Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-12-28
Reward Is Offered. LIE


for the arrest and conviction of the
men who wrecked the passenger train
near Reading. Kan.
Effects of Free DeIivery.-when the
rural mail routes are all in working
order there will be no country" in
Clay county; it will be all town with
all the privileges of city life, save
paid fire departments, excessive taxes
and uniformed police.
Great Beet Sugar Country. With
the solution of the water problem, the
Arkansas valley west of Garden City
promises to become the best sugar
beet country in the world. This is
what c. c. Hamlin, attorney for the
American Sugar Beet Company,
says.
River Channel Opened. At Leav-
enworth slight rise in the stage of
the river and the disappearance of
nearly all the ice from the stream
have enabled the Dresser sand dredge
and barge to resume work and get a
pile of sand on the bank to be used Cd
buildings during the winter.
Jewell County Leads.-Jewell coun-
ty is the banner corn producing coun-
ty OF Kansas this year. 1t raised
6,241,952 bushels. Marshall is a close
second with production of 6.173.S9S.
Nemaha is third with 5,S53,S54. Wash
ington fourth with 5,162,940 and Re-
public fifth with 6,074, 0S0.
c. II. Gaunt Promoted.-J. E. Hur-
ley, general manager of the Santa Fe
railway, issued a circular announcing
the promotion of c. H. Cunt to be as
sistant general manager with such
duties as may be assigned him by the
general manager" Mr.. Gaunt retains
his present position of superintendent
of telegraph.
Christmas Presents Burned.-In the
Santa Fe express car wrecked near
Reading there was about $4,000 in
gold and $4,000 in currency and many
thousand dollars worth of jewelry de-
stroyed by the express car attached to
the train taking fire. The money was
in transit from the National Bank of
Commerce in Kansas City to Kansas
bankers.
Boys Ran Away.-The Wichita DO
lice have received from Norwich the
description of two boys who ran away
from home and who are wanted by
their parents. The names of the boys
are Lawrence Oyler, aged II years.
and Ed Peats, aged Is years. Both
wore corduroy caps and blue overalls.
The policemen on the several beats
are looking for the boys.
Haskell Barn Burned.-One of the
fine barns at Haskell Indian Indus
trial institute, one mile south of Law
renee, was burned and seven horses
were burned to death. The horses
were the driving teams of the school.
Several vehicles were also destroyed.
The barn was a total loss. The fire
is supposed to have originated through
defective wiring. Haskell has been
very unfortunate in the destruction of
barns through fires, this being the
sixth structure burned.
Big Irish Potato.-Rev. Father Hay
den, the Topeka Catholic priest who
spent the summer in Ireland and
who returned to America with his
friend, the late c. ]. Devlin, has pre-
sented Secretary Coburn's department
with genuine Irish potato raised in
Ireland. When dug it weighed three
pounds and two ounces. 1t now
weighs three pounds. Father Hayden
to show the secretary what a
real Irish potato looked like. Coburn
believes he can dig up a bigger one
in Kansas.
Trace Escaped convicts. - w. H.
warden of the Kansas peni-
tertiary has had neat pamphlet
printed continuing the names and pic
lures of thirty-two convicts wanted
at the penitentiary. OF the number
escaped and five are
for violating their parole.
Nearly all these convicts escaped be.
fore Mr.. Haskell took charge as war
len. Only five of all the prisoners
paroled have violated their obligation
and are now fugitives. A reward of
$50 will be paid for the capture of any
of the thirty-two. The pamphlet will
De sent to sheriffs and police officers
and to other penitentiaries in all parts
If the United States.
To Address Mercantile CIub.-Gov.
ernor Hoch has accepted an invita-
ion to speak at the Mercantile Clubs
banquet in Kansas City, Kan, on
January 5. The governor gave a half
promise several weeks ago that he
would be present at the banquet; then
lie began his fight on the joints of
hat town and there was talk of the
hub withdrawing its invitation. This
iidn't bother the governor any. 1t
seems that the talk came from a few
# the members who rent buildings to
'jointists" and that the officers and
,ther members of the club wouldn't
such action. The gov
'rnor will likely talk on the liquor
situation in Kansas City. Kan.
Oil AduIterated.-The finding of a
of vinegar and glue in
he tank of dealer in independent |
III in Topeka is coincident with the
of letter by the sales de- |
'artment of the Standard Oil Com |
amy warning people against adulte-
ated oil and asking their customers
o keep sharp lookout.
Got Out Of Guard House. = Private
'terlow and Jackson, Eighteenth in
antrymen, serving sentences in the
,uard house at Fort Leavenworth, es-
aped and have not been apprehend-
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