Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-06-01

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Attend the entertainment st the
school house next Friday night.
| Griggs & Bolen sold three more
lquarters of land in Mertilla twp. las,
week.
! Judges Price and Peters are among
the attorneys present at this term OF
court.
Ellis & Cobb secured another fine
artesian well on the Oldham place
this week.
Harry Jobes, son of A.C. Jobes,
the banker, was here last week ON
business,
F. A. Shearer, Express Route
agent, was here yesterday checking
up the station.
The "Silver Moon" Restaurant is
receiving coat of silver paint. Art
Schmokeris the artist.
Chas N. Payne, of Hutchinson,
has been here for the past few days
looking after his realty interests.
John Kibby is in Utah buying
horses. He expects to be home
with a couple of carloads next week.
Mr.. J. P. Sullivan, father of County
Attorney Sullivan, is here from Nor
ton county to spend several weeks
visiting Mr.. Sullivan and family.
Day operator Downs is taking his
annual layoff and will leave here in
few days for trip to New York.
He will be absent about a month.
District Court convened this
morning in an adjourned term, with
Judge Madison and his reporter, Mr..
Baker on hand. A few minor cases
were disposed of.
Prof Beach will leave tomorrow
for Garden City, where he goes to
conduct the Finney County Normal.
He will conduct the Meade county
institute ia July.
John Lynn. who has been our ef-
fcient agent for the past two years,
willleave in few days for Dalhart.
We are sorry to lose John and hope
he will return in the near future.
The Meade Junior Ball nine went
to Bucklin Tuesday and played the
Bucklin nine. The boys say they
played the first nine, at least they
were defeated by score of IS to 3.
Mrs. J. Med. Stafford of Chicago
Illinois was in our city this week
and while here purchased a nice
tract of land near the Artesian val
ley. Griggs, Bolen & Co. made
the sale.
r. G.. Sanford is our new agent
to succeed Mr.. Lynn, Mr.. Sanford
has been at Preston and seems to be
an excellent young man. His family
will move here in few days. We
believe he will be very satisfactory
to the patrons of the Office.
General Roller. an old Meadeite,
was in the city between trains last
Monday morning. He met many
of his early day acquaintance. He
is located at Los Angeles on the po-
lice force and was. on his way to
Missouri to visit his parents.
Fillmore Hudson, an old Meadite,
dropped into Meade Wednesday
after an absence of IL years. He
and his family are located at Vinton,
La, in the farming and dairy busi-
ness. FIJI looks as natural as he did
in the early days when he was keep
ing the District clerk records. The
world seems to be using him we'll.
Tom Johnston has sold his furni-
ture emporium to Mr.. E. A. Twist,
who will conduct same at the old
stand. We are pleased to enumer-
ate Mr.. Twist among our business
nea, as he was one of the first to Il
cate in Meade. We presume Mr..
Johnston will devote his attention to
the confectionery.
Mrs. J. c. Med. Stafford, oi
tChicago, who purchased an artesiar
farm this week. also ordered the
News sent to her in Chicago for {
year. Mrs. Stafford is very pleas
ant lady and is very much enthuset
over our country and especially ths
Artesian valley. Her husband is ;
high Rock Island official in Chicago
and no doubt other officials vii
come out and invest in our beauti
full country.
At the semi-annual meeting o
Meade Lodge No. 523 I. o. o. F
last Monday night the following of
ffcers were elected: