Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-11-03
Becoming q NuIsance.-Twenty-sev-

Becoming q Nulsance.-Twenty-s
en- farmers near Irving and Blue Rap
ids have combined into an association
\ to keep hunters from trespassing on
their property and along the roads
adjoining. Similar societies are talk
ed of in Missouri, east Of Atchison,
and in Atchison county. The killing of
many valuable animals during the
hunting season by careless hunters, has
aroused the farmers to take some
step toward preventing it. One farm
! er south of Atchison claims to have
! lost animals worth several hundred
dollars every season.
| X. U. Needs $22o, ooo.-Chancellor
Frank Strong of the University of
Kansas has completed his annual
budget" or estimate of appropria-
tons needed from the next legisla-
| tnre. and presented the same to the
state officials in his biennial report
{ He thinks that the school should have
! $4,000 for the completion of the chem
+ istry building; $4,000 for the compile
ton of the law building; $4,000 for
a, general recitation and administra-
ton building, and $4,000 for me-
mortal gymnasium and auditorium
building.
Soldiers Fight Fire.-Brigadier Gen.
eral Burton, inspector general of the
army, reviewed the entire command
at Fort Riley, on the Pawnee flats.
While the review was in progress a
spectator threw lighted cigar in the
grass and a fierce prairie fire started
at once, threatening to sweep over the
entire reservation. The troops were
given the command to dismount and
to fight fire. Over 1900 soldiers
fought the flames for nearly two hours
before they succeeded in extinguish-
ing them.
Order Their Tombstones.-Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Rice, who live near Mus
cotah, in the western part of Atchison
county, are over eighty years of age.
/ They recently ordered tombstone
which will be erected over their
graves when they are dead. They had
! the inscription carved on the stone
and the only thing remaining to be
put on is the date of death.
For Better Roads.-The good roads
convention, just closed at Arkansas
City, succeeded in organizing the Cow
ley County Good Roads Association.
This movement has created unusual
interest in Arkansas City, and it is
practically settled that the town will
get a mile of model road to be con-
structed by the government road build
erS
Killed by Train.-David Combs, s.
years old, was struck by a northbound
st. Louis & San Francisco passenger
train on a crossing north of Paola
and was killed. 1t is said that the
train whistled, but MIR. Combs could
not hear it. Several similar accidents
have happened at this place.
Form an Idea.-One of the very
smallest" apple picking gangs out in
Reno county eats at one meal, one
sack of flour, one ham one bushel of
potatoes, one bushel of apples, six
pounds OF. cabbage and other things
in proportion.
Increased Membership.-The Anti
Horse Thief Association, which has
just closed a meeting at lola, reports
an increase of more than 1000 mem
bers during the past year. Next
years meeting will be held at EN-
peria.
In Annual Conference.-The first
session of the annual conference of
the United Brethren church of the
Seventh district held an interesting
meeting at Wichita with about 200
ministers and delegates in attendance
Proved Satisfactory.-A Mcpherson
county farmer did it and advises other
/ farmers to buy their own threshing
machines and run them. Neither far
mer nor thresherman has been salts
fed with the rates this season.
Killing Frost.-The first killing frost
of the season made it's appearance in
western Kansas on October %. The
frost caught much unmatured corn,
planted after the July overflow. Rain
is badly needed for wheat
Good Roads Special.-A conven-
ton of the National Good Roads Asso-
citation was held at Fredonia. The ma
tional delegates were met at the depot
ISOLATION, and, headed by the Fredonia
band, were escorted to the court
house, where the farmers and their
families were gathered.
who died at Newton Saturday was one
of Harvey county's ranchmen. The
"Geary ranch" was on the trail be-
tween Abilene and the Indian Terri
tory.
Paving Contract Let-The city coun-
Gil let the contract to a Leavenworth
firm for the paving of thirty-five blocks
of Coffeyville's streets. The contract
price was s127,000 The work is to
commence at once and be finished
within a year. There were twelve
other bidders.
Western Rural Routes.-The follow
ing western rural routes have been Or
dered established December L: Clay
ton, one route, area 43 square miles,
population, 452; Plainville Rocks coun-
ty, two routes, area 80 square miles,
population, ST..
Fears Epidemics.-Topeka is frigh-
tened over threatened epidemic of
smallpox, diphtheria and scarlet few
er. Two cases of smallpox have brok-
en- out in the last few days. The doc
tors report twenty-six cases of diph-
iberia and eleven cases of scarlet
fever.
Denies Keport.-Prof William Craig
Wilcox, of the Iowa university, has
written a letter to Governor Bailey
denying the report which declared
that he had asserted that people in