Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-15
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He has one engine with 16 plows at
tached going now and will start an
other with 20 plows. With these two
outfits he expects to pillow so acres
day. He has 700 acres of his OVID
piowing to do.
Haskell Opens September 2.-Has-
lell Indian school at Lawrence Will
open September 2. The big fire
caused a report to be circulated thss
the school would have to close tenn
porarily, but Superintendent Pearls
says that the work will not be hind
cred. There are enough other rooms
to allow it to continue until another
building is erected.
Big Fee For Wichita Attorney
Earl Evans is credited with having
obtained the largest single fee ever
given a Wichita attorney. This was
paid him by the Standard Oil Com
pany, and is said to have been consid
erably over $4,000. 1t will be re-
membered that the governor of Kan
sas had a suit against the Standard
Oil in the courts. 1t .was troubling
the Standard lot. q he Wichita at
torney got it dismissed.
Tucker to Write a Book-Harry H.
Tucker. secretary of the Uncle Sam
Oil Company, who is now in the fed
eral prison at Leavenworth, serving
a sentence for contempt of court, is
preparing to write book. He says
that it will be a complete exposition
of Standard Oil methods. and that
he expects to realize 100000 from
its sale. He has not decided on
name for the book. In a statement
given out recently Tucker states
that he would again swear to the af-
fidavit that put him in prison. even
if he knew it would mean "a sen
tence three times as long as the one
now being served"
Millions Saved to Kansas Farmers.
Grain men throughout the South
west are beginning to realize that the
order issued by the interstate COM
merce commission recently is one of
the biggest things for Kansas that
has come about in a good many years.
1t is said that the sd, Ing to wheat and
corn growers of the State will amount
TO five or six million dollars a year.
1t was said by grain dealer that af-
ter September 1. every bushel of
grain in Kansas would be worth near
ly two and a half cents more than it
is today. on account of this ruling
On a basis of last years crop this
alone would amount to s2,275,0OO on
wheat. and as the rate applies the
same to corn it would mean an in
crease in the price of this cereal Of
nearly twice as much.
Another S25, 1000 for Wichita.-An-
drew Carnegie has opened his purse
strings to let out another $4,000 for
Wichita. Some time ago the Friends
university entered into correspond
ence with the builder of library build
ings. but told him that they already
had more room than they knew what
to do with. as they were only Occupy
ing about fourth OF their mammoth
building but that they could use $685.
COO to advantage in their endowment
fund. Mr. Carnegie responded that
he still had $4,000 he didn't know
what to do with and that if the friends
of the institution would raise a like
amount he would come to time with
his contribution to the general wal
fare of the university. The directors
in OH
time the desired amount was raised.
Papers certifying to this fact were
forwarded to him and President Stan.
ley has received a note from Car
negie's secretary stating that a check
for $4,000 will be mailed soon.
Fruit Loss is $4,000, ooo.-Accord-
ing to a statement issued by Walter
Weilhouse, secretary of the state
board of horticulture, Kansas will
have about per cent of full crop of
apples, which shows that the first re-
ports were, if anything. underestimate
ed. 1t supports the predictions that
the early warm weather and subse-
quent frosts and freezes will mean a
loss of 100000 in the Kansas fruit
crop. Peaches, pears. cherries and
plums are practically total failure.
Grapes and berries have Jared better.
In his report Mr. Wellhouse says:
Apple trees were in full bloom on
April 6, fully two weeks before the
average time of putting forth bios
SONS. On the night of April 9, u, 10,
II oDd Nov ;oa formed from, ona-
eighth to one-half of an inch on still
water. Two inches of snow fell On
May 4. 1t seems strange that any
fruit could survive after such inclem-
ent weather. The apple worm has
few places to sup or lay his head this
year, his progeny will probably be
few next season, for which the fruit
growers will rejoice"
Delegates to Sacramento. = Dele
gates to the fifteenth National Irriga-
ton Congress, to be held at Sacramen-
to. Cal. September 2 to Z, were ap-
pointed as follows by Governor noch
George Leis, Lawrence: I. L. Diesem,
Garden City; L. P Worden. Syracuse;
Otis L. Benton, Oberlin. Harry ken
needy. Cedar Bluffs; George A. Renlel-
man, st. Francis; l. NJ. Yost, Hays
City; D. A. Borah Grinnel1: L H.
Boyd. Russell; w. E. Hutchinson,
Garden City; C. NJ. Weeks, Cimarron;
Alfred Pratt. Syracuse; w. B. Logan
Lakin; Eli Henthorn, Ulysses.
Eagles Raided at Emporia.-The
lodge room of the Eagles Club at
Emporia was raided by the police
and an ice box full of bottled beer on
ice captured. Besides the ice box
there was found forty private lockers
filed. with bottles of beer Some of
the lockers were fastened. but were
pried open by the. officers Mayor J.
H. Glotfelter had the police, with
Marshal Tom Francis as his second
in command On the doors of The
lockers were the names in chalk of
many well-known Emporia men
whose names ran no conn on htrci-