Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-05-07
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HERE-s PRIzE-A Wellington
paper tells of the youngest teacher en-
! ployed in the county, Miss Gene Show
alter. who was 10 years old when her
term began and her school was the
largest in the county. When her
school closed she helped her father
pillow for oats and did 1t as well as any
boy could She makes her own clothes,
is first class cook and is taking the
| teachers review course at Wellington.
1t is worth while to keep tab on this
noble young woman for q few years. g.
/ SIX MONTHS DIVORCE LAw.-Judge
Hazen of the Shawnee county district
court is of the opinion that it is not
valid. William Johnson, former res
| ident of Topeka, deserted his wife and
| left the state She obtained divorce
and died just one day less than six
! months after the decree was granted.
She left her property to her two chill
| dren, but johnson returned and con-
tested the will on the ground that 1.-THE
divorce was not yet in effect at the
| time of her death.
To VISIT X A. C.-The county su-
| perintendents of Jewell and Smith
counties are getting up an excursion
for May s, to Manhattan, the party to be
made up of pupils and graduates of the
county high schools, and as many of
their parents as can be made practical
BILE. The object of the excursion is a
personal inspection of the Kansas Ag-
ricultural college with the view of en-
couraging the young people to become
| students there.
BUILT THE HoME.-Colonel A. J.,
Smith, who built the Leavenworth
Soldiers home and was its governor
| for years, and later and up to his death
| was inspector of soldiers homes, died
in Colorado of caIcer of the throat, a
few days ago.
| ALL TOO YoUEe.-For the first time
since the civil war Kansas has gov
ernor and two U. S. senators, all of
them too young to have served in that
war and there is but one of ten mem.
bers of congress who is an old soldier.
PATHETIC INcIDENT--A little girl in
girl in Ell Dorado was burned SO Sc
verely that she died the next morning.
She was visited by her school teacher.
"Plcase excuse me-" she said, "if am
not able to be at school tomorrow"
MCPHERSON BEAes.-That county
reports not an acre of wheat plowed
up, and no damage done by the fly.
The rains have been sufficient to keep
the ground in good condition.
WILL PUSH THE SUIr.--Kansas will
! push the suit to prevent Colorado from
depicting the waters of the Arkansas
| river. Attorney General Coleman has
the matter well in hand.
Bosses THE JoB.-Colonel E. C. Culp,
| of Salina, is secretary of ceremonies OF
the St. Louis exposition. Find another
man if you can who is kept buster than
he must be.
BRIDGES WASHED OUT-On the
Union Pacific branch north from June.
ton City several small bridges are re.
ported to have been washed out
TURNED TO SNow.-Most of the &C.
counts of the cold rain which extended
over Kansas and adjoining states say
that snow followed the rain.
ODD FELLOWS HALL.-A new one at
White City has been dedicated. The
Junction City and Council Grove lodges
had charge of the work.
In FINE CONDITION. steady ali
night rain covered Edwards county.
| All crops were in as fine condition as
was ever known.
Shows TO SPARE. Three circuses
aud two wild west shows are now star
ing at the people of Kansas from the
/ bill boards.
RUNNING AGAIN.-The old vinegar
factory at Wellington is again in opera.
ton after n few months of resting.
PROBABLY THE LAsT.-A timber
| claim in Mcpherson county has Just
been proved up.
| RAILROAD MILEAsE.-Kansas mas
1891 miles of railroad, according to re-
ports complied by the state board of
railway commissioners. There are FIVE
counties in the southwestern part OF
the state with no railroads. The Santa
Fe, with $500 miles of rails, has the
greatest mileage in the state, and the
Missouri Pacific and its branches, with
more than 1000 miles, is second.
| ARMY SoCIETY.-The first Kansas
Branch of the Society of the Army of
the Philippines was organized in lola
last week: Camp Funston, No. 1.
sl1, 500, 900 INVOLVED. The trustees
of the Kansas Mutual Life Insurance
company have called for bids from SOL
vent life insurance companies to reim-
burse all the policy holders in the Kan
sas Mutual. Over S11, 500, 900 of insur.
| ance is involved.
SOMETHING NEw.-President Roose-
welt is to speak to the Russian-Ger-
mans of Ellis county in German. This
is probably the first time in the his
tory of tho country that a president
has delivered n speech in foreign
language.
ACCIDENT Insurance LAPsED.-E.
W, Benedict, of Topeka, who died in
Los Angeles from injuries received in
a collision between his automobile and
a street car, carried 81, 900 in accident
insurance for several years, but allowed
it to lapse last February. He carried,
however, $4,000 in life insurance,
which was still in force at the time of
his death.
| A RELIc.-The sole relic of Fargo, a