Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02


smallpox have put the finishing
touches to it.
Repeal Barber Law. - Coffeyville
BARRIERS are fighting for the repeal of
the state barber law. They consider
that the farce has been on the boards
long enough.
Leases Secured.-Over half of the
). 900 acres of Sumner county land re-
quired as leases by the Morton-Lever-
ing company before they will bore
hole, have been secured.
Good Financial Showing. - Seventy
dollars is deposited in the banks OF
Pratt county for every man, woman
and child, with thirty cents addition
al that might be credited TO the
heirs.
+ Kansas School Exhibit.-John Mac
Donald. superintendent of the Kansas
educational display at the worlds fair,
has received notice of the awards
which Kansas captured in the educa-
tional line.
Rural Routes in Miami. - Within a
month four new rural mail routes Will
be established. Three of these routes
will be out of Paola, giving this town
nine routes. The other will be out of
Spring Hill south into Miami county
The various carriers in Miami county
are now serving 2,251 families; with
the new system and additional routes,
2,719 families will be brought in daily
touch with the outside world through
the delivery of mail at their doors.
A Double Wedding. The town of
Everest has had its second double
wedding within a few months. Miss
Myrtle Price and Miss Bertha Price,
the daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Price, were married by Rev. c. F.
Teetor to George R. Anderson and
John w. Swartz respectively. The
two bridal couples are now spending
a short honeymoon in Kansas City be-
fore returning to Brown county to
make their homes.
Professors of Authors.-A new Ger
man classic. Idle Blinden. has just
been completed by Prof w. H. Car
ruth and E. F. Engel. assistant profess
sors of the German department of the
University of Kansas. 1t will be pub
lished at once. Prof. Carruth is a well
known editor and translator of Ger
man classics. Among his best known
works appear Carruth's Wilhelm
Tell. - &c Carruth's Wallenstein and
Carruths German Grammar and
Reader.
Want Real State Fair.-The house
agricultural committee has put in a
bill providing for state fair and ap-
propriating $4,000 year for
premiums. The fair is to be conduct
ed by the state board of agriculture.
No location is fixed in the bill. This
means a fight between Topeka and
Hutchinson. and the agricultural board
will have to decide the question. Each
of those towns now runs what they
call a state fair" but the state has
nothing to do with it.
Brought His Wife Back.-The po-
lice arrested Mrs. Mike Mitchell and
Mel Nicholson at Emporia. The wo-
mans husband arrived from Win
field and took his wife and $16O of
his money back home. Mitchell is a
section foreman at Winfield and is
about 60 years old. His wife and
Nicholson are both about 80 and are
said to have eloped nearly two weeks
ago. Nicholson was released. as
Mitchell refused to prosecute when the
money was returned.
New Deal in Wichita.-At a meeting
of the city council at Wichita a petit
ton was presented to the mayor by
the Equal Suffrage Club, asking him
to place two women on the election
boazS in each voting precinct as judge
and clerk at the coming spring cleo
ton. Twelve members of the club
were present and the secretary pre-
scented the petition which caused some
excitement and considerable amuse-
ment. Short speeches were made by
the women showing why their request
should be granted. The petition was
man of the central committee, who are
responsible for the naming of the
Judges and clerks.
Accepts ingalls, Statue. The
statue of John James ingalls,, given
by Kansas, was formerly accepted by
congress. There were special eXer-
cises in both houses. In the House
of Representatives Congressman
Reeder took the speakers chair.
Congressman Curtis read letter
from Governor Hoch. rendering the
statue, and afterwards made an ad-
dress. He was followed in eulogy of
Mr.. ingalls, by Congressman Bower
sock, Scott. Campbell, Miller, Calder
head and Murdoch, of Kansas.
Fight Fire With Snow. - At Yates
Center G. Woodward's two-story house
caught fire and would have been en-
tirely destroyed had crowd of 200
persons not showered the house with
snow. This held the flames in check
until a fresh water supply was Sc
cured.
West of Topeka has announced his
candidacy for the Republican NOM
nation of attorney general in 1906
He has held the public positions of
district judge. assistant attorney gen.
eral and executive clerk.
Let Well Enough Alone. = Seward
county in its anxiety to have a repre-
sentative in the legislature by cut
ting loose from Meade. finds itself
about to be Joined to Stevens and
Morton. AS a result it has gone
back to first principles let well
enough alone.
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