Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-10-20


the tobacco dealers have signed an
agreement to destroy all tobacco pa
pers received with tobacco.
Another Gssser-The Kansas-Ohio
Oil and Gas company brought in a
100000 gasser ten miles north of
Yates Center
For Good Roads.-The good roads
convention was held at Girard in con-
junction with the farmers institute.
Great interest was manifested by the
farmers and townspeople, and sub
stantial good roads association has
been organized for the county. Hun
dreds of farmers were in town from
all over the county. The court house
was SO crowded that an overflow
meeting was held in the court yard.
Win Gold MedaI.-At Garden City
word was received that the first gold
medal of the worlds special compe-
tition on alfalfa seed at st. Louis was
awarded to McBeth & Kinnison.
Kansas seed is second to none. Win
ming the gold medal at the worlds
fair means merely winning the title
to it. If the winner is willing to pay
for the medal it is struck, otherwise
all he gets is a diploma.
Alleged Shortage.-Eugone Baker,
an employee of the L. B. Price Install
ment house at Kansas City, fatally
shot Oscar Marvin, collector for the
Collum Comemrce company at Pitts
burg. Baker was formerly with the
Collum company. The shooting re-
suited from a quarrel over an alleged
shortage charged to Baker by the
Collum people when he left them.
Four shots were fired. Two entered
Marvin's brain and two were sent
after A. ]. Gatchell, manager of the
Collum business, but missed him.
Bakers home is in Western Mis-
souri,. A 3S-calibr revolver was
used.
Profitable crop-C. o. Graham,
business man of Logan, Kan. plant
ed 17-acre tract of land on the Sol
ONION river bottom to cabbage. 1t
required many hours of arduous la
Dor, but the work was carefully done
and now he is reaping the fruits of
his toll. Careful cultivation and a
favorable season produced a crop that
is estimated at fully one million
pounds of choice cabbage. The crop
flooded the local market and supplied
the neighboring towns at prices rang
ing around 81 hundred pounds. A
little figuring will show that the in
come derived from this little cabbage
patch would purchase several 27-acre
tracts.
About to Clash-The denominations
al and public school systems in Lyon
county are about to clash. In the
south end of the county is a German
Lutheran school where the children
are taught German instead of En-
glish. 1t has an enrolment of twenty
pupils. The Lyon county school Off
GERS have been investigating the mat
ter and have found that the course
of study taught in the Lutheran
school is not up to the standard of
the public schools. A truancy officer
has sent notices to the parents of
all children between the ages of
and 10 years that the children are
not conforming with the truancy law
in attending the Lutheran school.
The state school law stipulates that
private or UNCONVENTIONAL school
must be equivalent to the public
schools. and that public schools shall
be taught in English. The Germans
have not yet responded.
Safe BloWers.-An organized gang
of safe blowers are believed to be
working in the vicinity of Florence.
Sunday morning the general mer-
chandise store of Cress & Son at Ced-
ar Point was broken into, the safe
cracked and $500 in trading script
taken. This, which of course, was
worthless to the thieves was later
found on the bank of Cedar creek.
Two New Routes.-Two new rural
routes will be added to Hutchinson's
rural route system on November Is.
making total of five running out
of that city.
Out on Bond.-Dr. E. P. Chase is
out on $4,000 bond pending a habeas
corpus hearing. Chase had his pre-
liminary on the charge of killing
John Cahill at Shawnee a few weeks
ago, and was bound over to the dis
trict court without bond Then his
attorneys brought the habeas corpus
proceedings which will be heard o.
tober Is.
Charged With Assault-William
Miller. charged with assault by Mrs.
Mary E. Manahan, at Winfield, is
being held in Jail in default of 81 900
bond.
Foot Shot off-The gun that wasn't
loaded scored again at Wichita when
Clarence Higgins, 8 years old, was
shot and crippled for life by a COM
panion. The boys were initiating a
Wild West show and his companion
thought the gun was loaded only with
powder. 1t was discharged, the load
of shot tearing off young Higgins
foot.
Fell Into Shaft.-D. A. Hutsel. an
employee of the Weir City Coal COM
pany. was instantly killed by falling
$40 feet into the company's shaft, No.
II at Pittsburg.
Fumigate for Consumption. The
health authorities at Atchison have
given orders that all houses in which
persons die of consumption must be
fumigated. The health authorities
believe that there is more danger
from the germ of consumption than
from any other contagious disease
Will Try Again.-The Topeka State
Fair Association will renew its eff