Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-12

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tract with the Santa Fe railroad to
furnish rock ballast for the Southern
Kansas line from Ottawa to Cherry
vale. The track will be regarded the
the grading has been let. A new
double tracked bridge will be built
across the Marias des Cygnes at Ottawa
and similar one will be built across
the Neosho at Chanute. More than
100 men are employed at the crusher
and cottages have been erected for the
employees to live in. A large dining
room and company store have also
been erected. 1t is estimated that it
will require three years for Lantry
Bros. to finish the contract.
JEwErr IN CoNTEMPT.-Warden jew
EFT, of the state penitentiary has put
himself in contempt of the Franklin
county district court and is liable to
be arrested in a few days. Judge
Sheldon, of the district court at Ottawa
asked Jewett to send back a prisoner
named Howard for further proceed
ings. The warden declined to do so.
Then the judge issued an order com
polling him to produce the prisoner in
court. After a consultation with the
attorney general Jewett notified the
judge that he would not obey the order.
When he is arrested he will apply to
the supreme court on writ of habeas
corpus, and quick decision on the
point will be had.
WANTS 100000 BUsHELs.-The am
bition of Fred Wellhouse, the apple
king, is to raise a crop of 100, 900 BUSH
els of apples on his Kansas orchards.
The record Wellhouse crop is $4,000
bushels, but this year Mr.. Wellhouse
hopes to have a crop of over 100000
bushels. 1.-The prospects for the Kan
sas fruit crop this year are better than
ever before since L have been in the
fruit growing business said Mr.. Well
house. mo other season ever started
in as favorably as the season of 1904"
WAS Nor BAD MoNEY.-O. A Olson,
clerk of the district court of Rawlins
county, says that the money which
was put up as cash bond for the APP
pearance of Ed Kelly, the man who is
charged with attempting to blow open
the safe in the county treasurer's Office,
is good money and not counterfeit.
He also states that the case against
Kelly has been continued until the
November term of the Rawlins county
court.
SsOO,O CEMENT PLANT.-Arrange-
ments have been perfected whereby
Neodesha is to get an $500, 900 cement
plant. 1t will be built out by Little
Bear Mount and will employ $50 to 200
men. The output will be 1880 bar
rels of cement per day.
ONLY ONE BAD.-Kansas has more
than l 200 rural route agents. Nearly
all of them are farmers. OF this num-
Der only one has ever been arrested for
tampering with the mail.
KINGMAN WATERwoRKs.- a spec
ial election Kingman gave large
majority for the proposition to issue
SIS, 900 city bonds for the construction
of a waterworks system.
R. R. YARD EXTENs1oN.-Con is
let for the construction of 1000 feet of
track for the extension of the Santa
Fe yards at Newton at cost of nearly
$4,000.
RAIL Mill. RESUMES. The big Santa
Fe rail mill at Newton has resumed
work after shut down of several
months. Thirty or forty men are en-
ployed.
SYRACUSE BoY.-Ralph Jones, a
Syracuse boy, has charge of part of the
Filipino scouts at the worlds fair.
SUMNER Boa sTs.-Eighty stalks from
two grains of wheat is the boast of a
Sumner county farmer.
BUYS AN AUTo.-AIlady physician of
Hill City has purchased an automobile
A MARYsvILIE BoY.-Fred Bates, a
Marysville boy, now has charge of all
sugar imported into the United States
and checks up all duties in that COM
modify. His town paper says of him:
Fred Bates is a Marysville boy of
whom the whole town is proud. What
he is he has made himself. His fnan-
cial backing was limited and it was a
case of push and integrity which
placed him in the position he now
holds. All during his school life he
was the most studious pupil in his
class.
BRIDGE Co. LosEs-A new bridge
had just been set in Lyon county over
the Cottonwood when a freshet came
along, lifted it off the supporters and
laid it in the bottom of the creek. The
bridge company will have to stand the
loss.
GEN. FREIGHT AeENT.-Mr. ]. Kontz
has been appointed general freight
agent of the Santa Fe system with
headquarters at Topeka. This an
nouncement is confirmed by Chicago
dispatch. Mr.. Kontz succeeds Mr..
Norman.
TAKES TWELVE CLERKs.-C W.
Kouns, general superintendent OF
transportation of the Santa Fe, has
moved his department to Chicago, talk.
ing along about twelve clerks. The
move is made in order to bring his de.
partment in closer touch with the ex.
ecutive department of the road
ELEVATOR FIRE.-The grain eleva.
tor at Junction City owned by Thomas
Dixon burned and about 600 bushels OF
grain was destroyed. The loss is &c..
900. The building was insured TO,
$4,000.