Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-02-01
KANSAS COMMENT
KANSAS,


dred thousand brick will be used in
the Kelly Touring mill, started at
Hutchinson. 1t will cost $4,000 and
will have a capacity of 500 barrels
daily. 1t is to be ready for work by
Z July 1. One hundred cars of material
will be used in its construction.
Flyer From lola. - Commencing
January &c. the Santa Fe starts it's
oil flyer at lola instead of Chanute
and makes the run from that point
through to Tulsa, I. T. The oil flyer
was put on by the Santa Fe during
Tie oil boom in Kansas and proved
such paying proposition it has
gradually been extended from one end
of the mid-continent oil field to the
other
Cows Have MISUNDERSTANDING. S.
F. Schoenleber of the State Agricul-
tural College at Manhattan, with an
assistant, recently made a thorough
investigation of the dairy herd of the
National military home at Leaven.
worth. Kan, and found that out of
so milk cows tested &c were affected
with tuberculosis. Sixteen being sus-
picious, were held for a retest next
spring.
X. U. to Debate at Home-The Uni
versity of Kansas debating council
has made arrangements to debate
with Baker university at Lawrence
this spring and at Baldwin next year.
The Kansans usually suffer in de-
bates with the Methodists, but simu-
lated by last years victories over
Missouri and Iowa the Jayhawkers
hope to break the custom and win
the debates
Was Mexican War Veteran.-F. W.
Heckroot, a veteran of the Mexican
and civil wars, a soldier in the regu-
lar army in one campaign against the
Apaches and Comanches, and a sailor
in the old days of the North sea whal-
ing expeditions, died at Ottawa at the
age of 80 years Heckroot carried
five wounds received in battle, yet
was as active as a man of 40 until
a week before his death.
Couldn't Crack the Safes.-A bold
attempt to rob the vaults and safes
of the Merchants National Bank, of
Topeka was discovered. The rob
bers had commenced work in the
basement and tunneled through elev-
en- feet of solid rock to the floor of
the vaults. effecting an entrance.
They had attempted to wreck the
safes some time Saturday night, but
their efforts had failed.
"a Negro Students at K. U.-There
are thirty-four negro students at the
University of Kansas. OF these sew
snteen are in the college; five are in
the school Of engineering; five are
taking pharmacy; three are studying
medicine; two are in the law school,
and two are In the school of fine arts.
Booker T. Washington has written to
the registrar Of the university re-
Questing the names of the negro stu
dents who are qualified to teach
school.
To Improve the Roads.-Prof. VIC.
Hoad of the civil engineering depart
ment Of the University of Kansas,
chairman of the Douglas County Good
Roads Society, has figured out that
there are in Douglas county 906 miles
of country roads on which the town
ships spend about $4,000 a year This
sum does not include the amounts
given by the county, by the towns
and by private subscriptions. This
sum represents the amount spent
annually for ordinary maintenance
without consideration of permanent
betterment
Dickinson County Teachers. The
Dickinson County Teachers Associa-
ton met at Chapman with large at
tendance. Prof Cody of the State
University gave an exhibition of
liquid air as a part of the program. 2
Four Foot Vein of CoaI.-Last week
while drilling well for water on the
farm Of John McDougall on Peyton
creek, five miles northeast of Cotton
wood Falls, a four foot vein of coal
was struck at depth of 20 feet.
Went Suddenly Insane.-Geo. King.
once a patient in the state asylum
for the insane at Osawatomie, be-
came violently insane in his room at
downtown rooming house at Wich-
tia. He ran from his room naked and
screaming, armed himself with
chair, and for time held police off
GERS at bay.
Measles Hurt the Schools. - The
state truancy law has triumphed over
every other influence that keeps
children out of school, but it is fall
ing down before the measles. In a
large number of school districts over
Franklin county there are vacant
seats to which the sign measles"
might be attached.
Animals for Judging Purposes. y
Henry Avery & Son of Wakefield,
Kan, have notified the animal hus-
bandry department of the Kansas
State Agricultural College that they
will ship their entire stock of Perch
eron horses to the college February
IL. The animals will be at the dis
posal of the agricultural students for
Judging purposes for one week
Wireless for Wichita. = Wichita is
to have wireless legraph station.
The location has not yet been secured
but will be probably within the next
few days.
Soaked With Kerosene. = The g.
year-old son of Harry Birdsell, of near
Zenda, Kingman county, saturated his
clothing with kerosene, which became
ignited and he was burned to death
The other members of the family were
out of the house at the time.
Lost Fingers Hunting.-Earl Conk-