Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-09-17

promoting the enterprise meet Win
no obstruction, Topeka will 0e connect
cd with Manhattan and Eureka Lake
| by means of an inter-urban electric
railway within the next year. The
road, as planned, will run through the
Kaw Valley, touching all of the nu-
mcrous towns and small cities along
the river bank between Topeka and
Manhattan.
WITH LARGEST ESRoIL,rEST.-T
state normal school opened with a
larger enrolllnent than last year, which
was at that time the largest the school
ever had The new $50, 900 library,
which is one of the most elegantly
equipped buildings in the state, was
| opened for the first time. The main
building of the school has also had
S15,c COO worth OF repairs done Gu il
this summer
To COLLECT SALOON BILLs.-It has
been the practice for collectors with
| bills due from soldiers at Fort Lcaven-
worth to go to the fort on pay days.
At the pay day on September 10 the
saloon keepers rushed to headquarters
| with their bills as usual, but they were
told that they would not be allowed on
| the reservation to collect bills.
PENrrENTIARY EARNINGS. Warden
L. y. Je'"ett, of the state penitcntiary,
| turned into the state treasury 81, j02. 30
representing the cash earnings of the
institution for the month of August
The cash earnings of the penitentiary
range from 81. 200 to So, 900 :, month
The expenses of the Institution are
from SIS, 600 TO $50, 900 II month.
ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN The Uni
versity of KANSAS has elected Miss Jean
Bowersocli, Daughter of Congressman
J, d. Bowersocll, of Lawrence, rs in
structor in violin for the coming year
She succeeds Prof ]. II. Farrell, of
Kansas City. Miss Bowersocli has
| studied abroad and is an accomplished
musician.
HE NEEDS REsT.-Chcster !. Long,
United States senator, has returned
from Colorado, and, with Mrs. Long,
is at Geuda Springs where he is taking
the waters. Senator Longs malady is
is of the stomach chiefly, but he is also
very tired man, and in addition to
medical treatment he needs rest.
ARKANSAS RIVER WATER -The Wal
nut river was up nine and one-half feet
at Arkansas City on September 10 and
still rising. The electric light plant
was prevented from using it's power
The Arkansas river shows rise of two
feet.
EXPRESS DRIVERS Two Wells Fargo
express wagon drivers in Wichita are
charged with theft. They practicetl
adding to the amount they collected
for express charges from consignces
and stealing the overcharge.
ScHooI. FURNIrURE.-Attor GEN
eral Coleman holds that furniture pnr-
chased for use in Il public school need
not be of make approved by the
state text book commission.
ENTERED TIE HIGH ScnooI. Sew
enty out of seventy-four of the grad
yates of the eighth grade at Newton
entered the high school. Only four
were ready to go to work.
A KANSAS PIoNEER.-Major Moses T.
Neal, 4 pioneer Kansan, died at Chan
dler, o. T., on Sept II. He was agent
for the Sac and Fox Indians under
President Cleveland.
FROM HARTFORD, KAs.-Caleb A..
Hunt. aged Is, lineman for a tele-
phone company at Los Angeles, Cali. &,
was killed by live wire. He was
from Hartford, Kas
WANT TIE SANTA FE.-A petition. is
being circulated in Kiowa county to
get the Santa Fc to extend its line from
Pratt to Grcens6urg and Mullinville.
ALL RIGHT BUT LArE.-Pratt or
ganized fair association last week.
FIVE HUNDRED FARMS. -That nrim-
Der OF kingman county farms have
changed hands in the last year. These
! farms sold for an average of fully
So, 900. making 81, 900, 600 of new money
invested in Kingman county real cs-
tate. Five years ago the same farms
would not have brought to exceed hall
this sum-
DELAYED A MoNTH.-On account OF
tine different contractors dragging the
work at Parsons the state board will
not be able 10 open the new insane
asylum until about October l.
Pooh APPLE CRop.-Thc yield OF
apples in Leavenworth county, where
the mammoth Wcllhouse orchards are
located, will not be sufficient to supply
home consumption. The freeze in
the spring and the wet spell in May
and June ruined the crop.
Use Much IcE.-The Santa Fe uses
at Newton from 40 to so tons of ice per
day for the icing of refrigerator ears.
The other night n ears were iced at
the ice house near the rounl house.
each car receiving from 1000 to 5000
pounds of ice.
BAXTER STRINGS REUyIoS GROUNDS.
Colonel Dan r. Anthony wants the
state to bny the reunion grounds at
Baxter Springs and maintain them as
a park and for annual reunions. lie
claims that it is the best natural park
in the state.
FISH For PARKs. Congressman Vic
tor Murdoch has notified the city clerk
that the state game warden has sieni-
fed his willingness to furnish Wichita
with all the fish that may be needed
to stock the lakes and streams of the
city parks.