Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-04-07
OF TENTH KAssAs.-Jonas H. Cook,

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OF TENTH KANsAs.-Jonas H.. Cook,
Kansas pioneer died at Howard last
week. Mr.. Cook came with his wife to
Kansas in 1857, and took an active part
in the border warfare. The first Union
convention was held at his house in
old Ohio City, Franklin county. Dur
ing the Civil war he participated in
some of the most bloody contests
fought in Missouri. He belonged to
the Tenth Kansas, Company G, militia
and acted as orderly to General Blair
at the battle of Westport. For the
last twenty years he has been engaged
in the hotel business at Howard.
THE MEEKERs.-Miss Rozene Meeker,
daughter of Indian Agent Meeker,
who was massacred by the Indians of
White river, is at Abilene, coming from
Greeley Colo, where. she says she is
prosecuted by her mother and brother.
Suit has been brought to secure fromher
the title to valuable land in the canter
of Greeley. Her sirter, Mary, Who was
held in captivity by the Indians for
years, is now dead; the mother, also
captured at the time lives in Greeley.
CHANUTE's WELLs.-That district has
almost as many oil wells now as the
entire Kansas oil field had year ago.
1t has 66s against 735 all told in Kan
sas in June, 1903. Humbo is not far
behind Chanute, and Neodesha is not
much behind Humboldt. There are
now in the state about $500 oil wells.
In 1903 the total production of oil in
the state was about 100000 bar
rels. This year seems likely to null
tiply that by three.
AFTER THE FREEzE.-Aprle King
Wellhouse says, after the cold spell:
''The apple buds have not begun to
swell, the peach buds are. just begin
ming to swell little, and the peach
trees, excepting the Albertas, are in
good condition, but large part of the
Albertas have been killed. The peach
trees in the southern part of the state
are ing good condition. Everything
else in the fruit line is in good
shape"
PRICES IN 1s67.-While remodeling
an old house at Manhattan, workmen
ran across hand bill that had been
printed in October, 1867. On one side
are quoted a few prices. Here are
some of them: Flour at 81 to Sc per
sack; black teas at $125 to SITS; green
teas at So per pound; white sugar, five
pounds for 81; calicoes at Is cents per
yard; coal oil at rs cents per gallon.
All prices strictly cash.
HIGH School BooKs.-The state text
book commission will meet on May 2
to adopt books for the high schools of
Kansas. The contracts entered into at
that time will hold for five years.
Most of the book publishers are al
ready submitting their sealed bids to
the st,c..o superintendent of schools
WI. - president OF the commission.
Sc .ac the American Book company has
submitted no bid.
For RIFLE RANGEs.-The conferees
on the army appropriation bill con-
solidated the provisions for the equip
ping of rifle ranges at Fort Riley, Kan
sas, with the general appropriation for
ranges and placed the question of the
location in the discretion of the secre-
tary of war.
For WAsHBURN,-A. c. Stitch, a
wealthy gas, oil and brick man, of In
dependence, Kas., has given S75, 900 for
college. This is memorial for son
and daughter who at one time attended
Washburn, but both of whom have
since died.
GIVES UP FRUIT.-A Galena special
says that the cold weather throughout
that section has killed nearly all fruit.
New ELEVATOR. Haven is to
have new elevator with a capacity
of twenty-four cars of grain per day.
New CANNERY.-Hutchin expects
a canning factory to can sweet pota
toes, to be ready for the crop.
ROSTER OF Secretary
George w. Martin of the State Histori-
cal society is preparing roster OF all
persons who have held office in Kansas
under the territorial or state govern
ments to be published in the next re-
port of the society.
AFTER AZ YEARs-Nathan Miller, an
old negro soldier, head janitor of the
University of Kansas, has received
word from his sister, whom he has not
seen since they were parted as slaves
on Kentucky plantation in 1857, when
he was only six years old.
PARTS OF THREE TRIBES LEFr-At
one time the territory now composing
Kansas was the home of nineteen diff
ferent tribes of Indians That was in
1886 Now only three small tribes
make their home here-the Pottawat-
omies; the Sac and Foxes and the
Iowas, and their reservations comprise
only small part of three counties.
ANOTHER MERGER Republican
Plaindealer and the Garnett Eagle,
both of that county seat town, have
consolidated. This seems to have been
brought about to quiet a town fight.
BISHOP FNK's FUNERAL.-The last
service over the body of the late Rev.
Bishop L. K. Fink was celebrated at
the Cathedral in Leavenworth. Arch
bishop J. ]. Glennon, of st. Louis,
conducted pontifical requiem mass and
the sermon was preached by Bishop
Matz, of Denver. A number of bishops
from surrounding states and 200 priests
participated.
A Stock OF BAss.-The state fish