Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-11-09
KANSAS COMMENT

Gas For Winfield.-It is stated on
good authority that gas will be piped
to Winfield from Hackney. A Chi
cago company, composed of Joy Nor
ton and others, are planning to pipe
gas the seven miles and connect with
the mains of the Winfield Gas Com
pany
Epidemic of Impetigo. = A number
Der of the children of the city schools
at lola have been and are now affiict-
ed with a contagious disease known
in medical circles as impetigo. pc
culiar eruption of the skin. The dis
ease is known outside of medical cir
cles as the itch
Atchison Oil Refinery. = The Uncle
Sam Oil Refinery at Atchison will be
completed and in operation by May 1,
Cherryvale. the company's attorney,
who was in Atchison last week. This
Is conditional upon an open winter
that will permit work to continue
Mcbride Leaves Topeka. = Within
the next couple of days Edward Nc
Bride, receiving teller in the treasur-
er's Office of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, will leave Topeka for Chi
of assistant cashier in the company's
Offices there, to which place he was
recently appointed.
Baby Saved Her. = Mary McCarter,
the former wife of a soldier, appear
ed in police court with baby in her
arms at Leavenworth. She was charg-
ed with drunkenness. 1t was sad
sight, indeed. The police judge was
touched and with voice trembling
with emotion, he discharged the wo-
man. The baby saved her.
Apples Are Scarce. = Apples were
never known to be as scarce as they
are this fall, and the commission men
will reap fortunes on them. Apples
that are now selling at the commits
sion houses at 81 a barrel will be
bringing S. barrel by Christmas and
by February the price will be beyond
the reach of all except the rich. iona
than apples are already worth 81 a
barrel
Anybody Can Do lt.-An old farmer
other day, hired lawyer, furn; led
him evidence, and in less than an
hour every saloon which had been run
ming openly for a year was closed up
The officials were OF consulted at ALL
Probably it would be good thing to
discharge the county attorneys and
sheriffs and let the farmers handle
the joint question.
Worm In Growing Wheat. - A new
pest has made it's appearance in East
ern Kansas. 1t is worm and works
in growing wheat. James Benbow, a
farmer in Rush county, reports that
IT'S acres of his fall planted wheat has
been completely destroyed. He says
tie worm resembles the wheat wee
vii, which sometimes works in TIE
grain bin or granary. The attention
of the experts at the agricultural col.
lege has been Gale to the matter, and
they will make an investigation at
once.
Shooting Follows Hilarity.-Charles
Scott, of Bennington, and C. w. Ar
magast, of Niles, quarreled and Ar
magast fired two shots at Scott, both
shots taking effect, one in the leg and
the other in the groin. The men were
friends and had spent the day in Sa-
lima, where they purchased a quantity
of whiskey and had started home.
They reached New Cambria, where
they quarreled. Scott was taken to
his home. Armagas was arrested and
is now in the county Jail at Salina.
Laying Off Brakemen. = Fourteen
brakemen have been let out at
Wichita by the Missouri Pacific by
the cutting of the board down to
winter schedule. This har~ens every
year when the summer rush is over
and is no way connected with the cut
ting of the force of that road at other
places. Besides the above cut on the
board, eleven brakemen have been
given thirty days leave of absence.
These men will, with but a few excep-
lions, all return to work when their
time has expired.
Big Money for Farm Land. = The
Burlington Railroad Company has
paid Edward Olvis the sum of $4,000
for trifie less than fifty acres of land
lying between Beverly and East Leav-
enworth, the highest price ever paid
for farm land in this section of the
country. The land is in strip two
miles long and the Burlington wants
it for the new track which will COM
plete the cutoff between Waldron and.
Beverly. The rest of the land for the
cutoff was secured from other parties
for $3.50 an acre, just half as much as
the road paid Olvis for his land.
Making Irvine Again.-The binding
Irvine plant of the Kansas penitenti-
airy is again in operation after having
been shut down about four months.
The plant closed the last of June and
an attempt was made to resume opera
lions the first week in September,
when the main driving engine broke
down. The engine had to be taken
apart and repairs made in Erie, Pa,
and all is again in running order. 5
Rain and Snow. = Wichita has had
combination Of rain and snow re-
Gently, something unusual for this par
ticular time of the season
Delivers Mail in Auto. =. H. Deeds.
carrier on rural route No. 1 at Lin
coin, has purchased an automobile
and makes his daily delivery with the
devil wagon" Deeds has a route of
unusual length. He leaves Lincoln at
o'clock each morning and returns at