Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-03-17

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Associate Justice-W. R. Smith.
Associate Justice-Clark A. Smith.
Wheatley, ]. w. Robson, A. D. Wal
ker.
WILL TAKE $1,000, OOO,-George W..
Kanavel, member of the board of char
tiles, says that the Parsons asylum,
modern asylum in the United States.
Already about $500, 900 has been ex-
pended in its construction. Mr.. Kan
avel says that it will take 81, 900, 900 to
complete the institution as planned,
but that the work can be spread over
several years. Phe plan includes Sc
buildings.
TKUAyCY LAw.-Farmers of Lyon
county are waging war on the truancy
law. They have been in the habit of
taking their boys out of school March
1 to go to work, and the truancy officer
is using the law to break the habit.
The county superintendent says only
the legislature can grant them permits
sion to take their children out of
school.
COMMISSIONER RoBIsoN.-The stock
men of the state are especially pleased
over the nomination of j. w. Robson,
of Butler county, as railroad commits
sioner. he is big shipper and one of
the largest and most influential farm
ers in the state. He was a state sena-
tor in Illinois many years ago.
SUDDEN DEATH.-When Captain A.
A. Lee, of Harper, went to his business
the other day he left his wife at home
in health and cheerfulness. When he
returned for dinner he found her dead
on couch, and pinned on the bosom
of her dress was a note saying: Il
have great pain in my heart"
FIRE ExTINGUIsHERs.-E floor of
the Santa Fe general office building
has been equipped with extinguishers
to be used in the case of fire. A thor
Ough test was given them and they
were found to be perfectly satisfactory.
WAS A BRAKEMAN.-D. E. Thomp-
son, of Lincoln, Neb., who has been
appointed minister to Brazil, was for
merly brakeman on the Burlington
and ran into Atchison.
He WAS THE FIRsT.-S. NJ. Cook, for
seven years principal of the county
high school of Dickinson county, is
dead. A memorial service was held by
the school. A feature of the schools
exhibit at st. Louis will be large
portrait of Mr.. Cook labeled, 1.-The
first principal of the first county high
school in the world"
SEVERAL New THINGs.-Cottonwo
Falls has new auditorium, modern
high school. new dam, electric lights.
electric cars and store with a cash
carrier system.
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD.-G. P. Barry
and Carrie NJ. Grobe, who claim to be
representatives of a jewelry company
of Wichita, Kans., were arraigned in
the police court at Alexandria, Va. on
the charge of conducting fraudulent
business.
RURAL ROUTE MAL.-C. L. Clayton,
the rural route carrier who installed a
motor cycle on his route in Sumner
county, has made the trip of twenty.
five miles, including thirty-five stops
in two hours and twenty-three min.
utes.
WICHITA STOCK YARDs.-The weigh
books there show that 40 carloads OF
hogs received and hogs sold there to
the number of 34.S69. Nearly all OF
them were used by the local packers.
Besides these were 1900 delivered by
wagons from hog raisers around WITCH
tia. During January there were as
sos hogs received. The shipments
from Wichita during February was
only 2,100 hogs, the rest having all
been slaughtered there. The cattle
receipts were lighter than in February,
1908, the number received being 2,445.
CArTLEMEN TO MEET.-At meeting
held at Dodge City by the cattlemen
in the interest of establishing an in
dependent packing company in Kansas
City. it was decided to call convention
to meet in Dodge City Thursday, March
81, which the cattlemen from twenty
seven counties in Southwest Kansas
will be invited to attend A committee
of five was appointed, consisting of C.
NJ. Beeson. II. B. Bell, ]. Fl. Churchill,
G. NJ. Hoover and R. NJ. Wright. This
committee will have charge of the ar.
rangements for the convention.
SEEKING PATRoNAaE.-Stockm in
Geary and neighboring counties have
already commenced looking for pas.
ture for their cattle. The supply OF
pasture land in that part Of the state
is becoming very limited. Last season
the supply was not nearly equal to the
demand and this year it will be less So
THE Transfers STRIKE.-Kansa.
City, Kas-. is having its share Of
troubles over the truckmen's strike.
driver was stoned so as to be hurt Sc
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