Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-10-01

men now getting up the fruit display
under the direction of the horticul.
tural director is also picking up u dis
play Of vegetables. Tomatoes, beans,
cucninbcrs, peppers and all small vege-
tables are being gathered and pre-
served.
STATE Is HIS HEIR-Because the
parents of a wealthy Butler county
farmer named Gayner never came to
/ America, the attorney general holds
that the estate left by Gayncr when he
died recently will escheat to the state
school fund, instead of going to the
dead mans relatives who are non resi-
! dents.
| CATTLE CARS ScAEcE.-Thcre is a
serious shortage OF cattle ears a. En-
poria.- Several Lyon county shippers
have been delayed week in getting
their cattle on the market after they
were ready because cars were not to bc
had. Trainmen say they have been
offered tips as high MS $40 TO set out
unordere cattle ears.
PACKING Snow ArPLEs.-Supcrin-
tendcnt w. T.. Schell, of the KANSAS
fruit exhibit at the Worlds fair, has
finished packing 100 bushels of fine
apples which lie selected from those
! grown in the orchard of p. II. Thomas,
u compile of miles west of Wichita.
| GovEEaoR APPo1Nrs.-Sam Wool
lard, an Insurance. man of Wichita,
has been appointed rs aide-de-camp on
| Governor B;,ilcy's staff, and Roscoe w.
Gates, OF Chanutc has been commits
stoned first lieutenant Of Company D.,
| First regiment, X. n. g.
Distributing RELIEF FUNp.-Thc
local relief committee at Topeka is
distributing $4,000 cash among the
flood victims of North Topeka. Six
hundred and ffty-three applicants
have been granted relief in sums vary
ing from $50 to S..
Flour FOR ExPoHr.--The mills of
Clay Center are running night and day
to fill their orders which arc rushing
in. Most of the -four now being man IL
featured is for export, though good
per cent is for home consumption.
| PENSION Roll SMALL ER.-The pay
roll of the Topeka pension agency for
the last quarter was SG0,O less than
for the corresponding quarter last
year. This indicates that the tide has
turned.
! In COLD STORAGE. p. Fl. Thomas
has, near Wichita, an orchard of 60
acres and he expects to place 5000
bushels of select apples in cold storage.
selling only early apples and eulls this
fall
CAESINAL AT HowARD.-Great prep
arations are being made for the car
niv;.l and street fair ut Howard on Oc-
tobci and 3. There are to be fine
stock and agricultural displays
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. have
been Scores of prosecutions in the dis
! trict court of Shawnee county, and
every man tried has been discharged
"for want of sufficient evidence"
| JUSTICES CANNOT. supreme
court decides that justices of the peace
arc without authority to sentcirce u
boy - ai,c reform school.
WINFIELD Fam MADE Goop.-The
fair management report So, 900 i'll re.
eeip,s, which will leave Il surplus in
the treasury.
JUDeE MILTON MOVES Z. T.
Milton, of Dodge City, attorney for
tine Orient road, is to remove his fam
lily to Wichita.
CAME Our AuEAD.-The state fair at
Hutchinson pai all claims on demand
ami had money left ever.
A ZINC SMEITER- Arraneemcnts
are completed for u zinc smeltcr Il.
Caney.
STILL WAIT MEN-The thrcshcrs of
Decatur county are asking for 100 men.
ASK FoE GRAND LUHY.-Ciay county
has been ''wet" for about ii year. There
is now a petition being circulated ask
ing for grand jury at the Novemb Der
term OF court, in an effort TO close the
joints -Four hundred names are re-
CURED to secure Il grand jury.
A ROCK ISLAND CHANGE.-Thomas
Rookie has been appointed ;lssistan :
superintendent of machinery of the
Rock Island system with headquarters.
at Topeka His jurisdiction extends to
all lines of the system west of the Mis-
souri, river.
HOSTILE TO RANcHEEa.-Evcr since
the killing of the Berrys by the Deweys
in Cheyenne county last May there has
been much more bad feeling shown
against the Dewcys than formerly
! The settlers are now decidedly hostile
to the r:inchmen. Detectives are at
work to find VIVA: caused the loss by
fire OF the three houses on the Dewey
ranch.
New COAL MINE.-A coal find is re-
ported near Roxbury, Mcpherson
county. The town is Off a railroad
line.
BAIL GAME STorrED.-A Sunday ex-
cursion had been run from Kansas City
to Topeka for IL bail game at the fair
grounds there between Kansas City
and Topeka teams. A large crowd
was present when suddenly the police
swooped down and took the players in
Charge. Later they were released I'M
Ger promise to abandon the game
| WHOLESALE DRUG CoMPANY.-A new
wholesale drug company of Wichita
has applied 10 the state charter board
for charter. The company will be
capitalized at $4,000.