Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-06-11

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fair to people down the river, besides a
federal law prohibits such disposition
of the animals. 1t was decided to get
the carrion out of town as soon as pos
sible and burn and bury it.
PENITENTIARY TwINE-The prison
Irvine plant at Lansing has SO large Il
demand for Irvine that it is now OPP
Grated eleven hours a day instead of
eight. 1t is making $4,000 pounds of
Irvine daily and has already sent out
this season, $780, 900 pounds; twice as
much as the total of last year. War
den Jewett believes that the sale of
Irvine this year will exceed 1000, 600
pounds as against ESQ, 600 pounds last
year.
HIS CLAIM HOUSE DESTROYED
Frank DeWalt. at Newton, has received
word from Oklahoma stating that the
house on his claim was completely de-
stroyed by "a cyclone. The claim is To-
Gated in Woodward county and the
ASObSt III IAlCl SldOCS WINS Who liz
first cyclone ever known i'll that coun-
ty.
UP THE NEosHo.-Emporia is not
SO generally unfortunate in the losses
by the floods as are the people and
towns farther up the Neosho river.
At Americas lady teacher went to
the barn to unite horse so that it
could save itself and before she had ac-
complished it the water rose so that
she had to be taken out in boat
LINwooD IN DISTRESS. Near Leav-
enworth the little town of Linwood
has been flooded and the people have
gathered in the school house on high
ground half "a mile away. Half a doz-
en- houses were washed away and all
the bottom land around Linwood is
flooded.
FIGHT on THE RANGE.-A brief spec
ial from st. Francis, Kansas, says that
five men were killed in fight there
between farmers and cattlemen. St.
Francis, Cheyenne county, is in the
the extreme northwest corner of Kan
sas on the Colorado Nebraska line.
SANITARY CoNDIrIoNs-In North
Topeka the greater danger is the
wretched sanitary conditions. The
health board members are busying
themselves with the problem of SANTA
ton and will do all possible to prevent
an epidemic.
STATE NORMAL SENDS HELP.-At the
close of the first annual banquet of the
State Normal school at Hays City 1925
for the Kansas flood sufferers was
raised. This will be sent to Governor
Bailey at once.
IL FLOODED gowNs.-From Mannat-
tan, Abilene, Salina, Florence, Lin
coin Center and Hutchinson come re-
ports that the flood has about spent
its force and that the towns are slowly
recovering.
STILL FINDING BODIES. Seven more
bodies have been found in North To-
pclla bringing the known dead to IL,
with 80 more not yet identified. There
are scores of others reported missing.
flood association has sent out an appeal
for the relief of the 10000 homeless
people there, who have lost all of their
possessions.
PRISON BRICK PIANT.-A new brick
plant with u daily capacity of 1900
mas been put in operation at the state
penitentiary at lansing
Loss OF BRIDGES county COM
miasioners of Shawnee county estimate
the loss to the county in bridges at
5000, 900.
WORKING TOGETHER Winfield and
Wichita are uniting their efforts to Sc
cure southeastern railroad.
TOBACCO COMPANY GIVES. --Governor
Bailey received this telegram from the
Continental Tobacco company of New
York: ''You are hereby authorized to
make draft on us for $500 10 be ap-
piled to the relief of those who are in
need because of the recent flood"
Two-THIRDs CovERED.-The water
covered two-thirds of the city of Hutch
inson, and of it's $4,000 people two
thirds moved upstairs. There is nc
loss of life reported. The damage is
immense. Relief measures were
promptly taken.
In THE OLD WAY.-Kansas mules are
hauling mail out of Topeka, eastward.
thing. The postmasters at Lecompton
and Tecumseh each rugged up teams oil
! four mules. In this way were the first
mails sent out from towns between To
pella and Kansas City. Some of the
mails have been going by the way OF
Emporia.
AT OsBoRNE.-Eight inches of rain
| fell there in AS hours. There was nc
mail or Geographic communication fol-
SO hours.
| LARGEST IN STRAIGHTFORWARD claim:
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the state: Washington post, with ;
membership of PCS.
Tie BowERsoCK MILL.-The whole
of North Lawrence was under water
The Bowcrsocl1 mill on the south banl
collapsed. Houses and live stock float
ed down stream.
ALONG THE SMOKY HIIL.-Besidel
Salina, Solomon and other towns OF
that river, Woodbine, Chapman ant
| Heringtou became flooded. The water
was the highest ever known.
DELIVERY TO FLOOD SUFFERERS. =
The delivery of all mails for North To
peka residents at the window of tn,
| superintendent of carriers in the 10