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

| a hail storm, devastating a territory
80 miles long and Is miles wide. Wind
from the northwest at times almost
amounted to a tornado, tearing down
| windmills and unroofing houses. The
wheat fields are almost, if not quite,
a total loss, and thousands of acres
were almost ready for the harvest.
They look as though they had been
rolled with some monster roller or
a stalk cutter had been driven through
them. Growing corn in the fields is
stripped to the stalk and in many
places the stalks driven into the
ground by the force of the hail storm.
Oil and Mining co.-The Junction
the contract for the digging of two
prospect wells. The wells will be
sunk to the depth of 1880 to 1000
feet, and the work of digging will be
been incorporated with five hundred
shares of stock at SIS share. Local
people have bought all the shares.
Outlook Never Better.-John Keif-
ner, resident of Garden Plain, said
in Wichita that wheat will make 20
bushels per acre in the vicinity of
Garden Plain, and that the general
outlook was never better for all Of
the crops, adding that in all of the
twenty years that he has lived in this
part of Kansas he has never seen the
wheat and corn better.
Andys SOMA. A. Richards,
of Wellington, received official news
that his son, Midshipman C. A. Rich
ards, who graduated from Annapolis
February /, has been assigned to the
battleship Wisconsin, at Woosung,
China. The Wisconsin is the flagship
of Rear Admiral P. H. Cooper, COM
mander of the Asiatic squadron.
Will Bore at Horton.-The business
men of Horton have circulated a pc
tition and raised $4,000 for the pur-
pose or boring a prospect hole for
oil, and an organization will be eff
fected in a few days. The state ge-
.ologist will visit Horton and recon-
mend a place for the boring.
Drowned in Ditch.-Mary and Clara
Holthaus, II and 8 years old, respec-
lively, were drowned near Seneca, in
ditch. They had gone to the place
with their father to see the results
of the recent heavy rain. The bank
gave away and they fell into the
water
Damaged by Rains.-Harvey Hurst,
of Oswego, who is in the grain and
elevator business, said that the high
water had damaged wheat fully one
half and that corn was equally as
badly hurt in his section of the state.6
Corn Not PIanted.-On account of
the excessive moisture in Miami coun-
ty the last few weeks, the ground has
been in such condition that the farm
ers have been unable to pillow. But
few have their corn planted.
Milling by EIectricity.-The Alex
| ander Milling company at Winfield
has installd it's own electric lighting
plant. Some day, each bolter, reel,
and stand of rolls in the mill will be
run by separate motor.
Carried a Pack.-A man who used
to carry a pack now owns the largest
store in Leavenworth. He can now
hI1u oil no N
to make fun of him. His name is
Henry Ettensen.
Phillips County Wheat-It is in good
condition and will make an immense
yield, providing the crop is not beaten
down by hail or rain. The present
prospects for a fine corn crop are
favorable.
In Weepstakes.-EXhibits of ap-
pies from the Thomas orchard of
! Wichita at the worlds fair in ST.
Louis have been entered as an indi-
vidual display in the sweepstakes
Carried lnsurance.-Otto Kuehne,
proprietor of the Topeka Vinegar COM
pany and the Kuehne Preserving
works, states that his loss as a re-
suit of the collapse of the Kuehne
building in Kansas City would not
be more than $500. Mr.. Kuehne car
ried accident insurance on the building
to the amount of $4,000.
Is Dead.-A. P. Wall, farmer who
| lived at Lawrence, is dead from a
paralytic stroke. His widow was at
one time national president of the
Woman's Relief Corps.
| Will Ship Them AII.-In the clos
ing days of June there was a ire
mendous movement of cattle from In
dian Territory ranges to the markets.
This movement has already begun
and the railroads are taxed to supply
the demand for cars. This is the last
year for the cattleman. When the
fattened cattle go off the ranges this
month they will never be replaced.
The day of the range steer has passed.
All the big pastures, from $4,000 to
100000 acres, have been cut up into
allotments.
Grimes Director-Frank S.
Grimes, ex-state treasurer, has been
elected a member of the board of
directors of the Orient railroad. He.
is highly pleased. He has been the
Orient's fiscal agent for Kansas for
two years. He has the friendship of
A. E. Stillwell and will climb higher
Corn Nearly Made.-Corn is pretty
nearly made in Oklahoma, without
another drop of rain, and the cotton,
of which an increased acreage has
been planted, promises better than
| ever before.
Date is Changed.-The North-Cen-