Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-09-06

Topeka last Saturday night.
Geo. B. Cones left Tuesday for
Lakin, Kansas on some real estate
business.
Chas. Gamble, of Gray county
was'in Meade Tuesday transactlng
business.
R. w. Griggs accompanied his
daughter, Miss Mable to Wichita
last Saturday.
Dennis Doty and wife, of Garden
City, were in the city for few days
the first of the week.
S. D. Adams left Saturday night
for Polo, Ills, where he will join
his family and visit for few weeks.
Gene McMeel will leave next
Sunday for Lawrence, Kansas where
he will attend school the coming
winter.
B. S. McMeel is building an
addition to his store building for his
large stock of furnishing goods,
boots and Shoes.
The delinquent tax sale began last
Tuesday at the county treasurer
office and is continued from day to
day until the land is sold.
R. M. Painter, Louis Boehler, J.
R. Griggs, B. F. Leach, went to
Greensburg Tuesday to attend the
republican judicial convention.
w. H. and o. T. Wilson, Plains,
Kans., have the agency for the
famous Bush and Gertz Pianos.
Call and see them. Special prices.
Misses Mable Griggs and Marjorie
Bodle left Saturday evening for
Wichita where they will attend Mt.
Carmel Academy the coming year.
All the Meade people who went
to the reunion last week returned
safe and sound last Saturday night:
The report a very wet time Thurs
day night.
The News would like to secure
the services of a good printer.
We would like a good all around
printer or someone who is good
typesetter. Call and see US for
further particulars
Nearly all the cellers in the city
were filled with water last Thursday
night. The canned fruit suffered to
a great extent but most of it was
rescued the next morning with the
aid of rubber boots.
Ralph Peed returned from Water
loo, Iowa, Saturday where he has
been for the past year. He will
remain in Meade for some time.
His many friends are pleased to see
him among US again.
The rain last Thursday night was
by far the heaviest that has fallen in
this country for the past several
years. 1t has retarded the threshing
but it has put the ground in excel
lent shape for wheat sowing.
The ticket nominated last Sat-
urday is an exceptionally strong one
and will receive the support of the
people this fall regardless of politics.
They are all good candidates and
deserve the support of everyone.
A large crowd of democrats went
to Liberal last night to attend the
democratic Representative convention
which is to be held at Liberal to-day.
They are not certain. who the
nominee will be, as several good
men are meotioned for the place.
The republican judicial conven-
ton at Greensburg Tuesday nom
linated Judge Price of Ashland for
Judge of the 31st district and he
wired his acceptance. He filled the
position of judge of this district for a
number of years and was considered
a good judge.
| Lee Howard has sold his alfalfa
farm east of the city to Railroad
Commissioner A. D. Walker and
will give possession about the Ist OF
March. Mr. Howard and family
lexpect to move to the northwest,
probabaly Washington OF Oregon.
The price he received for his place
was 500 per acre.
The Black family left last nigh
| for Lawrence, Kansas, where they
expect to reside in the future. Mr.
Black and Miss Zada expect tc
remain for the present in Meade
The many friends of this family
regret to see them leave Mead
county as they are among the oldes
settlers.