Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-07-05
KANSAS COMMENT
KANSAS.

Damaging Storm at Sedan. = The
late storm which swept over the city
and vicinity was very damaging to
property and to crops. Hundreds OF
window lights were broken by the hail
and corn was stripped to the stalks.
Trees were rendered leafless and
small fruit was nearly all destroyed.
Earthquake at Manhattan. = An
earthquake shock was felt throughout
this place The tremor was but Sec
ond in duration and was accompanied
by loud roar. Loose articles were
shaken on shelves, and in some frame
houses dishes were ratified together.
The last few days severe electric
storms were experienced here.
WaverIy Water Supply Doubled. -
The water supply at the city reser-
voir has been vastly augmented by
the excavating that was done there,
as 1880 gallons of water ran into the
reservoir in five hours. This is bet
ter than $4,000 gallons day and wa
ter enough for a city several times
the size of Waverly. The storage ca
pacity has been more than doubled
also.
BountifuI Harvest at Concordia. =
Harvesting is in full blast in this
county now and there is a pleasant
surprise both in the quantity and
quality of the wheat, which is of high
grade and far more productive than
was hoped for. Oats also are turning
out far better than was expected.
Bounteous rains during the past week
have put everything in fine condi-
ton.
Death Under a HarroW-A young
man named Holon met his death in
a singular manner Neighbors who
became uneasy at seeing his team
standing an unusual long time inves-
tigated and found him pinned to the
ground by the harrow. one tooth driv-
en- in his back and one in his leg. In
his agony he had nearly covered him
self with earth in his attempt to dig
out from under the harrow.
Curtis Is Honored.-Mr and Mrs
John Connell fullblood Sac Indians,
who live on the North reservation in
Brown county, are the proud parents
of twin boys. Twins are a most ex-
ceptional happening among Indians
and the boys have been named Char
les and Curtis in honor of Congress
man Charles Curtis, of this district.
Mr.. Curtis is expected to do the right
thing by his namesakes. They are
the first Indian twins ever born on
either of the reservations here.
cattIemen Send Maps. - The thir-
teen cattlemen who were indicted by
the federal grand jury for fencing
government land and released on
condition that they remove fences in
side of sixty days have presented
charts and maps of their fences to
the district attorney as evidence that
they have complied with the condi-
lions of their release. H. ]. Bone, dis
trict attorney, has accepted seven of
the maps presented and sent the 9TH
er six back because it was impossible
to ascertain whether the fences had
been removed from around the gov
eminent land.
Hanging From Tree.-While fish
ing on Labette creek a mile and a
half east of Parsons two men found
the body of an unknown white man
hanging to a tree. The body was
badly decomposed. The physicians
who viewed the body at the coroner's
inquest testified that in their opinion
the man had been dead for week or
ten days. The man was dressed in
a gray suit of clothes nearly new.
There was nothing ON the body by
which it could be identified He was
apparently about So years of age. The
rope with which the man hanged him.
self was a new one. The body was
buried after the inquest.
More Wheat, Less corn.-Statistics
gathered by the assessor of Riley
county show 5000 acres more wheat
and 1000 less of corn than last year.
The population of Riley county is
about $4,000. Stock fattened for mar
ket is worth nearly one-third of a mil
lion dollars. Animals for slaughter
go from $9SS,416 to S1,309,4S4. Poul-
try and eggs sold this year amounted
to $106,S5S. There are 1903 horses,
594 mules, 7,40S mich cows, 2S,065
other cattle, 1852 sheep, SO, 500 swine
and 1926 dogs in Riley county.
Child Phone Operator. - Viola
Diehl, who is only years old. is sue
cessfully operating the Farmers Mu.
tual switchboard at Pleasant Hill
Dickinson county. The exchange
was started June 1. 1904, with only
"a farmers. Her father, A. H. Diehl
was elected president, having the cen.
trail or switchboard in room in his
house. At present he has IS farmers
lines, representing 95 phones, and
four trunk lines built and paid for
Viola began to answer calls when she
was years old and at present can
tell the ring and the line the sub.
scriber is located on, the instant the
call is received
Claim They Are Willing. Accord
ing to replies filed by the railroad at
torneys before the board of railroad
commissioners the companies have nc
objection to giving jobbers' rates to
Clay Center if the board makes the
order.
School of Horsemanship.-The gen.
eral staff of the army is now consid.
ering the practicability of establish.
ing a school of Craftsmanship at Fort
Riley for the noncommissioned off.
GERS OF the cavalry and field artillery
In line with the other work of the
school of application at that post.
Team and Buggy Stolen. = Abner
Green, living seven miles northeast
OF Coffeyville, reported the loss of a
team of iron gray horses, an old
buggy and saddle. Mr.. Green is a
member of the Anti-horse Thief Asso