Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-17

of cattle to Kansas City last Sunday
night.
George Schmoker took two loads
of cattle to Kansas City Sunday
night.
Chas. TalleY shipped two cars of
cattle last Sunday night to StJoseph
Mo.
John Sweet and Roy Twist went
to Englwood this morning to play
ball.
The Wolford Stock Co. went
to Liberal where they will play three
nights.
The News printed the bar docket
for the coming term of court last
week.
Sam Brannan of Garden City is
here visiting at the home of M.
Brannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Frame went
up to Haskell county today to visit
with their son, Frank.
Charles Thompson of Sand Creek
township was in town last Saturnay
and made US financial call.
Alfred K. Taylor arrived in
Meade Sunday and will visit for a
short time with relatives and friends.
The broom corn from Beaver Co.
has begun to arrive in Meade.
The price is froms6o to SOS per ton.
Mr. Ira D. Smith, father of Judge
Smith arrived here last week and
will make his home with his son for
the present.
Mr.. w. F. Foster and wife left |
last Saturday for their home in
Riverside, Cal. They have been
visiting old friends here for the past
ten days.
The Sunfower Cafe is the name
of the new cafe under the manage
ment of Carol & Drake at the old |
owl stand. They have an ad. in
this issue.
F. C. Judd returned Saturday |
night from Missouri where he went
with load of mules for Uncle Ben
Cox. He also visited Lawrence
and Topeka.
Among the Fowler visitJrs last
night we're Mr.. Harry Coon and
family Mrs. F. Morrison and daugh-
ter, Mrs. ST. Martin and daughter
Miss Regina.
While at Wichita last week the ed
itor met Chas. P. Dawson, ex-prln-
cipal of our schools. He is living
there and in the insurance business.
He made inquiry about all old time
friends here.
Word was received here today an
nouncing the death of Mrs. J. M.
Robinson at Dighton, Kansas. 1t
seems to have been due to the effect
of burn from a gasolene stove.
We have no particulars.
1t was reported last week that an
attempt was made to rob the Plains
State Bank, at Plains this county.
Their burglar alarm aroused the
people and the robbers escaped be-
fore they got any money and before
any one captured them.
The Fowler Gazette editor is quite
sensational. There are many things
that are better out of print than in
print. If we were to put everything
in print that we know, we would
have to go around with shot gun
as well as body guard.
Frank Bennett and DR.. Fee return
ed from Leavenworth last week where
they had taken Mrs. Geo. Fowler.
| The doctors there advised them
that the chances for her recovery
were very good but that she would
have to stay there awhile.
The farmers convention will be
held at Meade Nov. I8. Prof.
Dickens, horticulturist of the college
will be here and lecture on "Tree
Culture for the Southwest" Also
Prof. Burkett will be here and talk
on "Dry Land Farming" Several
local farmers will be on the program
to give short talk on their exper.
fences in the southwest. 1t i:
hoped to have a pleasant as well as
profitable meeting. Let everyone
come and get the benefit of these
lectures as these men are eminen
in their lines and talk from actua
experience. The meeting will las
1 all day.
/ A week ago Monday was the da,
e that the county treasurer's offic
Il changes hands, but in Meade Coun
d ty there was lno change. Orman
d Hamilton succeeded himself. HI
|. only thing done was that the com
o missioners checked him up an
&c started him on his second tern