Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Sent ThreateniEr Postal. - w. z.
Heal. the book-keeper for the Star
Glass Factory at Coffeyville, plead
ed "uilty in the United States court
to mailing threatening postal card
and was fined $1.OO and costs.
Thrown From Train, Legs Broken.
H. NJ. Burkholder, a brakeman for
the Union Pacific railroad, who re-
sides at Wamego, was thrown from
his train at Marysville and both legs
broken. He was taken to a hospital
at Kansas City.
drummer Accepts Place. s. c.
drummer will take up the duties of
private secretary to Gov. Hoch De-
cember l. Mr.. drummer called on
the governor and announced that he
would accept the position offered to
him recently.
Injured Lahorer SUES KATY" -
John F. Lee. a section hand on sec
ton AZ of the Katy at Walnut. has
filed suit against the NJ, K. & T.
Railway Company for damages to the
amount of s6,110. On September 2
joint, the plaintiff was thrown vio-
lently upon the ties AMI rails and
sustained permanent internal in
juries. He alleges that the jack was
defective and that he and others of
the section gang had repeatedly
warned the section foreman that the
tool could not be used without dan
ger.
Make War on crows.-A petition is
being circulated asking the Labette
county commissioners to give a
bounty of five cents for each crow
killed. There are tens of thousands
of these pesky birds in Labette
county. AM there is no question that
something should be done to get rid
of them. Five cents will just about
cover the cost of ammunition used
to kill the birds, and if the hunter
should be so fortunate as to kill two
or more crows at one shot he would
be making money. The petition is
being generally signed.
Grain. Inspector Fees-J. w. Rad
ford, State Grain Inspector, filed with
the Auditor of State a report of the
collections of his department during
the month of October. The collec-
tons were much greater than expect
ed, aggregating s4,445.35. OF this
amount 1854 was not turned into the
state. Fees to that amount are in
volved in the suit brought against
Radford by the Midland Elevator
Company to invalidate the grain in
spection law. In case the elevator
company wins the suit the fees
which have been paid under protest
Will be returned by the Grain Inspec-
tor
Independents Gaining.-L. T. Hus-
sey. Site Oil Inspector, has filed his
report for the month of October with
Seth G. Wells, Auditor of State. The
gross collections of fees for the
month was s3.445.7O and the ex-
penses of the department were
SGS4.G4, leaving the state a net in
come of s2,761 .06 from the Oil In
spector's Office for the month. Ten
Independent refiners sold oil in the
state during the month. one new re-
finery having commenced operations
at Chanute since the last report.
The independents are showing
gain in volume of business each
month"; said Mr.. Hussey in discuss
ing his report. They are now fur
nishing a trifie less than one-fifth of
the oil consumed in Kansas and are
~, oil
state"
Barn and Three Horses Burned. -
A barn on the farm of Alf Borror,
four miles northeast of Westrnalia,
burned and all the contents and three
horses were consumed. The origin
of the fire is not known.
Agreement Reached.-After a con-
ference at Atchison lasting two days
an agreement was reached fixing 80
cents per ton as the union price for
mining coal in Atchison of thirty
three inches and over The agree
lent is to stand until March. 1908.
/ The vein ranges in thickness from
thir+--six to forty inches.
Factory For Gas Appliances. An
other industrial enterprise is knock
ing at the door of Wichita, seeking
admittance. A large manufacturer of
gas appliances now located in the
East is in correspondence with the
Chamber of Commerce relative to
moving his factory there. The pros
pect of Immediately getting natural
gas throughout this vicinity is the
magnet that is DRAWN. them The
many skilled laborers, and if it
comes it will be an extensive addi-
! ton to the enterprises now there.
Mcdonald Held Without Bald.
D. Mcdonald, charged with the MUIR
der of John Walkenbach, in Leaven-
worth, was, given his hearing in the
/ city court and bound over to the De-
cember term of the district court. He
| will be held without bail Mcdonald
is the Kansas City contractor who
shot and killed John Walkenbach af-
ter a quarrel over money matters.
Let Others Follow. - Caldwell has
started its electric light plant. Sum-
ner county now has three plants of
/ This sort
Sentenced For Assaulting Soldier.
Arthur Fields, of Leavenworth,
negro. who was found guilty of an
assault on ]. w. Spicer, of the
Eighteenth Infantry, some time ago,
was sentenced to serve an indeter-
/ inmate period in the state penitenti-
| airy.
PaoIa to Have Paved streets.-The
contract for the paving of about two
miles of the city streets at Paola was
| awarded at the meeting of the council