Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-25

ty In thir issue.
Picture show at the court house
Saturday night.
Germany is with US after an alb
sence of several weeks.
Remember the picture show at
the court house Saturday night.
Clyde Mars went to Hutchinson
Tuesday night on real estate bust
nessr
The Meade Orchestra will give a
dance at the court house next Friday
night.
The quarterly report of Ormond
Hamilton, county treasurer, appears
in this issue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Griggs are
visiting relatives in the Artesian
valley this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Schmoker
went down to the Cimarron yester-
day for several days visit.
We are informed A. T. Bodle Jr.
will be Republican candidate for
representative of this district.
Mrs. J. R. Griggs left Monday
night for Duncan. Ind. Ter. for a
months visit with her sister.
We had a cold wave Saturday and
Sunday but the weather has again
moderated and is very spring like.
Ladies, you need not send away
for your muslin underwear Call in
and see what we have; you will find
the prices right. Meade D. G. Co.
Mr.. J. H. Lamkin and son Char
ley, of south Gray county, delivered
about 900 bushels of cane seed to
Meade this week, which they had
sold to the Peoples Bros.
A carload of homeseekers arrived
here yesterday. They came in a
special car which was set out west
of the depot. The special was Sc
cured by the Artesian Valley Invest
ment Co.
The Royal Ncighbors have re-
duced the price of beneficiary mem
bership fee 81. This makes the fee
81. 25, for social members 81. This
is the best and cheapest fraternal in
surance in the world.
E. A. Twist returned from Topeka
last Sunday, where he had been to
look at the new Autotractor, which
he loaded on the cars and it will be
in Meade in few days. They will
probably demonstrate its work.
We have been informed that Rep
resentative Cones is sending out cir
calar letters to the republicans of
Meade and Seward counties asking
them to support him for renomina-
ton of representative.
An orchestra composed of the
following gentlemen has been organ
lied and practice at Jack Roberts
barber shop twice week:
Harry Williams, 1st violin,
James Byrns, 2nd violin,
Gene McMeel, cornet,
Will Wehrle, clarinet,
Jack Roberts, bass,
VIM. Ellis, of Fowler twp. was ir
town yesterday and make us pleas
| ant Call. nc OiuClCu tHiS pdpcl
sent to his old friend ]. C. Thomas
Foster, KY. Bill has been offereo
$50. 900 for his farm of seven quar-
tiers. Besides this he has about zoe
head of cattle and so head of fin,
horses.
We are advised that J. R. Grigg
is an active candidate for represen
tative and that he has assurances O
substantial support from many o
the prominent republicans of Mead,
and Seward counties. Dick is
hustler and he will let the other can
didates know that they have been il
scrap.
w. P. Bunyan, of Fowler town
ship, has sold 1900 acres of his lant
in that township, to w. A. Clinite
of Des Moines, Iowa, for S37. 200
The sale was made by E. D. Bower
of Payton, Iowa. This is all alfalf
land and as fine as any land in tn
valley, and Mr.. Chnite will have a
fine farm as can be had in Kansas
Mr.. Bunyan has made neat fortun
off of this land in the last eight year.
There seems to be some fight
the postofice matter at this plac.
There are two candidates F. Full
and Clyde Mars. Mr.. Fuhr is ii
present incumbent and has the SUI