Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-09-20
Englewood will have a fair this

Kas. Wednesday night.
Zada Black returned from Law
renee Friday.
Watch for date of Cloak Sale at
Meade Dry Goods Co. soon.
Miss Agnes Wehrle returned from
St. Louis last Saturday night.
See stamper, Johnson, & Co. IS
Special sale notice in this issue.
Miss Beulah Marshall is attending
the fair at Hutchinson this week.
The editor and wife spent Satur-
day and Sunday in Gray county.
A number of our people attended
the Hutchinson State FAIR this week.
S. D. Adams and family returned
Wednesday night from Polo, Ills.
A number of our people went to
Fowler Saturday to attend the open
ing of the Friends Academy.
Postmaster Fuhr has put in new
postoffice fixtures, which add very
much to the appearance of the office.
For SALE-One black gelding
horse weight about 400 pounds,
For information call at this Office.
Mrs. w. P. Sandusky and little
daughter, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, arc
visiting Uncle Zack Ragland and
family.
J. D. Wehrle and R. C. Criggs
were in Kansas City, the first of the
week in the interest of The Farmers
Land Co.
Mrs. C. Button and daughter of
Fortville, Ind, are visiting at the
home of Uucle Zack Ragland and
family.
DR.. VIM. Fee returned home Sun
day from Monotick Canada, where
he was called by the illness and
death of his mother,
With IS gallons of booze from
Plains and As gallons from Fowler,
one would judge that there are lots
of boozers lp both our neighboring
towns.
About 20 gallons of c. o. D.
booze was taken out of the Plains |
depot last Saturday. Something
strenu Gus has to be done to enforce
the law.
The wheat train starts from Hutch
inson on the 2Ist. and goes through
to Chicago. 1t is all decorated and |
will be great boost for southwest
Kansas.
We acknowledge receipt of Vol.
No. I, of Fowler Hustler. 1t is a |
very neat 7 column folio paper and
we wish Bro. Wood success in our
neighboring city.
We learn that 7. B. Buck, capital |
ist, retired banker and ranchman,
has bought $40 acres of the Perry |
land west of town on which he pro-
poses to So 900 dwelling g.-Engle-
wood Homebuilder.
DR.. Simpson will go on Syl Dixon's
wheat train this week. The Doctor
is very enthusiastic and will give
Meade county the proper boost.
Joe Hall sold so head of black
cattle last week at SIoo per head all
around, to some Colorado buyers.
These are the kind that are raised
in the famous artesian valley.
Word was received this week an
nounclng the death OF Geo. L. Gore
at that place recently. We have no
particulars. Mr.. Gore was well
known here having resided here for
few years.
Judge Threlkel whoa has just re-
turned from a visit to Meade says 5
cars of Mennonite immigrants un-
loaded last week with all their stock
and other effects. They had bought
1000 acres of the Webb ranch 20
miles N. W. of Englewood, and set
tied as colony.-Englewood Home
builder.
The coroners jury in the shooting
case at Plains have reached verdict
and concluded to hold one Ben
Fuqua, who has resided there since
last March. He is man about 38
years of age and has family. His
case will be heard at the October
term of court. We are advised that
four other parties have made them
selves very absent since the shooting
but they are all wanted and some
people think some of them also had
a hand in the shooting.
Among the visitors from Meade
to The State Fair at Hutchinson,
this week are as follows. F. w.
Flick, J. M. Brannan, J. E. Roberts
| Jr. and wife, Elmer Schmoker and
wife, Ben F. Bolen and wife. Chas.
Stewart and wife, John Elliot and