Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-04-06
KANSAS COMMENT
KANSAS

Caused From Worry. Winford
Newlin of Lewis shot and killed him
self last week. His friends believe
his act resulted from the worry OF
teaching his first term of school,
To Spend 100000 at saIina.-The
Union Pacific officials announced that
the company would spend 100000 in
improvements at Salina this summer
in terminal facilities. These improve
ments will include new freight and
passenger depot, new yards and new
roundhouse. Work will commence at
once.
Kick on Poor Quarters.-The order
of Railway Conductors is after the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas road. 1t
filed a complaint with the railroad
board to compel the Katy to quit us
ing box cars for freight cabooses. The
conductors claim that freight cars
make mighty poor quarters for train
men, and that the Katy should be re-
quired to furnish regular cabooses.
Wallace County Prairie Fire. =
Driven by a heavy north wind, fierce
prairie fire is burning everything be-
fore it in the south half of Wallace
county. The fire is driven with great
rapidity and the people are powerless
to stop its progress. 1t is impossible
TO estimate the loss but it will be
heavy. The Clark ranch. on Rose
creek. was burned over and several
hundred tons of hay were destroyed.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Lived in Three Centuries. = At
Clyde occurred the funeral of the old
est person in Cloud county, Isaac
Montgomery, a resident for thirty
five years. and who had he lived I'M
til March 26 would have completed
his one hundred and fifth year. He
was quite active until recently, when
he was injured by falling and this
accident fastened his death. He had
lived in three centuries and his mem
DRY being very active he told many
stories of the early history of the ma
ton that were deeply interesting.
Sorry He Sold His Farm. - A. C.
Gray sold his section of land five
miles from Peabody a week ago to
Samuel McFadden of Cadiz, Ohio, for
S21 900. 1t took only a few days to
convince Mr.. Gray that he had lost
a good thing and this week he bought
it back at great advance in price,
for Mr.. McFadden had also become
convinced that it was good thing.
Land has been steadily advancing
around Peabody, the result of good
crops and an influx of moneyed East
ern farmers for the last two or three
years. Land that was held at $50 per
acre year or so ago, can not be
bought for $50 per acre now
Wheat in Central Kansas. - With
one of the two most critical months
in the progress of the wheat past the
farmers have reason to be very much
encouraged by the situation. The
fields are covered with an even, rank
growth. showing a fine color and as
plenty of moisture has fallen the like
linood of damage by winds is little
considered. A recent trip from the
Texas line to Peabody by a leading
wheat grower brings a report of SINH
lar conditions throughout the entire
distance. The Texas wheat is high
enough to wave in the winds West
ern Kansas reports the best wheat
in its history for this date and expects
to excel the record of 1908. Thomas
Taylor of the Pearl neighborhood, the
wheat raising center of Dickinson
county, said: In all my twenty
years in Dickinson county have new
er seen wheat look better at this date
than now. 1t is not so large, but is
strong and even and promises exceed
ingly well.
Heavy Hail at Wichita.-On March
81 Wichita was visited by a fierce
rain and hail storm. The storm come
from the southwest and a great deal
of damage resulted from the heavy
hail. Five greenhouses sustained
great damage and many windows in
the city were broken. The rainfall
was 1.90 inches. The rain and hail
was accompanied by severe electri-
cal storm. Two homes were struck
by lightning and one badly damaged
by fire. The velocity of the wind was
thirty-five miles an hour.
Shot Negro Desperado.-A desper-
ate encounter took place in the
county Jail at Wellington, in which
Under Sheriff D. E. Halliday came
near losing his life at the hands of a
negro desperate named Johnson.
Halliday had gone into the cell room
to give the prisoners their supper,
when Johnson leaped upon his back
and struck him several times over the
head with an iron bar. Halliday man.
aging to draw his revolver and fire.
three shots into the negros body,
causing him to release his hold. Halli-
day is seriously injured, and the
negro will probably die.
Female Voters Register.-The total
registration at Winfield this spring
was 2.774, of which 1.166 were women.
Counting Arkansas City's and Win
fields alone. Cowley county will have
nearly 1000 female voters in action
this year.
Pest House Spiders Bite. - James
Beals, farmer, has presented a dam
age claim to the Franklin county
board of health with a threat to sue.
While at the pesthouse with small
pox, BeaPs wife was bitten on the
hand by a spider. Blood poisoning re-
suited, and Beals' wants damages.
Policeman Arrested. James Fred
erickson, policeman of Bassett. who
killed negro for resisting arrest, was
arrested on a complaint sworn to by
Charles Pryor. negro living in Bas-
sett- Frederickson's bond was fixed
at $1,000 and ]. A. Wheeler and DR..
o. Gerlach of the lola Portland &C.
ment connanv sipned II