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

night. and they all came that had been
visited; $50 of them. An entertain
ment was given them after which they
were marched into the big hall where
was Christmas tree upon which were
the needed articles before listed besides
condies, toys. etc.
FARM Producers seasons ship
ments of farm produce aside from stock
from Wamego have SO far exceeded all
previous falls as TO leave little room for
comparison. Since October Is, from 20
to 40 cars of apples, corn, potatoes and
sweet potatoes have been shipped
weekly. More sweets" than anything
else have been sent out. The crop of
these exceeded 200 carloads.
FIGURES on CORN CROP Reports
that are coming in from the farmers of
Geary county, who have finished huslS-
ing their corn, show that the yield of
that grain in that county this year will
average about thirty-fve bushels to the
acre. Fields are yielding all the way
from twenty-five to sixty bushels to the
acre, but there are not very many of
the latter.
SECTION HAND KILLED Hezikiah
Blouut, section track walker, was
struck and instantly killed by a Santa
Fe passenger train, about two miles
east of Larned. Blount was making
his regular trip on a railway veloci-
pede and was found by nearby farmers
some time after the accident with his
head badly mangled.
SALINA MAN IS CASHIER c.
Miller, of Portland. Ore, former res
ident of Salina, is 10 become cashier OF
the Pioneer Trust company of Kansas
City, recently organized with capital
OF one million dollars. He has for sew
eral years been the head OF the United
States National bank at Portland.
DIED ON TRAIN. Mrs. Bloomer
Quimby, of Ness City, died on the Santa
Fe train from the north just as it was
reaching the station at Humboldt
Heart disease was the cause of death.
She was daughter of Joseph Mercer,
OF that city, and was on the way to visit
her parents.
CHAGCELLoR STRoNG.-Prof. Frank
Strong, of Kansas University, is slated
for discussion concerning methods OF
educational value before the National
Association of State Universities, which
will hold series of meetings in Wash
ington on January SIS.
COUNTY CLERKs.-The next meeting
of the County Clerks association is
postponed to January 2I-ea. This dis
appoints to the clerks who will go GU.
of office January II, as they had hoped
TO meet with the association once more
before retiring.
NEGRO HANGED.-Mortgomery God
ley. negro of Pittsburg, shot and
killed policeman, while he was trying.
to protect himself from a crowd of ne :.
groes. Cooley was placed in Jail, but
was soon taken out hanged.
Ok A HUNT.-General Manager III. u.
Nudge. of the Santa Fe, with his son
and several of the students of Went
worth Military academy, went 10 In.
dian Territory on a hunting trip.
Al THE Poor FARM.-People of Atch-
ison, after proper preparation, gave
the inmates of the county poor farm
real, old fashioned, joyous Christ.
mas.
SEVEN New SCHOOL HoUsEs.-Iola
has voted Sl9, 900 for another new school
building. She has erected six since the
boom began.
GAVE so TURKEYS. -May Bnsby, OF
Parsons, gave fifty. turkeys to the poor
Christmas day. And turkey is turkey
this year.
FREIG HI WRECK. There was a freight
wreck on the Frisco five miles north OF
Winfield in which six boxcars loaded
with merchandise were derailed and
200 feet of track torn up. The car be-
hind the engine became uncoupled on
a curve and jumped the track as re-
suit of high speed.
"No NOMINATION" Musr Go.-At
least 90 per cent of the members of the
legislature have said that the ballot law
must and will be amended so as to
strike out the squares after the no
nomination lines of the official ballot.
LARNED MEN IN WREcK.-W. H. Yer
non, an attorney OF Larned, received a
dispatch announcing that his brother,
Charles Vernon, has been killed in the
serious railroad accident in California,
and that another brother Fred was very
low from injuries received in wreck.
Two CHAPLAIN CANDIDATEs.-So far
only two candidates have entered the
race for chaplain of the house this win.
ter-Rev. A. ]. Pyle, the blind preach
er-politician at the Leavenworth Sol
diers' home. and Rev. w. A. Crawford,
of Argentine.
OFFERS Ten ACREs.-Pat Gould owns
a1o acres adjoining Wichita. He offers
to deed ten acres, with road way to it,
to the city, for the purpose of boring
for oil, gas or salt. and would give the
choice of the ten acres to be selected
for the city. The deed is to be de-
posted in bank. If either oil, gas or
salt was found, he would turn the deed
over to the city; if nothing was found
the deed would revert to him. In case
the driliers decided to choose ten acres
in the center of the land, he would give
public highway.
A New VorINs MAcHISE.-Ex-Stat
Treasurer Heffiebower owns a half in