Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-01-21

his cattle by the thousands So does
Frank Rockefeller. NJ. C. Campbell,
of Wichita, also has from 1000 to 10000
head of cattle ON his ranch all the
time. There are perhaps 500 men in
Kansas who have more than 1000 cat
tie each.
WANT Boxes Too.-The farmers of
Chautauqua county are beginning to
demand a bonus for oil and gas leases
of their lands. Originally, as in all
new oil and gas territory. only royal
| ty was exacscd, but now. owing to the
advanced development of the district
land owners are getting in addition
/ cash consideration.
| WANT PACKERS LOOKED UP.-At the
meeting of the Improved Stock Breed
ers' association a resolution was passed
| asking President Roosevelt to instruct
| the Attorney General to take steps
toward an investigation of the packers
combine with a view of finding ont
whether the antitrust laws are being
! violated.
! A PROFITABLE WEED.-Rooks county
has sent to market in the past year
! 100, 900 pounds of the roots of the Kan
sas weed called ''Black Susan" 1t
sells for 80 cents a pound. and it grows
in barren places in Western Kansas.
1t is used as remedy for skin dis
eases.
CORNER STONE LAID.-The corner
stone of the high school building that
is being erected at Junction City was
laid by the board of education. The
high school will have a manual train
ing department and is being built at
the cost of sac, 900.
HIT HIM W1rn -Hutchin-
mustache. He attempted to accom-
pany a lady home in the evening and
she baffled him with her wrist purse
that contained few hard silver dol
lars.
ARE GAIBLERs.-Judge Swartz, of
the district conrt. in a decision given
at Wellington, decided that bucket
shops were gambling institutions under
the statutes, and anybody who had
dealings with them did so at his own
risk.
For SANTA FE YARDs.-The Emporia
railroad officials have been notified that
the Santa Fe has made an appropria-
ton of $751; for improvements in the
local yards. This will nearly double
the capacity of the yard there.
STOCK BREEDERS ELECT.-At the
fourteenth annual meeting of the Kan
sas Stock Breeders association o. o.
Wolf, of Ottawa, was elected president
of the association to succeed Mr.. Chas.
E. Sutton, of Russell.
FATALLY SHoT.-Clyde Reynolds was
fatally shot at Arkansas City while
with a charivari party. The bridegroom
shot a number of blank cartridges into
the crowd but one of the cartridges
had ball in it.
STORING CoAL,-The Santa Fe is I'M
loading about 300 cars of coal at Dodge
City. 1t is being put in storage, but
for what definite purpose, if any, is
unknown. The coal is coming from
the east.
Cor SO, stockholders blew open the
safe of the Bank of Colts with dynamite
and secured $4,000. They escaped on a
hand car.
DEATAs IN G. A. Records of the
Grand Army in Kansas show that 275
comrades passed away during 1903.
CLUB Reconsideration have
been laid for the Office and club rooms
of the Topeka railway company.
DIED IN HIS OFFICE.-Geo. Kingsley,
a lawyer of Paola, was found dead by
his law partner in their office.
A 3OO-Foor WELL.-The Missouri Pa
cific well at La Crosse is $50 feet deep
and has $50 feet of water.
MANY MISREPRESENTATION Supt.
Hurley of the Santa Fe asks the town
of Manchester to select another name
for the place. He says owing to the
fact that there are two or three towns
, of that name on the Santa Fe system,
, a change of name would work to the
interest of all concerned.
NONE THIS YEAR.-For the first time
f in many years there is not single
l case of smallpox in the Pittsburg coal
mining district. In the past it has
2 been usual to have from thirty to zoe
cases of small pox in the mining camps
l GROWTH OF A TowN.-During 100;
c Arkansas City has gained three-story
4 wholesale house that covers a quarter
, of a block, a new Touring mill with
L the latest improved machinery of 9
E thousand barrel capacity; new line OF
railway to the south; packing house
with a capacity of 300 hogs and fifty
: cattle per day; many smaller building,
!. and industries, and working CONNER
cial club.
' Down 900 FEET.-The prospect oil
t well at Burlingame is down about 9O(
feet
Y ANOTHER BANK.-Application of A
= H. Moffet, Robert Boyd, John Lindas
( ]. NJ Cummins, A. A. Dorr and others
a to organize the Moffet Brothers Ma
0 tional Bank of Larned with SIS, OO(
e capital, has been approved by the
4 comptroller of the currency.
KANSAS MAN WINs.-Mr Ewell, o.
Ottumwa, Kans., captured the award
r of & OO0 offerad for tho closest est;r,o r.
: of the number of cigars upon which g
: tax of IS per thousand would be paic
4 during November. Over 100000 es
Inmates were recorded