Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-04-28
REDBLUFF ITEMS.


Dick Wuerdeman and Martin Buck put up
new windmill for Henry Winters the first
of this week.
/ Alex Desmarias is now at Mr.. Grumkin' S
every Thursday and Friday forenoon with his
| fils Nc. .Sn horse.
George and Will Boiling returned from
visit in Ford county last Saturday, after
visiting for several days.
| Louis Boiling and Orphis Harris were up
from the river Sunday to visit the Boiling
family on the Dutch Flat.
VIM. Totheroh passed through Germany
one day last week on his way to Chanute,
Kansas. Bill says he has enough of South
western Kansas, its too dry and windy.
Moritz Berger and George Boiling left
Tuesday for Benton county Missouri, where
they will remain for the summer and maybe
always. We wish the boys success.
Martin Buck and Dick Wuerdeman are at
work with their new well machine at Ben
Cordes'. They have had pretty good success
SO far. The machine works alright.
Still the weather continues dry and the
wind still bloweth, although we had a little
sprinkle of rain Saturday which settled the
dust for about two hours after which it was
the same as before.
The grippe is still in our neighborhood.
Several have it yet. The writer of these
items struggled and fought for several days,
but finally the grippe got the better of him
and got him down. At the present writing
he is up and around again.
| Mr.. Herman Boiling had his hand severely
hurt while oiling his windmill. He wa.
oiling the mill while it was running and the
pitmen caught his hand and cut it severly
Itwas cut to the bone on both ides-and ther
pushed back. DR.. Leslie was at once called
and after working for over two hours he GO
everything back to it's place. He had tc
take sixteen stitches TO sew up the wound
Mr.. Boiling suffered considerable for severa
days, but at present is resting easy and i
improving nicely.
We noticed an article in the Globe severa
weeks ago in which Mr.. Fuhr says a mai
can make living on a quarter section O
land and $500 to start with. 1 must say
differ from Mr.. Fuhr. There is no man VIII
has a family can take claim and $500 t
start with and make a living on a quartz
section of land, even if he can get goo
level piece of land. He might make Twin
on good piece of bottom hay land or a
AItesian farm, but to start with $500 on
piece of land on the fiat and then make
living is an impossibility. We have been j
Southwestern Kansas for about 20 years an
have not yet seen the time when man coul
make a living on quarter section even if h
had $1,000 to start with, and we never wi
see the time, not in Southwestern Kansa:
t Mr.. Fuhr says give me quarter section c
, land and $500 to start with and if / can
make a living let me starve. Of course tn:
would be the reeult in side of two years /:
| least. Mr.. Fuhr can't tell of one man wh
has family that has made living on on
piece of land in Meade county. We ca
name several who have two or three quarte
: and can't make any headway and run goo
bid bunch of cattle, Why can't they max
headway? We believe this country is ca
tie country, but the farmers no doibt wi
3 come in and try to farm but they will gu
and this country will some day go back
cattle, that is the bigger part of it,
ALRIGHT Jimmy.