Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-27
Local News.
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1921.
Alf Siegel left last Thursday for
Kansas City.
The High School election was
very quiet Tuesday.
We call attention to McMeel's
new ad in this issue.
Geo. Healey, of Beaver was in
town the first of the week.
Alfalfa cutting is in full blast at
this time. The seed crop promises
to be good.
Mr.. Amos Chilcott is still
i'll at his home southeast
of Meade.
Spend your evenings at the Read
ing Room. Open every Friday and
Saturday at O'Clock p. m.
There will be dance at the City
Hall on Friday night. August 2S.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Mrs. Truax and daughter, Miss
Cora left Sunday evening for South
Dakota, where they will visit for
about a month.
]. NJ. Eaton and family returned
Tuesday from Missouri where they
have been visiting for the past
several weeks.
Farmer Bisbee was in town yester-
day, all smiles, telling US that he
has just finished threshing 1000
bushels of wheat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fee left Sunday
evening for Hutchinson. Mrs. Fee
will visit in eastern Kansas and the
DIR. returned Tuesday.
The Baptist Association was in
session the first of the week and a
large number of delegates were pres
ent from adjoining counties.
Mrs. John Wehrle left last Mon
day evening for St. Joseph and
Kansas City where she went to
purchase her fall stock of dry goods
and millinery.
Some bad boys got into John
Elliott's watermelon patch and cut
some green melons last Monday
night. John says he will have to
get after them if they continue this
practice.
J. J. Williams, of Billings, Mo.
was in Meade the first of the week.
Mr.. Williams owns land north oi
Plains, for one quarter of which he
was offered 5000. He did not sell
as he thinks he ought to get more.
S. D. Adams and daughter, Alice
returned from Polo, Illinois, last
Saturday where they had been fol
about two weeks. Mrs. Adams,
mother of Mr.. Adams accompanied
them and will remain for severa
weeks.
The dog poisoner is again abroad
in the land. Art Follick lost hi.
best hound and Dan Taggart lost {
favorite dog, also a sheep dog be
longing to a stranger. We thinl
this very sneaking way to get rie
of dogs. We don't understand WHY
people want to poison dogs tha
never do anyone any harm.
Mr.. W. H. Wilson and wife O
Arcade. N. Y. have been in Mead,
County for the past two weeks. Mr.
Wilson has been looking after hi
vast real estate possessions ant
purchasing more. He has abou
1000 acres of land ready to sow il
wheat this fall. He will leave thi
week for Sedgwick county wher
he has large wheat fields.
NJ. E. Hibbs, sheriff of Beave
county, was in Meade Tuesday
Beaver county would like to hav
the prisoners, Fleetwood and Coope
but Meade county has charge
against them and will keep them
The Jail at Beaver seems inada
quate to hold these men and the
had better be kept here. We ca
take care of them.
]. A. Collingwood, of Prett
Prairie. Kansas, has been in Mead
for the past few weeks. Mr.. Co
lingwood has large real estate intel
ests in West Plains twp. and wi
sow about a5oo acres of wheat thi
fall. He also like Mr.. Wilson hs
great faith in Meade county an
has invested a large amount {
money in West Plains twp.
N. B. Potter made us a pleasar
call Wednesday afternoon and flu
nished US with some wheat and ba
ley figures. He says from his sc
acres of wheat he raised 1900 bushe