Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-03-23
Teachers Must Join.

Teachers Must Join. = The local
board of education has ordered Atch-
ison's fifty teachers to attend the an
nual meeting of the Northeastern
Kansas Teachers association, shortly
to be held at Lawrence, under the
penalty of the probable loss of their
jobs. A copy of the following resolu-
ton has been sent to each teacher:
Resolved, That we close all the city
schools on Friday, March "a, to allow
the teachers to attend the meeting of
the Northeastern Kansas Teachers
association at Lawrence. Teachers
will all receive regular pay for the
day. and we place them on their hon.
or to take advantage of this privilege
The superintendent is requested to
notify all the teachers that if they do
not attend and become members, and
participate in the work of the associa-
ton, this fact will be considered an
evidence of a spirit of disloyalty and
will have its influence when applica-
| ton for reelection is made
Students on a Strike.-The Junior
chemistry classes of the University
of Kansas, composed of about eighty
engineering students. refused to at
tend its recitation under Hamilton P
Cady, assistant professor of chemis-
try. After 60 cutting class the mem
bers all met and agreed to attend no
more classes under Mr.. Cady until, as
| they resolved, ''he reforms and be-
comes more reasonable. . The num-
Der of failures in Mr.. Cady's classes
is far in excess of those in any other
| class in the university, some times
amounting to about so per cent. The
| students allege that the work assign
| ed them was unreasonable
Accidentally Killed. - At Winfield
Elmer, the eighteen-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Pitcher, was shot
while hunting by the accidental dis
| charge of a gun in the hands of one
of his two companions, Joe Wade.
The accident occurred near Krause's
ford. He was brought to town and
taken to the hospital of his uncle, DR..
F. Hoyt Pitcher. All efforts were I'M
availing as the wound, torn through
his right kidney by the load from a
12-gauge, was too deep and proved
fatal.
Going to Philippines. = The third
squadron of the Eighth cavalry,
which was stationed at Fort Riley
for the past three years, has been Or
dered to leave for term of service
in the Philippines. The squadron will
sail from San Francisco on April 1.
It's place in the post is to be taken
by the first squadron of the Thir-
teenth cavalry, which is now in the
Philippines. These troops will arrive
in the latter part of May. They sail
from the Philippines on April Is.
Enjoins Union Pacific. - Ida Har-
vey, a resident of the southern part
of Leavenworth county, filed suit
in the district court to enjoin the
Union Pacific railroad from running
through her farm. She asserts that
employees of the company removed a
fence and started to take thirteen
feet of her land without her consent.
The farmers are all strongly against
the Union Pacific building the new
double track and others threaten in
junction suits.
Faculty Runs CoIIese.-There is no
change in President Nichols decision
regarding the three students suspend
ed nor did the student body strike as
threatened in mass meeting. Another
meeting was held and students de-
cided to wait for the president to res
cind his action. Excitement has
quoted and it is not thought the stu
dents will be reinstated.
Two More Glass Factories. The
Commercial Club is looking for the
arrival from the east of representa-
tives of two glass manufactures
which are considering locating plants
at Chanute. One of them proposes to
build a plant which will employ 500
men. The other would be about half
as large.
Big Sale of Farm Land-J L. New
man has sold his ranch adjoining
Reading to C. c. Patten for $4,000.
There are 800 acres in the ranch. Mr.
Newman paid $4,000 for it two years
ago. 1t is known as the Hood ranch
Hood of Emporia.
After Kansas Farms.-A train load
of settlers with their household goods,
farm implements, horses and car
riages, came to Dickinson county a
few days ago. Another train load
came from Nebraska to Clay county.
Individual families from Iowa, Mis-
1t
1t is a part of the annual exodus
from older sections of the west More
than IA million dollars worth of farm
land has been sold in Dickinson
county since October, nearly all of it
to westerners, who are now coming
to take possession. The train load
that came was made up in Brown and
Nemaha counties. They had sold
their farms in northeast counties and
bought anew because they could get
larger acreage.
No Assembly This Year.-The En-
poria Chautauqua has been abandon
ed for another year at least. Two
years ago the Chautauqua Associa-
ton came out 5000 in debt, and the
local stockholders and merchants
were compelled to make up the de-
felt. Last year the high water and
the worlds fair caused the project to
be postponed.
Killed in a Ranaway.-John Spring,
a well known Leavenworth county
farmer, was accidentally killed while
driving to his home near Boiling. He
waS driving q frapiOuS foam which
ran away, throwing him to the ground.
He leaves widow and several child
rem.
Big Yield of Kaffir. = The biggest
Weld of kafir corn to the acre that