Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-18

INTO the lenuer WnlIe cOdlllB an eA-
ira freight east-bound His neck was
broken by striking the gate in the
tender He was buried under seven
tons of coal.
building patterned after the archi-
lecture of Sweden has Just been en-
ected at Lindsborgs and the owner
has offered a prize to the first cou-
pie that will"be married in the build
mug under the genuine old-fashioned
Swedish ceremony
Growing Seed Corn.-Experience OF
farmers near Huron shows that i'm
ported seed corn from Iowa was al
most failure Iowa seed raised 40
bushels per acre while Kansas seed
corn went as high as 75 bushels per
acre. Instructions on seed corn alone
would save Kansas thousands of dol
lars.
Must Close Joint 1t is reported
that Col. Hall. the commanding officer
at Fort Leavenworth, has request
ed Mayor Everhardy to close the
joint of James Casey on Cherokee
street. In addition it is said that
unless this is done complaint will
be made to the state authorities
against the city officials.
Uncle Sam Refinery Statement. -
The Uncle Sam refinery filed lis
monthly report with the state audi
tor showing the amount of oil it is
selling. The report shows that Uncle
Sam is selling oil in Kansas. Mis-
souri,. Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado.
It's T .finery was started in August.
Since then its business has been in
creasing monthly.
Bass for the cottonwood.-Twenty
thousand young bass and crappie will
be put in the Cottonwood river by
Deputy Fish and Game Warden Nc
Gowen. Fifty thousand of these fish
will be put in the Neosho later, and
more will be added to the Cotton
wood supply The warden expects
in this way to get the two rivers
plentifully stocked with choice fish.
G. A. r. to Meet in June.-The To-
cal members of the G. A. r. met at
Salina and set the dates for the next
state meeting for June 8. 6 and z. On
the same days there will also meet
the four auxiliaries to the G. A. R.
The Woman's Relief Corps, the Ia
dies of the G.. A. R., the Ladies' Aid
Society and the Sons of Veterans.
The grand officers of these societies
will be here
An lola Truancy Case. - Truancy
Officer Lemaster has commenced ac-
ton in Justice Potter's court against
William Mcfarland for viola ng the
state truancy law. 1t is alleged that
Mcfarland has not Kept his four
teen-year-old daughter n school, 1t
was necessary to start similar pro-
ceedings against the same family a
year ago. The case filed is the first
prosecution under the truancy law
which has become necessary this
year.
To Rush Atchison Refinery.-H. H.
Tucker, Jr.. the big man of the IN
Gle Sam Oil Company, is in Atchison,
accompanied by S. D. Faust, who will
be in charge of the building of the
Atchison refinery. The boilers for
the refinery have been in the rail
road yards here for several days and
the first big oil tank is being loaded
for shipment here. 1t is steel. and
will require three cars. The tank
will have a capacity of 10000 gall
Ions.
kansans to Mine in Arkansas.-The
Parsons and North Arkansas Fortuna
Mining Company has been organized
in Parsons for the purpose of pros
pecting for lead, zinc and copper in
Searcy and Marion counties, Ark
The stockholders are prominent bust
ness and professional men of Fort
Scott and Parsons. The company is
capitalized for 100000, and controls
200 acres of mineral land in Arkan-
sas. Prospecting will commence at
once.
Potato Lore. W. S. Williamson.
the champion potato raiser of Lyon
county, says that invariably potato
raisers harvest their crop early and
in thj- way not only injure the quality
of the potatoes, but diminish the size
of the crop. The prevalent idea. he
says, is that the potatoes are ripe
when the vine dic7, but the facts in
the case are much to the contrary;
that the potatoes are only half grown
when the vines die. That they in
crease in size and flavor after frost.
For an Interurban Line. - R. c..
Rawlings of Chanute is asking for a
franchise for an electric street rail-
way in Chanute. The company he
represents has secured a franchise
from the Chanute council. to also be
a part of the proposed interurban sys-
TEN, which, when completed, will
consist of PA miles of track and con-
meet all the towns in southeastern
Kansas and also Joplin, Carthage and
other towns in southwest Missouri
Engineers have gone over the pro-
posed route, and Mr.. Rawlings says
that the company has the money al
ready secured with which to build
and equip the road.
Wichita Postoffice Receipts. = To-
tai receipts at the Wichita postoffice
for the past year will amount to
100000, and these figures will easily
put this city's Office third in the list
of Kansas offices. The years ex-
penses for clerk hire will be $4,000
and the money paid out for rural free
delivery service will amount to
So, 500. The years showing puts
Wichita's postoffice far in the lead of
other towns of $4,000 population, and
population considered its showing is
better than many of the largest west
ern cities.