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

Will Bruce and wife arrived last
Friday from eastern Kansas. They
will remain in Meade permanently
and are located in the residence
of R. A. Harper.
Burl Graham was over from Plains
the first of the week. He has been
mentioned as a candidate for two
different Offices but he does not
think that he will stand for either.
The K. & B. ball nine played the
Redbluff nine on the Meade diamond
last Sunday and the result was 4 tc
7 in favor of the K. & B. nine.
The game was spirited throughout.
sTRAYED-One dun pony, reached
name and tail, branded three-quar-
ter circle bar below left shoulder,
white hind feet, buckskin halter with
short rope. Finder please notify
Elhert Frazier, Fowler, Kansas,
The republican political pot has
begun to boil. The candidates are
out seeing the dear people. Their
county convention will be held a,
Meade on Saturday August 25th.
There seems to be more candidates
for sheriff than for any other Office.
DR.. Ashby and Higgons Dentists,
are doing nice business in Meade
and will remain another week. Ask
patients who have had work done
by them either in Meade or Fowler.
All work guaranteed to be first class
office north side square.
The Autotractor gave an exhibit
ton on our streets one night last
week. 1t was operated by Messrs
Ansel Wysong and Clarence Eason.
The machine is 20 horse power
and pulls three IA inch plows with
ease. 1t is now at work on E. A.
Twists place miles east of Meade.
The democratic representative
convention of the I24th district
will be held at Liberal, Kansas. on
Thursday September 9th. Quite a
number of our democrats will attend.
The delegases to said convention
will be chosen on Friday August 31st
at the same time delegates are
chosen for the county convention.
The call will be seen in another
column of this issue.
The marriage of Miss Emma M.
Griffin and Mr.. George Neal of
Hobart, Ok, took place Tuesday,
August IA, at the Centropohs hotel
The Rev. Harry A. King, pastor OF
the Oakley Methodist Episcopal
church, performed the ceremony
The out-of-town guests were the
father of the bride, Mr.. D. Griffin,
editor of the Atherton Ill. Herald.
the brides sister, Mrs. T. N. Walters.
and Mr. Walters, of Meade, Kans..
and Mrs. Mary Walters of Atchison
Ill.-K. C. Star Aug. 16.
i Mr.. Steele, of the Crooked /
ranch, informs US that he has takel
. his property off the market and tina
he is going to make improvement
with view of putting tenents on th'
land. He is going to commence
immeditely the construction of fiv'
houses on different parts of the lant
and rent to tenant as much of tn
surrounding land as he is able tt
take care of properly. The build
lngs will be so situated that eacl
tenant can have some alfalfa unde
the irrigation ditch and also SOM
land suitable for small grain on tn
non-irrigated land. Mr.. Steele als'
intends to fit up place for tn
dairy business and to furnish enough
land to pasture about twenty-five
, COWS to each tenant together witt
t sufficient alfalfa land to purchase ha,
} to winter such nu mber of COW
4 He also proposes to set out smal
S orchards on each tract and have a
v artesian well at each house for dc
mestic use. The Crooked L wi
r attend to marketing the grain an
J. dairy products for each tenant an
S the proceeds from such sales will b
e divided between the landlord an
i tenant. We are glad to hear of M
: Steele's inteded Improvements as
). will add greatly to the land in tt
d lower Crooked Creek valley and il
n crease the revenue from taxes an
It instead of the Crooked L ranch SUI
II porting a half dozen people as
/. present there will probably be do
IS en- times as many when Mr.. Stee
re completes his scheme of tenantir
his entire 1000 acre tract.