Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-15
KANSAS COMMENT

at Arkansas City, will bore for oil and
gas at Wellington. Leases are all that
Is asked.
Discover coal.-Coal has been dis
covered at Ell Dorado Springs. A test
has been made and it is pronounced
Of a good quality. Arrangements are
being made to develop the vein.
Kansan Merits.-The man to whom
the credit for the land fraud ferret
ing work in Oregon is Albert r.
Green of Lecompton, an old news
paper man. From which the Law
renee Gazette draws the moral that
if you want thing done do it your
self or send a Kansas man.
Great Success.-The University of
Kansas Glee clubs annual fall con-
cert was great success. c. Edward
Hubach, professor of voice in the Uni
versity of Kansas, who is directing
the club, sang two solos and the Glee
Club quartet composed Of H. E. Pop
ham, ]. Lapham, H. H. Asher and L.
W. Scherer, furnished the humorous
part of the program.
Poultry Show.-The Ninth Annual
show of the Harvey County Poultry
association is in session at Newton.
The number of entries is larger than
ever before, more than 1000 fine birds
being shown, as pet stock of all kinds.
The entries are from all parts of the
state and some from the outside.
ord of
been chosen as judge and he will COM
mence awarding the prizes at once.
Soldier Drowned. - Private George
H. Smith, Twenty-eighth artillery hat
terry, was drowned in the swimming
pool at the Fort Leavenworth gym
nasium. Private Smith entered the
pool Immediately after supper, and it
is said that he got beyond his depth
when he was seized with cramps and
went down. A comrade named Phelps
nearly drowned in an effort to save
him. Smiths old home was at Mario,
Tenn.
Bore Artesan WeII.-Professor ].
A. Yates, instructor of science at OF
tawa university and for two years
a member Of the United States geolo-
gical survey in Eastern Kansas, be-
lieves the so-called Mississippi lime
stone is the top cap to an immense de-
posit of artesian water, and he has
suggested that the city of Ottawa try
sinking a we'll 1000 feet-carrying on
down one of the many prospect holes
in this vicinity. /:
State Accountant.-George E. Cole,
former state auditor, has been men
toned as a candidate for state &C
countant. He is now state agent for
an Eastern insurance company. H.
E. Patterson of Wichita has also en-
tered the race. Charles Rowett, the
present accountant, would like to hold
on. A state accountant is appointed
at the pleasure of the governor. So
Rowett holds over unless Governor
Hoch removes him.
Objected to Match.-Word has been
received at Lawrence of the elope-
ment of Edgar G. Green, the Univer-
sity of Kansas halfback during the
Wilson of La Harpe. The little half
back has been absent since Thanks
giving, but the students were ignor-
ant of his whereabouts until parti-
cular friend learned of the marriage,
which was in Kansas City, immediate
ly after the Thanksgiving game The
couple left at once for Denver. The
bride is only II years old, and her par
ents objected to the match.
BIackIeg in Stock. - Blackleg has
appeared among cattle in the vicinity
of Irving. Four calves belonging to
E. A. Wilder and four of NJ. Valliene's
stock have died with the disease
Stock owners are busy vaccinating
their stock to prevent a spreading of
an epidemic.
Shot In Fight.-At independence
Cleve Blackford was probably fatally
shot in a road house brawl and Harry
Croft was injured while trying to dis
arm an assailant with a revolver
Nate and Noah Cannon, brothers,
have been arrested.
Gas Causes Fire. - The farm resi-
dence of w. w. Watkins near indie
pendence, burned to the ground and
Watkins was probably fatally burned.
Watkins turned the gas on in the sit
ting room stove when he thought he
was turning it off. The family had
narrow escape.
Big Corn Yield.-T. c. Honnell of
Everest says he has raised the BAN
ner Brown county field of corn. He
had an eighty acre field which yielded
more than 1000 bushels an acre. This
is the best average yield so far re-
ported in this county this year.
Changed His charge.-Father Per-
rier, vicar general of the Concordia
diocese, has been sent from his charge
in Clyde to Abilene, where he will be-
come chaplain of the college of the
Sisters of st. Joseph. Father Per-
rier, until year ago, was stationed
in Concordia, having been in charge
of the church there since 1880.
Attempted Suicide.-Oliver Pickett,
of Goff, Kan, tried to commit suicide
by taking a dose of arsenic He took
too much and the physicians were
able to save his life. Domestic
troubles were the cause of the act
Visit Old Home.-Barney Karthe,
Clement Voet and Joseph Dwerlkotte,
three farmers near Maryville, have
started for New York, where they will
sail for Germany to visit the scenes
of their boyhood. They expect to
spend about six months visiting rela-
tives on the other side of the ocean. 1
Salina Man Dead. = Ransom F..
Bartlett, an old resident of Saline