Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-06-09
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INTERPRETERS WIrH MaiIs. Most .ot
the rural route casriers'in the flooded
district along the Cottonwood and
Neosho rivers were unable to make
their routes for a while.
FIRST VoTE ILLEGAL--The election
to revote the bonds for waterworlls,
light plant and natural gas investiga-
tions at Winfield, has been called for
June 2s The first vote was illegal.
HAS THREE ELEvAToRs.-The w. NJ.
Chelf Elevator company is building a
10000 capacity elevator at Dana.
This company has just finished an ele-
vator at Dresden and one at Dellvale
also
FIVE IN A DAY.-Five deaths were
reported in Salina an Memorial day.
Among them is that of C. R. Under
wood, one of the oldest inhabitants,
who was mayor of the city in its early
history.
NREcRUITING SENvICE. Ed
ward NJ. Caldwell, of the Sixth battery.
field artillery, stationed at Fort Riley,
has been transferred to the general re-
cruiting service and will be stationed
at Wichita.
STATE TO FURNISH TENTs.-The state
will furnish 300 tents free of charge
for the next state reunion, to be held
at Paola. Preparations are already
commenced to give the Grand Army
all due comforts.
STUDENT BooTLEGGERs.- several
months the people of Baldwin have
been at a loss to know who has been
selling liquor in that town. There are
no joints and the drug stores do not
do rushing business. Some one was
supplying beer and whisky for those
who desired it and among those who
wanted it were some of the students
of the university. Six of these are
colored.
LESS FARMERS, MORE CAsH.-The
Kansas Farmer quotes from Secretary
Coburn's report showing that more
persons were engaged in agriculture
in Kansas in 1898 than in 1903, while
the products of agriculture have in
creased in the same period 70 per cent
This, the Farmer says, has resulted
from improved methods, the introduce
.tion of crops adapted to Kansas con-
ditions, and advance in price of food
staples.
AT OTTAwA.-The flood at Ottawa
registered, at one time, "a feet above
low water mark. There were 300 fam
lilies homeless. Now that the flood is
over and damages done in plain view
it is found that the losses are much
greater than at first was apparent.
The Santa Re yards are mass of
twisted rails. Around the depot are
holes eight feet deep. The loss of a
milling company is Ss,o on flour and
feed alone. The condition of the ma
chinery is as yet not known. An ice
and creamery company lost So, 900 or
$4,000. Two drug stores on compare
lively high ground are complete
wrecks. One lumber yard is all gone
The loss of the potato crop is at least
100000. Farm lands are swept bare
In North Ottawa % houses were
wrecked.
KANSAS LETTER CARRIERs.-The fifth
annual convention met at Wichita
where they were given an elaborate
banquet at which Congressman Muir
dock made pointed address. James
E. Keller, president of the national as
ISOLATION, was present and also spoke.
Officers for the year were elected as
follows: President, E. P. Pollard, of
of lola; secretary and treasurer, c. H.
Baker, of Wichita. 1t was unanimous
1y noted to hold the next meeting on
May 80, 1905, in Topeka.
COLLISION IN WICHITA.-A street car
coming from Fairmount college into
town, in a rainstorm of a very dark
night, was pushed from the track by a
backing freight train and the caboose
of the freight train tumbled over on
the street car. The car was well filled
and it seems strange that only three
persons were much hurt.
A CORN PREMIUM.-The management
of the Hutchinson fair is going to give
two dollars bushel for the best TWEEN.
ty-five bushels of corn shown by any
one man.
TRAINS DELAYED.-The floods in
parts of Wabaunsee, Lyon and Usage
counties made it necessary for Santa
Fe trains between Topeka and Wichita
and Hutchinson to run over Rock Is
land tracks. The Santa Fe bridge at
Burlingame was washed away and a
bridge on the Rock Island in Wabaun.
see county was damaged.
OLD RELIC TORN DowN.-The old
Lyon county court house at Emporia
is being torn down. Some of the ma
terial is being used in the new Christ
ian church.
j. D. McCLEvERTY This well known
Kansan, long a resident of Fort Scott,
died in st. Louis, May 81. He had
been there for several weeks taking
treatment for locomoter ataxia. Judge
McCleverty was twice a Democratic
candidate for justice of the supreme
court of Kansas.
RAIN AT PAoLA.-One of the heaviest
rains ever known fell at Paola. Over
an inch of water fell in about twenty
minutes. The excessive rains of the