Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-09-10

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secretary to Fourth Assistant Postrnas-
ter General J. T. Bristow. Young
Hoch is a graduate of Baker university
class of 1902. In school he acquired Il
reputation for hard work and briliian-
cy. He was the winner of the Kansas
ora.orical contest during his last year
in college.
To TEST OLD SOLDIER LAw.-Thos.
Dcever has appealed to the supreme
/ court from the decision OF the Geary
county court in suit brought to test
| the validity of the old soldier law.
! Deever is an ex-soldier who was sue
cceded in tile Office of city clerk of
Junction City BY Il younger nan and
he claims the protection OF the courts.
The suit is brought against the mayor
and present clerk of Junction City.
A KANSAS COAL THusT.-An applica-
ton for subpoenas for the sixteen coal
operators of Usage comfy was filed
with Judge Hazen at Topeka They
are wanted by Attorney General Cole
man and County Attorney Hungate
10 tell what they know about the in
crease in The price of coal and the for
nation of IA trust 10y the operators in
Usage county
PREMIUM LISTS OuT.-The premium
lists of the Wichita fair contain some
good prizes, we'll worth competing for
and the o:ii''ers of the association have
every assurance from we'll known stock
men throughout the west that there
will be many times the number of
stock on the grounds this year than
were to be seen in former years.
Iowa INDIANS IN KANsAs.-Superin-
| tendent c. C. Edwards. of the Iowa
Indians, made the payment OF the an
nuity money to the members of the
tribe at the mission building on the
| Great Nemaha reservation. Each
member received S35. So and total of
IS, sol. % was paid out. The tribe now
numbers 226 members.
BARTON CARRIES BANNER. This year
Barton county is the banner wheat
county of Kansas, having produced
5000, 305 bushels of wheat Fourteen
Kansas counties raised more than g.
00o,Ooo bushels each and thirty-fve
counties produced more than 1000, OC0
each.
p. R. YARDS BLocKED.-The rail-
wade at Tnnnfia,
great rnsh as nov. The Union Pa
cific yards are frequently blocked with
trainloads of wheat, and extras go out
every day taking 200 carloads of wheat
INSPIRED COOPERATIVE ACTION
Jas. A. Buclllin, of Thomas county, is
dead. He was the head of the organi-
zation which has built up SO many CO.
operative mills and elevators through
out the state in the past two years.
EDWARDS CoUNrY's WAEAr.-Ed-
wards county raised $1,000 acres of
wheat this year, which averaged IS
bushels to the acre. At SO cents
bushel the crop would net $195 for
every person in the county.
IN JEFFERSON CoUNrY.-Hay crop,
all from tame grasses, immense and
saved in prime condition. Much of il
is stored in barns. Potato crop is me-
dium. one-half crop of peaches.
Grapes abundant.
ANOTHER BARN BURNED,-The barn
on the farm CT Ed Fitzgerald, near
Gypsum City, is burned and eight
horses perishcd The fire is supposed
to have been of ineendiary origin.
ELLSWORTH AFTER GAs.-At a meet
ing of business and professional men
it was decided to spend $4,000 to pros
poet for oil and gas. Oil indications
are very strong there.
HOSPITAL BURNED.-A private hos
pital at Mcfarland is burned A large
addition to the hospital was TO be
built, work to commence upon it This
week.
STARVED TO DEATH.-Judgc ]. c.
Ellis, one of the best lawyers in west
ern Kansas, is dead. He had followed
a theory of fasting to cure dyspepsia
and had gone thirty days with
| out food. He had been taking nour-
ishment the last week but did not rally
rs was hoped.
GoITG AFTER A LEeACY.-A. o. Lee,
who was killed at Emporia by train,
was on his way to Trinidad, Colo, to
collect a $40, 900 legacy which had just
been left to him by the death of rela-
tive
ABOUT CAwKEn CIrY.-This north
west corner of Mitchell county and
surrounding country is in fine condi-
ton. Wheat that is threshed ranges
from Is to 30 bushels per acre Corn
is growing finely and promises big
yield. Rains interfere somewhat with
cultivating.
ONE LAWYER LEFT.-1he county at
torney of Wallace county resigned and
as the only lawyer left in the county is
register of the Colby land office, there
is no one whom the commissioners can
appoint
A SALINA MANI. S. Addington.
OF Salina, committed suicide on a train
in California. Addington, who was
en- route to settle in Los Angeles, sud
denly jumped up from his seat, went
into the lavatory of the car and shot
himself through the head.
CAN BE TEIED.-In a case from Ness
county Asst Atty Gen. Close holds
that where man appeared and pleaded
guilty before any complaint was sworn
out against him it amounted to no trial
at all, and that he could be arrested on
a coinnlaint and tried