Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-07-28
KANSAS COMMENT
KANSAS

Reno County convention.-The call
has been made for the democratic
county convention and the primaries.
The convention will be held at Hutch
inson on Tuesday, July &c.
Grinding New Wheat.-A milling
company at Atchison began grinding
new wheat after it had been threshed
only one day. The wheat had been
cut only a few days when it was
threshed. Millers here are in great
need of wheat with which to make
flour, as last years crop is almost
exhausted and there is little thresh-
ing.
Corn Promises Good-Superintend
ant Russell, of the Missouri Pacific,
after returning from a tour of North
ern Kansas in a special train, reports
crops as follows: Atchison to Blue
Rapids, indications for 80 per cent of
full corn crop; Blue Rapids to Stock
ton, in Northwestern Kansas, 80 to
100 per cent of full crop. In several
places he found corn eight feet tall.
Leg Cut Off.-Ralph Starr, the 10
year-old son of Henry Starr, living
in the south part of Dickinson coun-
ty, while cutting oats stepped in front
of the mower and his leg was cut of
above the ankle The wound was of
such serious nature that the leg had
to be amputated about midway be-
tween the ankle and the knee. The
boy is suffering intensely, but it is
thought his condition is not danger
GUS.
First Step Taken.-The joint con-
ference of scale committees at Pitts
burg, of miners and operators, took
the first step toward reaching an
agreement, when it was agreed to
leave certain questions under consid-
Grafton to a subcommittee, composed
of three miners and three operators
This committee took up disputed
points, and will refer to the main
miners body certain points for a
vote.
Around Conway Springs.-A report
from Conway Springs declares it diff
hcult to make a close estimate, but
it is presumed that probably not more
than one-third of the wheat in that
locality remains uncut, and some of
that will probably never be cut, as
much of it is down and it will be i'm
possible to get in some parts of the
fields with a machine in less than a
week, even if it should quit raining
now.
Best In Stack-Millers in the wheat
belt are issuing cards urging the farm
ers to stack their wheat and to re-
frain from threshing it while it is
wet. They claim that wheat blight
ed somewhat from the rains will re-
gain its color and strength in the
stack. This will avoid demoraliza-
ton of prices by throwing damaged
wheat on the market, and in the long
run will net the farmers much
profit.
Hard To Estimate.-The new wheat
that is coming into the market gives
a small idea of the condition of the
crop. The principal damage to the
wheat was done by the floods. Many
good fields were so wet that harvest
ing was delayed a considerable time
and every day meant loss. The con-
tinued wet weather also caused much
of the wheat to sprout in the shock
and this is responsible for a large
part of the loss.
Franchise Granted.-Ottawa has,
after an extended negotiation, granted
a franchise through Main street to
the proposed electric line from Kan
sas City. The franchise is understood
to be satisfactory to the promoters.
The line must be completed from Kan
sas City through Ottawa in eighteen
months or the franchise will be for
feited. Hugh A. Holmes, who is pro-
noting the enterprise, is now at work
securing right of way between Otta-
wa and Wellsville.
New Deal With Tramps.-The town
of Colby, in Thomas county, had a
thousand meal tickets printed and dis
tributed among the women. When
tramps called for handouts" the
women give them a meal ticket signed
by the city marshal. Upon present
ing the ticket to Mr.. Dimmitt the
tramp is given a meal and required
to work two hours on the streets in
payment.
Arm Torn Off-Elmer McGrew's
left arm was torn off in a Touring mill
at Humboldt. 1t was amputated above
the elbow.
Wheat Better Than Last Year.-The
first load of new wheat brought to
Abilene tested 81 pounds, and brought
"A cents a bushel. 1t is considerably
better than the wheat raised on the
same land last year. The outlook
there is for a big yield. The berry
is plump and sweet and will make
good flour.
Immense Artesian FIow.-King
Bros, in putting down a well on
their ranch north of Garden city,
struck flow of water at forty feet
that furnishes three hundred gallons
per minute.
Good Peach Crop.-Reno county will
have some peaches this year in spite
of the fact that there was some pretty
late cold weather. There are a good
many trees to be seen over the coun-
try that will bear a fairly good crop
and some trees in different orchards
that will have an immense yield.
Just In Time Clay county re-
ceived fine rain which came at ex-
actly the right time. Harvest is all
over and the ground had baked so
hard after the heavy rains of two
weeks ago so that wedding corn was
very difficult.
VandaIs Ruin Trees.-Phillips
county authorities are searching for
vandals who have ruined grove of
fine trees belonging to the Rev. ]. E.
Kirkpatrick, of Kirwin. The miscre-
ants entered the grove at night and
cut down seventy of the finest trees
in the grove.