Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-02-18

removing VI Va OOobi uCtAOhs
the piles and debris of the old bridges
and compelling the building of new
bridges with only two piers in the
river. An important feature of the re-
port is the question raised by the en-
gineers whether these duties are with
in the province of the state or the gen
eral government
VOTED AGAINST MMEAGE.-All of
the members of the Kansas delegation
in congress voted against the propo-
sition to give members of the house
double mileage. 1t was proposed to
give them mileage for both the extra
and regular sessions of congress, al
! though there was no distinction be-
tween them, and none of the members
were entitled to it.
GRAND LODGE FILES SUIT-The Kan
sas grand lodge of Odd Fellows filed
suit in the district court at Ottawa
against Trortman & Stone, of Topeka,
and n. T. Slime, of Ottawa, admins
traitor of the estate of V. De Boissiere
Judgment is asked for SAT 900 for money
advanced by the Odd Fellows at the
time the property was decided to the
grand lodge trustees.
.OsTEoPATHs RECoGNIZED.-The state
board of medical registration and ex-
animation has claimed that the osteo-
pathic colleges were not regular
but DR.. C. E. Hulett, of Topeka, presi-
| dent of the Kansas Association of Os-
teopaths, made talk which convinced
the board that the colleges are entitled
/ to recognition. Licenses to osteopaths
will issue therefore.
Cooks HIS FEED.-John Pilllington
is feeding 700 cattle at his farm east of
Waverly, Coffey county. He cooks all
the corn he feeds them and they are
| gaining as rapidly as steers could do.
He has them on full feed and will feed
them until about the first of April.
His cattle are two and three years old
possible for them to be.
MONEY TO COME TO KANsAs.-The
house committee on Indian affairs has
agreed to insert in the appropriation
bill a provision of $50, 900 for hospital
at Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kas.,
and SIS, 900 for a cottage to be construct
ed at the Kickapoo school in Brown
county, Kas.
HOMES AND LAwNs.-The scope OF
the Sedgwick County Horticultural so,
ciety will be extended so that it will
include not only the fostering of the
| fruit raising industry as one of its OBJ
jects, but also the identifying of homes
and lawns in town and country.
LINCOLN DAY.-The day was gen.
orally observed in Topeka. The streets
were decorated with bunting and many
of the business houses closed in the
afternoon. big meeting was held at
the auditorium in the evening.
SMELLING WORKS BURNED.-One OF
the nine zinc smelling works at lola OF
the Cherokee Lanyon company is de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000. The
plant had a capacity of forty tons a
day and employed 200 men.
JURY SECURED.-After nine days the
district court of Norton county secured
jury for the Dewey trials and the
taking of testimony commenced. AL
the jurors are. farmers.
ATLANTA COMING oN.-This town, or
the Frisco road in the north part Of
Cowley county is booming" some. Il
now has a telephone line and a news
paper.
SYNDICATE BANKs.-It is published
at Wellington that syndicate is ac
quiring a large number of Southern
Kansas banks.
THIS IS UNUsUAL.-The Wellington
schools are said to have an equal mum
Der of boys and girls as students; 16;
of each.
WOULD TRAP THEM-Simon Steen
trapper of fifty years experience re
siding at Spruce, Pa, wants to com,
to Kansas with his traps and catcl
prairie dogs at cent apiece. He ha'
communicated with the state board o
agriculture. His letter has been for
warded to the prairie dog expert at tn,
state agricultural college.
PASTOR REsIGNs.-Dr. Moffet, pasto
of the United Presbyterian church a
Arkansas City, has resigned because o
i'll health. He held the position TO
eight years.
A PRAIRIE FIRE.-A large quantit,
of hay and 800 acres of farm land
with some orchard trees, were burned
by prairie fire in in the vicinity o
Medora, Reno county. A Frisco en-
engine started the fire and the higl
wind kept it going for several hour
before the farmers could stop it.
For SOUTHWEST KANSAS COLLEGE
Representative Campbell is trying t,
induce the secretary of war to detail
an army officer to the Southwest Kan
sas college at Winfield as professor il
military tactics.
WAsHBURN is 39.-Washburn colleg
celebrated its thirty-ninth anniversar.
Feb. S. President Plass delivered al
address at the chapel and appropriate
services were held during the day. A
night the faculty and students gave
reception to the friends of the college
Az cDannyr- I'm :.
furniture and undertaking establish
ment and the Brown Sisters millinery
srore are burned. Garrigue's loss wa
81, 800 and his insurance $500. Brown
Sisters loss was s7o0. Their insuranc,
was S400.