Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-01

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IL was tie date agreed upon for the
county convention to elect delegates
to the state and congressional con-
ventions. The primaries will be held
March s.
Public improvements at Holton. =
The Holton city council decided to
submit to the people proposition to
vote $4,000 for a water works sys-
| TEN, two miles of sewer and one
electric light plant. The election will
be held in April.
Proud Lawrence Mani NJ. Har-
gis, of the University book store, re-
called some papering that he had done
at the old Longworth home in Cincin-
natl many years ago. when he was.
living in that city. The old house was
of the colonial pattern and had an
immense hall, which was included in
the job.
Cheap FraternaI lnsurance.-The
Beneficial Brotherhood of Industrial
Societies is the name of a new frater-
nal insurance concern organized by
State Labor Commissioner Lee John
son, ex-State Treasurer F. E. Grimes
and other Topeka men. The object
of the company Is to furnish laboring
people cheap fraternal insurance.
Stock Sales Success. - That the
Butler County Stock Sale Association
will be of great benefit to Butler coun-
ty stockmen was proven by the sec
ond sale, held at Ell Dorado. There
was an enormous crowd present and
hundred head of horses, mules and
hogs were sold at good prices. There
were several horse buyers from east
ern markets.
county farmer, Jack Berry, hid $25 in
bills in box in his barn. Later he
went to get the money to attend
sale and it had disappeared. Finally,
after nearly tearing up the barn, the
money was found in mouse's nest.
The little animal had taken the bills
and woven them into a nest without
destroying the value of the green
backs.
Wants War With china.-Col. ].
w. F. Hughes, adjutant general CT the
Kansas National Guard, is fairly itch
ing to get up war with China. He
wants to go to the front providing he
can go as a colonel of Kansas regi-
ment. He says if war comes he will
resign as adiutant in case he can get
command of regiment. He doesn't
make any threats, however, about go
ing to war as a private.
Ottawa Farmers institu:e.-A per-
manent farmers institute with C. w.
Green as president, E. P. PenC'eton
secretary and ]. R. T-illough treasur-
er, was organized at Ottawa. Adj
dresses was made by representatives
of the State Agricultural College and
by local speakers. 1t was voted to
establish a prize seed corn contest
under the regulations laid down by
the State Agricultural College.
Rabbits Foot for Miss AIce.-El-
len Barker the 7-year-old daughter
of ]. K. P. Parker of Six Mile, in Wy
andotte county, sent her photograph
and rabbits foot to Miss Alice
Roosevelt for a wedding present
Miss Barker received a letter from
Miss Roosevelt's private secretary,
which said: Miss Roosevelt has re-
ceived your remembrance, fer which
she desires to express her @pprecia-
ito with many thanks for your good
wishes"
Brewers Given Blow.-There are
in the basement Ct the Saline coun-
ty Jail over 200 cases of Pabst beer,
taken in a raid by the county officers
The beer was secured in a local store
house on the ground of the Santa Fe
railroad, which has been used for
years by brewers in Kansas City. The
owner of the beer has not yet been
found. The building is owned by the
Santa Fe and was supposed to have
been an ice house. There is much
speculation as to what the court will
do with the beer, as there was no eff
fort on the part of any one to sell it.
Her Romance Ended.-Susie Grace
Hunt, wife of Albert Hunt, who on the
date of their marriage November 25,
1905. was a student in the Leaven-
worth high school and Is years old,
Saturday was granted a decree divorc-
ing her from her husband and re-
stored to her maiden name. Susie
Grace Haight. Nonsupport was the
cause
Riotous Pupils Suspended.-The
boys in the fourth year class of the
Holton high school attempted to place
a flag on the new high school build
ing, and when the third year boys in
terfered fight followed. Eggs were
thrown and several windows were
broken. The school board suspended
the fifteen boys who participated il
the riot.
Original Settlers.-Out of 144 quar-
ter sections of land in Wellington
township, Sumner county, only two
are owned and occupied by the orig
inal settlers. Hiram Vandenburg set
tied on his farm thirty-eight years
ago and still lives there. Wesley G.
Foraker, a distant cousin of the Ohio
senator, settled on his farm in SO and
still runs it.
New Ice Scheme.-Geo. Rankin, of
Marion, worked a novel scheme in
putting up ice. The ice was only
about three inches thick, so lie cut it
in the middle of the river and then
pushed one-half under the other half
and left it to freeze thSt way over
night. The next day he had six-inch
ice.
Major Back to California. - Major
M M Beck. editor of the Holton
.Ronnrdar hos uona to Ho1ife-.,. E.