Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-24

evening on business.
The weather has been extremely
warm for the past few days.
Real estate agents are getting as
numerous as fiddlers in hades.
R. E. Steele and wife returned
last week from the Portland Fair.
There will be dance at the hall
tonight. Everyone is invited to at
tend,
Miss Ethel DeCow is visiting at
the home OF her uncle, r. A. Har.
per.
A number of our people attended
the old settlers picnic at Odee yes
terday.
| Charlie Addie. of Denver, Colo;
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Frank
Ellis, south of Fowler.
Mrs. Ralph de Germiny and little
daughter Vita, of Denver, Colo,
are visiting Mrs. A. o. Rosenberg.
| Bert Rosenberry's barn is nearing
completion. 1t Is 3ax5o in size and
will stall about 20 head of horses.
Rev. Parks will preach at the
Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning and evening at the usual
hours.
| Charley Prescott, Inspector for
the Cattle Raisers' Association of
Texas, was in town Tuesday on bus
mess.
| Clyde Mars and Frank S. Sulli-
van have formed partnership and
will conduct real estate business.
Success to them,
A picnic crowd went down to the
big spring last Monday night. All
report pleasant evening barring a
few slight accidents.
Mrs. S. J. Cones, of Lawrence,
Kansas. mother of our townsman,
Geo. B. Cones, arrived Tuesday to
spend several days with her son.
Miss Marjorie Bodle fell from the
picnic wagon Monday and severely
spraincd her shoulder. 1t will re-
quire several days to regain its nat
ural use.
Jay Ellis has secured fine fow-
ing well for Judge Selvidge on his
place north of the city. The we'll is
SO feet in depth and flows good
sized stream.
We think that the city council
should have few loads of dirt put
at the approaches of the culverts on
the north side. 1t is almost impos-
sible to cross with heavy load.
We hear considerable complaint
about bad roads leading into our
city. The road overseers should |
look in the matter and make all nec-
essary repairs.
Thr old black wolf which has kill
ed many calves on the Cimarron |
river was captured last week by |
Henry Myers who is working for
NJ. .. Danks. Every one along the
river will be pleased to hear this.
John Blair, of Mertilla twp. was
| in town Saturday and made our Of
flee very pleasant call. Mr.. Blair
is the largest individual wheat grow
er in the county this year, raising
about 8, 600 bushels from nearly 500
acres. 1t yielded from 10 to as |
bushels per acre.
Steve Montgomery, of West Plains
twp. came in Saturday and renewed
the paper for his father, J. l.. Mont
gomery. Steve had an interest in
a 6, 900 bushel wheat crop this year.
He has also been running a thresh-
ing outfit and has just finished the
season.
| ]. NJ. Graham, of Plains, was in
the city Saturday making final proof
on his homestead. While here he
called on us and made rs happy by
renewing his subscription to the
moral guide. MIR. Graham had a
good wheat crop this year and is
one of the prosperous farmers and
stockraisers of West Plains twp.
! John Watt has moved his harness
shop into his new building on west
Carthage Ave. where he has very
commodious quarters and where he
will be pleased to meet all his old
patrons and any new ones who de-
sire first.class harness. John Is the
best harness maker in western Kan.
sas having learned the trade back
yonder in the Buckeye state.
Roscoe c. Griggs returned home