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

sters is to be held at Liberal soon.
SANTA FE IMPRovEMENTs.-The
Santa Fe company will spend 5000, 600
in improvements at Newton this year.
FoB PLANTS AND GRAss.-The ceme-
terry at Florence has had fine well
put down, with tank and windmill
Rock SALT SOUVENIR. King
man the Kansas City wholesalers re-
ported crops in fine shape. The visit
ors were each given rock salt watch
charm.
BoxMAKERs STRIKE.-At least they
threaten to strike The two box fac
tories at Armourdale work nearly 200
men. Their particular grievance is
that their union is not recognized.
WHEAT A YARD HIeH.-At Pretty
Prairie ]. NJ. Bush gave the Kansas
City excursionists samples of growing
wheat three feet tall and samples of
bluegrass that beat old Kentucky.
JUDGE ApPoINTED.-Gover Bailey
has appointed R. L. King, county at
torney of Marion county, judge of the
Eighth judicial district to succeed j.
T. Diclzerson who was appointed a fed
eral Judge in Indian Territory.
A CURIOUS SToRY-A Parsons man
was married in February, 1903. Three
DAYS later his wife told him that she
had some business to attend to in
neighboring town. Since then the
husband has never learned where she
is.
MANHATTAN PARKs.-A mass meet
ing was held at Manhattan for the
purpose of effecting an organization
for civic improvement. The hills sur
rounding Manhattan will be converted
into parks and groves.
In P1TTsBURe DIsTRIcT.-The Pitts
burg coal district is entirely free from
any labor disturbances. Every coal
shaft in the district has been unionized
and every operator is paying the union
scale and complying with union regu-
iations in the operation of his shafts.
The best of feeling prevails between
miners and operators and while the
mines are working pretty slack on ac-
count of market conditions being un-
favorable, the outlook for the future
is bright.
GARNETT's GAS WELLs.-It is devel-
oping that Garnett has one of the
strongest gas wells in that part of the
O,1 hot
with the two wells now complete Gar
nett has enough gas to supply all needs
till cold weather, and, with a third
well of the same volume, the city will
be well taken care of. In testing the
well heavy water-soaked oak 2x4 two
feet long, when thrown into the gas
issuing from the well We're thrown
twenty feet in the air, while the roar
of the escaping gas could be heard for
mile. New wells will be sunk at
once.
USING MAILS ILLEG ALLY.-C. H. Luz
ling, superintendent of insurance, has
discovered that the American Plate
Glass company of Kansas City, is at
tempting to do business in Kansas
without license. He has found out
that the company is sending out letters
over the state in which it says it does
not come under the Kansas laws and
that the question was tested in the
courts by Attorney General Boyle.
Mr.. Luling says that this is not true
and he has taken up the action of the
company with the federal authorities,
believing the company is using the
mails illegally.
UNIONS PROTEST. Fourteen members
of the Trades and Labor council at
Leavenworth went before the board OF
directors of the state prison at Ian
sing and protested against the en-
ployment of fifty convicts at manufac
turing overalls. The board was power
less to take any action on the matter
as they have already signed six years
contract with the firm who will use
the convict labor.
A. n. T. A-The -Horsethiet
association of Halstead is increasing
in numbers.
COLLISION IN Foe.-A dense fog a.
lola resulted in an accident on the
electric road which caused the deatf
of William Coleman, motorman. A
work train and a passenger car me
head-on and partly telescoped. Cole
mans legs were badly crushed.
SANTA FE WREcK.-The Santa F,
limited, westbound, had a wreck il
the Dodge City yards, caused by jump
ing the rails and breaking a journal
A delay of several hours was caused
No injuries are reported. The ca
wrecked was the diner
FARRIERs GRADUATE,-A hundred
members of the training school TO
farriers and horseshoers who have jus
completed their course, were presented
with certificates of proficiency at For
!, Riley by Brig. Gen. Francis Moore
commandant of the school of applica
ton. The members of the class repre-
sent every military post in the service
CHERBYvALE Nor BEHIND.-Cherry
vale is rapidly coming to the front a
an oil field, several good oilers havin,
been brought in recently. Not DIR,
hole has been bored as yet.
FAMILY DRowNED.-In the Chikas
kia river, at a point between Milan
and Argonia, James Hanlon's wife an,
three children were drowned, Will
Mr.. Hanlon and one boy were save,
from the same fate. They were OIL
their way from church and at the for,
which they had crossed safely in go
ing the water had risen and thei