Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-04-04

e~~gs. For the product of the Kan
sas hen s5427.17 was paid out dur
ing the six months.
New Kansas School LaWs.-State
Superintendent of Public lnstruc-
ton E. T. Fairbanks has prepared
pamphlet giving a synopsis of all II
the new school laws enacted by the
last legislature They will be dis
tributed among the school authorl-
ties of the state. Among the new
laws of most Importance are: Acts
permitting school districts to vote n
tax not exceeding % mills for school
purposes and the payment of any
floating Indebtedness of the district;
permitting cities of the first class to
levy a tax not exceeding 20 mills;
revising the Barnes high school law
so as to require county commission
ers to make a levy not exceeding
mills. sufficient to maintain the high
schools, operating under the Barnes
law: authorizing county superin-
tendants to issue temporary teach
ers' certificates; requiring county
superintendents to hold first grade
professional certificates; authorlz-
ing school districts to establish
and maintain free kindergarten
schools in connection with the pub
lie schools.
Dates For Reunion Fixed. - The
Southwestern Reunion Association
has announced the dates of its an
nual reunion to be held this next
fall at Arkansas City. They are
September II to 20. Speakers of ma
tional prominence will be present.
Loss May Be a Million. - The ex-
plosion of coal oil lamp started a
fire that destroyed the Morton salt
plant, at Hutchinson, the largest in
the world, including new $2oO,OO0
addition. The plant was operated
by means of oil-burning boilers, and
in some way the oil was ignited and
caused the flames to spread quick
ly. A strong southwest wind made
the work of destruction rapid in
spite of the efforts of the special
fire fighting force at the plant, as
sisted by the city fire department.
The loss, including a vast quantity
of refined salt, may amount to
s1,OOO,OO0. The Morton block was
the chief plant of the Hutchinson,
Kansas, company. owned chiefly by
Joy Morton and his brother, Paul
Morton, former secretary of the
navy. The loss is partly covered by
insurance.
in the custer proceedings instituted
by the attorney general against
Mayor Finlay Ross and in the suit
against the city of Wichita to enjoin
it from collecting fines from saloon
keepers. Mayor Ross enters a gen.
eral denial to the allegations set
forth in the custer suit. and further
claims that the petition does not
state facts sufficient to authorize the
rendition of any judgment against
hin. He asks that the proceedings
be dismissed George A. Vandevere,
of Hutchinson. will go to Wichita
April 5, to take evidence in the GUS
ter suits.
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son. charged with disemboweling
George Stevens at the Santa Fe de-
pot in Mulvane last January. was
thrown out of court The prescott
ing witness, George Stevens. brother
of one of the defendants, has disap
peared
Helpless For Thirty Years. : Mrs
Erb, 10 years of age. died /. at Pea
body. She had been unable to walk
for over 80 years and has been help
less in almost every way for a long
time. She had become partially ossj
fed.
the stye. the animal became enraged
at something and attacked Mr.. Buck,
who was thrown to the ground, his
clothing badly torn and deep cut
was made in the right side. The in
jury was quite serious, but Mr. Buck
is considered out of danger now.
Big Gas Well Brought ln.-One Of
the largest gas wells ever struck in |
the state was drilled in by the Ian
yon Zinc Company on the Dixon
land, four and half miles north |
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