Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-08-25
Corn Outlook Improves.-Reports

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the corn outlook has greatly improved
in the last month, and that with fav.
orable weather the corn on all but
the bottom lands may be expected to
make fair crop in spite of the flood
disasters this spring. Hundreds OF
farmers planted two or three times
and some even planted the fourth
| time. There are many sections in
which any kind of crop was despair
ed of, which are now expecting a yield
of forty bushels per acre. The yield
of hay has broken, all records.
Cement Factory.-The Chanute Ce-
ment Company continues to purchase
land surrounding the site of it's pro-
posed cement plant, eight miles west
of Chanute. The latest acquisition,
according to James Mundell, of Villas,
is the Pierson tract of 16O acres, which
the cement company recently purchas-
ed, paying for it $4,000 or 500 an
! acre. This gives the cement company
| total of 545 acres. The Pierson tract
| is closer to the railway tracks than
any other of the company's holdings
and it is reported that it will be made
the site of the mandatory.
Association BuiIding.-The local Y.
NJ. C. A. has been successful in rails
ing $4,000 for the erection of an asso-
| citation building in Lawrence. The
board of directors will go ahead with
the selection of site, the adoption
of plans, and beginning of operations
for "a Of h.
Work on the project has been going
ahead for the past six months The
subscription is headed by WK. Stubs.
He and State Senator A. Henley each
contributed $4,000 to the project.
Float to Fair.-First Sergeant Aug
ust Stratton, of the Nineteenth bat
terry, field artillery, of ort Riley, and
four other members of that battery,
will leave Fort Riley in a boat of
their own building, and will float from
the post to st. Louis, where they will
attend the worlds fair. Their boat
is equipped with stove and well filed
larder, so that the trip may be made
without stops. 1t will fly a red gui-
don with cross guns marked Nine
teenth F. A, Fort Riley"
Commercial club.-Steps are on
foot looking to the organization of a
commercial club in Marysville Sen
ator E. R. Fulton and Judge w. S.
Glass have circulated a petition ask
ing for the signatures of the bust
ness men interested enough in the
matter to attend a meeting for the
purpose of organization. Every bus
mess man in the town has signed the
petition and expressed a desire to
see good commercial club doing bus
mess in the city.
Life for Wager.-Frank Hogan, II
years old, was drowned while swim
ming in the Neosho river. Hogan
with some playmates was in a contest
to see who could remain longest under
the water. Hogan went under and his
playmates laughed when he came to
the surface and sank again. They
made no effort to save him. He was
in shallow water. They supposed he
was winning the wager and bet on
how long he would stay under. The
boy drowned.
Theory ExpIoded.-The theory that
a person will not recover from a third
attack of paralysis seems to have been
exploded by F. H. Deck, of Downs,
who received fourth stroke and has
almost recovered from the effects.
The stroke was very light, and in spite
of his four attacks, Mr.. Deck is I'M
usually active for a man of his
years.
Is Attracting Attention.-What is
known as the Hewins oil field in the
southwestern part of Chautauqua
county, is at the present time COM
manding more attention of the oil
people than any other field in the
county.
May Live There.-Miss Annie Cd
den, the Dentonville girl who won a
claim in the Rosebud drawing, has
gone to pick out her claim 1t is her
intention, if she likes the country, to
make that her future home.
Bore for OiI.-The Holiday COM
pany will bore for oil in Topeka.
The drilling outfit is ready to be put
up as soon as the site is selected
The man who will have charge of the
drilling is R. Kestenger of Indepen-
dence. He has a first-class drilling
outfit. The derrick to be used in drill
ling will be "A feet high. The officers
of the company have several loca-
lions for the first well in view Elk
perienced drillers who have been over
the ground say that any one of the To-
cations shows good surface indica-
lions.
Girl Runs Farm.-A 640-acre farm
Ter, Brown county young woman.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. Waller, of Padonia, and was raised
on the farm. She runs the whole
place, and for some time has been do
ing much of the work, though she
hires a man to help her out during the
busy season.
Fatally Burned.-While starting a
fire in the kitchen stove with coal oil
Mrs. Frank Purkett of Burlington,
was dangerously burned. The doctors
say she cannot recover.
Laying Heavy SteeI.-The Santa Fe
has almost finished the task of laying
over 125 miles of S5-pound steel on
the western division The old steel
is being shipped to Newton to be run
through the railsaw, and it is under
stood that it is to be used to re-
place the light steel on the Panhan-
die division.
Seized With cramps.-Paul Lander,
young son of Carl Lander, a Katy"
conductor was drowned at Mound VAL
ley while swimming with a party of
boys in Pumpkin creek. He was seiz-
ed by cramps.
Drank CarboIic Acid.-Mrs. NJ. l..
wife of a well-known citizen