Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-06-29
KANSAS COMMENT

county is town now, legally so. 1t
has four hundred and fifty persons
within its borders. The people will
elect officers June 26-six councilmen,
a police judge and a mayor.
Wichita BIackmaiIer-Mrs. F. TIL
linghast, widow of a wealthy stock
man, received a letter threatening
her with death and the destruction
of her residence by fire unless she
deposited $500 in lonely spot near
her home. A trap was set for the
blackmailer, but he eluded the Off
GERS by failing to call for the decoy
package.
Harvest in Geary-The harvest of
wheat commenced in many places in
Geary county. The indications on the
bottom land where most of the har-
vesting is now taking place, are that
the crop will yield from twenty-five
to forty bushels of wheat per acre.
On the upland the wheat is thin.
Taken as a whole, the county's crop
of wheat this year will be larger than
it has been for several years.
Goes to Supreme court.-The Kan
sas liquor law is to be tested in the
United States supreme court. The
case of Fritz DURAN, Fred Ross,
James Sheasley, Fred Simmons and
Newman Hoard has been appealed
to that tribunal. The men had been
convicted on charge of selling liquor,
the Kansas supreme court UNFOLDING
the verdict. The appeal alleges the
law is unconstitutional.
Webworm Destroys Corn. Farm
ers are complaining in some parts
of Reno county of the depreciation of
the web worm. One field of corn
north of Hutchinson containing fit
teen acres was cleaned up in about
three days. Some of the worms got
into cabbage and sweet potatoes in
some places. These pests can clean
up field in shorter time than any
insect. They cannot stand wet wealth
er and big rain will likely end their
career.
Damage to Notwithstanding the
past week the web worm has been
very destructive in a number of corn
fields in this county. South of juno
ton City about five miles is a field
of about five acres where the corn has
been completely killed. Every stalk
of corn in the field is wilted and is
lying on the ground covered with the
white web left by this worm. The
worm has already made it's appear
ance in many other fields in that vi
cinity.
Appalling Waste of Gas. - County
Gas Inspector Laney has just COM
pleted his inspection in Montgomery
county and reports that only one gas
using plant in the county, the Caney
glass factory, is complying with the
law respecting waste of natural gas
He says the waste of gas in this
county is appalling Those guilty are
belligerent and refuse to obey the or
ders of the inspectors. The law is
stringent and the inspectors say they
will resort to the courts.
Ransacks County Offices. - While
the county officers of Douglas county
were at dinner the offices of the
county treasurer and the county clerk
were entered by stranger and gen
erally ransacked. The cash was not
Seached in the treasurers office, but
In the county clerks Office the gold
watch and SIS belonging to Mrs.
Julia Kerns, the deputy, were taken
the theft was committed by several
white men who were seen about the
cou:t house when the officials were
away.
Clerks RecefVa Blanks. = The ex-
pert accountants who are examining
the state treasury are sending blanks
tC county clerks. AS everything con-
nected with the examination is secret
the character of the information call
ed for is not known. Mr.. Morris, the
head accountant. had a conference
with ex-State Treasurer Frank e.
Grimes.
Talk to Observation-Disclosures Folk,
of Missouri has wired his acceptance
to an invitation to speak at the South
west Veterans reunion to be held
at Dodge City from August 1 to 5.
August 8 will be Folk day. Ex-Gov-
ernor Adams, of Colorado and Gov
ernor Hoch of Kansas will attend the
reunion. The Ford county fair will
be held the same week.
Big Lumber Sale. - The Butts
Brothers Lumber and Coal Company,
with headquarters in Wichita, and
yards in Blackwell, Hitchcock, King
fisher, Watonga, Okeene and Eagle
City, in Oklahoma; Wichita, Win
field, Douglass, Augusta and Rock, in
Kansas, have sold out to the Long
Bell Lumber Company. The consid-
Grafton was about 100000.
Warner at Pittsburg. = The Pitts
burg soldiers and sailors reunion
this year will be the last week of
July. A feature will be the promin-
ent men who will address the veter-
ans. Among them are United States
Senator William Warner, of Kansas
City.
Drowned in kaw. = Private Eng
land, of the Twentieth battery of field
artillery at Fort Riley, was drowned
in the Kaw river at the post while
in bathing. His body was found at
the mouth of Clarks creek in the
eastern part of the county.
To Fix Grades. = The state grain
grading commission will meet in the
governors Office July 10. Members
of the commission request that all
persons interested in the question of
fixing grades for Kansas grain be
present and submit their views
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