Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-10-22
KANSAS COMMENT.


twice recently but little of value was
secured.
premiums PAID. The premiums won
at the Wichita fair, where there were
no contests, were paid as fast as
awarded.
PACKING HoUsE orENED.-P. E.
Hcuncberry & Co. have opened the Ar
kansas City packing house and begun
operations.
PHONES DESTROYED two
thirds of tine phones in Great Bend
were put out of commission by light
ming flash.
EIIEr Is SPECIAL AeENT.-Ed C..
Ellet. of Ell Dorado, has been appoint
ed special agent for the government
land Office.
PARsons AsYLuM-It is now ready
for occupancy and 100 epileptics from
from the Topeka asylum will be moved
to Parsons.
A, v. InTERURBAN.-Wich has
voted $50, 900 in bonds for the benefit
of the proposed Arkansas Valley inter
urban railway.
STILL AFTER GAs.-Winfield has
called an election Ito vote for the is
suing of SIS, 900 in bonds to continue
prospecting for gas.
FROM HAYS CITY.-The Yost mill at
Hays City shipped 90 CARLOADS of bran
to Boston and two carloads of -four to
Ireland in one week.
report on the Franklin county fair
shows that the association made 81, 420
above expenses this year.
Beth ACQUITTED Both Neil and
Peterson, the two attendants at the
Topeka insane asylum, have been ac-
quilted by jury of the charge of muir
dering A. b. l.. Maxell, one of the pit
tients.
OBJECT TO MIXED SCHOOLS Many
parents at Wellington have refused to
send their children to school in the
same room with the colored. Some
have sent their children to other towns
for the winter to attend school.
DoNIPHAN APPLEs.-The apple crop
Is a total failure in Doniphan county
this year SO far us quality is concerned,
Last year at this time over fifty car
loads had been shipped from Troy and
q dozen buyers from the East were
quartercd here. The prospect for a
crop this year was good until May l,
when heavy sleet killed the fruit.
SMOKING CIGARETTES I'm reply to
the mayor of Halstead who desires to
stop the ''going to the dogs" of the
boys of his city, the attorney general
said that no legal ordinance could be
passed prohibiting boys between GER
tain nges smoking cigarettes, as it
would be class legislation. However,
he said, an ordinance could be passed
that would prohibit the sale of cigar
cites in Halstead and it would be con-
stitutioual.
SCHOOL BOARD BoobIINe.-To Judge
Keeplinger of the Kansas City, Kas.,
commercial club, who is gathering in
formation regarding the allegation of
boodling made against the Kansas City
board of education, Professor Sawtell,
principal of the Emporia high school,
Is quoted as saying: 81 was an appli-
cant for the principalsl,ip last summer,
and was informed by third person
that could have the job for $500. 1
turned the proposition down. A Sec
ond proposition was then advanced
and turned it down without learning
what it was"
ASKS For FRAUD ORDERS. -Superin-
tendent of Insurance Chas. ii. Luling
will ask the postoffice department to
issue fraud orders against such COM
panies as are known 10 be fake con-
Germs and which never pay their losses
This will bar them from the use of the
mails and it is believed will put an
effectual stop to their operations.
PARAMOUNT CoLLEGE.--Through a
proposed endowment of So, 500 made by
Mrs. Fislie, of Boston, Paramount
college is in fair way to secure the
erection of dormitory costing $40, 900
A SHOCKING ArrAcu,tENr.-Hen
Johnson, of Mcpherson county, has a
new invention which, attached to self
binders, he says, will carry the bundles
along and place them in the shape of a
shock without the aid of the shoclsers
farmers have heretofore employed 1t
will carry about dozen bundles
CHRISTIAN CHURCH CoNvENrIoN. The
annual state convention of the Chris.
tian church ut Newton brought to.
gether 300 delegates. The report of
the field superintendent of missions
shows 3s6 churches in the state.
Rock ISLAND IMPROVEMENTS
Rock Island has commenced the laying
of new steel rails on its line from st,
Joseph to Topeka to replace the old
sixty-pound rails. The track is also
being rock ballasted from crusher
u. work near Wathena. The purpose
of this improvement is to allow heavy
freight engines and heavy through
traffic from Chicago to pass over this
line
SuIPPING STBAw.-Thc paper mill at
Independence is shipping straw from
Cowley county.
BOHEMIAN CoLoNY.-A number OF
bohemian farmers from Ne
braslsa have sold their farms there and
are buying most of the farming land
in Cottage Hill township, Marshall
county. Some of the best farms have
been sold and Cottage Hill is about to
become Bohemian settlement.
AGAINST FOOTBALL. The Friends
YEARLY meeting, held at Friends Uni