Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-03-16
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agriculture wilson, CdItl0 originating
from below federal quarantine line
will have to be dipped in crude Beau
mont oil. Eugene Hays, stockman.
has applied to Secretary Wilson for
permission to establish a dipping sta
ton, under federal supervision, at FL
gin. Elgin has one of the largest and
best equipped stock yards on the line
for the loading and unloading of Texas
cattle grazing in the Usage pastures.
The outlook is for early shipments
this year, as grass is starting early
this spring. The cattle men bid on
pastures before Secretary Wilson's
decision in regard to the quarantine
law. They are compelled to stock
pastures, or lose their 10 per cent al
ready paid on pastures.
Three Brothers Married. Willis
and Clarence Arnett, brothers, of Ar
kansas City, appeared in the probate
judges Office in Winfield with Miss
Jacie Finch and Miss Lizzie Weber,
respectively, and asked to have
double wedding. Their older brother,
William, who, with Miss Ollie Word
en- and two other young couples was
present, advanced to the judges desk
and said he had decided to be mar
ried also. Miss Worden blushed and
nodded assent and the three knots
were tied at once.
Wife and Sons Left.-John Kucera,
farmer living near Bluff City in
Southern C,,nnar County came IN
Arkansas City in search of his wife
and three grown sons, who left home
without notifying him. The sons
were all found and were persuaded
to return to the farm. They said Mrs.
Kucera had departed for st. Louis
and her husband followed her. There
was no quarrel previous to the break
ing up of the family, the wife and
sons only wanting to get away from
the hard work on the farm.
Milk Causes Sickness. = DR.. G. A.
Hannah, secretary of the Douglas
County Medical Society, created a
sensation at Lawrence by issuing
statement to the effect that much of
the milk consumed in Lawrence was
contaminated by the cows being fed
ensilage from the canning factory. He
declared that this impure milk is re-
sponsible for the big increase of sick
ness that has been puzzling the doc
tors. An investigation will be made
at once
In Box Car Four Days. - David
Bradley, Is years old, who lives in
Salina, was found locked in freight
car in the st. Louis & San Francisco
yards at Wichita, after an enforced
Imprisonment of four days. While at
play with other boys in Salina Satur-
day, young Bradley hid in carload
of machinery. The car was locked and
taken out of town before he realized
the situation He was without food
and water four days.
Spent 20 years in Army.-William
H. Ryerson, a member of the United
States army twenty years, died in the
hospital in Fort Leavenworth of
pneumonia Ryerson was a sergeant
of Company D, engineers. The body
will be sent to New York for inter-
ment. He leaves a widow and sew
eral children.
Gave up the Fight.-Doc Mason,
Leavenworth negro, who had surviv-
ed all the cuffs and blows one can &C
cumulate in this world in Ill years.
gave up the fight last week when the
superintendent of the poor farm told
him he would have to take bath.
Enlarge Assembly Grounds. - The
Winfield Chautauqua assembly
grounds will be enlarged. The coun-
Gil has authorized the buying of nine
acres of ground adjoining Island park,
the assembly grounds on the east, and
it will be fenced up for field sports.
Are Taking Testimony. - The TAX
ing of testimony in the proceedings
brought in Sedan, Kansas, against the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and
others for alleged violation of the
antitrust law has began at Independ-
ence.
Are Taking Depositions.-The TAX
ing of dispositions in the suit brought
few days ago in Chautauqua county
against the Santa Fe under the anti
trust law began in the attorney gen.
erals Office E. R. Simon, who is
justice of the peace, is presiding.
Frank Monet is doing the principal
work for the prosecution. The defense
&c NV Robert nIn1qn
general solicitor, and o. ]. Wood, gen.
eral attorney, of the Santa Fe. The
first witness put on the stand was
Cyrus Anderson, secretary of the
state board of railroad commission
ers. He was put on the stand to intro
duce portions of the annual report
filed by the Santa Fe with the state
board.
Once Lived in Atchison. = Miss
Bertha Bruner, private secretary to
Mrs. Leland j. Stanford, and who
was with her at the death of the lat
ter, is an Atchison woman. Miss
Bruner was formerly a stenographer
for the Pomeroy Coal Company here.
eral years ago and has been in the
employ of Mrs. Stanford. to whose in
terests she was devoted.
Gifts For His ChiIdren.-Nels Han
sen, one of the wealthiest farmers in
Brown county. celebrated his Goth
birthday recently and all his children
were invited home for the occasion.
After big family dinner Mr.. Han
sen was given some fine presents. He
in turn gave three of the children
checks for $500 each, another a fine
piano, another $1,000 in cash, and
still another 160 acres of land. Mr..
Hansen came to Kansas from Den
mark when a young man, without a
cent. He now owns 1000 acres of the
best land in Brown county, together