Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-08-23

WIN. Backe and family visited
R. G. Newby in Gray county last
Sunday.
Sheriff Wood of Seward county
was in Meade last week visiting his
mother.
Miss Agnes Wehrle left Tuesday
night St. Louisfor a few weeks
visit.
R. A. Harper, Louis Boehler, and
B. S. McMeel went to Fowler Tues
day on business.
George Wehrle and the editors
wife visited in Gray county last
Saturday and Sunday.
The Farmers Land Company have
few city lots for sale. The titles
are good, Office in News building.
The residences of w. F. Balm and
Mrs. Williams are nearing complet-
ion and will soon be ready for
oppuancy.
Otto Greet left Tuesday evening
for his home at Pittsburg, Kansas.
He expects to return about the mid
die of September.
Elliot Henry has announced his
candidacy for the office of clerk of
the district court, before the rep
ublican convention.
Watermelons are plentiful.
Large numbers have been brought
from the Cimarron river where the
crop is immense this year.
Mrs J. H. Lamkin returned to her
home in Gray county last Friday
after few days visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. D. Wehrle.
John Randolph and son, Lester
left Wednesday evening for Topeka
where they will visit for several days
with John Crane and family.
Mrs John Wehrle left Tuesday
night for St. Joseph Mo-, where she
goes to purchase her fall and winter
stock of dry goods and millinery.
S. c. Sumpter and wife moved to
Fowler last Tuesday where they will
reside in the future. We regret to
lose them from Meade as they are
among our oldest residents.
The Farmers Land Co., is the
name of the new realty company.
Their office is in the News Building
ON north Fowler Avenue. They
have large list of wheat and alfalfa
lands for sale and some great bar
gans. If you are going to purchase
any Meade county land, now is the
time as the prices are steadily ad-
vancing and soon it will be too high.
So if you want to be in on the ground
floor come at once. We have what
you want and the prices are right.
VIM. J. Totheroh and Chas.
Dettinger have erected a a4x6o shop
on the south side of the square and
are prepared to do all kinds of
blacksmith and wood work. Bill is
an expert at the blacksmith business
and Mr.. Dettinger knows the car
penter business. We are pleased to
see such shop going up in Meade
as we need just such place. You
will be able to get anything you want
in their lines. They also expect to
to put in large amount of new tools,
a gasoline engine, lathes etc. We
wish them success.
After the regular meeting of the
Meade Rebeka Lodge Tuesday
night they gave reception in honor
of Mrs. Lima P. Ice who was the
first V. G. of the Meade Lodge. II
was also the anniversary of the birth
of Mrs. L. E. Wood. The members
of the Lodge presented her with q
beautiful token of remembrance.
Cream and cake was served during
the evening. There was number
of visitors present. Such occasion:
make pleasant recollections and we
wish they might come more, often
The Meade Reptiles went tc
Bucklin to play return game las
Sunday and everything seemed tc
be going alright until the Bucklir
umpire made a few rotton decisions
and the Reptiles demanded a nev
umpire. The Bucklin team refused
to agree to new umpire and ou
boys refused to play out the game
1t seems to US that the Bucklin boy
should have agreed to new umpir
as all our boys ask is square dea
and we do not blame them for re