Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
2"OUT THERE IN HANS S"lJ
III PEACE, PROSPERITY AND PLENTY ~

wound received while nunIlnS. CluC-
ter, with three companions, was
hunting rabbits when Clarence Peck.
one of the men, fell and his gun was
discharged, the bullet entering Clut-
ter's abdomen.
Appointed a Bank Examiner. -
John n Royce, state bank commits
sioner has announced the ap-
pointment of Harry Hagaman, OF
Onara, to be bank examiner. Mr..
Hagaman succeeds S. c. drummer,
who resigned five months ago. Haga-
man has been in the banking bust
ness in Kansas for twenty years.
Will Start a State Bank. "A state
bank is to be opened at Junction City
shortly by a company headed by S.
C. drummer of Belleville. late chair
man of the Republican state commit
tee. and George A Clark, of Topeka
The company is now being organ
izcd and Mr.. drummer will locate at
Junction City.
Willing to Clean the Cars.-A num-
Der of the railroad companies and al
of the street railway companies. ex-
cept two, operating in Kansas have
reported to Dr. s. ]. Crumbine. secre-
tary of the state board of health. that
they are in favor of the rules regu-
iating the cleaning and fumigation OF
cars.
Neuro Veteran Frozen to Death
The almost nude body of Charles WI
lams. a negro veteran of the Sol
dfers' home at Leavenworth. was
found frozen stiff at the outskirts OF
TIE home grounds. Williams was
identified as a patient who had es-
capped from the hospital clad only in
a thin undershirt.
It May Come to This. - Because
the price of eggs has gone so high
Winfield dealers are keeping them in
time-lock safes. Il am sorry" said
merchant to a customer at
o'clock one morning. but l cannot
let you have any eggs for an hour.
They are in the safe and the time
lock does not open until 9 O'Clock"
John Kay Is Found. John Kay.
the man who disappeared from Stat
ford just before election and was
elected county clerk, has been found.
He was wandering in the woods
north of Hutchinson, was unshaven
and his clothes were dirty and torn.
There seems to be little or no doubt
but that he is insane.
Killed by His Own Gun. - John
Garter, a young man about % years
of age. was accidentally killed by the
discharge of his gun while riding in
a wagon near Deerfield. He was in
the employ of the United States gov
eminent water service and had been
there only few weeks. He was for
merly of Missouri and has father in
Oklahoma.
Sugar Beet Crop.-The sugar beet
ney county. With about one-third of
the crop gathered, a phenomenal
yield is being developed and the crop
is showing from fifteen to more than
twenty tons to the acre. Much of the
crop will be soiled and delivered at
the factory later in the winter, owing
to the unusually large tonnage.
Contracts for Supplies.-Announce
ment is made by the state board of
control that the semi-annual letting
of contracts to supply the state insti-
tutions will take place in December
on the following dates: December
II, dry goods. boots and shoes; De-
cember Il, groceries; December IS,
queensware. hardware, stationery,
meats and butterine.
New Factory For Wichita.-Wich-
tia is to have another factory. 1t
will employ some thirty or more
workmen and will be in operation by
January 1 at the latest. The new
concern-new only in Wichita. for it
already has been established for some
years i'll Lincoln, Neb., is engaged in
the manufacture of pocket-books. adj
vertising novelties and souvenirs.
Wichita will be its main point, both
for the manufacture and for the dis
lTlDullOl vi Us SsOOCS IlC ISdSOl
gevin for it's removal to this city is
that it may be nearer to the territory
which 1t covers in disposing of its
output.
Crushed Under a Train. - Robert
NJ. Whitlow, night operator at the
Rock Island depot at Wellington,
while endeavoring to deliver a train
order to a freight that was running
at high speed past the station slip
ped on the icy platform and fell be-
meath the wheels. Both legs were
cut off and he received other in
juries, which caused his death two
hours later He was "a years of 6, e,
unmarried and his home was at
Pauline, Kan.
Child Falls Into Hot Water. - The
little 3-year-old child of Mrs. Daniel
Baptist who resides 4 miles north
east of Uniontown, fell into a tub of
scalding water and died from the eff
fects.
Combined Ages Over $50 Years
Mrs. Jemima S. Stansburg of Mound
City, is one of four sisters and three
brothers whose combined ages aggre-
gate $50 years The four sisters are
ali widows. Three of the Sisters, in
luding Mrs. Stansburg. are each past
so years of age.
Coffee Comes Next. - Secretary j
S Crumbine of the State Board OF
Health is the opinion that some OF
the COTE that is placed on the mar.
ket IS adulterated and for the pur
pose of 2scertaining the truth has
sent twelve samples to the State
University for analysis.
Rusty Pipes CAUSED Explosion. -
1t is now the general opinion there
that the explosion which wrecked
five business houses and killed three