Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-15
KANSAS COMMENT


company has been reorganized. So
it really can't be said that there IS
nothing doing"
Since Admssion.-Since its admls-
sion to statehood Kansas has had five
United States judges, six United
States district clerks, thirteen Unit
ed States marshals and eleven district
attorneys.
Advertising Purposes. - Secretary
Smith of the Chamber of Commerce, is
busy preparing a brief sketch of Wich-
tia, it's wealth, buildings, enterprises,
and advantages for the Santa Fe rail-
road company.
More Threshers Wanted.-Thresh-
ing are very scarce in this vicinity,
and many of the farmers are benlnd
in their work. 1t is almost impossible
for farmers to get machine and their
harvest is practically at standstll.
Serious Accidental Cowley coun-
ty boy was leaning on the handle end
of a corn-knife, when the homemade
handle broke and permitted the end
of the corn knife to run into the body
four inches. The boy now has perito-
nitis and is not expected to live.
Pioneer Dies.-J. C. Watts, mem
Der of the board of county commls-
sioners of Douglas county, died alIer
a lingering illness. Mr.. Watts came
To Lawrence in 1854 and had been
resident ever since. He was stone
and brick mason by trade and bullt
many of the business blocks. He
was born in England. He had served
as a member of the city council, as
street commissioner and as MEMBER
of the legislature.
Choose officers.-At the Veterans
business meeting of the Greenwood
County Veterans Association at the
close of their annual reunion at Eu-
reka. elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: ]. E. Rossel,
colonel; w. R. Appleby, lieutenant
colonel: S. Turner, major; ]. S. Bales
ouartermaster; Stephen Miller, chap
lain; R. R. Grimes, surgeon; D. >.
Eastwood. adjutant. Eureka was Sc
lected as the place for next years
encampment again.
Need Canning Factory. - Harvey
county, like many other counties IN
Kansas, is in need of canning rae
tory. This season alone hundreds OF
tons of the finest quality of corn, to-
matoes, peas and other vegetables
went to waste simply because there
was more of these products raised
than could be utilized by the people.
Everyone who has a foot of garden
oil md
it made a good grwth. Land is too
good in Kansas.
Leavenworth Shooting.-At Leaven-
worth in attempting to shoot Sam OV-
erstreet on the street, Mrs. Lee Con,
shot Oscar Harris, a porter employed
in the Missouri Pacific ticket office,
who was talking to Overstreet. All
are negroes. The woman held a pa
per in front of the gun when she fired,
so Overstreet did not know what she
was about to do The ball entered
Harris right ear and ranged along
the scalp, coming out at the back OF
his head without entering the skull
He will recover.
Heavy Windstorm.-At Ottawa re-
ports from over the county tell of the
most severe wind and rainstorm so
far known this season. Lightning
struck at a number of places in the
country, but no extensive damage was
done. At Homewood a rainfall of three
inches is reported, and a number of
small bridges and culverts are out.
Many haystacks we're uncovered and
drenched. In Ottawa the rainfall was
PIT inches, breaking the record for
the year for the same length of time
and SURPRISING the record for the en-
tire month of August.
Leads in WeIls.-Chanute contin-
ues to lead in the number of wells
and the amount of product, with
Humboldt second. Chanute has ZIG
wells and Humboldt 6S1. Indepen-
dence has 32S wells, while Neodesha
holds fourth place with 26S. Total
in Kansas-Territory field 1887.
Are Selling coaI.-The coal being
taken out of the mine is selling for
$3.50 a ton and is being carried away
by the farmers as fast as it can be
mined. The coal mine is being fit
ted up in great shape and will soon
be modern in every particular.
Played With Gun.-Guy Stein, aged
Is, shot and killed Holland Warner
aged 10. The shooting occurred while
the boys were playing with a 32-cal
iber revolver. The bullet entered the
body in the right breast and came
out at the left side. Death was al
most instantaneous.
Carnegie library.-The Lawrence
free public library board, which ha:
charge of the construction of a $50, 00(
Carnegie building, given the town
which is nearing completion, ha:
chosen Mrs. Nellie G. Beatty librari
an, and Miss Virginia assistant.
For Winter Beef.-In the vicinity o
Beloit the scarcity of cattle has beer
somewhat relieved by the arrival o
sixteen carloads of stockers and feed
ers. The cattle have been sent int
the neighboring country to be fed TO
beef during the winter. They ar,
mostly yearlings and two-year-olds
and will be converted into baby beef
the type of fed cattle that has tn,
present vogue.
Philippines Teacher.-Miss Mimi,
Shungel, of Beloit, has gone to tn,
Philippines, where she will teach dur
ing the winter.
Bgrton's Case.-From the docket re
ceived at the federal court of Shaw
nee county it is learned that the cas-
of United States Senator Burton
against the United States will b.
heard by the United States suprem
court in October Should that tribuna
decide that it has no jurisdiction thel
the case will go to the court of aI
peals, at st. Louis, and be hard De
cember IA