Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-08-18
KANSAS COMMENT

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BY AccIamation.-The Democratic
convention of the Seventh Kansas dis
trict nominated NJ. C. Belisle, of Lar
ned, for congress by reclamation.
Was Success.-The Southern
Kansas reunion closed one of the
most successful meetings at Dodge
City the association has ever held.
Whisky Salesman convicted.-Wm.
Grover, a whisky salesman represent
ing the Shawnee distillery of Kansas
City, was arrested for selling annd
giving liquor to minors. He was con-
victed and given thirty days in Jail
and fined 500.
Not So Lucky-A Leavenworth man
who drew a claim in the Rosebud res
ervation wishes now that he had
bought Kansas farm and settled
down to farming without frontier trou-
bles. He thinks that by the time he
pays the government for the land and
treats a city full of friends he will
not feel as fortunate as he did when
his name was drawn.
Fine Prospect.-There are $4,000
acres planted to corn in Osborne coun-
ty this year, and there is every indi-
cation that the crop will be enormous.
1t is estimated that the crop in the
county will amount 100000 bushels.
Estimating the crop at rs cents per
bushel, the total means 100000, or
$50 per capita for the entire popula-
ton of the county. 1t will take 1000
cars to transport the Osborne county
crop alone.
Jack Rabbit Campagn.-Hi Ben
shoff, a Cowley county farmer, is get
ting ready for his annual campaign
against the rabbits. He has four grey
hounds now and will receive another
thoroughbred in a few days. He has
placed his estimate for the winter
at one thousand jack rabbits. 1t is
a little early yet to chase rabbits, but
he is getting his dogs in shape to
start the season as soon as the first
cool weather begins.j
Will Ask Appropriation.-The state
board of charities will ask the legis-
lature next winter for an appropria-
ton to establish a hospital for the
care of epileptic children. If the re-
quest is granted the hospital will be
made a part of the Parsons asylum
for epileptics. The group of cottages
for female epileptics will be COM
pleted at Parsons by September 1.
Then, all the female epileptics in the
two big insane asylums will be trans
ferred there.
Authority on Apples. According to
the Kansas Farmer, which is the best
authority in the west, the Kansas ap-
pie crop this year will be above the
average in quantity and quality. Reno
county alone will ship out from 300 to
400 cars of apples. The varieties
mostly grown are Ben Davis, Winesap
and Missouri Pippin. There are doz-
ems of fruit men who will have from
1000 to 5000, and one or more will
have $4,000 or 10000 bushels to take
care of. This will mean lots of work,
but with a good profit to pay for the
work and the worry.
Big Real Estate DeaI.-One of the
largest real estate sales in the history
of Chase county was made when E.
F. Holmes of Wichita sold his ranch
of 5000 acres east of Clements, Ks, to
David Wood of Fox Creek for $40,-
900. This is the ranch which used to
belong to Ed. Holmes ST., with several
sections of pasture land added. There
are about 100 acres of alfalfa and 200
acres of corn land in the bottom and
the rest is as good pasture land as
there is in Chase county. Mr.. Wood
gets possession the first of November,
when he will take personal charge of
the ranch.
Died in Wheat Bin.-Noah Ander-
son, a thresherman, was found dead
in a wheat bin near Wichita. Death
was caused by epilepsy. Anderson
was a stranger, having worked with
the threshing outfit only a few days.
The body was found where he had
laid down to sleep.
Mass Meeting,-It is given out from
the striking machinists' headquarters
at Topeka that Wilson and Buckalew
will meet with Arthur Ireland i'll To-
peka on August 18th and that a mass
meeting will be held there on the
18th.
Thrown from Horse.-At Winfield
Miss Carrie Hiatt was thrown from
her and severely injured, having dis
located the fingers of the right hand,
broken both bones of her right arm
above the wrist, broken her nose and
lacerated the tissues if the chin from
the bone.
Ate Monkey Meat.-M. G. Leonard,
a Topeka boy now solditring in the
Philippines, writes that during a re-
cent march his company had to live
on fried monkey meat. He says
young monkeys taste like Spring
lamb"
Pumping Grain.-A novel sort OF
grain conveyancer has lately been
put in operation at the Cain mill in
Atchison. The grain is pumped like
water from the elevator on the rail-
road tracks over two blocks to the
mill through iron pipes laid under
ground.
Gasoline Explosion. At Topeka
Mrs. E. A. Jones, aged 60, wife of the
superintendent of the Kansas Dairy
exhibit at the st. Louis exposition,
was burned to death at her home in
the western part of the city by ex-
plosion of gasoline stove.
Fractured SkuII.-At Leavenworth
Muffet Wise, a young farmer from
Emmett, Wyandotte county, was seri-
ously injured. Wise was hit in the
head with blunt instrument of some
sort and his skull fractured. The po-
lice closed the place and arrested all
witnesses. The chief of police had
him taken to the Leavenworth hospi-
tai, where the skull was trepanned
Civil Service.-A civil service exam
ination will be held September and
for the position at librarian of the