Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-04-13

S32 to the Acre. - Last year was
not specially good for cane, yet Sid
ney L. Smith of Anthony raised 500
| bushels of seed and 200 tons of dry
fodder on fifty acres. The seed sold
for nearly dollar bushel and the
| fodder was worth $3.50 ton on the
farm. A crop worth s32 per acre
isn't bad for an off year.
Thrown Out of court-C. D. Bur
nette, of Wellington. who was dis
barred from the Sumner county bar a
short time ago, has filed in the SUI
preme court an appeal in a suit by
which he seeks to get judgment for
$4,000 against Charles E. Elliott. his
former law partner, for damages. The
case was thrown out of the district
court without coming to trial.
Trying Wheat in Greeley Gree
ley county farmers are experiment
ing with macaroni wheat this
spring, says W. NJ Glenn, of Trib-
une. 1--WE have not tried to raise
wheat out there. We have devoted
our time to cattle. But most of the
| farmers have put in from ten to forty
acres of macaroni wheat and it is
looking fine. If it proves a success
the acreage will be large next
year -
To Teach in Philippines. = Prof
Amos Davis and his wife. who are
both instructors in Highland univer
sity, at Highland, will leave May
for Manila, Philippine islands. They
have been employed as government
teachers in the Philippines. Prof
Davis will receive salary of $1,000
and his wife will be paid $1,000 a
year. Prof. and Mrs. Davis were gov
eminent teachers in Japan for a num-
Der of years prior to coming to High
land
Topeka Line by September I. - j.
c. Mcdowell general manager of the
Kansas Natural Gas Company, which
proposes to pipe gas to Topeka, Kan
sas City and other towns in this Sec
ton of the state, is in Topeka look
ing after the . local gas situation
Pipe for the Topeka line is now on
the road, said he. 1--WE expect to
have the line down by September l.
We have 1000 men laying the Kansas
City line and will put that many to
work on the Topeka line. This will
enable US to lay about two and one
half miles a day. .
Must Pay Standards Price.-E. T.
Butler, superintendent of the Edo
RADIO gas works, wants the state board
of railroad commissioners to show
him a way to repudiate a contract
Company to supply him with crude
oil. He claims that Independent oil
men have agreed to supply him at
half the price the Standard is getting
under contract. He wants to know
if the new railroad law or oil laws
will enable him to cancel the con-
tract or whether the Standard can
hold him to it. The railroad board
will advise him that it has no juris-
diction over contracts.
To Mark Santa Fe Trail.-Mrs. w.
E. Stanley and other officers of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton met at Topeka to plan the work
of the marking of the old Santa Fe
trail. The legislature appropriated
81 900 to aid in the work The women
want an additional 81 900 and will ask
the school children to raise it. Each
child is urged to donate at least one
cent to the fund. Stone monuments
will be erected along the trail at ev
cry travelled road. The railroads will
be asked to place similar monuments
wherever the trail crosses their lines.
The old trail forms street in each
of several Kansas towns. 1t is the
main street, now called Commercial
street, at Council Grove. The various
towns will be asked to change the
names of these streets to The Santa
Fe Trail. - The people can call it
THE Trail - for short 1t is the
hope of the women that the trail can
be marked this summer They also
intend to buy beautiful American
flag for the battleship Kansas when
it is launched
To Sue Standard.-The Business
Mems association of Cottonwood Falls
threaten to bring suit against the
Standard Oil company before Judge
Dennis Madden of Emporia. They
claim that oil retails in Emporia at
Is cents while in Chase county rs
cents is charged. The suit will prob
ably be brought by the Chase county
attorney.
Looking For Zinc at Geary.-A com
pany is being organized at Junction
City for the purpose of prospecting
for lead and zinc in this county. Those
interested have leased about 1000
acres of land. eight to fourteen miles
from this city. Since the open wealth
er set in they have been doing con-
siderable prospecting with pick and
shovel, and have brought in many
fine specimens of jack and lead. Drill
lers are to be brought here from
Southwest Missoui to do the prospect
drilling, and the organizers of the
company expect to have their first
well started inside of six weeks. The
specimens of ore that they have
brought in were found in the sides of
hills not. lower than ninety feet from
the top of the hills.
Marion's New Court House. = The
board of county commissioners of
Marion county are in session this
week and are considering the cree
ton of the $4,000 court house pro-
vided for by act of legislature, Hol-
land & Squires of Topeka were at
Marion with plans and specifications.
The contract will not be let until 9th
ers have had a chance.
Deserves Sympathy.-Miss Ida Tar.
bell says she is profoundly sorry for