Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-03-30
KANSAS COMMENT

offered to give one of his monuments
to Mcpherson to take care of.
Special Election caIIed.-A special
election to vote bonds for the Gulf,
Hutchinson & Northwestern Railway
Company has been called in Rush
county.
Unique Sight.-The other morning
Pratt enjoyed the unique sight of an
emigrant outfit. a spring wagon of
which was drawn by white-face COW
wearing collar and harness.
Independent Taking OiI.-At Paola
work on the Independent refinery is
progressing rapidly. The Office build
ing is completed and the rest of the
plant is so far under way that the
company has been able to take oil.
About 1000 barrels have been Ia
ken.
Typhoid Epidemic at X. 1.-THE
first death as a result of the typhoid
epidemic at Lawrence was that of
George L. Eyer. Eyer was a univer-
sity student from Abilene and was %
years old. He was in very poor physi-
cal condition when taken i'll and that
FASTENED his death.
To Use All Gas at Home. The
Peoples Gas Company of Coffeyville
controlled by local business men, has
completed a deal whereby the Coffey
vile gas field will be fully protected
from the piping out companies. The
local company purchased all the hold
Er,nr ~ Of VDr-1y p
Brown, near Deering, eight miles west
Of town. The wells in this purchase
will flow 100000 cubic feet a day.
Smashed Five Saloons. - Two wo-
men, Mrs. Stabb and Mrs. Mitener,
smashed five saloons at Olmutz, Kan.
These Carrie Nation proselytes, arm
ed with hatchets and guns, success
fully destroyed all the joints in the
town. They fired shot which pass
ed through the livery barn, just miss
ing a man who was inside. Mrs.
Stabb is the wife of an ex-saloon-
keeper Olmutz is made up of Rus
SLAMS and Germans. and is a dry
town probably for the first time in its
history.
Drowned in Neosho. - DIR. Ross
Klock, of Ottumwa, was drowned in
the Neosho river near Strawn. Klock
was a young physician, and started
for Strawn to examine candidates for
the Modern Woodmen lodge. He had
considerable trouble in fording the
Neosho river. just before he arrived
at Strawn, and came very near stay
ing there over night, but finally de-
cided to make the return trip. The
river had risen during the day, and
his horse and buggy were swept away
by the current. Klock threw off his
coat and vest and cut the horse loose,
but was unable to escape himself. His
body was found about 200 yards be-
low the ford, caught on fish line.
DR.. Klock's parents are among the
oldest settlers of Coffey county.
Want Sugar Factory.-The Ameri-
can Beet Sugar company has annull-
ed all beet contracts in the state and
will temporarily leave the Kansas
field to the new sugar factory now
building in Holly, Col. This arrange
ment will give the new company in
Holly ample facilities to secure
large acreage and make a short haul
for the beets from this state to the
factory. The distance is only about
fifty miles from Lakin. In case of
failure of the new factory the Ameri-
can Beet Sugar factory in Rocky Ford
has agreed to take the crop from Kan
sas farmers on the same terms as
agreed to in the annulled contracts.
The sequel of this matter probably
will be the building of a factory in
this portion of Kansas soon.
Convicted of Perjury.-In the Uni
ted States court William A. Hanna of
Hodgeman county, Kansas, pleaded
guilty to perjury. He had taken a
homestead, spent one night every six
months on it in a sod hut and made
affidavit at the land office that he had
fulfilled legal requirements COMPEL
ing a five years residence He was
sentenced to a fine of 500 and ten
days in jail. The judge was lenient
because he had a wife and child to
support. The government is going af-
ter such cases, and the judge asserts
that severe penalties will follow fu-
ture violations
Build RossviIe LeVee.-The Shaw
nee county commissioners have de-
cided to allow the application for the
building of the levee west of Ross
vile. This levee will protect about
1900 acres of ground and the prop
erty owners interested are DESTROYS
that the levee be built. The commits
sioners will advertise the matter at
once and will then order the levee
built This levee is known as levee
No. and will be built on the Wagner
farm short distance above Rossville.
The commissioners believe the levee
can be built at cost of about $3.50.
Scarlet Fever at Bethany. = Two
students at Bethany college = Miss
Olive Lederer and Miss Vesta John
son-were taken down with scarlet
fever at the college. They were re-
moved to one of the dormitories and
quarantined. Physicians have order
ed the college thoroughly fumigat-
ed
Hiawatha May Vote Bonds.-At
meeting of the city council it was de-
cided to submit to the people at the
city election. April 4, the proposition
to vote $4,000 in bonds for the pur-
pose of erecting city building.
Refuses to Quit smashing-Blanch
Boies, the joint smasher, was offered
her freedom by the Shawnee ounty
commissioners, upon condition that
she sign an agreement to quit smash
ing joints. Although she has PIP
days of her sentence yet to serve, she
refused to subscribe to the conditions
and is still in jail.
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