Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-09-06

Davis-suIphur Springs Branch. =
The Davis-Sulphur Springs branch of
the Santa Fe is completed. Sulphur
Springs is a government reservation
and summer resort
Badly scaIded Riding Trucks. =
Two tramps, claiming Kansas City as
their homes, were taken off of Santa
Fe train No. s, eastbound, at Lakin,
in a horrible condition. They were
said to be riding the trucks out of
Syracuse and were scalded and bruis-
ed in a pitable condition.
Miner Killed by Train.-Dan Con-
way, a miner. was killed By Kansas
City Southern train in the yards at
Fuller, while lying on the track asleep.
His home was in Frontenac. and he
had been in this district at intervals
of five or six months at a time for the
past fifteen years. He was a men,
Der of the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment and went with his regiment
through the Philippine war. He was
about 80 years of age.
Oil DriIers Get Vein of Hot Milk
Drillers on the Dosbaugh farm in
Chautauqua county, struck vein of
hot water having temperature from
80 TO ITO degrees. This water is
milky n appearance and is said to be
similar TO water found in well at
lsAremore, l. T.. that is advertised
quite highly Cor it's medical proper
ties and is caped "radium water"
The depth of the we'll now is some
thing in the neighborheod of 1000
feet.
Would Enjoin Eldorado. - The city
of Eldorado owns the water plant and
is going to build a dam to secure
better water supply. The Orient rail-
road claims the putting in of the dam
is for boating and other sporting pur-
poses, and will raise the water so that
during the floods the railroad prop
erty would be damaged. The COM
pany asks an injunction against the
city which Judge Altman has refused,
The road filed notice of appeal.
Counties Without Criminals. -
Eighteen Kansas counties have no
prisoners in the penitentiary, accord
lain filed with Gov. Hoch. All the
counties are in the western part of
the state. They are Cheyenne,
Comanche. Garfield, Grant, Gray,
Greeley, Haskell, Hodgeman. Kiowa,
Lane, Morton, Ness, Scott, Seward,
Sheridan, Stanton, Trego and Wich-
tia. Wyandotte county has the lar
gest number, eighty-nine, and Leav-
enworth county is second, with fifty.
three prisoners.
Consumption Leads. - The bulletin
for July to be issued by the State
Board of Health shows that the num-
Der of deaths in the state from con-
sumption during July was three times
greater than from any other disease.
There were 10 cases of consumption
and sixty-three deaths There were
126 cases of typhoid fever and only
10 deaths; 10 cases of diphtheria and
two deaths; So cases of scarlet fever
and two deaths; 81 cases of smallpox
and no deaths; SO cases of measles
and one death. The great increase in
the death rate resulting from con-
sumption has caused Secretary Crum-
bine to decide on making application
to the next legislature for sanitarium
for consumptives. Secretary Crum-
bine would locate the sanitarium at
some point in the western part of the
state. Other measures will be taken
at his suggestion to check the spread
of the disease. In July, one year ago,
there were 1913 cases of consumption
in the state and only 54 deaths.
Sly Dixon's Train. Sly Dixon has
completed arrangements for his
Southwestern Kansas Exhibit Adver-
Using Train" which will start over
the Rock Island railroad from Dodge
City September IS. The train will
stop over at Hutchinson for three
days during the fair and will then
proceed over the Rock Island. Mr..
Dixon says this will be the finest
agricultural exhibit train that has
ever been run out of Kansas
Kansas Boys Were lt.-Gov. Hoch
is enthusiastic over the Kansas ma
tional guard. He believes the troops
made an impression at Fort Riley
which will mark the beginning of
broader policy of the government to-
ward the state military departments.
The governor said: THE troops
were showered with compliments
and the compliments were sincere
The general in command of the
maneuvers was very complimentary"
Adjutant General Hughes expressed
himself as delighted with the out
come of the maneuy "a high
officer in the regular army told the
governor that Kansas was to be con-
graduated on its troops"
jackson County Shipping Peaches.
The Jackson County Peach Growers
Association has already shipped sew
en- cars of liberia peaches to Mime
apolis, Chicago and other northern
cities. The association realized $500
a car net on the shipments F. w.
Dixon, manager OF the association,
says there will be seven more cars. 1
Oil Tanks Are Burned.-The tanks
of the retail station of the Uncle Sam
Oil Company at Atchison burned A
tank car had just been unloaded and
seven or eight thousand gallons were
burned.
Light Frost at Mound city.-There
was light frost at Mound City. 1t
was observable at 6 o'clock a. m. and
soon passed away. No damage was
done. Vegetation is in fine condi
ton.
Fatal Shooting Over Trifie.-Al-
bert Plyler, miner residing at Bad
ger, was shot and perhaps fatally