Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-08-16
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ne Ola SSttlerS- OF. JACKSON county
will have "a reunion at Holton, Sep
TENDER -. The committee has de-
cided to by Ave beeves for the barbe-
cue.
FL Dorado to Have Natural Gas. =
Fifteen teams are at work hauling
and distributing the pipe for the nat
ural gas pipe line between Ell Dorado
and point south of Augusta. where
it connects with the main line to
Wichita. Work will commence at
once on putting it in the ground,
and Ell Dorado people expect to he
burning gas by November Is.
Crushed by Pump.-A very serious
accident and perhaps a fatal one. oc-
Cured at the Webster refinery at
Humboldt, when Rob Latimer was
injured by pump falling on hiEl
from the top of wagon. He was
moving the pump when it fell from
the wagon and struck him in the
stomach and breast and broke three
ribs and Injured him internally
Received and Discharged. = The
monthly report of the warden of the
penitentiary for. July shows that 81
prisoners were received. and % dis
charged during the month. Thirteen
of those received were from Wyan-
dotte county and eleven of those dis
charged were sent back to Oklaho-
ma. There are now 1,20S convicts in
the penitentiary, divided into the fol-
lowing classes: Whites, 1888; ne
cans. 8.
Two Officers Arrested.-E. R. Bal
ger, vice president. and c. F. Ander-
son. secretary, of the defunct ]. P.
Baden Produce Company, of Winfield,
were arrested on charge of forgery.
Anderson is also charged with per-
jury. The forgery is alleged to con-
sist of an entry of $4,000 credit to
Butter account" January 1, 1905. no
such payment being made. by which
the profits of the concern were made
to appear greater than they were.
The complainant is c. A. Martin, a
stakeholder. The perjury is alleged
to be a false statement under oath
to the secretary of state of the con-
dition of the concern June 80, 1905.
Item of accounts payable therein of
S42. 220. it is alleged. should have
been SLAP, 200. The complainant is w.
c. Robinson, president of the First
National bank, of Winfield; G. B.
Crichton. now of New York, former
vice president and general manager.
also accused in both complaints.
Expenses Exceed Receipts. The
books of the state treasurer show
that the expense of the state of Kan
sas for the fiscal year ended June so
exceeded the receipts by more than
a half million dollars. The receipts
during the entire year were $685.
505.03 and the disbursements amount
ed to "a 1902 .210.33. There would have
been deficiency at the end of the
there was a balance in the treasury
at the beginning of the year amount
ing to s777,S9o.49. The balance in
the treasury at the end of the year
was $271185.19. The largest re-
ceipts came from the taxes raised for
state purposes This item last year
amounted to S2,273, 009.14. This is
only a little more than half Eof the
amount disbursed by the state and
the remainder of tie money was
raised from fees received from the
various institutions and departments
and from additions to the funds of
the state educational institutions
The permanent school fund furnish
ed s691,S29 of the receipts for the
year.
Broomcorn Harvest Begins. - The
work of pulling the broom corn crop
in the Kansas broom corn belt has
begun. This belt lies mostly in the
counties of Rice, Stafford, Barton
and Reno, and the crop is said to be
of excellent quality. The work of
harvesting the crop began earlier
than usual this year because it ma
tured sooner than usual. The acre
age is said to be larger than it was
a year ago.
Farmers May Be Bankers. - "To
look over the state of Kansas now"
said Webb McNall, ex-superintendent
of insurance, "a man would think that
it would pay out about 500 cents on
the dollar if thrown into the hands of
a receiver The state looks better
than l ever saw it. / have been over
it some recently and there are big
crops in every section. Usually we
raise a big wheat crop and have "a
corn failure, or raise a. big corn crop
and have a wheat failure, but we are
going to raise a big crop of corn and
have already harvested an extraordi-
nary crop of wheat. Every farmer
in the state will be able to start
bank this fall"
Alleged Cattle Thief Appeals. -
Jacob Wolfley has appealed to the SUI
preme court from the decision of the
Meade county district court sentenc-
ing him to a term in the penitentiary
for stealing six head of cattle.
Canning Factory Begins Business.
The new canning factory, built by
local capital at Oswego, began bust
ness. The tomato crop, which has
grown to be quite factor in the pro-
ducts, is exceptionally good. The
crop of berries and small fruits Of all
kinds is better than it has been for
years.
Drowned in Walnut River.-Walter
Bodenheimer Of Erie, Kan, was
drowned in the Walnut river while in
swimming with other members of
the Santa Fe bridge and building
gang at Winfield. He was seized with
cramps while in deep water.
All Will Go to Washington. = The
attorneys for Kansas in the suit
against Colorado over the use of the
a4 4ha rlrancnr xi1rIx nat L..