Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-06-21
KANSAS COMMENT

Central Kansas harvest vi.
Wheat harvest has begun in Central
Kansas. A. w. Hines, west of Salina,
began cutting and a farmer in the
northern part of Mcpherson county
commenced recently. The dry wealth
er has hurt the crop considerably.
North and east Of Salina it is better
than south and west.
Building Another Elevator. = The
Hutchinson Mill Co. is building a
wheat elevator at Medora. 1t is not
a large one, being only of 5000 bush
els capacity, but is sufficient to do
the work. The mill company has two
other elevators, one at Silica and the
one at .Medora is the smallest. The
company expects to have it complet-
ed by July l.
Alma Has a Boom. - This town Is
having a business boom at present
One of the evidences is the erection
Of an $1,000 modern school house
Many new homes are being built. A
late statement of the Commercial
Atate Bank, seven months old, shows
deposits of S62,262.O5. not to mention
capital and other earnings. ]. N.
Dolley Is president and L. Palenske
cashier
Standard Oil in Kansas. - The
Standard Oil Company, of Kansas,
filed with the secretary of state a no.
tice that it has increased it's capital
stock from 100000 to 100000. The
Increase according TO Earl Evans, of
the firm of Stanley & Evans, of Wich-
ita. general attorneys for the Stand
ard Oil Company, is necessary be-
cause of the increased business
which the company is doing in Kan
sas this year
Will Investigate Mystery. - The
military authorities at FIT Leaven-
worth are making preparations to de-
termine whether or not the body ia
ken from the river near Richmond
Mo-, is that of Private FUR, who has
been missing from the post for some
time. Furr disappeared on June
when he was supposed to have gone
to the river to fish. The body found
at Richmond was clothed in a uni
form thought to be that of FUR.
Checking Prison Accounts. - ]. c.
Gafford, state accountant, is prepar-
ing to make an investigation of the
state penitentiary. Gov. Hoch has or
dered Gafford to make an investiga-
ton of the state institutions and the
penitentiary is the next on his list.
He is now going over the accounts of
the penitentiary as kept in the Office
of the auditor of state and these will
be compared with the record in the
office of the warden of the institu-
ton.
Hiawatha Library Secured. = The
provision that a site be furnished by
the city to go with Carnegie's gift
of $4,000 for public library at Hia-
watha has been met by Ex-Governor
E. N Morrill,, who has given two lots
for that purpose. He asked that the
citizens give money sufficient to raise
the lots above the level of the sur
rounding ground, and Miss R. D. XII
ner, the librarian within a few days
had more than 5000 On hand for that
purpose.
Wheat Conditions Weak. Accord
ing to the crop report issued by F.
D. Coburn, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, the wheat con-
ditions in Kansas are rather discour-
aging at this time, the condition be-
ing 70.5, decline of 10 points since
the April report. Indications are,
therefore, that Kansas will harvest
only three-fourths of a full crop this
year. Corn, while it is backward in
the northern counties owing to dry
weather, has been helped materially
by recent rains. The condition is 70,
which compares favorably with the
past three years.
$50 Days in Jail. - In the district
court at Paola as final result of the
prosecutions begun by B. L. Sperling,
assistant attorney general of Miami
county, four joint keepers and two
clerks were sentenced, the sentences
aggregating $50 days in Jail and fines
OF $1,000, with bonds from each for
future good behavior. The four joint
keepers have taken an appeal to the
supreme court.
Took a Good Nap.-Charles Rowe,
OF Hiawatha who is IS years old, and
doesn't look to be more than co, fell
asleep at his home and didn't awake
for two whole days. The doctor says
he was not asleep, but was sham
ming. Rowe is living with his third
wife and has remarkable vitality for
man of his age. He has two small
children. one only about a year old,
and another about 8.
Loss on the cottonwood-The Cot
tonwood river is now in its banks at
Florence. Telephone reports are
coming in telling of damage done to
the farmers along the Cottonwood
valley. 1t is estimated that a loss of
one-half million was sustained by the
farmers along the Cottonwood.
Organizes Old Fashioned Fair.-At
a meeting of farmers and business
men, held at the Chamber of Com
merce the proposition to give Wich-
tia and Sedgwick county a good race
track and to have again the old
fashioned county fairs, which were so
popular several years ago, was set on
foot and given a mighty boost to-
wards contamination. The Wichita
and Southwestern Fair Association
was organized. 1t was decided at the
meeting to locate the fair grounds
just west of Wonderland park, and to
have the two connected.
Newton Gets Natural Gas. = The
preliminary. surveys were made for
the natural gas plant to be installed
in Newton this fall. The gas is to
be piped from the Caney field and
Wichita, Hutchinson and Newton are
to be supplied. The right of way has
been secured and pipe is being deliv-