Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-11-28

Prince, of Parsons, was awarded the
contract to build the new admins
tration building and assembly at the
Parsons state hospital for s56.30S. 5
Boy Accidentally Shot.-A 12-year-
old son of Joshua Graham, who lives
five miles north of Densmore, acct
dentally shot himself through the
foot He had caught a skunk in a
trap and il his haste to dispatch the
animal wounded himself badly.
Old SIdiers Preference Law. =
A decision rendered by the Kansas
Supreme Court indicates that while
the Old Soldiers Preference law is
constitutional it is not worth the
paper it is printed upon. The court
holds that the power to determine
the qualifications of the applicants
for positions lays with the appoint
ing power. 1t holds, too, that if the
decisions of the appointing power
are made fairly and in good faith
they are final.
Wants Hoch to See Lines. - Gov.
Hoch may make an inspection of the
condition of the Missouri Pacific
tracks in Kansas, in company with
]. ]. Shepard, secretary of the Ma
tional Union of Railway Trackmen,
with headquarters at Fort Scott.
Shepard invited the governor to
make three days trip over the Mis-
souri, Pacific lines. 1--WE will under
take to show you,'' said Shepard in
his letter, "the things of which we
complain and we will show them to
you so that there can be no question
as to what is right. Notify us and
we will have representatives present.
| Also notify the railroad company so
that it can have representatives
there. We will not ask you to in
spect the side lines. We wish to
take you over the Missouri Pacific
main track from Kansas to the Colo
RADIO line" Gov. Hoch is undecided
whether or not to accept the invita-
ton.
Cost the Brewers $4,000. = The
Sch1itz Brewing Company. of Mil
waukee has surrendered to the order
made against it by the supreme court.
The Brewing company paid $4,000 in
to the court and formally stipulated
to remove all of its personal property
from the state and sell it's real estate.
Of this amount $3.50 goes to the
three Whitcomb, Allen and
Carver, as fees, and the remainder
represents nominal court costs. The
case was practically compromised
Some time ago the receivers settled
upon $4,000 as proper figure for
their fees and the minor costs. But
the Schlitz company at once set up
objections and threatened to go TO
the federal court and make a fight.
With the surrender of the Schlitz |
company thirteen of the fifteen brew
ing companies proceeded against by |
the attorney general have accepted |
the order of custer. The Lemp and |
Goetz companies are still out. From |
these thirteen companies the three |
receivers-T. F. Carver, G. H Whit |
comb and 8. H. Allen have each re-
ceived a total of $3.50 as fees, or u
grand joint total for the three of |
$26,250. Each brewing company had |
slight additional sum to pay as
court costs and minor expenses at
tendant to settling up the case. This
sum ran from $50 to $500 in differ
ent instances. 1t can be safely reck-
oned that in actual financial payments
to the supreme court these thirteen
companies have paid something like
$4,000. Their next task will be to
tale their personal property out of
the state and sell the real estate.
Depends on Railroads.&c. of the
fellows" who come out of Gov.
Hoch's Office after having visited"
with the chief executive about the
things that may happen in the fu-
ture. declare that the much talked of
special session will only be called in
the event of too stiff a fight by the
railroads against the new tariff
freight schedule which the board of
railroad commissioners has proposed
and ordered to be given hearing. 1
A War on Cigarettes. = The board
of education at Newton decided at its
last meeting to push the matter of
an anti-cigarette ordinance. The
proposition has been before the
board before, it being reported by
the school authorities that the cigar
cite habit is more prevalent among
the youths of that city than is gen
orally supposed, and that rigorous
measures are necessary to stop the
practice. Superintendent Shirk has
a copy of an ordinance in force at
Emporia which is said to be very eff
fective and the city council of New
ton will be asked to pass similar
ordinance
In fact they have already been cred
tied by the state auditor with the
amount of taxes ordinarily due the
state. THE legislature provided for
the remittance of these taxes" said
State Treasurer Tulley, "and every
thing is straight but it is going to
cut the states funds this year."
Estimate on Kansas Corn. = The
Department of Agriculture prelimin-
airy estimate of the corn crop of Kan
sas is 155,142,0O0 bushels; Indian
Territory, 51,7SS,0O0; Oklahoma. SIS.
ISL 900.
that he would not issue
a call for a special election to vote
on the commission plan of city
government in face of the fact that
a big petition in favor of it was pre-
scented to him ten days ago. A pc
tition with $50 names was present
ed to the mayor. when the legal
number necessary is only 6S4. The
mayor removed 241 names on the
allegation that they were not prop !
erly there. This is the second time
that Mr. EvPrhardY has been nett. |