Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-03-24

| lduQ, WIN has OcCn lANltCu doAAAo
was the first Christian martyr of the
| new world The monument will be
larger than the one at the Quivera site.
Monuments will also be erected at
Manhattan and Alma by the Quivera
society.
A PRINTER so YEARs.-Ed. P. Harris
of Topeka, celebrated his semi-cen-
tennial as printer. He came to Kan
sas in the SOS and set type on the first
newspaper published in the state.
| That was at Lawrence. Later on he
took job in the state printers Office
and remained there under every state
printer up to and including Cliff
Bakers term. For the past Is years
he has been with Crane & Co. as proof
reader.
CoBURN's ANNUAL.-The report of
the state board of Agriculture for the
Secretary Coburn, is one of the hand
soonest volumes ever issued from that
Office. There is more demand from the
farmers of Kansas for these books than
for any other volume that comes from
the press.
CATALPA PLANTATIoNs.-From bulle-
tins issued by the division of forestry
of the department of agriculture it is
learned that in Kansas and Nebraska
where catalpa plantations have been
tablished, the value of the trees at
the end of twelve years after planting,
ranges from S252 to S476 an acre.
BLACK LoCUsTs.-A firm at Medicine
Lodge has force of men at work
transplanting $50, 900 gearing black To-
Gust trees. This variety makes an un-
usually rapid growth and three years
is sufficient for them to get large
enough to be used as posts.
HICCoUGHs FOR MONTHS. George
Ashmead of Gypsum has been af-
fiicted with the hiccoughs for several
months. He has been to Kansas City
but the doctors there have been unable
to do anything for him. He is now
unable to work.
PETRIFIED FIsH.-S. w. Randall, a
farmer near Vinland, has dug up sew
eral petrifed fish on his farm. One
fish four feet long was found in dig
ging for cistern and at another time
several cells were found in the same
way.
Co. D DIsBANEED.-The state board
has let out Company D, First regiment,
at Chanute, and authorized the organ
ization of a company at Paola to take
its place. The Chanute company has
had too many changes in officers.
BUILDING CLUR HoUsE.-The Topeka
Street Railway company is building
club house for its employees. 1t will
be patterned after railroad Y. NJ. C.
A, but will be in charge of a commit
tee appointed by the employees.
Libel. LAW INvAIID.-The libel law
enacted in 1901 is declared invalid by
the supreme court; it being declared to
be in conflict with section Is of the bill
of rights. The decision was made in
case from Mcpherson county.
A HEALTHY TowN-The doctors at
Cheney say that the deaths there for
the past six years have averaged but
one for every twelve months.
KANSAS CoNGREG ATIoNAIIsrs -
Their annual meeting convened at To-
peka on March 16, with about fifty
churches represented.
REDUCTION OF Ores Professor L. 1.
Blake of the University of Kansas, has
invented machine for the reduction
of ores by electricity.
TRIED LELAND's SAFE.-Safe blowers
entered Cy Leland's store at Troy and
attempted to blow open the safe.
| BANKS AND TAX DoDeERs-The
Kansas supreme court decides that tax
dodgers who fail to give in their entire
amount of their bank deposits cannot
be shielded by their bankers The
case came from Clay county where the
grand jury sought to examine the ac-
count of a supposed tax dodger, and
was refused by the bank.
| PORK FOR KoREA.-Dold's packing
house in Wichita recently shipped via
San Francisco, a carload of English
bellies. The weight of the shipment
was 10000 pounds
EDUCATING FIREMEN-Chief WI
marth of the Topeka fire department. t,
is sending details of his men to exam
inc the principal business houses and
buildings of the city. An effort is
being made to acaqaint as many of the
men as possible in regard to the stair
ways, doors, halls, traps and skylights.
KANSAS notwithstanding the past
year Kansas has furnished 112 recruits
in the navy through the four govern
ment recruiting stations located at
Hutchinson, Topeka, Leavenworth and
Wichita.
AUDITORS REPORT State Auditor
Wells has taken up the subject of com
polling the express and private car
companies to pay taxes on the property
they own in this state and his next an
nual report will contain a recommends
ton to the legislature that law with
these provisions be enacted.
The OLD SOLDIER LAWN a case
from Topeka the supreme court sus-
tains the law requiring the appoint
ment of old soldiers to places for which
they ask and are as well qualified to
fill as are others seeking the place.
Loss OF Cows.-Farmers south of
Great Bend in Barton county, report
the loss of 80 or 40 cows, all soon to