Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-07-21

| Union Pacific wcrS train, went four
miles west of town and with picks
and shovels dug a ditch three feet
wide and seventy-fve feet long
through the railroad embankment
This was done to allow the stored
/ flood water to escape to the river in
stead of running through town. The
mob" then returned quietly to their
homes. Another expedition was made
| in similar manner against the Santa
Fe tracks east of town. A gang of
section men were working there, but
they made no opposition to the tear
ing out of a section of the embank-
ment.
No Payment on Taxes.-1t has
| been discovered by the state audi
tors books. that seven counties are
not credited with having made any
payments on their 1903 state taxes.
| These counties are Bourbon, Geary,
i Smith. The law states that remit
lance must be made in January and
| July, but these counties made none
! last January. The county treasurer
of Lyon county says he RENTED 10
! per cent of Lyon countys state taxes
in January, but it does not show on
| the auditors books. The state ac-
countant is investigating the mat
/ ter.
Kaw Valley Potatoes Ruined-The
i Kaw valley potato crop will be al
most a complete loss. Most of the
potatoes not destroyed by the flood
are rotting in the ground as a re-
| suit of the heavy rains and the eX-
tremely hot weather of the past few
days. Many farmers, in hopes of
realizing something, have been dig
! ging during the past few days. The
markets have been flooded, and po-
tatoes are now selling for so cents
a bushel.
13 Years County Commissioner-B.
! F. Hoskinson, for thirteen years a
member of the board of county COM
I missioners, of Douglas county, re-
signed on account of i'll health, and
the board at once appointed Gus II.
| Bruno to fill the vacancy.
| Local Market Glutted.-The crop of
/ early apples, peaches and plums in
! the vicinity of Sterling is very large
and the market is glutted. 1t is es-
| timated that thousands of bushels of
these fruits will go to waste unless
| handled quickly.
Should Use 1t In coops.-A Butler
! county poultry raiser followed the adj
vice of a farm journal which told
him kerosene would kill vermin on
poultry 1t did so and incidentally
killed seventy-two turkeys at the
same time.
Mail Clerks Plant Wheat.-Six mail
clerks on the central branch of the
| Missouri Pacific have formed a pool
and will rent GOO acres of wheat land
| near the western end of the road in
western Kansas, aDd plant it in wheat
this fall.
Grasshoppers in kansas.-GraSs-
hoppers are doing much damage to
crops in Kearney and adjoining cOun-
{ ties. The cantaloupes and sugar
beet fields are damaged most, but
the alfalfa seed crop will likewise be
| damaged.
Honored Requisition. - Governor
Bailey has honored a requisition is
sued by the governor of Nebraska
for the return of Page ]. Bowman and
John J. Oliver, wanted at Hastings,
Neb., for obtaining money under false
pretenses.
prospecting company at Ottawa
touched off it's first gas well with al
most the entire town present to
view the sight. The well shot a
blaze more than forty feet into the
air.
Firemen's Tournament.-At the
meeting of the executive board of the
State Firemen's association, at Man
haitian, that town was selected as
the place for holding the state tourna-
ment, September 81 to 20 inclusive.
Hold Convention.-The interstate
miners convention held a meeting in
Pittsburg, Kansas, for the purpose
of making a new mining scale.
New Volume out-The sixty
seventh volume of Kansas Su-
preme court reports has been
delivered to the state librarian by
. the state printer. The volume is
interesting, there being a large num-
Der of important opinions printed
therein. The opinion in the Jessie
Morrison case is one of the most i'm
portant.
Just Recovering-The state of Kan
sas is just beginning to recover from
; the severest flood since 1877. In
some instances it even rivaled that
flood.
Poison in Feed Boxes.-Several
horses have died recently at Downs
/ from poisoning, and it has been dis
covered that some one has been
placing poison in the feed boxes.
Downs people are wrought up over
the incident and it will go hard with
the perpetrator of the deed if he is
discovered.
Official Route chosen-Commande
Charles Harris of the Kansas G. A.
R., announces that the Santa Fe has
been chosen as the official route for
Kansas to the G. A. R. national en-
campment at Boston next month.
Summary BY Counties.-The State
Board of. Agriculture has issued and
published a summary by counties of
the wheat and harvesting conditions
in Kansas as they existed July
Of course, since the issuance of this
Kansas has been visited by flood
| hence the variation of conditions.
Forging check-Russell Clutts was
| arrested at Wichita on state war
rant, charging him with forging
check and afterwards passing it. He
is said to have passed several of the
checks in payment for small articles,
receiving the balance in change.
Cut His Throat-Joe Senator, who