Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-10

Killed at Local Gathering.-At So
cial gathering at the home of Mrs.
Samples, two miles east of Caney, r.
breast, dying almost instantly. A
warrant has been issued for the ar
rest of the man supposed to have done
the stabbing.
negie has donated the sum of $4,000
TO the Topeka Industrial institute for
negro boys. The money is given with
| the understanding that like sum be
raised by the school. The fund will
be used to erect a new building on
the grounds of the institute near To
peka.
To Corral the Neosho.-There is a
bill before congress for the appropria-
ton of $4,000 for the survey OF the
Neosho river from the Indian Terri
tory line TO Emporia, but large per
cent of the land owners in the over
flow bottoms in Labette and Chero-
kee counties have tired waiting for
this appropriation.
Sugar for kansas.-Kansas has add
ed sugar to her staples of agriculture
and next winter will witness 20 mil
lion pounds, or 100000 bags, of the
refined product turned out of a re-
finery now in course of construction
at Garden City. 1t will be beet sugar,
of course, but sugar is sugar the
world over, and when it is refined and
in crystals the beet is the same as the
cane
the first or second week in May the
Missouri Pacific will move every en-
CINE, with the exception of those ne
cessary for the operation of the Nc
Pherson branch, from Ell Dorado. to
Wichita. With these engines will
come nearly every machinist and en-
ploye of the round house and yards
at that point The division headquar-
tiers at Ell Dorado will be declared
abolished and brought to Wichita.
Postal Changes in Kansas. = The
Postoffice department has ordered the
establishment of an additional rural
mail route out of Kiowa, Barber coun-
ty Kan, to be effective June Is. The
length of this route will be thirty
miles and will serve 400 patrons, or
100 houses. Rural letter carriers ap-
pointed for Kansas: Howard KEGS
ling and William Loflin at Fredonia,
John S. Thomas at Pomona, Frank
Arvidson and L. R. Rose at Isabel
Prosperity at Hutchinson. - Hutch
inson has raised 100000 in money to
build a car line and electric light
plant This is piece of financing
which should make every citizen of
the city proud of the men who have
done this work The car line and
electric light plant will be built and
built this year. The last of the
$4,000 bonds of the road are sold and
the stock subscriptions and the aid
voted by the city completes the
financing of the biggest proposition
undertaken here in years.
Independent Refinery at Paoa. -
AC L dOld INClACly COMPANY hoo pun
chased of the Bayse Crude Oil Com
pany a 1O0-acre Oil lease on the Killy
farm, mile southwest of town. The
consideration was $4,000. A short
time ago the Bayse Company sold a
twenty-five acre lease from its hold
ings for $4,000. The company paid
$500 for these leases in the first
place and has marketed from $4,000
to $4,000 worth of oil. The Paola
refinery has a ready market for all
the products it can turn out.
Garland to Bore for oiI.-Garland is
to explore the interior regions of the
earth in quest of oil and gas. A new
company has been organized down
there for the purpose of sinking sew
eral wells and drilling apparatus will
| farm owned by Dr. Holman will first
be visited by the drillers. The COM
pany is a substantial one and will
spend considerable money in the
search for either gas or oil in paying
quantities. The first well will be put
uON Ii W d uCPtH VI dOOul c,OOV lCCI
To Use independence Cement.-In-
dependence. Kan. will furnish the
government with $500 barrels of Port
land cement for use in connection
with the construction of the Carlsbad
irrigation project in New Mexico. The
secretary of the interior approved two
contracts entered into between the
supervising engineer of the reclama-
tion service and NJ S. Groves for
$500 and 700 barrels of cement re.
spectively. Mr.. Groves bid in each
case was s14O per barrel, f. o. b. cars
at Independence.
Reno County Mans Claim. = Rura-
ma Harpole of Reno county, has a
claim against the federal government
amounting to $4,000. AT the time OF
the war of the rebellion Mr.. Harpole
lived in Putnam county, Tenn, and
was on the route of the Union army
which came along and took from him
horses, mules, harness, hogs, chick
| ems and destroyed stables, fencing
and clothing, besides other things
lp6 hONCl lOOh lAS
trouble to pay the loss, so Mr.. Har
pole is seeking redress now. A few
days ago Senator Long introduced a
bill in the senate allowing Mr. Har.
pole the $500 claimed.
Home for Hiawatha's Library. -
Hiawatha is to have Carnegie Ii
brary. $4,000 having been offered by
Mr.. Carnegie for that purpose. A let
| ter received by Ex-Governor E. N
Morrill, says that if Hiawatha will pro
| vide suitable site for the building
Mr.. Carnegie will be glad to give that
sum for the purpose of erecting the
building Hiawatha has long had a
| free public library, the gift of ex
| Governor Morrill,, but it greatly needs
| suitable building to house it's 10000