Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-03-28

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Oil Burners for sale, Office or
house stores, c. E. Funk.
Ordinance No. Sc, is published in
this weeks issue of The News.
w. c. Osgood Jr. was down from
Bucklin Wednesday returning on
No. 80 in the evening.
Cashier Louis Boehler, of The
Meade State Bank, is in eastern
Kansas this week on business.
The Farmers Land Co. has a nice
3 room house, with trees, water and
all mod.rn convenciences. Call at
this Office.
District court adjourned Friday
night after a busy week. Judge
Finley and all the attorneys left for
their home that night.
The Presbyterian people expect to
have a special program of music
next Sunday whichis Easter. Every
one is invited to attend.
Oscar Thompson contemplates
the erection of a cement block resi-
dences in the southwest part of the
city. Good for him.
Henry Burford was stepping
around rather lively last Saturday.
The cause was the arrival of girl
baby at his house that day.
We were in error last week in say
ing that the railroad started the fire
at Ed. Dahmer's last week. 1t orig
mated from a defective fue. G
We hope to get replies from all
the persons to whom we sent letters
last week relative to our voting con-
test. Please return the blanks to
US promptly.
c. L. Griggsby, of Stevens county
was in Meade last Saturday night be-
tween trains to visit his sister Mrs.
O. r. Stevens and also his parents.
Misses Agnes Wehrle, Lydia
Barger and Eta LaRue will leave
next tuesday for Emporia to attend
a term at the State Normal at that
place.
We have arranged to handle a
select line of up-to-date trimmed
hats for Ladies and Misses. Will
have them in display soon. Watch
for new ad next week.
Meade Dry Goods Co.
Harley Butler shipped IS bushels
of seed corn to Stratford, Texas. to-
day. This was Meade county rails
ed corn and probably this is the first
corn ever shipped out of Meade
county. 1t was raised by Eerman
Thonhoff.
Chas. Emick and family left last
evening for Lamar, Colo.
where they expect to remain for the
summer. Charley's many friends
hope to see him back in Meade ere
long.
A. V. Angel accompanied by Mr..
Lawson, of Beaver county made our
office very pleasantcall last Friday.
Mr.. Lawson has finished a very sue
cessful term of school in that dis
trict. Mr.. Angel says everyone
was well pleased with his work.
The residence of J. R. Griggs
came near being destroyed by fire
last Monday morning. The fire
originated from the gasoline stove
after being lighted 1t was blown
against curtain which started the
blaze. The prompt work of the fire
saved the house.
The News has lnaugurated a cam
paign to increase its subscription
list and i'll order to do so have made
arrangements to give away free a
piano We have also made arrange
ments with some of our business
men to give prizes to the young lady
who secures the most votes In a
contest. Watch for the announce
ment cf same next week. 1t will
give full particulars.
Clifford NJ. Edison was crushed
between the cars while making a
coupling last Tuesday morning in
the yards at Liberal, Kansas. Rev.
Ross, the Methodist pastor was
called to that city to conduct the
funeral services, which took place at
4 P. NJ. Wednesday. The l. O. o. F.
had charge of the exercises of which
deceased was member.
Mr.. Powell, the field manager OF
the Kansas COOPERATIVE Oil Rein
cry Co, Chanute, Kansas, was call.
ed to Iowa suddenly to look aftel
the affairs of one of the agents Of
an oil station who was stricken dowr
and died. He will be back on hi: