Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-06-08
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burn has reports from several south
ern counties stating that wheat har-
vest would start the 10th of June.
One farmer writes that he will begin
cutting on June 5.
Improvements on Depot. = The
Santa Fe railroad is to begin work
on number of improvements that
will make its depot one of the best
in Salina. The improvements are to
cost at least $4,000.
Accused of Knocking Down." -
John Matteson has sued j. d. Gilkey,
of Maple City, for damages for alleg
ed false Imprisonment. Matteson had
worked in Gilkey's store, and Gilkey
had him arrested on a charge of
knocking down." The charge failed
when Matteson was given a prelimin-
airy hearing
Prisoner Has Hysteria. = Grant
Thompson, prisoner from Kiowa
county confined in the Reno county
Jail, is giving some trouble to the
county physician and others. He is
confined for bigamy. 1t is claimed
that he has hysteria, but those who
claim to know say the sheriff knows
more than he will tell.
Sheriff Destroys Liquor.-Under or
ders from district court in Independ-
ence, Sheriff Pruitt and his deputies
destroyed over $500 worth of liquor,
dumping the stuff in the gutter near
the court house. Between forty and
fifty cases of beer and four barrels
of whisky were destroyed The liquor
was taken from joints all over the
county on search warrants.
Prof. carruth's PubIication.-Prof
w. H. Carruth of the German depart
ment of the University of Kansas has
written recently a series of Letters
to American Boys" which has been
published in a new series of books
entitled the Household Library"
The series was edited by Miss Kate
Stevens and a member of the 1875
class of the university.
Need Harvest Hands. Information
has been received that Stafford coun-
ty, Kan, will want 1000 men for the
wheat harvest The crop in that
county is exceptionally large this
year and men and teams are already
in demand. w. S. Radebaugh, a
merchant at St John, has established
free employment bureau and will
furnish men with work and farmers
with hands.
Settles $4,000 Suit.-After taking
all of the afternoon to secure a jury
in the Coleman ten thousand dollar
damage suit against the lola Electric
Railway Company and spending the
entire morning in hearing the evidence
of the plaintiff, the parties to the con-
troversy reached a settlement where
by the railway company pays to Mrs.
Coleman $3.50 and sustains all the
costs of the suit.
Gave His Wife the Farm.-A sensa-
ton has been created at Wellington
by the disappearance of Preston Wy
cOff, a prominent breeder of Short
horn cattle, who is alleged to have
left town in company with Mrs Lin
ton, a divorced woman. Before leav-
ing, he made over a farm and other
property to his wife. Wyckoff was
until recently one of the trustees of
the county high school and bore a
good reputation.
Want Kansas Twine.-Many COM
plants have come from Oklahoma be
cause of the refusal of the prison
board to sell Irvine to the farmers of
the territory. Oklahoma people say
that inasmuch as their prisoners are
worked in the Kansas penitentiary
they are entitled to Irvine and any
other benefits arising from this labor.
There are 1874 Oklahoma prisoners or
more than one-third of the 1,1S0 in
mates, in the penitentiary.
Are After chautauqua.-A meet.
ing of citizens in the Chautauqua
movement was held at Pittsburg.
Kan, and Rev. R. NJ. Scott was elect
ed chairman. The proposition of
having an assembly was taken up and
a committee of seven was appointed
to confer with General Manager Bar
tell, of the Associated Chautauquas,
on his arrival In all probability the
assembly will be held July IA to 81,
inclusive.
Republican River Rising. : AT
Junction City the Republican river
has been rising rapidly and the river
is at the highest point it has been this
year. 1t is now more than seven feet
above low water mark.
Metropolitan Farmer. A Jewell
county farmer moved to town recent
ly, and the first thing he did was to
ask about getting his mail delivered
He couldn't think of walking to the
postoffice when he was accustomed
to having the rural mail carrier, but
he was informed that the farmer has
the advantage of the small town resi-
dent. The town man has to go to the
postoffice for his mail.
Glass Membership Increases. =
Chancellor Strong of the University
of Kansas made the principal address
at the Emporia high school COM
mencement exercises. This years
class has a membership of twenty
eight pupils, an increase of four over
last year.
Lime Caused Explosion. = The
Union Pacific water softening plant
blew up at Junction City. The tower
and machinery were wrecked The
explosion was caused by big guam
tity of lime in the tower that was
used in the softening process.
Twster Near kingman. = A small
area few miles southeast of King
man was visited by a tornado. Con
siderable damage was done to farm
buildings, but no persons are reported