Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-11-23
lola Factories Rushed.

they will be in a few days, the month
ly payroll will reach quarter of
million dollars.
Grain Dealers in Session. = The
Farmers Independent Grain Dealers
of Kansas are in session in McPher-
son. A large number of influential
grain men are present all over Kan
sas and the session is one of en-
thusiasm
Six Million in Four Banks. = The
money on deposit in the four National
banks of Wichita is approximately six
million dollars, as shown by their
statements made in response to call
made by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency at Washington.
Gets Telephone control.-The Mis-
souri, and Kansas Telephone Company
has bought a controlling interest in
the Wellington Independent Tele-
phone Company, which owns and
operates local exchange and has
toll lines to all nearby towns.
Turkeys for Expressmen. - The
Wells-Fargo Express Company,
through its local agent, placed an or
der with the ]. P Bacon Produce
Company for 500 turkeys to supply
he employees of the Kansas division
with Thanksgiving birds, with the
compliments of the company.
Junction city's New Library-The
executor of the George Smith estate
will next spring turn over all of the
estate to the board of directors of the
public library, consisting of about
$4,000 cash and property, exclusive
of the Seventh street corner of the
approximate value of $4,000 to
$4,000.
New Santa Fe Depot.-Agent w. E.
Ralston and his assistants have NOV
ed into the new $4,000 Santa Fe de-
pot. For nearly three weeks every
thing has been ready for the change
except the cutting in of the wires.
lola now has a depot equal, if not
superior, to any depot in this section
of the state
Wellington a Flour Center.-Twen-
ty-eight hundred barrels of flour ev-
cry day. That is to be the yelling
ton output. The Aetna Milling Com
pany has decided to double the pres
ent capacity. Plans for the new
building have been ordered. This
will give them a total capacity Of
1000 barrels a day.
To Discharge Receiver. - The af-
fairs of the receivership of the lola
electric road will be wound up with
in the next two or three weeks, and
the receiver discharged by the feder-
al court. This is made possible by an
agreement among the minority and
majority stockholders and the bond
holders of the railroad.
RevoIutionize Stringed Instru-
ments.-Joseph Behee, a well known
Leavenworth patternmaker and all
around genius, has been granted pat
ent rights on a wonderful machine,
which simplifies the manufacture of
violins, mandolins and guitars. Ex-
perts say it will revolutionize the
stringed instrument business.
Dropped the Guardsman. - For the
first time under the new law, a sol
der has been dropped from the ranks
of the Kansas national guard because
he failed to attend drill. The soldier
who has been given his dismissal
without the customary honorable
attached is Chester B. Kellar, of Com
pany l, Emporia. The discharge
says that Kellar must leave the ranks
of the guard for the good of the SER
vice. 1t is expected that the example
will serve to show that the new order
of things under which the guard is
conducted means business, and that
unless the enlisted men attend to
business they had better step out.
Looking After CattIemen. - A. r.
Greene, special agent of the interior
department, will not only investigate
land frauds in connection with home
stead entries, but will also find out
how many cattlemen in Western Kan
sas are fencing up government land.
This fence business used to be look
ed after by Colonel A H. Burtis, but
he has been transferred to North Da-
kota.
No Kansas Material USED. - Some
time ago there was some talk that
the Panama canal would be a great
boon for the brick and cement indus
tries of Kansas, which were expected
to supply great quantities of material
for the canal. 1t seems, however, to
have been an optimistic talk to arouse
enthusiasm for nothing has been
heard of it of recent months, and
there is a suspicion that nothing far,
Their will be said.
Coleman Requisition Honored. -
Governor Hoch honored a requisition
issued by the governor of Colorado
fer the return of John H. Coleman,
wanted at Denver for embezzlement.
He is accused of making away with
sos. He is under arrest at Atchison.
Wichita May Get Woodmen.-J. E.
Fitzgerald, of Kansas City, was in this
city with A. L. Manchester, of Lincoln,
Neb., to consider Wichita as candi-
date for the 100000 Office building
the Woodmen of the World will erect
if driven from Omaha by being forced
to pay taxes on the 100000 emerg.
ency fund.
Some Corn.-S. S. Emery, a Smith
county farmer, this year produced
several ears of corn which measured
IL inches in length, s inches in cir.
conference at the butt and weighed
three pounds each.
Foley on Liquor Question. = Pete