Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-01

A great fiscal campaign was
now on. Meade's other town
ships must be shorn, else they
might prove a handicap to the
westward where the gladiators
are about to enterl But the
slip, the fatal slip 'twixt cup and
1ip!" Right here Mcdonald
SOUEALED and the cat was
out! See the scurrying t9'cover!
Do you remem Der these days
these happenings-the bubble
collapsed! The Supreme Court
annulled the Sugar company's
charter, and various townships
tried to protect against these
fraudulent bonds. Col. Griggs.
Familiarity known as "C1d fuzzy
wuzzy" secured cancellation Of
the bond issue of Sand Greek,
Mertilla and Cimarron town
ships. The board of w est Plains
township, very unaccountably
bnt fatty refused to take action,
and to its eternal shame be it re-
corded, authorized the sale OF It's
stolen bonds!
And still the Clerk and SeCre-
tory, from his desk in the rooms
where these great problems
originated, pondered and treas
ured up! But HIS day was mot
yetw Emerson scudded west.
Ditto Painter. The wildcat
speCulations and loans concurrent
Ilv carried on with the SCHEME
lust closed and now dismissed,
resulted in failure and disaster.
The masters vamoosed! O'Mera,
Heber, Emerson Adoisl And the
wreck? But the Clerk and Score
tary alone remained. By his long
and faithful % service to Emer-
son & Co. he had earned their
confidence, and they warmed tc
him even as a brother! From
their several retreats they, with
surprising unanimity, unite on
him to clean up the wreckage
and divide the spoils. Happy
choice! In 1894 we fnd him il
full sway. Out of memory's great
storehouse he f1ches forth the
gleanings of the past and he is
now to ACT! Have you followed
in his wake and scanned his con
duct? Have you read up illus
trative adjudications in you Pro
bate and District Courts? Have
you not in mind a long investiga
ton which resulted in finding
by Graham, judge that Cones ha6
originated a fraudulent conceal
ment and conveyance in order t.
defraud creditors-Which result
ed IN an injunction forever re
straiuing him and his co-conspir
ators from interfering with thu
property? Go from Judg'
Graham into the Distric
court, and what do you find
That the judgment and order
made by the probate judge wer
affirmed by Judges Price anc
Madison, and stand out upon tn
records as a monument to Cones
: loyalty to the lessons earle
learned from his fiscal Chic
while yet only Clerk and Secre
tary! The balance is soon told
Succeeding Wiley as Count,
Treasurer he quilted the Office a
the end of but one term. This
however, served him we'll for tn
career to follow. Cleaning from
the records the names and ad
!, dresses of owners, tax holder
and mortgages, he opened a
: Office and flashes forth as a Bon
Broker and Dealer in Junk Title
and Securities! These employ
= ments he followed until tn
political bee buzzes, admonish
ing him that he must "clos
= shop" in Meade and Sewar
? Counties. But he didn't let u
l on this ''ornery" business UNI
he had dabbled in gouges of tn
= most detestable character i
5 many pastures. large and sma
p in both counties, not sparin
: oftentimes the sole and only 10
!, acre tract of the strugglin
t homesteader! Every neigh BOZ
i hood in Meade county afford
b illustrations in point. The edito
e recalls one transaction of thi
e class in Seward county wher
S Hon. LA. Etzold was the suffe
f err. What has he found in til
r universally execrated Creatur,
:, Morrow, that makes them s
i chummy? Is it true that throug
a Morrow. ne still prosecutes, su
a reptitiously,.th business so dea
d to his encysted manhood? Ma