Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-02
KANSAS COMMENT.

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DOUGLAS COUNTY CESsUs-The pop
ulation of the county is 1852, OF
which number Lawrence has IL, zee.
Hail. INSURANCE From Rome, Sum
ner county, 100 notices of hail losses
were mailed by registered letter to an
insurance company in Mcpherson.
DoDeE CITY REUNIoN.-The South
western Veteran association will hold
its reunion in the city park at Dodge
City, Kansas, Sept. 1, ., 3, and 4, 1908.
YOUNGEST Cow GIRI--Mabel Rey-
nolds little 9-year-old girl in Haskell
county, has earned 500 in the past eight
months herding cattle and has put the
money in the bank
WIND AND HAn.--A terrific wind
and rain storm passed over Graham
county on the morning of June "a, and
is in bad condition. Two inches of
water fell in five hours.
HARVEST HANDs-Wichita seems to
be the distributing point for harvest
hands. About 500 of them reached
that city in day, and most of them
left for points south and west Among
them was large number of students.
SHUHGANUNGA BooMs.-This creek,
which passes through the south part
of Topeka, was out of its banks on the
night of June "a, and relief parties
aided the people living in the flooded
district to reach higher ground, with
out loss of a life.
WANT HARvEsTERs.-Ellis county
has about 1000 wheat farmers, ma
jority of them having more than 200
acres each. These farmers are asking
for a rate of cent mile to bring har-
vest hands from the west, as there are
plenty of men in Colorado towns who
would come.
OTHER LEGIsI.ATIoN.-In 1882 the
special session of the legislature, the
foot and mouth disease" session, i'm
mediately upon converting adopted
joint resolution that no other business
be transacted and the legislature stuck
to it. This special session, it is likely,
will follow that precedent
SALINE COUNTY GRAIN.-Georgc f.
Warren of the Lee-Warren Milling
company, does not estimate the loss of
on the total acreage of the county at
over 10 per cent. George Ripe, a local
grain dealer, figures not over Is per
cent. In the eastern part of the coun-
ty the grain is looking fine and the
farmers will be ready to harvest in two
weeks.
A DE SoTo FARNER.-''Three weeks
ago." he said, ~ had $50, 600 worth of
land. 1 refused $1,000 for it last
March. Now / have Il hundred acre
lake and several hundred tons of clean
white sand which nobody wants. AS
it stands my farm isn't worth thou
sand dollars leaving improvements out
of the question" This is only a sam
pie case.
WHEAT IN SHORT GRASS COUNTRY
In Lane, Wichita and Scott counties,
three of the highest and dryest coun-
ties in the state, the wheat stands
breast high and will yield from 95 to
30 bushels to the acre. In this section
of the state the farmers only get about
one good crop of wheat in three or four
years, and the average yield is only
about nine bushels This year more
wheat than usual was planted as
speculation and the people are dazed
at the size of their crop.
Rich FARMER INVESTS -Gotthart
Schippel, one of the wealthiest farmers
of Saline county, will erect a new So
foot front business block in Salina; the
seventh business building owned by
Mr.. Shipped, besides other city property
including six residences close in. Mr..
Schippel owns $500 acres of farm land
in the county, equal to thirty-four 100
acre farms.
K. n. G. ACCOMMODATIONS. Bailey
has appointed ]. F. Roe, of Chanute, as
captain of Company D, First regiment,
Kansas National Guard.
WHITFIELD COURIER Nor SoID.-Geo.
A. Clark and Ed. p. Greer did have some
bargaining concerning the plant of the
paper, but Greer finally refused 20
make the sale. He says: "We are just
going to live mere in Winfield and at
the end be buried out in Union Gene
terry where our parents lie" Thirty
years ago Mr.. Greer became devil boy
boy in the Courier Office
OAKLEY BANK RoBBED.-The State
Bank of Oakley has been robbed of be-
tween 1000 and $1,000. The safe was
blown open and wrecked.
HoRsrs HAVE Foor RoT.-Reports
from the flooded farmers about Abilene
say that many horses that stood two or
three days in the water before rescued
are dying of rotted hoofs, similar to
foot rot in sheep. The loss in stock on
the bottoms will be large.
LOST 10 CREEK BRIDeEs.- Dickinson
county had 19 creek bridges carried
from their places by the flood, most of
them worth $500 to $4,000. Only one
is broken up and it is estimated that
the others can be replaced for about
s., 900.
SALE OF A RANCH.-The Glendale
ranch, northwest of Salina, owned by
Ed Nicholson, has been sold to H. A.
Hawk and Charles Ellis, of Atclison
county for SEQ, 400. The ranch con-
tains 2,640 acres. Nicholson bought
the property three years ago for sls,-
400. This is the second ranch sale in
Saline county recently made, each
amounting to over $4,000.