Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-08
1t showed Monday.


hall March 18th.
Geo. Allen adyertises some horses
for sale March 10Th.
]. H. Bower, of Payton, Iowa, is
here with some land seekers.
The sale at M. A. Campbell's
store will continue two weeks longer
Hamer Bros. have a sale adver-
tised for March 27. See the big.
bills.
The assessors proceedings and ba-
sis of assessment appears in this
issue.
The democratic state convention
will be held in Topeka on April 5th.
this year.
Episcopal services were held at
the Presbyterian church last Sunday.
Rev. Belsey officiating.
Miss Agnes Wehrle closed very
successful term of school in the Nc
Nulty district last Saturday.
The wind last Thursday and Fri
day was about the worst we have
ever experienced in this country. 4
Miss Boyer has moved her dry
goods and millinery store into the
old News building on the west side.
B. Buis has had his pension in
creased So per month. He now
gets $40 per month and we hope it
was $40.
B. Buis was up from his claim Mon
day. He resembled Gen. Funston,
and the band came very near going
out to meet him.
Messrs Ray and Everett Edwards
were over from Plains on business
last Monday. They made this Office
a very pleasant call.
J. R. Griggs and DR.. Leslie went
to Liberal on political business Mon
day. We presume to call repre-
sentative convention.
The wind of last Thursday and
Friday was regular old time hur
ricane. The city windmill wheel
was ruined and will require another
to replace it.
The Republican representative con-
vention of the 125th district will be
held at Liberal, Kansas, on April 28
1906. Tbia was decided upon at a
meeting in Liberal Monday.
A letter from Mrs. L. L. Foster,
Riverside, Cali, encloses Sr for the
News another year and says for US
to come to California, where it never
gets cold.
Claud Pinnick now has a position
as clerk in the First National Bank
of Meade. We hope to see him
president of similar institution
some of these days.
The pool and billiard is gone, the
city council, thought it unadvisable
to grant him license. 1t is rumor-
ed that the same fellow was run out
of Harper for running a joint in con-
nection with his pool room.
Many women are selecting stormy
days and going to M. A. Campbell's
sale with well filled pocketbooks
early in the afternoon, so as to be
sure of having time to look around
and be waited upon.
R. M. Painter, F. w. Flick, Sheriff
Givler and Representative Cones
went to Liberal Monday to consult
the Seward comfy Republicans, in
regard to calling a representative
convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Stevenson, of
Eldon, Iowa, are in the city visiting
Wilson Hughes, father of Mrs.
Stevenson. They will remain for a
few weeks and may return and re-
main permanently.
We are thinking of reporting
Postmaster Fuhr to Teddy, for vio-
| lating his order to Postmasters to
keep out of politics. Frank wanted
to help Geo. Cones as Cones had
endorsed him for postmaster. Yes,
it Is Fuhr for four years more.
| A delegation consisting of num-
Der of republicans of Meade county
went to Liberal last Monday.
Among those attending the meeting
were: J. R. Griggs, Ben F. Bolen,
c. B. Leslie, F. Fuhr,. R. NJ. Paint.
er, F. w. Flick S. B. Givler, Geo
Cones, F. M. Davis, A. T. Bodle,
Louis Boehler, A. E. Jones and M
S. Gillidett.
Railroad commissioner A. D. Wal
ker has purchased the Hamer Bros
Dloce near W;lhurn D,y;ro ,bo,