Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-29

bond at Troy and secured papers for
the attachment of 10000 bushels of
wheat stored in the Harroun elevat-
or at Eelwood which was attached
by Kansas City bank a few days ago.
The sheriff had charge of the elevat,
or and was made party to the suit,
which made 1t necessary for R. S.
Dinsmore, county coroner, to serve
the papers.
College studepts Robbed.-E. H
Pugh of Salina and George Porter OF
independence, students at the State
Agricultural college, were held up
and robbed by two masked men. The
highwaymen took SIS and to gold
watches. They overlooked $50 in
bills which was in Porter's vest peck
ct. Another student who was on his
way there was a victim of confidence
men on the train. 1t is reported that
sthe student agve $3.50 for a bogus
800 check.
Indian Deserters.-Three Indians
from Haskell Institute at Lawrence
were gathered in by Deputy Sheriff Pa
vey at the Santa Fee depot at Topeka
and turned over to the police. They
were runaways from Haskell and had
started out to walk back to New Mex
leo, where they were raised. They
landed In Haskell only short time
ago, and in their short stay at school
they had found little to like and
great deal to detest. So they were go
ing home.
Completes its Case.-In the case Oh
Kansas against Colorado, for the right
to the waters Of the Arkansas river,
Kansas will complete its case this
week. The commission resumes the
hearing of the case at Garden City,
Kansas, this week. On October l..
Colorado will begin the introduction
of testimony. Congressman Reeder, of
Kansas, will be one of the witnesses
for Colorado.
Mcpherson After OLA contract
was signed with Close & Ward Of In
dependence for the boring of an oil
well at Mcpherson. The contract
calls for a we'll 1000 feet deep, with
an agreement to go another 1000 feet
in case the ocean granite is not reach
ed before that time. The machinery
for the well will be shipped at once
and work will begin at once.
Stock Train DItched.-The engine
and nineteen cars of the northbound
Missouri Pacific stock train were
ditched near Stilwell. Most of the
stock was killed. Randall Branson,
of Osawatomie, brakeman, was in
jured by jumping. The Missouri Pa
cific trains are using the st. Louis
& San Francisco tracks between Kan
sas City and Paola.
Sink Seven WeIls.-The Winfield
Commercial Club has called a meet
ing with gas well drillers of Chanute
who have submitted a proposition to
bore seven wells here and sell the
product, If there is any. to Winfield
for seventy and a half cents a thous-
and feet.
Drew Good CIaim.-Frank Garst
was the only person from McPher-
son who registered at the DEVILS Lake
reservation lottery and drew a good
claim. He was over the land thor
all of the very best and there is not
poor claim in the lot.
Carnival FootbaII.-Football enthu-
siasts will be interested to learn that
the first game of the season to
be played in Wichita will take place
on the Fairmount field, September %,
football day, of the fall carnival. The
game will be played between the Chi
locco Indians and the Paramount team
and it promises to be a fast game.
Golden Wedding.-Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Coryell, of Fort Scott, celebrated
their golden wedding. They had on
the same clothes they wore at the
wedding fifty years ago.
General Prosperity.-Over $900,00J
is deposited in the three banks at
Wellington. And the peach crop fail.
ed, too.
Prison Irvine Plant.-Warden Jew.
EFT turned in $4,000 to the state
treasury as proceeds from the Irvine
plant. He will have some more mon.
ey to turn back later on. The pris
on Irvine plant made in the neighbor
hood of $4,000 profit this season, be
sides furnishing Irvine to the farmers
cheap. The plant is now making
Irvine to bind corn fodder.
Make Test case.-The Goings chill
dren at Topeka didn't go to school but
were kept at home. despite the truan
cy laws, by their father, who says that
! he will make test case.
Southern. Mutual Reinstated.-The
Southern Mutual Investment company
of Lexington, KY, whose right to dc
business in Kansas as a foreign cor
poration was forfeited by the charter
board through an apparent contradic
ton in the law regarding the filing o.
annual reports, has been reinstatet
and is now in good standing in the
state. Before reinstating the com.
pany the board satisfied itself tha
the company was in good financia
standing.
Laying Pavement-Hutchins i.
having her first pavement put down
Fatal FaII-John Henze, a Nor
witch farmer, died in the st. Franci!
hospital at Wichita as the result O
fall from a load of hay. Henze wa.
: partially unconscious from the time h,
was brought to the hospital but 1
was gathered from his disconnected
story of the accident that he had fall
en- and injured his spine. He has NJ
relatives in this country, so far al
known.
Many Divorces.-Seventeen divorc,
case are on the docket for the October
term of court in Lyon county.
Men Treated WeIl-The Great Yves
tern Manufacturing company, of Leav
enworth, caused great joy among it
mechanics by giving them two weeks