Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-29
KANSAS COMMENT

Orphan'S rome OpSned. - Inc Ouu
Fellows Rebekah Orphans home at
Eureka Lake is now open and is re-
ceiving applicants. AS no arrange
ments can be made for the perman-
ent support of the home until after
grand lodge meets in October, dona-
tons are being sent from all parts OF
the state.
The Best Eggs. - The Kansas hen
lays eggs that sell for about 2 cents
more on the dozen than the product
of her Dixie sister The big produce
firms claim that the Southern eggs are
smaller and Inferior keepers when
compared to the Northern offerings.
In summer the farmers wives living
in the Southern states can hardly find
a market for eggs at any price.
Mushroom Cave.-William Imbodon,
an Elwood man, has a mushroom
farm, or rather cave, where he Will
raise mushrooms for the market. TIE
cave is 10x50 feet and is dark. 1t
contains :. stove to furnish the neces-
sary warmth and beds for the fungi
are arranged alongside the walls. The
spawn or seed was bought in England
and he has another shipment coming
from France
"Roughness" Running Short. -
Farmers in Western counties are be-
coming alarmed at the lateness of
spring, as rough feed is running short.
1t is reported from Russell county
that some farmers have begun to feed
straw, as the supply of other rough
ness" has been exhausted. The Sc
we're weather of the past week has
been the hardest of the year on cat
tie.
Better Seed, Better Corn.-Kansas
farmers who get good seed corn this
spring will make the biggest profit
on their investment they ever made.
AS Barney Sheridan says. ''Kansans
now grow too much stalk and too lit
tie corn. Iowa raises an average of
eight bushels of corn more to the acre
than Kansas, yet our rtate is better
adapted to growing corn than Iowa.
Iowa began planting the best seed ten
years ago"
Explosion Gave Alarm. - At Null
berry fire entirely destroyed the
Commercial hotel and contents. The
loss is $1,000. The fire was caused
by stove explosion in the dining
room. The inmates were not awaken
ed until a lot CT loaCed gun shells IN
the drawer of a dresser in the dining
room were exploded by the heat. The
guests had tarely tire to get out with
their lives. The hotel was owned by
Paul Crafs and was The only one in
town.
Increases Mill Capacity.-New ma
chinery which is being installed by
the Ottawa Milling Company will give
its plant a capacity of $50 barrels Of
flour a day, making it one of the lar
gest mills in the state. Three large
gyrators are being put in. A Curator
is a boiling machine, which takes the
place of the old dresser and reel. AT
ter the whectt is ground it is run into
the gyratCrs AID by their rapidly NOV
ing selves is in a short Tine s:fted to
the desired f1neness.
Would Raise Assessments. j. C.
Rupenthal, county attorney of Russell
county, has written long letter to
the state board of equalization, urg-
ing it to assess all property for state
taxes on its true value, as the law
provides. He shows the inequalities
now practiced by the various counties
and says the only thino to do is for
the state board to take the bit in its
teeth and lift the assessment to its
full value The safe board will likely
follow the old plan until the legisla-
ture gives the state a new tax law.
Burton carworks sold.-The Ameri-
can Warehous Company has pur,
chased the Burton Car Works from
]. H. Bartlett, one of the old directors
of the company, and the site and
buildings are to be remodeled and
used by that company for warehouse
purposes. Two of the buildings will
not be used by the company. but will
be occupied by factory. The other
three buildings will be fitted UP for
the company, giving Wichita the To-
cation of the largest broomcorn ware
house in the United States.
Crooks Handy Palm. - A smooth
crook has worked one or two banks
in Central Kansas by asking the bank
ers to give him some bills for gold
coin. At one bank he produced 5000
in gold. The cashier save him paper
for it. In the exchange the crook
"palmed" eight or ten of the $40 gold
pieces. At the First National Bank
of Manhattan he 'palmcd" ten but
they discovered their loss before he
could get out of town and made him
dig up $500 in cash under threats of
prosecution. The State Bankers
Association has notified all its men,
oers to beware of the crook.
K. U. Student Suicide. = colbert
Holden, 20 years cid. committed sui
eide at Lawrence by drinking car
bolic acid. Holden. who has been
troubled mentally for some time, re-
turned from a Kansas City sanitarium
two weeks ago reported cured.
Winfield Has MiIitia.-Winfield is
to have a company of the National
Guard. Advice from the governor has
been received to the effect John H.
O'Connor will be captain of the or
ganization; DR. E. G. Thompson. first
lieutenant; Ellis Rosecrans, second
lieutenant.
Church at Lyons Is Dedicated. =
The new $4,000 Christian church edi-
fee was dedicated here. Rev. F. NJ.
Rains. of Cincinnati, had charge of
the services. About $1,000 was rails
ed, leaving the church free. from
debt
Koch Has Throat Trouble. = Gov
ernor Hoch is going slow in making