Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24
KANSAS COMMENT

Killed at Charlottesville par
ticipating in a charivari at the home
of the Duncans, seven miles north OF
Americas, Dolph Blackwell 20-year
old boy, was accidentally shot in the
right thigh. He died at 9 o'clock the
next morning.
FIourishing X. S. U. - The regis
tration at the University of Kansas is
now 1,706, the highest in the history
of the institution. The growth in all
the schools is marked. The number
of men in the university is 1,122 and
the number of women 5S4.
Another Enoch Arden.-James Lin
der, who left Parsons nineteen years
ago, deserving his wife and children,
showed up the other day. He had
spent all those years at Cape Nome.
His family had never heard from him
in the meantime Mrs. Under. be.
lieving him to be dead, married John
Cruise, of Thayer, few months ago.
Under says he will make her no
trouble. -
Fourth Pipe Line.-There seems to
be no end to the pipe line enterprises
of the Prairie Oil and Gas Company.
When the second pipe line was built
from !Caney to Humboldt it was re-
garded as a big concession to the
field. The third was cause for sur
prise, which has scarcely been forgot
ten, when the announcement comes Of
fourth line between these two
points.
Fair Company Buys Land. - The
Hodgeman County Agricultural Fair
Association was incorporated under
the laws of the state of Kansas in
1905 with a capital stock of $4,000.
The officers have purchased 160 acres
of fine land three and one-half miles
west of Jetmore, with never failing
water and a splendid young grove
and in the grove is one of the finest
springs in western Kansas.
Wnfield's New Water Works. -
At a special meeting of the city coun-
Gil the contract for the construction
of a complete system of water works
was let. George E. Hopper of Arkan-
sas City, secured the contract for the
excavation, laying of pipes, setting of
hydrants, etc. His bid was S27, 1925.
The total cost of the system is to be
s71,646. The bonds voted and cash
available for the work is $4,000.
Work will be commenced in July.
Move lola Brick PIant.-The No. 1
plant of the lola brick plant which is
situated in East lola and is valued
at something like 100000, was sold by
J. M. Parkinson to C. H Cleveland Of
Leroy. Mr.. Cleveland is one of the
three men who just a few days ago
closed deal for the Home brick COM
pany east of town. 1t is decided
fact that the brick yard will not be
operated in lola, but the exact loca-
ton for the plant has not been decid-
ed upon but will probably be located
at Moline, Kan, as the Home brick
plant, which Mr.. Cleveland is interest
ed in, is to be moved to that place.
SmeIters to Open Up.-By June Is
every block of smefters in the Allen
county district will be operating on
full time, for the first time in a year,
and the number of smelter men en-
ployed will be back to the old figure.
Recently the Prime Western started
up their blocks at Gas City which
have been down for some time, and
the three plants of that company are
running on full time. The only blocks
now down are at the Lanyon Zinc
Company, principally at works No. 2
in lola. These were shut down about
year ago when the price of ore and
the price of spelter got so badly dis
arrayed that there was little profit in
smelling zinc.
Buried Under Brick. - George Mil
Ter, an employee of the Ottawa Brick
and Tile Company, was severely in
jured while at work at the plant. Mr..
Miller was standing upon scaffold
handing down brick from the pile in
which they were stored. The pile be-
gan falling and he was knocked down
several feet to the ground below. He
was covered by the brick and render
ed unconscious. Workmen extricat-
ed him from under the brick. Both
tured. the broken ends protruding
and it is feared that internal injuries
of serious nature may have been
sustained =
Bitten by Dog.-At Neodesha Gro
yer Daugherty, aged about IS, was
seriously bitten in the face by a shep-
herd dog. Grover drives a delivery
wagon. He played with the dog, as
he had done before, and was STOPPING
over him when the dog suddenly fas-
tened its teeth in his face. The dog
had his lower teeth in one cheek and
his upper teeth in the other, and Gro
yer had to exert all his strength to
pull his jaws apart, taking hold of
them with his bare hands.
Gas Plant for Great Bend. - The
city council at its last meeting grant
ed to Messrs. Dunn and Heyde
franchise to erect and maintain a gas
manufacturing plant in Great Bend.
These men propose to begin at once
and expend in the neighborhood of
twenty thousand dollars in building
the necessary buildings, putting in
machinery, etc. They expect to fur
nish gas made from coke for both il
Illumination and heating purposes.
They claim for it about the finest
fuel that can be obtained and at a
nominal cost.
Respected Farmer Suicides-John
Doran, well-to-do and respected far
mer residing five miles north of Coun-
Gil Grove, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself. Doran was about 40
years old and leaves a wife and sew.
eral children. AS yet no cause for