Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-06-02

! The minimum rental is entirely too
low The law fixes the minimum at
S25 per section. Most of the land
leased goes for the minimum rental.
The leasing interferes with the sale of
the land. The leases run for five years
and the land is sold subject to the
leases. Not many people will buy the
leased land because they cannot get
hold of it at once. The state gets more
out of the land in the way of taxes
and interest by selling it than it gets
by leasing it.
CHANUTE's POPULATIoN.-The asses
sor's enumeration shows that Chanute
has 10, 116 population, gain of 1904
over last year. In addition to this
there are 400 living in suburbs not in
the real population of the city over
10000, a gain of so per cent over last
year. The county returns show 25,-
322, or gain of 1909 over last year.
CADET INsPECTIoN.-The annual in
spection of state agricultural college
took place at Manhattan with Captain
Herman C. Schumm, of the Twenty
ninth battery of Fort Leavenworth, as
the inspecting officer. There are 204
young men now taking drill, but in the
fall and winter terms the number in
creases to nearly $50. The cadets use
Springfield rifles.
TROOPS AT ToPEKA.-Two troops of
cavalry and battery of light artillery
were sent to Topeka from Fort Leav-
enworth to participate in the semi-cen-
tennial celebration. The troops were
secured after Governor Bailey had sent
the request for them to President
Roosevelt.
WALL-EYED PIKE.-The people liv-
ing along the Blue river in Northern
Kansas are feeling elated over the fact
that the state fish commissioner OF
Nebraska is to stock the stream with
millions of wall-eyed pike which are to
| be Matched at the South Bend hatcher
| les.
GAS AT VERNoN.-A good gas well
was brought in at that place at depth
/ of LOIS feet. This is new field.
Other wells are going down now with
| promise of good success.
By ACcLAMATIoN-At Chanute Judge
district judge by acclamatian for the
sixth time. He will have no opponent
at the poles.
ANCIENT GoURD.-C R. Furrow, of
Kingman, has gourd which he says
was grown in Virginia 1O4 years ago
where it was first used as a tobacco
+ seed flask
BOYS ARE AAEAD.-An unusual di-
vision of graduating classes in high
schools occurred in Dickinson county.
Nine of the thirteen graduates are
boys.
FROM SALINA.-R. P. Hanna, former
ly OF Salina, now in the navy depart
ment, is talked of for advancement to
the position of judge advocate general.
A S1O,O TEMPLE.-The Odd Fellows
will put up a $4,000 temple at Elk
City. An association with a capital of
$4,000 has been incorporated.
OPTICIANS MEET.-The Kansas State
Optical association held its annual con-
vention in Wichita. About seventy
five members were present.
! HOSPITAL DEDICATED.-A Catholic
hospital at Winfield has been dedicated.
Bishop Hennessy, of Wichita, had
charge of the ceremonies.
LARGE ORDERs.-Orders for S4,O5O
worth of penitentiary binding Irvine
were taken at Arkansas City in one
day.
1000 BERRY PICKERs-Wathena
Doniphan county, has been advertising
for 2 900 berry pickers.
STUDENTS RAISE S6,OOO.-At a mass
meeting of students of the State Agri-
cultural college for the purpose of
raising $4,000 for the erection of Y.
NJ. C. A. building, $4,000 was raised,
were Three
$50 subscriptions, twenty-four for
/ 500 each, and many donations ranging
from SO to SIS were received.
FEDERATION MEETING.-The Fedora
ton of Commercial Interests will hold
meeting at Topeka May 81 to discuss
lot of hings-railroad board, legis-
lature freight rate bill among them.
BERRY PIGKERs.-Berry growers in
the Neosho valley have applied to T.
B. Gerow, state employment director,
for 1000 berry piclzers. They want
the pickers by May 80 and agree to
give them employment for month.
By that time the wheat harvest WILDE
on. The growers want the pickers to
come prepared to camp out and do their
own cooking.
SURVEY OF BEAVER. CREEK.-W. G.
Russell, the government photographer,
spent week in Scott county making a
survey of Beaver creek.
Too Much RAIN-Farmers of Nema-
ha county are getting more rain than
they need. Not more than half of the
corn is planted, but what is planted
with all the wet weather is coming up
and will make a good stand The
peach and cherry crop is total fail
ure.
TEACHERS BLAMED. teachers
are notified by the attorney generals
office that it is unlawful to compel or
attempt to compel or to encourage
tattling; or in other words to encour-
age pupils to tell on one another.
New ROAD IN DEMAND.-It is re-
ported that the Union Pacific company
has made overtures toward buyinp the