Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-04-27
10000 Pounds a pay-At Arkansas

per day and the 5000 gallons of cream
necessary to run the plant to its capa-
| city have been contracted
Building at Fort Riley. - The con-
| tracts for the building of veterinary
hospital and a commissary storehouse
at Fort Riley have been awarded to
two contracting firms of Junction City
The cost of the two buildings COM
plete will be $4,000. Work on the
buildings was commenced today.
Charged With Forgery. = James
Boughner. who was wanted at Lyons,
Kan. on charge of forging two
checks-one for SIP and one for $40
cred to the sheriff of Rice county. He
has served a term for the same Of
tense committed here several years
ago.
Register 1000 Degrees of Heat. :
| The chemistry department of the
| University of Kansas has recently re-
ceived a new instrument for measur-
| ing temperature from $50 degrees,
centigrade. to over 1000 degrees. This
| apparatus is to be used in measuring
temperature in the assaying and me-
tallurgy laboratories.
Old Offenders Sentenced.-Charles
l.. Odlin pleaded guilty to stealing
registered letter from the Atchison
postoff1ce and will serve two years in
the reform school at Washington, D.
c. L. L. Moore. who took letter
that didn't belong to him from the
sent to Jail for three months T. ].
Wilson got $25 fine from Judge Pol
lock for mailing an obscene letter.
John Hautzier pleaded guilty to a
charge of using the mails to defraud
and was fined $25.
Jobs For Graduates. = The Genera
Electric Company of Schenectady, N.
Y, the largest electrical company in
the world, employing thousands of
men, has notified the University of
Kansas that the privilege will be
granted the university this year to
name four of the graduates in electri-
cal engineering to positions of trust
in the company. For years the uni
versity has named two students but
on account of the grade of work the
graduates of the university have been
able to do for the company, it has
asked for four this year.
Mcpherson County Fair.-The Nc
Pherson Agricultural and Fair Asso-
citation met in the court house and
perfected an organization, the capital
stock of which is fixed at $4,000.
Over half of this stock was subscrib-
ed. constitution was adopted which
provided for board of directors. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, w. H. Cottingham; vice-presi-
dent, o. W. Matthes; secretary, P A.
Rowland; treasurer, David Grant.
Dates have been secured with the
Arkansas Valley circuit for races
from the 18th to the 18th of Septem-
Der.
Still a WhistIing Station.-The peo-
pie of st. Paul, in Neosho county, be-
came tired of the Katy railroad max
ing whistling post of their town, so
they got the legislature to pass bill
requiring the Katy to stop all pas
senger trains in all towns having
over 1000 population in Neosho county.
The Katy paid no attention to the
law, and the people recently filed COM
plant with the state railroad board
Colonel Sedgwick, general attorney
for the road, has replied. He says
that the law is unconstitutional, be-
cause it relates to only one railroad
in only one county, and is therefore
class legislation. He also says that
the passenger trains which do not
stop at st. Paul are interstate trains
and that the railroad board has no
power over them. He winds up his
letter by declaring that the road will
pay no attention whatever to the
law
Masons Meet in SaIine.-Isis tenn
pie of the Mystic Shrine of this place
has arranged to make the ceremonial
session of the order, to be held here
May %, great day for Masonry in
Kansas. About $50 candidates will be
initiated. Eight hundred women have
been invited to accompany husbands
and fathers, and elaborate plans are
being made for their entertainment.
The Shrine purchased today 800 tick
etc for an outdoor theater which has
been engaged for the week. Other
entertainments will be a ball, BAN
quet, vaudeville in the temple theater
and a reception.
Mules Buried in Mine. - At Pitts
burg fire of unknown origin was start
ed in the mule stables of Mt. Carmel
mine No. and fifty-seven mules Were
burned to death. The alarm was
sounded as soon as the fire was dis
covered, and the flames were prevent
ed from spreading to the balance Of
started by shot firers carelessly using
matches in lighting their pipes,
common occurrence upon coming out
of the mines. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Mcpherson Fair Grounds.-The Nc
Pherson County Fair and Agricultur-
al Association have purchased what
has been known as the Fisher tract
of land in the eastern part of the city
for the purpose of a fair grounds. The
tract comprises 46 acres of land just
4 blocks east and 3.ssouth of the cen
ter of the city. ~
Soaking Rain at Abilene.-A soak
ing rain fellF at Abilene. 1t will help
1.-THE; wheat and growing grain, as the
country was getting very dry. Some
wind and bali accompanied the rain,
but no damage has been reported.
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Killed by ExpIosion.-At Clifton an
acetylene gas tank exploded yester-