Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

III 4NOTIOH, has JUST DScu CouPiSlCu
at a cost of $500.
COMMITTED Proofs Suspended.-The
United States land Office at Topeka
has just received an order from the
department of the interior, suspend
ing an investigation.
Prosperity Item. George Albin
bought sixty acres of land in Logan
county last spring for $3.50. He plant
ed it to cane and has just sold the
crop of cane seed for s692, or $212
more than the land cost him.
Harper's Light Plant. = Construc-
ton work on the new municipal light
plant is being pushed to the utmost
with large force of men. Material
is arriving daily. The outside work
will be practically completed by the,
first of the year.
Bank Changes at FL Dorado.-W. F.
Benson was chosen vice-president of
the Citizens State Bank. He recent
ly resigned as cashier of the Farmers
mad Merchants National Bank, with
which he had been associated for sew
en- years.
cooper's Marriage a FaiIure.-John
c. Cooper, the wealthy farmer who
married Clara Stookey, Topeka wo-
man, in Kansas City some time ago
and gave her $4,000 as a wedding
present, was given divorce from her
by the district court of Shawnee coun-
ty.
Holton's New Bank BuiIding.-The
State Bank of Holton will have a new
$4,000 home to take the place of the
building destroyed by fire a month
ago. The directors have appointed
committee of three with power to
make plans and contract for the build
ing.
Spotter Testimony. - The supreme
court has sustained Judge Aikmen, of
the Butler county district court, in
decision that spotter evidence In
liquor case is competent. After this
the rejection of spotter evidence by
a court will indicate that the jointist
on trial has a hook on the Judge.
Postoffice Credentials. - Jesse
Brooks will no doubt be given the
postoffice at Mound City by President
Roosevelt. The other day Brooks
"was happy" to report the arrival of
triplets at his home, the aggregate
weight of the three babies being nine
teen pounds. Roosevelt was notified
Kansas Town Scorched.-The bust
ness part of Herndon was destroyed
by fire. Two drug stores, a meat mar
ket, bank and three general stores,
including stocks and buildings, were
burned, together with smaller con-
Germs. A hardware store and general
store alone are left. No estimate has
insurnce.
Operators Complain. = The confer
ence between the railroad rate max
ers and the operators of the Usage
coal fields has again been postponed
until some time in January. The
Usage operators were originally COM
plainants in the general coal rate case,
but they pulled out on the agreement
that the rate makers would hold con-
ference with them and adjust rates
for the Usage field. The roads seem
to be Indifferent as to when the con-
ference shall be held. 1t has been
postponed a couple of times already.
Unless it is held soon the operators
will apply to the railroad board for re-
lief.
New Sweet Potato.-E. T. Ellison,
of Abilene, has received a sweet po-
tato from Pagan island, South Sea is
lands, which he will plant next spring,
hoping to find it plant that will revo-
lutionize the sweet potato industry
The sweet potato land west of Abb
lene raises immense crops, but it is
difficult to keep the potatoes from
rotting and a large proportion is lost
that way. A sea captain brought
from the South Sea islands a few of
| these potatoes which are said to re-
main firm and hard for months. The
University of California will expert
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try them for Kansas. If they produce
hardy potato the sand hill land will
net the sweet potato men 500 an acre
annually.
Policy for Every Voter. Kansas
has almost as many people carrying
insurance as there are voters in the
state. The reports in the insurance
department show that 321, 537 people
in the state carry insurance Of this
number 129, 121 carry insurance in old
line companies to the amount of $115,-
045,140, and 1924 carry insurance
in fraternal companies to the extent
of $293, 406,005. This makes a total
insurance of over S40S,000,000. The
average vote cast in Kansas is about
100000. OF course, many persons
qualified to do so fail to vote, but the
records show that there is an insur-
ance policy in the state for every man
who votes. This doesn't mean, how
ever, that every man has an insurance
policy, because many women carry
policies.
Three Killed at Crossing. = AS
Chris Anderson and son, Mort, and his
mother-in-law, Mrs. L. J. Wood
ard, of Alta Vista, were going home
from Christmas exercises at the
Methodist church they drove on the
Rock Island tracks and were struck
by an east-bound passenger train and
instantly killed.
Attend State Meeting.-Ii the rail-
roads would know just how far the
present discomfort extends among the
people, let them attend the big state
shippers meeting to be held in WITCH
tia next month.