Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-03-17


the northern and central portions of
Kansas will be held in Topeka on
March 20. There will be a similar
convention held in Fort Scott on March
30, at which the southern part of the
state will be represented. The two
meetings will be held preparatory to
the convention of the National Good
Roads association in st. Louis on June
10. 1t is expected that delegates to
this convention will be elected at both
the Topeka and Fort Scott meetings.
BY VETERANS WILL.-Noah Berry.
proprietor of a small hotel in Leaven-
worth. has been taking care of an old
soldier named Emil Butts, who was APP
parently very poor. The old man was
in bad health and during his last weeks
Noah Berry was as a son to him.
Butts died and among his property
was found will, in which he left
$1,000 in cash and considerable real
estate in Germany to Berry. The real
estate is said to be quite valuable.
A THREE YEARS TRIP,-W. C. Chris
tianson, farmer of Cloud county,
with his wife, have started for three
years trip. They go first to Texas,
then via New Orleans to st. Louis,
where they will take in the worlds
fair during the summer. In the fall
they will tour Europe by an extended
route. Mr.. Christianson can afford his
three years outing as he owns four or
five hundred acres of good land and
makes money every year.
PLANTING POTATOES county
farmers commenced planting potatoes
early in March. w. S. Williamson,
who has the record for potato raising
early planting is one of the secrets OF
success. He often puts them in as
early as the middle of February; plant
ing them about eight inches under
ground and cultivating the soil away
from, rather than on the plants. Mr..
Williamson raised $50 bushels to the
acre last year.
SONu hlS liC Aohooo
Southern Electric Railroad company
has taken charter to build an cleo
trio line from Kansas City to Independ-
ence through johnson, Miami, Doug
Crawford, Labette, Cherokee and Mont
gomery-counties. The company's cap
ital is 81. 800 900. The headquarters of
the company will be at lola.
BODY OF WnLEs.-The body of
Charles H. Willes, which was found in
the Smoky Hill river near Junction
City, was taken to Skiddy and the fu-
neral was held there. Physicians. dis
sected the body to ascertain the nature
of the wounds, if any, and they will
report their findings to the coroner's
jury Forty dollars was found in
Willes' pockets.
EPILEPTIcs REMovED.-The $50 male
epileptics at the Osawatomie and To-
peka asylums have been transferred to
Parsons. This gave room for the in
sane people whom the different coup-
ties were maintaining at state expense.
Only the cottages for males have been
completed at Parsons. Work is pro-
crossing rapidly on the cottages for
cottages for females.
A COMP ARIsoN.-The Kansas capitol
has cost about 81 million dollars One
of the battleships just authorized will
cost million dollars.
GRIP AND MEAsLEs.-A number of
cases of measles, and many cases of
grip are reported among the students
of Washburn College.
WATERwoRks FOR HAYs.-At an
election the city voted bonds to the
amount of s25, 200 to put in water
works system.
RATS AND MIcE.-Not a rat or mouse,
mole or gopher has been seen or
heard in the Kaw valley since last
years flood.
FIRST Snow MARCH 5.-The first
snow of the season fell at Downs on
March ). 1t fell without any wind,
partially melting as it fell. 1t is CIV
ing such moisture as is needed for the
wheat, which is reported by many of
the farmers to be in fine condition at
this time. This makes the outlook
good for bountiful crop of wheat.
WM. H. CRADDock DEAD.-William
| uapr1, Cra ddooly for,,,a, Ynavor of Eap
sas City, Kan, and in 1902 the Demo-
cratic and fusion candidate for govern
err of Kansas, died of acute indigestion.
A KANSAS TABLE CLoTH.-Miss Ella
Barrett, of Solomon, has made a table
| cloth to exhibit at the worlds fair. 1t
| is strictly Kansas design. Done in
the finest of needle work, she has
| placed in it corn, wheat and sun
flowers. In the center is the state
seal. Miss Barrett values her work at
| $500.
SEARCHED MUSLIN 81 A YARD.-Two
| Italian women visited aristocratic
homes in Topeka and sold 100 bolts of
muslin by calling it 81 a yard linen and
selling it at 20 cents yard
| ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT.-The annual
encampment of the G. A. R. will be
held at Emporia May IS, 10 and 20
| Adjutant Dennison is sending out a
dun" to the posts which have not
sent in their dues and their list of del
egates to the encampment. Only
twenty-five posts out of $50 are delin-
| quent in dues.
WELLHoUsE SAYs.-Judge Fred Well
house, the ''apple king" says this is