Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-04-14
KANSAS COMMENT.

NeWIOn gave Easter programs.
New ELEVATOR. Haven is to
have new elevator with a capacity
of twenty-four cars of grain per day.
Prominent CIrIzES.-Dr. w. Heath,
died at Peabody after a three weeks
sickness with typhoid. He was one of
the most prominent men of the COM
munity.
700 OIL WEILs.-This is the present
count of the wells at Chanute. While
several big gushers have been brought
In in that district, the production will
average about ten barrels per day per
well. This is almost four times the
average production of Pennsylvania
wells at this time.
OIL IN MIAMI.-Ten oil prospectors
have been looking up the oil prospects
in Miami county and trying to lease
land. Many thousands of acres have
been leased. Besides the gusher struck
few weeks ago, there are several
other wells said to be full of oil. None
of these has as yet been shot.
TaAINs ABANDt NED.-It is announced
that the Missouri Pacific will abandon
the train service from Wichita to Sa-
lima April "a. The freight trains by
way of Salina will also be abandoned
and run over the main line. Salina
will have freight service for the ex-
elusive benefit of local shippers.
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big oil well has been brought in on
the Sample farm just west of Toronto.
1t is the fourth oil well for the Verdi
girls Oil and Gas company and is show
ing up fully as good as the big Sample
well found three weeks ago, which
threw oil above the top of the derrick.
For NEW COUNTY SEAr.-Twenty
years ago the county seat of Potta-
watomie county was removed from
Louisville to Westmoreland. New
railroad plans may cause another re-
moval. The scheme is to get the Mis-
souri, Pacific to build its northern con-
nection to and have it make a town at
Flush Station. This is backed by
many leading catholics of the county,
who will become interested in the
townsite that is to be formed at Flush,
where a $4,000 Catholic church has
lately been erected.
FRIGHTFUL Acknowledging the
parade given at Fort Leavenworth
which was witnessed by about 40 Wis
iting school teachers, frightful ac-
cident occurred which caused the death
of Sergeant James Carroll, of the Six
teenth battery. The battery had stood
on the parade ground in readiness for
more than an hour, and the horses
were restless. When the bugle sound
ed Forward" the horses started off
frantically and in some manner Ser
geant Carroll was thrown under the
wheel of one of the big twelve-ton
guns, killing him. Carroll was serving
as second lieutenant.
THAT OLD CLAIM.-An effort is being
made to have the university of Kansas
push its $40, 900 claim before the court
of claims. This claim grows out of
the destruction of the old Free State
hotel at Lawrence. The hotel orig
inally belonged to the Emigrant Aid
society of Massachusetts,, who some
years ago assigned the claim to the
university. The last congress referred
the matter to the court of claims for
adjudication. Since that time it has
been resting in a pigeon hole in the
court of claims, but the university is
being urged to employ attorneys to
press the matter to trial. Representa-
tive Bowersock is looking into the case.
Four ANNUAL DINNERS. are
four veterans at Beloit who saw active
service in both the Mexican and Civil
wars. They are w. H. Tolley, O. B.
Webb, A. R. Kirby and R. E. Owen.
These old veterans entertain one an
other annually to a big dinner pre-
pared for the occasion, on the date
they received their discharges from
service of the Mexican war.
3NEw MANsARD RooF.-The county
court house at Lalxin, which has fiat
tin roof, is to have a new mansard roof
which adds half story to the building
AGED WoMEN's HoME.-The William
Small Memorial Home for Aged Wo-
men in Leavenworth was dedicated in
the presence of about 1900 people.
There were so many in attendance
that one-third were unable to gain ad-
mittance to the building. Mrs. Will
liam Small, who gave $780, to erect
the home, was not present She is in
i'll health.
JoBBINe PRICE RAIsED.-Three of
the six milling companies in Topeka
have raised the wholesale jobbing price
of flour ten cents per hundred pounds.
SUPPORTED BY Ou4-The Chautau-
qua county poor farm is on the edge of
Peru. In the past the people of the
county were taxed to maintain it.
Now it is a moneymaking institution.
1t gets enough oil in royalties to pay
It's own way and to meet good por-
ton of the expenses of running the
county government.
INITIATE FIFTY.-The Knights of
Pythias lodge of Hiawatha initiated so
new members at a regular meeting;
probably the largest class that ever
joined country lodge in Kansas.
GROWTH OF A CHURCH. to
the records of the Plymouth Congrega-
tional church of Wichita, there have
been nearly 200 additions to the church
during the past two years A $4,000
organ fund has been raised and large
offerings have been given towards
Home Missions and the Church Build
ing society.
AUDITOR TAYLOR DEAD.-John Tay-