Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-17

Large lomato Shipment. - H. A.
Carpenter. Wichita fruit shipper,
shipped 5000 pounds of tomatoes 70
Colorado the other day via the Pa
cific express.
A Jack of all Trades.-The Meriden
Ledger is printed on power press
invented by the editor, Mr.. Paine He
is preacher. editor, printer. inventor
and machinist
Believe 1t Will come.-The people
at Lawrence believe there is no ques-
ton concerning the building of the
Kansas City. Olathe. Lawrence and
Topeka electric line
Send Gift Of $1,000. = Michael J..
O'Mera, pioneer citizen of Winfield.
now resident of Salt Lake City, has
made gift of $1,000 to the ST. Mary's
hospital, of his former Kansas home
Delegates to Y. p. Union.-About
100 delegates and visitors attended
the thirteenth annual convention at
Wichita of the Young Peoples Chris
tian Union of the United Brethren
church.
Not Enough Money. The State
Board of Control has but $4,000 to
pay for the secretary, stenographer
and book-keeper. They have arrang-
ed to pay the secretary $4,000, the
stenographer 5000 and allow them to
pay for the assistant or book-keeper
Tho poxt IaoicIoturo will bo ool-od 70
make proper appropriations to pay
for the help in the Office of the Board
of Control.
DR.. Clark Appointed. = DR.. 1 W..
Clark of Edna, Labette county, has
been appointed superintendent of the
state school for feeble minded youths
at Winfield by the Board of Control.
He will take the place made vacant
by the removal of DR.. c. S. Newton.
Dr. Van Mugs who has been in charge
of the school ad interim the past two
weeks will return to his place in the
Topeka hospital.
Cowboy Boots.-Most of the cow
boy boots worn in the cattle sections
of the United States are made by
Charles Hyer of Olathe. Mr.. Hyer
employs fifty men in his factory. He
sells his boots direct to the cowboys,
sending them through the mails. 1t
was Hyer's mail order business that
put Olathe in the free delivery class.
President Roosevelt has a pair of
Hyer's boots in his equipment
A 29o,oo0,ooo Bu5heI Crop. 1T. B.
Jennings, section director of the gov
eminent Weather bureau with head
quarters in Topeka. thinks the Capt.
tails estimate of 290,000,000 bushels
for this years Kansas corn crop will
be verified when the final statistics
are secured All of the bulletins re-
ceived by Mr.. Jennings from different
parts of the state are very sanguine
in their predictions of a large crop.
Building Steel EIevator-The work
on the Robb-Bort elevator in Wichita
| is progressing. A concrete founda-
ton has been laid for the big grain
| tanks. These foundations have been
put ten feet below the ground and
stand seven feet above the ground,
the building needing the massive
foundations because it will be solid
steel structure and absolutely fire
proof. Its holding capacity will be
$4,000 bushels. The structure will be
one of the largest in the state when
completed.
MiIIers AssocTations-The Millers'
association has been holding a con-
ference in Emporia. The millers are
holding meetings in various parts of
Kansas, and three more are to be
held in the southeast part of the
state. Railway rates received con-
siderable discussion and were decided
to be especially unjust to makers of
high grade flour. F. D. Stevens of
Wichita strongly recommended the
use of crude oil as a fuel, stating
that most of the millers in the terri
tory covered by the Union Pacific
use oil burners and more were put
ting them in.
Gave Her a Ring. - The Cowley
county normal closed after the pass
ing of the proper resolutions. The
number in attendance was the largest
| of any normal that has been held in
| the state of Kansas in the past three
years. Miss Race. county superin-
tendent, takes great interest in all
educational work. Her best efforts
were put forth in this normal and as
result it's success was phenomenal.
| That Miss Race stands as high with
| the teachers as with the people of the
county is shown by the fact that the
institute raised purse and purchased
diamond ring and presented it to
her, Prof. Nowlin making the presen-
tation speech.
Cutting Out Postal Routes. = The
postoffice department is saving some
wages which has resulted in the
frightening of the seven routes out
of Caldwell to thirty miles each. This
cuts out numerous routes which go
out from small postoffices Whereas
before there were 62 rural routes in
Sumner county, this order reduces the
number to 81, looping off of IL rural
routes and the dismissal of an equal
number of carriers
Dead and Not Identified.-An I'M
known man, age 16 to 81 years, was
found dead or the Missouri Pacific
right-of-way six miles south of Hia-
watha. There was nothing on his per-
son to identify him. He was five feet
and eleven inches tall and weighed
1S5 pounds. and had dark hair and
gray eyes, chin contracted. scar on
right side of face, scar on wrist and
arm, wore gray trousers, cottonade
shirt and faded brown coat Death