Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-11-14

Bob Russell was down from Fow-
ler yesterday.
Fred Judd made trip to Engle-
vooh this week.
A new city ordinance relative to
water rates appears in this issue.
Remember the Farmers meeting
next Monday at the opera house in
Meade.
The News has several legal notices
this week which took our time and
news may be scarce as result.
Chas. Crum has traded his barber
shop for property in Smith Co. and
will leave Meade in a couple of
weeks.
Tom Walters is erecting a very
large barn at the rear of his resi-
dence, in the northwest part of
town
Everybody seems to be hunting
up their last winters over coat and
wondering what has become of last
summers wages.
The carpenters are very busy on
the Meade State Bank Building get
ting same ready for the finishing of
the brick laying.
Mr.. George Edwards came in
from Holton, Kansas, last Saturday
and returned Wednesday. He was
here on business.
The Opera House Restaurant has
an ad in this issue. We can rec
commend this house to any one
wanting first class meals and short
orders.
Don't forget the Woodman box
supper at the opera house next Sat-
urdav night. All the ladies bring
boxes. Rev. Griffin will deliver a
Lecture.
The song service at the Preshy
terian church last Sunday night was
well attended considering the cold
weather. The numbers on the pro-
gram were all we'll rendered.
Syl Dixon left Topeka last Sun
day with 26 cars of corn and other
products of Kansas for the James
town Exposition. The train left
over the SantaFe and will be great
advertising proposition for Kansas.
This coming Sabbath, Nov. 18th,
Rev., Virgil Darby wiil- be at Guy
man Okla. assisting the pastor there.
Preaching at the Baptist church by
Rev. Griffin; make an earnest effort
to come to the services on Sunday.
Sam Lamkin and wife and Miss
Amsie Hollar came down from Gray
Co. yesterday. Miss Holler and Mrs
Lamkin and baby left on No. for
Iowa where Mrs. Lamkin and ba-
by will remain for some time.
Mrs. Max Klots and her sister
had a runaway last Saturday while
on their way to Meade. They were
thrown from the buggy but not serl-
ously hurt. The team run against
DR.. Leslie's new auto and tore part
of the fender off the rear wheels.
We were much pleased to see the
Globe come out for government
ownership of the railroads in its
last issue. 1t is certainly prevok-
ing the way they are run, and the
funny part of it is that this is real,
old populist doctrine of the early
nineties.
Probate Judge Randolph is max
ing one of the best officers, if not
the best, who ever occupied the of
fee. He can always be found al
his post ready to serve the public
and he always takes pains to thor.
oughly understand every casa thai
comes To him. This is the kind oi
officials We want to retain in Office
| A meeting of no small importance
to the farmers os Meade County Is
the institute which will be held il
the opera house, next Monday, be
ginning at 10 O'Clock in the morn
ing. Two professors from the State
agricultural College will be present
aud deliver lectures on subject
in which the farmesr are vitality in
terrested, and their addresses ant
the discussion of the subjects vii
be entertaining and of great valu
to our farmers There will be
morning and afternoon session an
every body is invited to attend an
assist in organizing County Inst
tuIe
We are advised that the merchant
of this city are having meetings th
object of which we are not advised
Now we think it is a good thing fe
them to meet but if they can accou
lish things with out the New.
all we'll and good But this papt
is ready and has always been read
to support any legitimate enterpri.
for the hettrr interests of the TOW