Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-03

Plenty of water and grass for zoe
head of cattle. R. Rogers, S miles
east of Fowler.
Norton Bros. will be in Meade.
May 9TH and 9Th and will give
tent show for two days. Perform
ances afternoon and night.
We note from the Riverside, Cali,
Enterprise that Mr.. Ernest Coe met
with quite serious accident at the
pumping station where he is engineer.
Mr.. Boe formerly livee in this coun-
ty.
Insure your wheat in the St. Paul
a company that meets losses in
FULL. Otto Greel, Agent, Meade,
Kas. (Successor to c B. Campbell
& Coz same location, phone No. II
We received copies of the River
side, Cali, Enterprise this week,
sent US by our old friend and towns
man, w. F. Foster, stating that they
were still on the map, despite the re-
cent earthquake shocks.
SrRAYED:-From Plains, Kansas,
on Friday night, April a7th, one
sorrel horse 8 years old weight 1000
pounds. A liberal reward will be
paid for his return to Plains, Kans.,
by Don T. Edwards. 5-3-zw
John Stalder and Ed. Blair have
a contract for building large dam
on the farm of J. c. Hall in the Ar
tesian valley. The dam is across
draw and will be 200 feet long and
90 feet at the bottom and 20 feet in
height. Mr.. Hall proposes to bore
some large wells and let them flow into
this large reservoir, thus forming a
sub-irrigation scheme.
We are informed that certain
married lady of Meade was seen 60
ing into another mans room one
night last week. This sold hen"
has been on the turf a long time and
it may be necessary for US to ex-
pose her and also the young man.
o. R. Stevens, of Goats, Kansas,
arrived in Meade this week and will
take charge of the Meade Dry Goods
Co., having purchased an interest
from Mr.. Durham, it's present own
er. They expect to move into the
building on the west side of the
square as soon as completed.
We are advised that several mem
bers of Meade county delegation to
the Representative convention al
Liberal last Saturday over-indulgeo
in the spirits fermenti and made con
siderable noise on the road home.
Now, we think they should have hac
more regard for the vice president o.
the w. C. T. U. society who was or
the same train.
Messrs. Carlton & Greet, of Pitts
burg, Kansas, who have just opened
up branch Office at the old Camp
bell & Young Office, report the salt
of about two thousand acres o
wheat land north west of Meade tc
the party of Crawford county lant
seekers who were here two weeks ago
This party was SO well pleased will
the outlook here for investment
that they are disposing of their higl
priced lands at home and investin;
in this section of the state. With
good harvest this season, there vii
undoubtedly be quite a demand TO
property by eastern parties.
We were absent last week Will
the republican brethren were havin
their caucus, which by the way wa
very lively affair, resulting in
pugilistic bout by two of the oppos
ing politicians. The Cones peopl
won, however. The caucus electe
delegates from Meade Center twp. t
both representative and county cor
I ventlons, the latter to elect thre
: delegates to the state convention
: In the county convention a resoll
ton favoring primary election la
d was turned down by vote of nearl
S 2 to I. The same resolution VIZ
{ sent to the representative conventfo
o at Liberal but it was allowed I
y slumber peacefully and was not eve
il presented. The two-cent fare W:
d injected to try to harmonic thing
e The Seward county delegation W;