Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-19

who has large orchards just north of
the Fort Riley reservation, says that
the prospects for great fruit crop in
that part of the state are the best he
has seen in years. He says that the
apple orchards were not injured in the
least by freezing weather this spring
and that the indications now are for
the greatest crop that has ever been
harvested there.
AT SOLDIERS HoME.-Major William
Warner, of Kansas City, the new man.
ager of the Soldiers home at Leaven-
worth. is discussing plans for improve
ments. There will be two new build
ings erected. Major Warner is ex-
pected to be there and take part in the
ceremonies on Memorial Sunday, May
30. The veterans will have special
services at the Soldiers home GENE
terry.
July 4 ATTRAcTIoNs.-The Fort
Riley Athletic association is arranging
for one of the greatest attractions for
III OLd0 mas CNCI OCCh GU Viz
post. The principal event will be a
big racing meet, in which many of the
best horses of Central Kansas will be
entered. Other events will be ball
games and the acrobatic events of a
soldier field day.
ST. LOUIS BY SPEcIAL.-About hun
dred editors, their wives and families
left Wichita May IA, on special train
made up of three sleeping cars, three
chair cars and one baggage coach.
Stops were to be made enroute to take
aboard more editors until the total
would be swelled to three hundred and
fifty people.
WOULD BE CRUEL.-E. F. Ware is
visiting at his home in Topeka. Yes,
am mvch interested to find from the
newspapers that 1 have resigned
again." said Mr. Ware in reply to a
question. 1.-THE truth is, there are
about a dozen candidates for my Office
and to deprive them of hope would be
cruel"
On SPECIAL TRAIN-Salina claims
that the Salipa council of the United
Commercial Travellers was the only one
that had a special train to the meet
ing at Guthrie. The train is made up
of standard Pullmans, a baggage and q
buffet car.
AUCTIoNaERs MEET.-The Auction
GERS association of Kansas is to hold
its annual meeting in Wichita June l
and 2. 1t is expected that the meet
ing will be the largest since the asso-
citation was formed.
HORSE TRADERS. of them
forced boy in Harvey county to give
up fine animal for a stack of skin
and bones and they were surrounded
by two dozen armed farmers in short
order.
ROBBERS ScARED.-The Dexter State
bank was being touched by three rob-
bers who were frightened away by the
screams of a young woman who was
taking buggy ride with a young
man.
A SCHOOL LAND SALE.-A section OF
school land in Ford county sold last
week for Sc, $50. 1t isn't only the riv.
ers that are booming in the short grass
country.
HORSE IN WELL.-An old horse
stepped on weak platform covering a
wall at Co1wau S,r;,,crs ord l,+a- ~,
pulled out of six feet of mud.
BAND TO ST. LoUIs.-Sterling' band
that plays at st. Louis for the editors
is reinforced by eight musicians from
Lindsborg and Mcpherson.
CHICKENS DRowNED.-Hundred OF
little chickens were drowned in the
high water in western Kansas last
week.
SPRING Has CoME.-The locust trees
are blooming, and that settles it.
SEDAN STRIKES OIL.-At depth O.
$50 feet strong flow was struck.
LOGAN OPERA HoUsE.-The corner
stone of the Logan opera house wa:
laid, with Congressman w. A. Reedel
making the address of welcome. Johr
Q. Royce, editor of the Phillipsbure
Dispatch, spoke. The capital stock i:
49, 900 taken by the business men o.
Logan and the surrounding country
1t is proposed to have the building
which is of limestone, ready for occu
pancy by August 1.
GETTING OLD.-A child was born a.
Great Bend the other day to parent.
who were both born on the townsite
CoNcoRDIA CENsUs.-The city asses
sor of Concordia has completed the
1904 enumeration and finds popula
ton of 4,16s an increase over last yea
of Isl, and the largest yet in the city,
history.
POULTRY PACKING.-At Manhattan
there is poultry packing house which
has shipped on an average of one car
load day for many years.
VACANCY FILLED.-Judge P, B. Gil
lette has appointed John A. Gragun
county attorney of Kingman county t.
fill a vacancy.
400 INIrIATED.-The Knights o
Pythias rally in Topeka attracted al
most 1900 Pythians from all over Kan
sas. In the neighborhood of 400 can
didates were initiated
500 IN LINE.-There were about SC,
Sir Knights in the line of parade o
the Knights Templar at Wichita dur
ing the conclave of the grand com
mandery.
GRADUATES EssAYs.-The Liberia
News made good its name by 'printin.
all of the essays of the high schoo
graduates.