Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS
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tees that the entire business part of
the city will be paved at once. 1t will
include about twenty blocks and is
the first paving of the city. Several
of the residence streets will be paved
later.
They Are Looked Up to Now.-"-The
reports from the various officials of
the Kansas National Guard show one
of three things said Colonel J. w. F.
Hughes, adjutant general "The young J,
men either are growing more patriotic
or militarism Is on the uplift or the
national guard is becoming more pop
ular. 1t may be all three. Reports to
me show that the membership of the
guard is greater now than it ever was
in it's history. 1t has added four hun
dred members within the last year.
Under the state and federal laws the
authorized membership of the Kansas
guard is 1,915. Last year we only had
1,156 men. Now we have over 1850.
Much interest is manifested in the
guard and new recruits are joining
daily. There was a time when we
were known as tin soldiers and peo-
pie poked fun at us. But things have
changed. We are looked up to
now"
| Oklahoma Convicts Must Cook
lahoma's convicts must be removed
from the Kansas state prison by JAN
uary 81 and under no conditions will a
contract be signed by the Kansas
prison board for their temporary de-
tention here. This is the decision,
reached and agreed to at the joint
meeting of the boards of directors of
the Oklahoma and Kansas state pris-
ons, held Immediately after the close
of the investigation. Attorney Gener-
al West and P. J. Connors of the Ok
lahoma board and w. l. Biddle and
Captain John Seaton of the Kansas
board were present at the meeting
The Kansas board announced their
demand that the Oklahoma prisoners
be taken from the prison without de-
lay, and that none remain at the ex-
piration of the contracts, January 81.
This, they said, would avoid habeas
corpus or damage suits against the
prison officials here for the holding of
the prisoners.
State Poultry Show Great Success
The state poultry show at Newton
| closed after a very successful week,
the affair having attracted poultry
raisers from Nebraska, Missouri and
Oklahoma, as well as from all sections
of the state of Kansas. About LOO
birds were on exhibition This is
somewhat less than the number shown
| in previous years, but since the last
meeting in Topeka year ago the en-
trance fee has been doubled This has
had the effect of keeping out the in
ferior grades of birds, so that the
ones on exhibition this year have, as
rule, been much finer than those
shown at previous exhibits. The
judges were also very severe in their
scoring, cutting to the limit of stand
ards. On this account there were not
as many high scores as usual, although
the possessor of score card after the
judges finished their work on the
fowls knew to a certainty just what
the disqualifying defects were. This
has been of great benefit to poultry
raisers, too, and will have a tendency
ture exhibitions. The directors
elected to serve for the ensuing year
were: L. L. Dyche, Lawrence. H. ].
Freeman, Wichita; G. c.. Lindamood,
Walton; Thomas Owen, Topeka; H. C.
Short, Leavenworth; W. B. Borders,
Wichita; A c. Rasar, Newton; w. R.
Munroe, Florence; K. c. Beck, Nick
erson. The election of officers will
not be held until in February
Mrs. Reed is ReIeased.-Mrs. Myrtle
Reed of Kansas City, charged with
numbering Thomas Glenn at Herring
ton, has been freed, the case being
dismissed. The county refused to pay
for an autopsy to determine the pres
ence Of alleged poison.
$4,000 Fire at Strong city.-strong
ness houses on the east side of Cot
tonwood avenue, between Glennie
Bros. grocery store and Harvey's meat
market, being consumed, together with
their contents
Lawrence Is ReIieved.-By a de-
cision of the supreme court, the city
Of Lawrence is relieved of responsible
ity for the 100000 bond issue made
by the town to start the Kansas uni
versity, as well as the accommodating
interest, which amounted to another
100000. The bonds are held in the
permanent school fund of the state
For twelve years Lawrence paid inter-
est amounting to the principal Then
it stopped and protested more pay
ment. The case dragged along for
many years, and was not finally set
tied until the supreme court gave its
decision.
the enterprise are being asked to con-