Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-11-16

Walked From Kentucky. = Mrs.
Sarah Baker. negro woman, 100
years old, who bore the distinction
of walking from Kentucky to Kansas
with a party of negro emigrants in
1870, died at Winfield
Father Justin Chosen. - Father JUS
tin of Oklahoma has been chosen as
the priest of the Catholic church of
Lawrence. He began his charge last
Sunday and has filed the place once
before. The members of the parish
seem to like Father Justin and the peo-
pie of the town will welcome him to
Lawrence.
Out of Coal Rate Fight.-Wichita is
taking no part in the fight for a re-
duction in coal rates. The railroads
recently granted Wichita a 81 rate on
slack and the dealers there say they
are satisfied and have no complaint to
make. Hutchinson salt dealers seem
to be the only ones kicking for a re.
duction.
saIina Healthy city.-Salina is ex.
tremely fortunate this year in the
matter of contagious diseases or. of
epidemic diseases of any kind. The
town is practically free from anything
more than the ordinary ailments which
arise from natural causes. There is
not case of measles, smallpox, scar
let fever or diphtheria in Salina and
there is not case of typhoid fever in
the city.
Woman Seeks ParoIe.-The applica-
ton of Mrs. Nancy Wilson, generally
known as Mrs. Staffieback, for release
from the Kansas penitentiary on pa
role, was placed before the parole
board. Mrs. Wilson is serving a SEN
tence of 81 years for murder and has
been in the penitentiary eight years.
She is old and is in feeble health; in
fact, she is confined to a bed most of
the time and is cared for by the 9TH
er women prisoners. The parole board
postponed consideration of the case
for an indefinite period.
Court House Rest Room. - The
OOe~A u VI SOuAIy SOIIUulSSlOu6TS has SET
aside the northeast corner room on
the first floor of the court house as a
rest room for women at Lawrence. To
Deputy Clerk Julia Kerns has been
delegated the task of furnishing this
room, which will include rugs, chairs,
couch and other accessories to a
room of this nature. The decision to
establish rest room at this place will
prove a most popular one with out-of-
town visitors and should in no wise
conflict with the city rest room at the
old court house.
Flour for the Army. = Capt C. P.
Stivers, of the United States army is
at Salina to inspect the -four which is
to be shipped to the department of the
Colorado by the Western Star mill.
The buying was done by Col. B. K.
West. In determining the quality of
the flour an analytical test of the flour
was made, and the -four was also test
ed as made up into bread. Fixed pro-
portions of the different ingredients is
used, and the baking is done in a stove
for which the heat is furnished by
electricity. The shipment will occupy
nine cars, and will be of 353,4OO
pounds weight
Sugar Refinery Assured. - A sugar
factory for Garden City is now an as
sured fact. The American Sugar
Company has definitely selected the
site for the new factory, locating it
just west of the town near the railroad
tracks, Its estimated cost Is one mil
lion dollars and it is to have capacity
of eight thousand tons daily and will
be the largest in the Arkansas Valley.
The work on the factory is to begin at
once. The government proposition
was recently passed upon favorably
and work will soon begin on the plant.
These two enterprises mean much for
this part of the state as thousands of
acres of land will be put under water
and home market made for their
products. The beets raised here were
of fine quality and the yield is from
II to % tons.
Drowned at Lansing. BY the cap
sizing of boat near the state peni.
Tertiary in Lansing Andrew Weeder,
Wyandotte county convict serving
flve-year term, and Richard Smith,
young man of Wolcott, were drown
ed and another man nearly lost his
life.
Prosperous Butler County. - Butler
county has no Indebtedness of any
kind. 1t never voted county bond
and has from $4,000 to 100000 on
deposit all the time. 1t ranks first in
cattle, first in horses and mules, first
in kaffir corn, first in prairie hay, first
in sorghum, first in animals sold for
slaughter, second in alfalfa, second in
poultry and eggs, third in swine, sixth
in corn.
Pardon for Pickpocket. - Governor
Hoch pardoned Tom Miller, convict
from Cherokee county. Miller is a
young man. He got in bad company
recently and was convicted of picking
the pocket of man and securing
$13. The principal witnesses against
him we're some tough negroes. Mil.
ler's friends asked the governor to
give him chance, and the governor
complied with their request.
Gas Direct From. Civ. R. Myers
of Chanute is the inventor of pro-
cess for making high grade illumin.
ating gas direct from crude oil with.
cut mixing it with COG. or using pumps
to inject the oil into the still. Mr..
Myers calls his process a constant
and perpetual still" How he gets the
oil into the still is 3 secret.
Died of Hydrophobia.-Albe Rose.
Ill