Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-04-20
Geo. B. Cones has added a ten

Saturday night on realty biz.
Commissioners proceedings ar
published in another column.
We are having some cool weather
which is keeping vegetation back.
| w. w. Cockins Jr. left Tuesda,
for Kansas City for several day
stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Byrns were W
from Guymon on a visit for the pas
ten days.
Lee & Reads new store room is
plastered and will soon be ready fol
occupancy.
John Trober is erecting an addi.
ton to his residence in the north
part of the city.
The agent for the Lyceum bureau
graft was here this week. We do
not know with what success.
There will be services at the Cath
olic Church Sunday April goth at
1880 a. m. Everybody invited.
P. ]. Bowling, of Bucklin, was in
the city over Sunday, ON his way to
see his claim in Mertilla township.
Dorland & Roberts are building a
- foot addition to their store room.
Their increasing business demands
larger room.
A letter from S. E: Myers, Green's
burg, Kansas, encloses years SUBJ
scription to the News. Says he is
getting along fine and that prospects
for crop are good.
Samuel Conger, of Meade, who
used to be a section foreman on the
Rock Island here years ago, was a
visitor in the city Tuesday.-Liberal
News.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kibby re-
turned from Dodge City, Kansas,
last Tuesday. Mrs. Kibby went
there to meet her husband who had
been away with a bunch of horses.
The Meade Concrete Building
Block Co. are at work manufactur-
ing cement blocks at their place
near the depot. The stone gives
every appearance of being a success.
There will be meeting at the
Baptist church IN Meade, Saturday
April 2oth at p. m. to organize a
Christian Endeavor County Union.
All are cordially invited to attend.
There will be a meeting of the
congregation at the Presbyterian
Church on Sunday, April 23rd 1t
3.o'clock p. m. to consider the en-
ployment of a minister for the ensu-
ing year.
Last Friday the Englewood au-
thorities brought John Dickerson up
and lodged him in Jail. Dickerson
filed up on "booze" at Englewood
last Thursday and attempted to take
the town, and after making several
gun plays was arrested and taken be-
fore Justice Long who gave him 20
days in Jail and costs.-Ashland
Clipper.
Warden Jewett, of the state peni-
tertiary, has fixed the price of prison
binding twine for this year at 8N
cents pound for lots of 500 pounds
or more, and "a cents per pound
for less quantities. This is a quar-
ter of a cent higher than last year.
The Minnesota and the Missouri
prisons will sell their prison twine at
the same price. Kansas has about
three million pounds in stock.
The base ball game last Friday
afternoon between the Meade High
School and the scrub nine resulted
in victory for the High School
nine by score of IL to II. The
scrubs were not in it. They lined
up as follows:
Claus Berger, Art Follick,
Fred Flick, Clyde Mars,
John Wood, Brother Buis,
John Elliott, Ernest Kobs,
Leo McMeel.
The High School lads were:
Frank Wood, Eugene McMeel,
Richard Kobs, Ben Marshall,
Henry Taggart, Herbert Conger,
William Kobs, Fess Stalder,
Wallace Hamilton.
A surprise party was given for
Miss Mamie Finkle at her home on
Saturday evening, April IS. Nu-
merous games were played, after
which refreshments were served.
Those present were:
Misses.
Ada Flick, Mildred Johnston
Frances Black, Florence Black,
DeSsie Mars Pearl Taooart