Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-05-11
Take your hides to Eaton's.

| Take your hides to Eaton's.
Fred Lee came over from Engle
wood Monday night on business.
Wallace Hamilton is at .Bucklir
working for time on the Bucklir
Banner.
Ellis & Cobb are drilling a 4oc
foot well on the Oldham place north
east of Meade.
| John Braden is building an addi-
ton to his residence in the northeast
part of the city.
Will Sourbeer is drilling SOC
foot well for w. B. Slaughter on his
place east of Meade.
Lee & Read are moving their dry
goods, boots and shoes into their
new building this week.
E. D. Bower, of Payton, Iowa
came in last week with some more
land seekers.
Miss Julia Frame returned from
Bucklin Sunday, where she had been
for several weeks.
Wilson Hughes went to Fowler
twp, Monday to paint the house on
the Randolph place.
Mrs. Myrtle Hopper left Wednes-
day for Dalhart, Texas, where she
will remain for the present.
Mrs. A. o. Rosenberg and child
rem left Friday for Arapahoe, Okla,
to visit several weeks with her par
ents.
Mrs. Pearl Smith left Saturday
night for Waukomis, Okla, to join
her husband, Roscoe S. Smith, who
is agent for the Rock Island at that
place.
B. F. Bisbee was over from Plains
Monday and says his wheat crop is
good. He says much of the Spring
wheat and barley will be light owing
to the extremely wet weather.
John Cordes left Monday night
for Lantham, Mo-, where he will re-
main for several weeks. Mr.. Cordes
has been in poor health for some
time and goes there for medical aid.
C. C. Callahan, is at the Stewart
hospital, Hutchinson, suffering from
a cancer of the liver and kidneys.
Mr.. Callahan's chance for recovery
is not bright, but his many friends
hope he may pull through.
Mr.. H. C. Pressly and family left
Monday night for their home in
Erie, Pa, after a two weeks visit
with w. W. Pressly and wife. Mr..
Pressly is very fovorably impressed
with our country and would like to
live here.
Look out for tornadoes. There
was severe storm Monday night at
Marquette, Kans., Mcpherson coun-
ty, in which about "a were killed
and 40 seriously injured. The torn
ado struck the place about midnight.
A meeting of some of the old
soldiers and citizens last Saturday
night elected Capt. Osgood Pres1-
dent of the Decoration Day exercises.
A speaker will be secured who will
make a Memorial address. Com
mittees will be appointed in due
time.
George H. Mathews, of Wichita,
has formed partnership with Griggs
& Bolen in the real estate business.
Mr.. Mathews owns several tracts of
Meade realty and has abundant con-
fdence in the out come of Meade
county, This firm has been enjoy
ing an extensive business and are
prosperlng.
A. v. Angel was in town We'd
nesday and called at our office for a
few minutes. He says that Charley
Angel has his gang plow and 32
horse power engine at work and that
they are plowing about IS acres pei
day. The gang consists of twelve
IA inch plows in gangs of four each
and works to perfection. The plow
was made by Mr.. Angel himself and
is pronouncnd the best on the mar
ket by several implement men who
have seen it.
Possibly for the first time in the
history of this representative district
Seward county was remembered BY
a man of Meade after he had beer
elected to the position of represen
tative. 1t occurred this week. The
News received letter in which wa.
enclosed a check to the amount O
e. e;nnad hy Hon Coo u Co,ae