Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24
National Guard a Fort SCOTT


has been decided that a new com
pany of the Kansas National guard
will be located at Fort Scott to take
the place of the one recently disband-
ed at Sabetha.
concordia Is Gaining.-City Asses
sor Peperall completed his census OF
the city and finds the population to
be 4,62S, gain of POI over last year
Scarcity of houses drove many away
during the year.
Confiscated Liquor.-The sheriff al
Lyons, Kan, made raid on a joint in
the Interstate hotel, selling twenty
four cases of beer and boxes of whis
key, all of which were confiscated
with great deal of enthusiasm.
Tame Hay suffering.-Unless rain
comes soon, the tame hay crop in
Southeastern Kansas will be consid.
erably reduced from what had been
first expected. Glover, timothy and
alfalfa already are cut little short.G
Roses on Apple Tree.-One of the
curiosities in Salina at this time is
an apple tree bearing roses in full
bloom. Buds from a white rose bush
were grated on the trees some time
ago and this year the roses make
their appearance.
MysteriousIy Disappears. - Ollie
Jones foreman at the Edgar Zinc
smelter of Cherryvale, left his home
and has not been heard of since. Nc
motive can be assigned for his mys-
FERROUS disappearance. He leaves a
wife and two children. Mr.. Jones
drew out 81 800 from one of the local
banks and it is supposed he took it
with him.
Good News for Convicts. The
state pardon board reported to Gov
ernor Hoch a number of recommen-
dations for paroles. The prisoners
who have been recommended by the
beard have served the minimum SEN
tence for which they were convicted
and the paroles will give them a
chance to get started right in the
world while they are waiting for their
oSuISuCSS W SApHS.
Shows Satisfactory Gain.-The frs,
report of population statistics to F. D.
Coburn, secretary of the board OF
agriculture, has come from Sheridan
county. The report shows that the
county's population has increased Is
per cent since March 1, 1905. Until
a year ago Hoxie was the only in
corporated city in the county. Since
that time Selden. with population
of 429,, has been incorporated.
Leavenworth Y. M. C. A. Home. -
Colonel Hall has received the latest
plans of the Army Y. M. c. A.
building to be constructed at the post
at a cost of about $4,000 from the
architect, Theodore c. Link of St
Louis. The architect was very anX-
ious to make this structure a model
in every respect and for this reason
prepared several different sets OF
plans to be considered by Miss Helen
Gould, who supplied the money for
the construction of the building. The
front of the building is to the most
beautiful portion. 1t will face the in.
fantry barracks, and is to be 126 feet
long and ~ feet wide and two stories
high, with a basement.
attorney Against Board."-It was
necessary recently for the board OF
railroad commissioners to have some
new stationery. The old stationery
bears at the head the names of the
commissioners and the name of Carr
w. Taylor as attorney for the board
deal of trouble and many quarrels
with the members of the board since
the last stationery was printed, and
in order to show the relations be-
tween the board and the attorney the
stationery heading has been changed
Instead of attorney for the board. af-
ter the name of Carr Taylor appear
the words, attorney against the
board" State Printer McNeal prob
ably will not print the new stationery
in this way, and the board is expect
ed to countermand the order and
amend the heading at the next meet.
ing.
Too Many Apple Blossoms. - Re
ports are coming in from the fruit
growers of the condition of the ap.
pies in the various orchards of Reno
county, and they are not as bright as
they were a week ago. Prof. Popenoe
of the State Agricultural College Wis
tied some of the orchards of this
community, and his view of the mat
ter has been confirmed by reports
gathered by apple growers who have
just inspected their orchards. 1t will
be remembered that the winesap ap-
pies were very heavy with bloom and
as is frequently the case the tree in
lures the crop by producing so many
blossoms and as a vesult the winesap
apple crop will not be more than a
fourth of a crop However, the Ben
Davis, Jonathan, Missouri Pfppin
Grimes Golden and some of the other
varieties that did not bloom so extern
sively will produce a very good crop
if nothing serious happens to them
from now on. The man that pinned
his faith to the winesap will be the
loser this year. While he that has
scattered his varieties who has a
large number of other kind of trees
will have the largest crop this year.
Kansas Lubricating Oil. - What is
believed to be the first car load of lu-
bricating oil ever made in Kansas
was shipped from Rollin to Kansas
City. The oil was manufactured at
the Rollin refinery from Neosho coun-
ty production. The refinery will con-
tinue to turn out lubricants. The
Standard refinery at Neodesha does
not make lubricating oil at all.
Hutchinson After Factory. = W. A.
Schurmann, the owner and operator