Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-06-16
KANSAS COMMENT.

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of the city of Newton. The rise of the
creek was caused by cloudburst.
About 600 persons were rendered home
less.
SERVED Two TEHMs.-John Ready, "a
Winfield negro. who was released from
the penitentiary last February after
serving his second term, is now in Jail
for assaulting a 9 year old colored
girl.
TRACK WASHED OUr.-The lola cleo
trio railroad has n quarter mile of
track submerged leading from the
river and four miles east OF the city
small ravine has washed out about two
hundred feet of track.
BULLET THROUGH BRAIN. - Albert
Dalai, Norcatur man, was shot in
the head, the bullet going straight
through the brain, but he is on fair
way to recovery. He is now able to sit
up to the table and eat his meals.
SEVEN COUNTIES REPREsENTED.-The
Saline county normal institute opened
at Salina with 10 enrolled. Besides
Saline, Mitchell, Republic, Phillips,
Lincoln. Mcpherson and Ottawa coun-
ties are represented in the enrolment.
KANSAS SALT.-Within the past
fourteen years almost $40, 600, 900 worth
of salt has been mined in Kansas.
There are ten companies operating in
the state. Seven produce evaporated
salt, and the other three mine rock
salt. The vein of salt is about 200 feet
thick, and there is no telling how large
an area it covers. 1t has been tapped
at Ellsworth, Lyons, Hutchinson and
Kingman. 1t probably extends over
good portion of Central Kansas.
REVOKED CERTIFICATE. - The state
charter board has revoked the certifi
cate of authority of the Southern In
vestment company of Lexington, KY,
to do business in Kansas. The legal
reason for revolving it is that the COM
pany failed to make report to the
SECRETARY of state as required by law.
The real reason is that the company
is doing a bond business of which the
state officials do not approve, and
which they have not allowed other
companies to do.
Loss OF SToCK.-The Rev. Mr.. Fitch
of Wichita, reports twenty head of cat
tic killed by single stroke of light
ming on his pasture southeast of Flor
ence. Arthur Ice, living northeast of
Florence, on French Creek, lost hogs
and cattle and other stock, and with
his family of twelve were foated down.
stream in his house, which lodged in
some trees. The Fisher brothers and
were heavy losers of hogs and crops
The Stonestreet family, reported lost,
were later located and rescued in
boats.
OIL FIELDS Recommendations and
vicinity never had such flood before.
Both rivers left their banks and over
flowed nearby oil wells, while other
oil wells could not be reached. All
the wheat fields between the rivers
were under water. Some families who
remained too long in the bottoms were
brought in by rescuing parties. Pre-
caution had been taken to save stock
by taking all animals to the highlands.
Neodesha was without mails for few
days. The older citizens say that the
flood has been equal to that of 1895,
which is the highest known. Fall
river and the Verdigris united south of
town making a sheet of water two
miles wide.
A POPULAR STUDENT.-Ralph Waldo
Ellis, of Pratt, Kansas, present edi-
tor of the Kansas University Weekly,
is perhaps the most popular man in
the senior class. He has completed
the course in three years and during
the meantime has found time to play
football and engage in newspaper
work. Mr.. Ellis played end and SUBJ
stitute half back in 1902.
PRESENT TO LIBRARY.-Mr. and Mrs
W. Y. Morgan have presented 500 to
Hutchinson's public library which has
been invested in the purchase of books
HoLToN YoUTH.-Sidney S. Lins-
colt, president of the senior law class
of Kansas University, is a resident of
Holtou. He has held several offices in
his class and has always been consid-
cred one of the leaders in the law
school. He is graduate of Shattuck
Military school, Faribault, Mimi, and
member of the Phi Kappa Psi fra
ternity.
CorToNwooD RIvER.-After the cloud
burst in the country west of Strong
City, that river covered the valley
from bluff to bluff for miles.
RIVER ENTERS SToREs.-At the high
est of the flood at Burlington the Ne
osho river rose sixteen inches higher
than ever before and entered some of
the stores on Neosho street. More
than mile of Santa Fe track was out
and no trains came in for days. The
waterworlSs pumping station was flood
ed. Much damage has resulted to
growing crops.
SECOND FLooD.-For the second time
this year the lower district of lola was
flooded and hundreds of families driven
from their homes.
KANSAS WEATHER. Snow, of
Kansas University, has kept weather
recods for thirty years or more, and
these records show that May of this
year was normal, as compared with
the past years. The rainfall ut Law.
renee during May, 1904, was 7.s5 inch.
es, and the mean temperature was
e2.a2 degrees.
Gov. MoRRILL's FLAe.-In ex.Gov.