Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-06-23


Kansas, the apple crop over the state
this year will not be anything like
what was expected in the spring. In
Usage county the trees bloomed ont
well in the spring and the orchard
owners expected an unusually large
crop. Lately the apples have been
falling off and drying up and the apple
men say the crop is practically
ruined. Mr.. Wellhouse places his cs-
innate on his Leavenworth county or
chards at about so per cent of q full
crop and says that this estimate is
high.
SAND-LDtE BEIcK.--A company has
just been organized in Topeka to man
nfacture brick from 'Kaw river sand
and common building lime, to be called
the Topeka Sand-Lime Brick company.
Over fifty factories are now in opera
ton in the United States and Canada
A plant of 10000 daily capacity is be-
ing erected at Wichita and will be
ready to commence operations Aug
ust 1.
VALUABLE TO CROPS. county
reports heavy rain of great value to
crops. Most of the farmers had re-
planted their corn and the ground was
very hard. During this last storm
James Whalen's house was struck by
lightning and Mr.. and Mrs. Whalen
were unconscious for several hours
FRUIT MEN DIsAGREE-W. Fl. Barnes,
secretary of The State Horticultural
society, does not agree with Fred Well
house about the prospect for an apple
crop. Mr.. Barnes says the crop will
be fair but that most of the fruit will
come from the orchards in the central
and western part of the state.
STARTED LAST FALI.-Two Lyon
county boys, Wevinines and LOREN
Pearson started last fall in row boat
for the Worlds fair; letters from the
boys state that they have just arrived
there. They went by the way of the
Neosho river; the Arkansas to its
mouth.
ARKANSAS RIVER RAMPANT.-The
Arkansas river rose two feet and four
inches at Hutchinson, bringing the
guage two feet higher than last year.
The lower part of the town and lands
across the river were covered with
water.
FALL RIVER HIGH.-At Fredonia
Fall river overlooked it's banks At
New Albany the river rose ten inches
above high water mark. Three Frisco
trains were water bound at New Al
bany.
FORD COUNTY WHEAT.-Wheat which
was sowed on ploughed ground is in
furnishing condition, and will fully
equal the crop of last year. Harvest
will begin about July 4.
CROP DEsTRUcTIoN.-The destruction
of crops in the Cottonwood valley is
said to be rs complete as it was in the
Raw valley last year, but no sand was
left on the farms.
SUPPLY HOUSE RoBBED.-At Flor
ence the A. II. Cummings photograph
and supply house was entered by bur-
glars, who carried away 500 worth of
supplies.
CHANGE OF STEwARD.-A. G. Jones
has resigned the office oil steward of
the Topeka reform school. He has
been succeeded by c. c. Wightman, of
Ottawa
COURT HOUSE SrRUCK.-During an
electrical storm at Ellsworth lightning
struck the court house but caused little
damage.
THREE INCHES IN Ten Hours. This
is record made at Cherryvale. Wheat
harvest will be delayed week
CEDAR CREEK HIGn-At Florence
Cedar Creek became higher than ever
known before.
SOFT WHEAT HARvEsTED.-In Sede-
finished.
STRAWBERRY SHIPMENT. F. w.
Dixon, an extensive fruit grower of
Holton, shipped carload of straw
berries for Minneapolis, Mimi. The
fruit was gathered on the day of ship
ment by 200 picllers and placed in a
Rock Island refrigerator car. In the
shipment were $50 crates of twenty
four quarts each.
MILLER RANCH SoID.-The Miller
ranch in Barber county, 1880 acres,
has just been sold for $4,000. John
Kiefner, of Garden Plain, was the
buyer and T. L. Lindley the seller.
STATE ENcAMPMENT.-The military |
board of the Kansas national guard |
has decided not to hold the state en-
campment this year either at Fort |
Riley or Fort Leaveuworth. When |
the guard holds its encampment some
where else the boys have to lay out the
camp and pitch their own tents. This
is considered a good thing for them.
No DANGER Now.-The Arkansas
river is not ut the danger point at Ar
kansas City. The factories at the foot |
of the canal, including the electric
light plant, were shut down.
WILL RENT FOR s., O0O.-The board
of directors of the Kansas Children's
Home society has undertaken to build
a $50, 900 business block in Topeka, to
be known as the Children's Home So
ciety headquarters building. The
was endorsed by the So
ciety year ago. Such building is
expected to bring a rental of $4,000 a
year besides furnishing rooms for the
society.
BONDS FOR INrERURBAN.-Arlsan
City has voted $1,000 in bonds for the