Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-02-04

western Missouri have decided to make
radical change in business methods.
They have an association which has
agreed to do away with the credit bus
mess and start in on a strictly cash
basis. A statement will accompany
the bill of lading for shipments of flour
regardless of the financial standing or
responsibility of the consignee. and
the goods will be delivered C. o. D.
The millers are compelled to pay cash
for their wheat and they figure that
the buyers ought to pay them cash in
return. Nearly every milling concern
in Southeastern and Southern Kansas
and Southwestern Missouri belong to
the association, and the new rule viii.
be strictly observed.
Work AT Fort RILEY.-The work on
three large buildings is finished. They
are one double cavalry barrack, one
gun shed and one artillery stable.
Since the first of the year the work on
twelve new buildings has been finished
at the ost, and altogether they will
cost the government more than $780,
900. Since the improvement of Fort
Riley commenced about eighteen
months ago an amount of money equal
to that has been paid by the govern
ment for other buildings that have
been completed and accepted. There
is still large amount of unfinished
work at the post, and number of
large contracts are to be let within the
next few weeks.
IRRIGATION EXPERIMENTS. - Charles
F. Scott, presentative-at-large from
Kansas, has secured the Incorporation
in the agricultural appropriation bill
of an item amounting to S65, 900 for ir-
rigation experimental work, to be car
ried on under the supervision of Ell
wood Meade. of the department of ag-
riculture. A large portion of this ap-
preparation will be expended at Fort
Hays, where the state has an expert
ment station.
For PUBLIC LIRBARY.-Arrangem
have been completed for the erection
of free public library at Manhattan.
The contract was awarded for S10,-
72O.5O. Andrew Carnegie donated $1O,-
900 for the building. Work will be
commenced Immediately and is to be
completed by August 1, 1904.
To SOUTH AFRIcA.-Twenty carloads
of Kansas -four started by special train
to South Africa There was 1000 tons
of the flour. The train left Kansas
City decorated with bunting and plac-
ards.
FROM THE PHILIPPINEs.-The double
cavalry barracks at Fort Riley, now
under construction, will be occupied
by troops A, b, c, and D of the Elev-
enth cavalry now in the Philippines.
VETERANS AsKING.-A committee
from the Kansas G. A. R. will endeavor
to get the railroads to grant a per-
manent half rate for old soldiers and
their wives who want to travel.
SOAL -hlNE OTOhc Oub III
the North Leavenworth coal shaft and
near the mine mule stables. The
mules were freed and they scattered
through the mine.
CHILDREN's RECEPTIoN.-Thesev
and eighth grades of the Conway
Springs schools gave a reception
to the old soldiers January 90.
GRAIN is MovING.-The traffic on the
wheat belt lines is assuming normal
conditions once more and grain is be-
ing shipped as received.
BIT OFF HIS FINGER.-C. r. Morris,
of Arkansas City, was butchering hog
and the animal caught his finger and
bit it off.
PRACTICAL IRRIGATION. George
Wants, of Caldwell, has put in 300 feet
of thing for irrigating his garden.
For PRosPECrING.-In Barber county
So. 900 has been raised for prospecting
| beneath the surface.
STORY OF KANsAs.-It will be pub
lished in folder form by the worlds
fair board and thousands of copies dis
| tributed free at the worlds fair. 1t
will be history of agriculture, and
horticulture. Contributors to its mat
ter are Secretary Coburn, agriculture;
Prof Grimsley on mineral products,
and Chancellor Strong on the states
school system.
BANK AT MILToN.-The Milton State
bank has been opened for business
\ Milton is at the junction of the Orient
| and Missouri Pacific railroads.
New COLLEGE PRESIDENTIAL a
meeting of the Lutheran board of edu-
cation held in Atchison, Rev. V. G. A.
Tressler, of Springfield, Ohio, was
unanimously elected president of Mid
land college, succeeding Rev. J. A.
| Clutz, who resigned to return to the
ministry. Rev. Mr.. Tressler is profess
sor of Greek and principal of Witten-
| berg academy.
K. n. G. CoMPANY.-A company of
national guards is being organized at
Ell Dorado. Its captain will be Fl. H.
| Mcdaniel, of Towanda.
$4,000 VoLUMEs.-In the state library
Kansas is building up great collec-
ton of books, one that ranks with the
| best general libraries in the country,
and every day is becoming of increased
service to the public. There are in the
library at this tim. about $1,000 vol
umes, and the annual accessions
amount to from 5000 to 5000.
For INTIMIDATION. Cases are brought
in the district court at Colby against
the Deweys charging them with in
timidating settlers and thus obtaining