Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-07-28

Enlist Against Their Country.-M.
g. WolKow and l. Inselberg, two
young Russians of Wichita, left on
July Is for Kansas City to join a
party of eastern young men en- route
to Japan to take part in the Russian
Japanese war. The party of young
Kansas City are all Russians, all OF
whom are exasperated at the CONNER
cial greed of the home land and wish
action by lending assistance to Japan
in the conflict.
Erect G. A. r. Monume1t.-All the
Grand Army posts in Atchison have
united in a movement to find all I'M
marked graves of old soldiers in the
cemeteries, take up the bodies and
inter them in common burying
ground. A plot in Oak Hill cemetery,
which has not been used much of late
years, will be selected, and a monu-
ment will be erected on the plot by
the Grand Army posts of Atchison.
Drowned Out Game.-This year will
not be a good one for hunters, as
there will be few rabbits and few
quail. The incessant rains and floods
have drowned out all the rabbits and
have killed the young quail which
had not the power to fly. For some
reason the prairie chickens seem to
have escaped; western Kansas re-
ports an unusually large number of
these birds.
In Summer County.-A few days
dry weather has enabled the farmers
to get into their fields and the stand
ing grain is being rapidly harvested.
Most of it is being headed, because
of it's ripeness. Several threshing
outfits are also at work and a great
deal of grain will be threshed d.
rect from the header barges. The
quality is much better than was an
ticipated.
To Enjoin company.-In Harper
county the Missouri and Kansas Tel
ephone company has set some of its
poles almost in the center of the pub
lie highways. The county attorney
wants to know if the authorities
should chop the poles down. The at
torney general has advised him to
bring full suit against the company to
enjoin it from obstructing the high
ways.
Sugar Beet Industry.-The sugar
beet crop in Kearney county was care
fully inspected by the agriculturist
of the Rocky Ford sugar factory and
he says that in the entire Arkansas val
ley the outlook is the most favorable
since the factory was established.
Prospect FIattering.-The oil well at
Clyde is now down over 800 feet and
the prospects could not be better
Oil sand developed at a depth of 735
feet, and the formations are such as
are found in the proven oil fields just
before striking pay sand.
New Rural Route.-A rural free de-
livery route will be established Au-
gust Is, as follows: Kansas-Valley
F alls, Jefferson county, additional,
length of route twenty-six and one
half miles, population served 42S.
Going After OIL And Gas.-Encour-
aged by it's success in uncovering a
three-foot vein of coal at depth of
1130 feet, citizens of Atchison will
now sink churn drill $500 feet for
oil and gas.
Killed BY Lightning.-Andrew Ad-
amson, farmer, who lived eight miles
northwest of st. John, was killed by
lightning. He was standing on the top
of threshing machine separator when
the bolt struck him.
Slight Decrease.-The pay rolls for
the Topeka pension agency show a
decrease of just nine pensioners over
the previous year, according to the
annual report just received by Pension
Agent Metcalf.
Largest Potato crop.-Smith coun-
ty will have the largest potato crop
raised for many years. If other
counties do as well potatoes should
not be over 40 cents a bushel next
winter.
FIaeman Cut In Two.-A Union Pa
cific freight train ran over D. F.
Hughes, flagman, at a recent wash
out four miles east of Wamego, and
cut his body in two.
Wheat Crop Light.-In the vic.nity
of Phillipsburg threshing has begun
in several localities and the yield of
wheat is not as large as was expected.
That so far reported averages about
ten bushels per acre, and the grain
tests about f1fty-six pounds per
bushel.
Jewelry Store Robbed-At Perry,
Kan, the drug and jewelry store of
Fred Hess was entered by burglars
who gained entrance by removing a
pane of glass from a rear window.
The robbers secured a small amount
of jewelry.
Schools Growing.-Kansas built 1877
new school houses last year at a cost
of $194,04S. This brings the total
number of public schools up to 1865,
with 10,975 rooms. 1t required 1878
teachers to teach the schools and they
received in wages $3,475, 3O7. Male
teachers averaged S43 a month and
female teachers $35 month.
Change In Pastorate.-The position
of pastor of the First Congregational
church of Topeka has been offered to
DR.. F. S. Estey, of Salina, at salary
of $4,000 a year. He has the offer
under consideration.
Rock Islands Loss.-Rock Island Of
ficials estimate their loss as a re-
suit of the flood at about $4,000. The
damage to this road was along the
Kaw and Arkansas rivers. A large
stretch of track was washed out COM
pletely at Wichita near the Union
stock yards.
Issued Second Pamphlet-The Kan
sas Gas Protective association has is
sued a second pamphlet in its efforts
to prevent outside companies from
rairair,c from Kansas Wallc to citine