Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03
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Whea. Threshed Out WeII.-Peter
Carey of Burton, has probably led his
part of the county with a wheat acre
age averaging 20 IL bushels.
Sunstroke Caused Death. = Elisha
Roberts, resident of Clay Center, as
the result of a sunstroke a week ago
died. He had been unconscious all
the time
Lowry's Successor Appointed. =
Governor Hoch appointed DIR. Frank
Lerrigo, of Topeka, member of the
state board of health to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of DR..
Charles Lowry, of Topeka.
Ate Too Many cucumbers. = Peter
Aller, veteran, died suddenly in a
shanty in Morganville, south of the
Soldiers Home at Leavenworth. He
ate too many cucumbers, and died of
cramps in an hour Aller was 10
years old.
Wants Convict acknowledgements
or Hoch issued a requisition on the
governor of South Dakota for the re-
turn of Arthur Wing, wanted at Paola
for breaking Jail. Wing was serving
years sentence for assault when he
got away.
Comply With the Law.-The state
treasury examiners, consisting of the
governor, secretary of state and state
auditor, will make regular monthly
examinations of the state treasury
after this. They will make one exam
ination yet this month.
Two Girls Were Drowned.-In try
ing to cross small branch stream
west of LaCygne Matte and Grace
Wigner. IA and 16 years old, respec-
lively, were drowned The bodies
were recovered. The stream was
swollen by the heavy rain.
Rain in Clay County.-Clay county
received a good shower which was the
first rain for over two weeks. Dust
had become very thick and all vege-
tation was beginning to need moisture
badly. This rain will nearly assure a
fine corn crop for Clay county.
Going to Niagara Falls. - General
Hughes, of the governors staff, has
about completed arrangements for the
transportation of Governor Hoch and
party to Camden, N j., for the Kan
sas battleship christening ceremonies
The party will leave August 9.
Use Oil For Fuel. = Three of the
largest Touring mills in Wichita have
adopted oil for fuel purposes. Expert
ments conducted during the past six
weeks have proven that oil is cheap
er for their use. All the other mills
in the city are completing arrange
ments for oil fuel plants.
BIames Father-in-Law. = At Win
field Mrs. Rubey Holt Hawkins sued
her father-in-law, H. C. Hawkins,
wealthy farmer, for $4,000 for alleged
alienation of her husbands affections.
Wade Hawkins, the husband, sued his
wife for divorce short time ago on
the grounds of faithlessness.
Powder Companies Consolidated
At Pittsburg deeds were recorded
transferring the property of the
Pennsylvania and Kansas Powder
Company in this city and the powder
works at the south edge of Pittsburg
to the Lafiin-Rand Powder Company,
which owns the Turck powder
works.
Struck by Lightning. = At Eudora
Pleasant Hackworth and Thomas
Johnson (colored), while digging a
grave took refuge from the rain storm
under a tree where they had hitched
their horse. The horse was killed by
bolt of lightning and the men were
seriously injured, but will probably
recover.
Expect Change Soon. - There are
still a few changes at the Santa Fe
shops at Ottawa that are causing the
railroad men of that town to expect
a change of some sort in the com
pany's affairs. The thing that now
attracts their attention and which
gives them material for speculation is
the fact that a carload of lumber for
use in the repairing of cars was ship
ped to Topeka. Other stores such as
car wheels and brasses were brought
here from Chanute last week.
Added Insult to Injury-Some days
ago Topeka stationery dealers SUBJ
mitted bids to furnish supplies to the
state offices. The bids were rejected
because the prices were deemed to be
too high. Other bids were opened
later. The prices were double or ire
BILE those of the first bids. This is
an outrage" said Governor Hoch
land any firm that would insult this
council by submitting such outrageous
bids should receive no consideration.
1t is not only robbery; it is an insult
To Coonize kansas.-W. NJ. Leet,
prominent banker and ranchman of
Great Bend, and a company of CAPT.
talists of that vicinity, purchased
from the Santa Fe Land and Immi-
grafton Company, through their state
agent, ]. A. Clark & Co., of Wichita,
16,500 acres of land in New Mexico
with view of settling it with colon
lists from Western Kansas. Ten
thousand five hundred acres is at
Moore station, on the l. G. N. railroad,
and the other 5000 acres comprises
the Clifton ranch near Artesia: The
consideration was in excess of $780,
900.
Laying Gas Pipe in GaIena. - The
Kansas Natural Gas Company COM
menced laying pipe within the city
limits. 1t is estimated that within
thirty days a majority of the resi-
dents will be using it as fuel, as it has
been used in number of the concen-
trating plants for several weeks The
price charged mining companies is
II 1-2 cents per 1000 feet.
Mail Carrier in luck.-At yelling