Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-26
X AN S A s ITEM s
( SUMMARY OF WEEh'S HAPPENINGS 4

body of William Osborn, an old sol
der who disappeared from the Sol
diers' home, at Leavenworth. thirteen
months ago, was taken from the Mis-
souri, river, near Wolcott. 1t is be-
lieved the body has been in the river
over a year.
Freedom For convicts. - Govern
or Hoch last week, upon the
recommendation of the prison board,
signed thirteen paroles for these pris-
oners in the state penitentiary:
Thomas Muchowles, Shawnee coun-
ty. grand larceny; Henry Tecsiger,
Cove county. false pretense; John
Morrow. Miami county, grand lar
ceny; Guy L. Wilson, Wilson county,
L. H. Helms, Doniphan county,
grand larceny; Edwin Foster. Mar
shall county, grand larceny; Jack
Smith, Ford county, larceny; James
Preston, Leavenworth county, for
gerry; Frank Wilson, Crawford coun-
ty, grand larceny; Spencer Alexand-
er, Reno county, larceny; Henry Al
bright. Franklin county. forgery;
John Smith, Reno county, grand lar
ceny; William Hoxie, Washington
county, manslaughter; Arthur Curtis,
Cherokee county, stealing from per-
son; Carrie Thomas, Saline county,
grand larceny; James Lennen, Geary
county. larceny from person; Alonzo
Millett, Allen county, grand lar
ceny.
Kansas Big Bill for Charity. 1t
cost the state over half a million dol
lars to care for its charity patients
during the six months between Janu-
airy 1 and June 80. this year. The ex-
act figures are S577,727.51. The ma
ior portion of it went for salaries and
maintenance. Of the total amount
expended the Osawatomie State Hos
pital secured the greater amount. 1t
is the largest charitable institution in
the state. The cost for salaries and
maintenance alone was $96,520.70.
The Topeka State Hospital comes
second. The total amount spent for
salaries and maintenance was S341,,
1911; for commissaries, $107,
FOR property and repairs, S116,411.i5
Of the special appropriations made
by the last legislature S12.32O.07 was
spent. OF the amount under the prop
erty statement S29,329.14 was spent
for repairs and improvements.
742,14o Acres in Alfalfa. - Secre
tary Coburn has issued a report show
ing that the acreage of alfalfa in Kan
sas has crown in the sixteen years
during which he has kept record,
from 34,3S4 to 742,14O acres. Alfalfa
can be grown in every county in the
state and 103 of the 1O5 counties re-
. port greater or less areas devoted to
it in 1907. Of the 103 counties,
! ninety-two counties show increases
aggregating 13O,GG9 acres. In 1891
! there were nine counties having
1000 or more acres; this year there
are eighty-one; in 1891 Finney had
over 5000 acres, now there are forty
/ four such counties, twenty-nine of
which have 10000 acres and up
wards. JEWELL a central county Dor
dering Nebraska, has nearly $4,000
acres in alfalfa. Smith, its neighbor
on the west, ranks second with
S0,939 acres, and Butler, south and
east of these, comes third with 3O,355
acres. Counties with about 10000
acres each are Cloud, Mitchell, Phil
lips. Republic, all north central
counties, and Sedgwick adjoining
Butler. The largest gains in area in
the year are likewise reported by
Jewell and Smith, or 1927 and 6,25S
acres, respectively; followed by
Mitchell, with an increase of 5,451
acres; Washington, with 1891 acres :;
Wabaunsee. 4,9SS acres; Sedgwick.
4,613 acres. and Republic, 1929
acres.
Corn on Toe KiIIs.-Andrew Pet
erson died at the Salina hospital at
the age of 20 years. The cause of
his death was blood poisoning that
| started from a corn on toe. A
tight shoe irritated the corn and
started sore from which blood pois
oning later set in on the foot. He
was taken to the Salina hospital, but
despite the best medical attention he
steadily grew worse until death
came.
Hunters Help Fill Treasury. -
The collection of license fees for
hunting and fishing in Kansas, 81 for
residents and SIS for non-residents.
has proven profitable source of
revenue for the state according TO
figures compiled by the state treas
urer. The law went into effect July
1. 1905. and up to August 1, 1907. a
total of s59,S97 has been received by
the state. Wyandotte county has the
largest showing, s2,5G5; Shawnee is
next with s2,2O4; Sedgwick third
with $4,000; Barton fourth. with
$1,972. The smallest showing is
$14 for Greedy county. Stanton and
| Grant made no reports.