Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-06-01
KANSAS COMMENT

u. Porter, OF Peru, mas dlScoNereu
that good imitation rubber can be
made from Kansas crude oil. He
made this discovery while having a
test made in Chicago.
Build on '"EIm'' Site.-Henry Ell
tenson, prominent Leavenworth
business man who has extensive
property interests in Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, announced to delega-
ton of citizens from the Springs that
he will shortly begin the erection of
a big hotel on the site OF the famous
"Elms," which was destroyed by
fire.
Productive Kansas Sofia. Hoff-
man of Kingman county has sold
three wheat crops from the same
piece of land each of which would
have paid for the land that produced
1t. Kingman county land is not cheap
compared with some sections of the
state, but as long as it will pay for
itself each year it cannot be said that
it is too high priced.
Not to Drop Santa Fe Case.-In a
letter to the local oil association,
Senator Fitzpatrick. of Sedan, assist
ing County Attorney Shukers, of
Chautauqua county, in the prosecu-
ton of the Santa Fe for rate discrim-
ination, testimony for which was TAX
en- by Frank S. Monnett in March,
says the case is not to be dropped
and negotiations for dismissal are not
pending.
Kidnapped Child. - The divorced
wife of C. c. Russell called at his
boarding house in Chanute, while he
was in the territory field near Ra-
mona, and kidnapped the ten-year-old
son, whom the court had given to
the custody of the father. Her where
abouts are unknown to this time. Be
fore departing with the boy the moth
er ransacked the fathers trunk and
took all the pictures of the boy, thus
destroying a very effective clue that
might have been used by the po-
lice.
Big Real Estate DeaI.-This week
the biggest real estate deal that has
been made in this part of the state
in many years was closed when the
place known as the old Sullivan ranch
in the northern part of Morris county
changed hands. The place belonged
to the Buckingham estate that is in
the hands of persons living at Zanes
vile, Ohio and it was sold to A. P.
Folck, of Council Bluffs Iowa.. There
are 1850 acres in the ranch. The
price paid for it was 1922, 900, or SIG
an acre.
Strong City Fire. - Cliff Holman's
secondhand store was burned at
Strong City. as was Ed Kraft's resi-
dence, adjoining. Kraft's household
goods were saved. The beautiful
stone residence of Mrs. Barbara Retti-
ger took fire on the roof and all the
upper part of the building was burned
out They saved most of her house
hold goods. Cottonwood Falls fire
company came over with an engine
and did good work. The origin of the
fire is not known. The buildings
were fully insured.
Dropped Dead at FIay. - While
playing tag with his brother in the
front yard of his home Earl Collins,
the 17-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Abe Collins, living seven miles south
east of Emporia, dropped dead of
heart failure. Collins was apparent
ly healthy boy, and had never COM
pIai1od of beart trouble Of INV Dra
vious time. He worked hard all day
on the farm and was running after
his brother, when he gave a gasp, fell
over and was dead by the time his
parents reached him from the house
After Winfield Jointists. = At Win
field the city administration which
was elected on the promise that it
would close the joints, has failed to
do so. 1t has been learned that the
authorities had determined to resort
to injunctions to keep the jointists
from entering the buildings in which
they have their joints. All except
one of the jointists own their own
buildings, but the lawyers say they
can be kept from them if they are
violating the law by operating their
places in them. The jointists assert
that they are selling hop ale, - a
2 per cent alcohol mixture, and soft
drinks, and that they will dissolve
the injunctions.
F.. Dipping Cattle in oiI.-The cattle
men have been watching with great
interest the results of the cattle dip
ping at Elgin in the south part of
Chautauqua county. A large tank
was built and Beaumont crude oil
was used. In the season just closing
there have been 1887 cattle dipped.
Out of all these only So have died.
considered a remarkably good show
ing.
Planted First Orchard.-Mrs I. P.
Stevens of Atchison is said to have
planted the first apple orchard in
Jewell county. She planted it in
1870 from apple seeds. The orchard
is still producing fruit and contains
200 trees. She also planted the first
hedge in Jewell county
Kansan to Colon. J. II. Travis.
superintendent of Missouri Pacific
bridge and buildings, with headquart-
ers at Atchison, has been appointed
superintendent of buildings and
docks of the Panama canal railroad
and leaves for Colon.
Will Crack 200 Bottles.-At Ottawa
the police have orders to destroy 200
bottles OF beer recently taken in
raids on the negro jointists of the
town. Three men have been fined
800 and sentenced to thirty DAYS
each in police court
Job Is Waiting. = Governor Hoch
has notified ]. c. Gafford, the new
state accountant. to assume his du-
ties as soon as nOSsibIe Cafford ic