Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-26


to great extent. 1t lights his prem
ises wherever light is ever needed.
His outbuildings, his front gate, his
| yards and lawns have gas lamps. In
The back yard there is a gas stove for
summer cooking and washing. 1t is
in grove. The whole barnyard is IL
Eliminated. The gas blows a steam
whistle to call the men. Among the
fruit trees there is provision for heat
sufficient to protect the fruits from
| frosts. 1t cooks the stock food, lights
and heats the poultry house. There
is also only stop cock to be turned
to start the pumps at the wells to sup
| ply water for the needs of the farm.
And this is only a part of a long de-
seription published in the Kansas
| Farmer.
TELEPHONES GALoRE.-There are
eight farmer lines" of telephone out
of Burlingame and two more projected.
! The rural lines have formed an asso-
citation. Through the Burlingame ex
change and the Independent Telephone
| system the rural lines have connections
with Topeka and Kansas City as well
as with many other towns in central
and eastern Kansas.
IN MONTGOMERY CoUNTY.-The Ha-
vana Oil company has just purchased
the poor farm in the Wayside field and
adjoining one of it's properties. The
poor farm contains fifty acres and al
ready has developed two good oil wells
and one gasser. This gives the Ha-
vana 80 acres in one tract on which
they will at once proceed to put down
| ten more wells.
| VANISHED BY LAMPLIGHT.-CounI
Treasurer George Fl. Hull, of Salina,
was so severely burnec about the hands
and arms that fears are entertained
that he will never regain the use of
them. Mr.. Hull was vanishing the
floor by lamp light when some lace
curtains were ignited by the lamp. In
his attempt to save the house Mr.. Hull
was burned
| PIPE LINE AT CHERRYvALE.-The
Standard Oil company completed the
pipe line to the Farmers company
wells and now has the pipe lying on
the grounds two miles further east.
The next point is the Farrington-P Pub
fishers field.
A PIONEER DEAD.-Jonas Banfeld,
pioneer of Saline county, died at his
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acres of land. He was rs years old
and had lived in the county since 1870.
New POWER HUosE.-Machinery for
new power house is being received at
Chanute. 1t is for pumping oil from
wells and delivering it to the Standard
Oil company.
For 81 YEARs.-John Dougherty has
been depot master at Atchison for 80
years and in all that time he has never
had fuss with train man or a pas
sanger.
ABILENE ASKED NoTHINe.-There is
one Kansas town which asked nothing
of the Santa Fe company when Vice
President Morton make it visit.
MCPHERSON MoURNs.-The body of
the late Judge j. NJ. Simpson was laid
away at Mcpherson. The entire town
wore a garb OF mourning.
CHRISTOPHER YEAR-It is 35 years
ago, in the month of May that grass
hoppers appeared by the billions to
the acre in KANSAS
GOES TO CANADA.-Ex-Congre
Ridgely, of the Third district, an
nounces that he will move to Canada.
TALL BLUE GRAss.-About and in An
thony, according to reports, blue grass
has attained a growth of 81 inches
SMITHS PLENTY-The little town
of Stark has six families of Smiths and
none of them related.
DAILY FOR 20 YEARS The first issue
of the Wichita Eagle as daily paper
was on June 20, 1884.
ATTACKED BY SEA LIoN-W. H May,
a Wells Fargo express messenger, was
attacked in his car by sea lion which
weighed 3O5 pounds There were
three of the lions in crates in his car
and two of them broke out and the big
fellow showed fight Finally May was
obliged to shoot the lion to save his
own life.
SAYS HE IS PoPE.-August Schrader,
d the long-haired healer, has returned to
Topeka and threatens to organize a
church. He now calls himself the
pope.
DoNIPAAN FRUIT.-Present indica-
tions are that the fruit crop in Doni-
phan county is assured. Especially is
there promise of a good crop of peaches,
blackberries, Strawberries, raspberries
and cherries. Doniphan county has a
greater number of fruit trees than any
other county in Kansas.
GAMBLERS IN JAL.-Two Topeka
gamblers were each sentenced to four
months in Jail for violating the Cubbi-
son anti-gambling law and two other
gamblers received sentences of three
months each.
FIRE IN THEATER.-Fire in a local
variety playhouse in Wichita caused a
stampede. The audience of 300 or 400
people made hasty exit with some hurts
received by women. Men are said to
have trampled on women making the
stampede serious. The house was pro-
vided with fire extinguishers with
which the fire was put out.
PAoLA HAS GAs.-Oil was struck on
the Robert Ayres farm near Paola at
the first gas sand 215 feet down. The
well averages twenty-five barrels a
day.
REAL ESTATE HIGH.-Real estate
| nricas at Caneu an oil town ara snid