to private
sapitarium.
SuMNrR HIGu School. The enroll
ment of the high school of Sumner
county has reached a4S.
DErosI:s IN CLAY CoUyTY.-Thc
statements of all the banks of Clay
county at the close of business on Sep
tember o, show SS7T,31934 on deposit
in the county, of which S6O1, SOL. 61 is in
the banks of Clay Center. These are
the largest figures ever recorded there.
CITY owns LIGHT AND HEAT.-Thc
city of Chanutc owns the municipal
gas light and lica.ing system and cleans
mp about $40. 900 year profit out of it.
1t is getting ready to spend the profits
it makes off its gas plant to run the
electric plant.
RECEIVER REsIGNs-It is said that
w. L. Ward will sooD resign as receiv-
err of the Colby land office to take II DO
sition as land agent of the Union Pa
cific road. 1t is also stated that r. NJ.
McGonigal, of Colby, is to succeed
Ward. McGonigal is postmaster of
Colby.
IT IS SECRETARY DExTER-W. r..
Dexter, pastor OF the N. L. church at
Caldwell, has been elected secretary of
the state temperance union. He will
remove to Topeka, temperance head
quarters.
Took GRAND PRIZE AT PARIs.-Some
very interesting work is already being.
done with the new telescope at WASH
burn college. This instrument tool,
ti,a H.