Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-05-18
KANSAS COMMENT

lodge of the Order of Eastern Star
opened its session at the Masonic
cathedral in Fort Scott. There are
about 900 in attendance.
Visit His Daughter. Lieutenant
General Chaffee. chief of staff of the
army. viii! arrive at Fort Riley. His
visit is unofficial He will spend his
time at Fort Riley with his daughter.
Mrs. Hamilton, and Captain Hamil-
ton.
Diphtheria Among Cattle. - Diph-
iberia has broken out among the cat
tie of Center township in Cloud
county. and the losses by death have
been quite heavy. The disease has
been prevalent for several weeks. 1t
attacks cattle in the throat and chokes
them to death by swelling
Charitable Institution Contracts
The present state board of charities
will meet in Topeka June to buy
supplies TO the state charitable insti-
buttons for the coming six months.
What will be the last official act of
the board. 1t will go out of existence
state board of control.
Arkansas City Reunion. The
Southwestern Soldiers Reunion Asso-
citation has set the dates for the nine
teenth annual reunion to be held here
under its direction. They are Sep
TENDER u, IS, IA and Is. There will
be a carnival and street fair held I'M
A,-1ya
Commercial Club at the same time
Smothered in Wheat Bin. - A s.
year-old son of o. NJ. Akers, princi-
pal of the Hunniwell schools, was
smothered to death in an elevator
wheat bin. The little fellow in his
play jumped into a bin which was
filled with wheat. and Immediately
sank out of sight. Life was extinct
when the boy was recovered.
Indications of Oil. - Twenty years
ago James NJ Shepherd of Payne,
small town in the southeastern part
of Republic county, bored a we'll and
brought up rock that had the appear
ance of oil rock. Recently he bored
again, with the same result, and is con-
f1dent he has found deposit of oil.
Should the find be profitable it will
mean much for Republic county and
all northern Kansas.
Two Briefs Submitted.-The State
of Kansas, plaintiff, VS.. the Kansas
Natural Gas Company, defendant, is
being argued before the supreme
court at Topeka. Two briefs were
submitted by the plaintiffs attorneys
and one by the defendants. The
plaintiffs contention is that the Kan
sas Natural Gas Company cannot
transact business in Kansas without
permit from the state charter
board.
Carriers Paid $4,000. - The rural
carriers of Kansas, with two excep-
tions, have all been paid for the month
of April. The two would have been
paid, but the postmaster at the initial
office failed to make out the vouch-
ers properly. This is a cause of delay
to some of the carriers every month.
The amount paid out by the Topeka
postoffice to the carriers for last
month was almost $4,000. This is
an increase over March which is due
more carriers ON the payroll than in
February At the present rate of in
crease the Topeka office, which pays
all the Kansas carriers, will by the
first of next year be paying out about
100000 each month to the carriers.
1t is big thing for the state to have
the improved service and to have the
income in the way of wages to the
carriers.
May Get County Service.-Wilbur
Smith, special agent of the postoffice
department, is investigating the fea-
sibility of establishing a complete
county system of rural free delivery
in Donphan county. and if conditions
are favorable service will be inaugu-
rated by August l. Doniphan county
is one of the most thickly settled
counties in the state and is therefore
entitled to the benefits of free de-
livery. Mr.. Smith has been laying
out routes in Kansas for the past four
years. during which time he has SUI
perintended the laying out of several
county systems.
Dewey Case Dismissed.-The cele-
brated case of Chauncey Dewey. a
millionaire ranchmen. and Clyde Will
son and A. ]. Mcbride. cowboys en-
ployed by Dewey, who were charged
with killing two members of the Berry
family, neighboring ranchmen, in
northwestern Kansas, has been end
ed in the district court at Norton,
when the judge dismissed the defend
ants without trial. The prosecution
had failed upon several occasions to
begin the trial, although the defend.
ants were ready.
Two Liquor Law Points.-Two i'm
portant decisions sustaining the pro-
bbitory law in Topeka were render.
ed by the supreme court. Druggist
Lee brought replevin suit against
Sheriff Stahl to recover liquors taken
under the search and seizure act, and
Judge Hazen sustained Lees conten-
ton. The supreme court overrules
the lower court. In the case of Joint.
list Darien his attorneys declared that
the sale of liquors for medical and
scientific purposes cannot be prohibit.
ed by the legislature. The upper
court held to the contrary.
Public Auto Cars at Parsons.-The
Parsons Auto-Transit Company, com.
posed of local capitalists, placed three
sixteen-horse power automobiles
with seating capacity of sixteen
people each, in use. They will be
used as street cars, running over de
fined routes for a scent fare.
Hutchinson's Drainage Ditch.-The