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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15

wind wrecked the barn on Mr.
Greef's farm north of town and
moved house off the foundation
10 feet giving it an eighth turn.
Wreckage of the barn was scatt-
cred from the farm to the bridge
Capt. w. C. Osgood met with
serious loss by the wind, having
20 out of % stacks of wheat
blown down. The wheat was.
scattered far and wide, the butts.
of the stacks wet through as
there is only fewfeet left stand
ing of most of the stacks. He
will take force of men out and
rake up restack as soon as it is,
sufficiently dried. This comes.
hard on Capt. Osgood as all the
expense of raising a crop has
been incurred and with wheat
at S1.00 per bushel the loss.
is considera BILE. Mr.. Reads barn
was thrown down, trees broken.
windmi1ls blown off towers and
out buildings up set in different;
parts of town.
At Jasper the glass front of
store was blown ~, t>1, tho wind
and J. R. Jeferson's hay barn
unroofed. A little hail fell south.
but did little damage. Up tn,
valley many hay stacks were
blown over and trees broken.
r. Buis lost two fine horses;
worth $500, by lightning We'd
nesday night.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15
The Storm King Shakes Meade
county up little.

Tuesday night about midnight
this county was visited by a
storm of wind, rain, hail, and ell
ectrical phenomena which did
considerable damage, the course
of the storm was nearly north
and south. The greatest dam
age was done in and north of
Meade.
The wind ran amuck with
windmills, stacksand shade trees
George Werhle lost a horse
by lightning, Clip Clark near
Fowler had two horses and two
mules killed and J. M. Wood a
mare with colt by her side The
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15
Some Fast Work by the Court
House Squad
GAME CAPTURED BY b. M
By Narrow Margin on Account
of Bum Decisions by
Umpire

In the ball game between the
Court House Squad headed by
Capt. Elliott and the Business
Mems aggregation under Com
mand of Manager Frank Wafer.
The B. NJ. won an undeserved
game their scores being made
by errors.
Leslie was relieved in the sec
ond by Elliottwho lasted but one
inning being relieved by Ran
dolph who held the B. M. to a
few scattering hits. Bod1e was
called to the rubber in the
fourth and for two innings pitch
ed mighty fast ball.
Wafer and Flick twirled for the
B. M. Neither seemed to be in
condition and but for the sp1en-
did support of their team mates
and the rotten decisions of the
umpire the score book would
have shown a different result en-
tirely.
Press1y for the C. H. f elbows
caught a perfect game from start
to finish. Butler for the B. M.
also did fairly we'll, but lacked
the swift and accurate quality of
his antagonist.
The C. H. fellows bungled a
little in the second inning and if
the bungles had not continued
so long the result might have
been different.
The time record was almost
smashed, it being only 2 hours
and 10 minutes from Umpire
C1ouse's first order to play ball
until he announced the agony
over at the close of the fifth in
ming.
The features of the game
were the heavy hitting of Baxter
and Shafer, the sprinting of Job
ling and Randolph and the fancy
catching of Leslie.
1t is confidentially believed and
fearlessly declared by the CHS.
that if the Trust fellows had not
smuggled in two professionals
into their ranks and had not cho-
sen a trust magnate for an um-
pire the result would have been
about 10 to 1 the other way,
The line up and the score will
not be given as the one should
have been seen to be appreciated
and the other is the least inter-
esting part of the game.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15

likely others just as good. There
is poultry and pet stock galore,
chief among these would be
Frank Sullivan's Shetland ponies
Our implement men with deal
ers from distance would be on
hand to show full line of all
kinds of farm machinery and i'm
plements.
The ladies and young people
would bring out samples of fine
work and kitchen skill in plenty.
There is not chance to lack for
exhibits of which Meade need
be ashamed.
There is all business the ele-
ment of cost and return on the
investment made, to be taken
account of but there is every en-
cOuragement that a fair here
would be a success from the fl
nancia1 point of view.
We attended the first fair held
in Finney county. The outlay
of money was not great but the
fair was a success from every
point of view.
The main hall was a circus
tent hired for the occasion, with
an annex containing the seed,
garden, and poultry entries. The
art hall was walled with alfalfa
bales and the roof of canvas. Il
better building for the exhibits
than the tent and alfalfa building
hall could not be had, so far as
Inconvenience of seeing the show
or for light, especially in this fine
art hall. The only wooden build
ings on the grounds were the
stables and the grand stand. The
latter had been previously erec-
ted for the accommodation of the
visitors to the race track which
it fronted.
We are not recommending
such temporary make shifts for
buildings but only cite this
instance to show that a fair, from
a financial stand point can be held
without expensive buildings. The
attendance at this fair was aston
ishing. People came from a great
distance to the north, while from
the south men were camping
there from New Mexico, No
Mans land (now Beaver county
Ok from Texas panhandle and
from Meade. The exhibits
came from much greater dis
tances.
A fair we'll advertised would
draw a crowd from as far
up the road as Da1hart and
east to Hutchinson, and from the
south Beaver county, Texas CO.
and Cimarron county (the old No
Mans Land) would turn out en-
mass with their exhibits. The
panhandle would again send
their delegations. Mr.. Phelps
said that he would arrange
for splendid line of attractions
as auxiliary to the fair, and
amuse the public at night.
There is no good reason why
the fair should not be held nor
why it should not be a success.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15

Mr.. and Mrs. s.O.R. Stevens and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l. Stevens with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stevens of
Phoenix, ,Ariz., made pleasant
call the editors family this week.
Their drive was partly spoiled
by delay in getting conveyance
in time to see the flowers and
f uit in Mrs. Smi his garden.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15

In these columns few weeks
ago we mentioned the ACCESSIBILITY
of Meade county holding an agrl-
cultural and horticultural exhibit
this fall. Since that issue there
has been more talk of it among
our business men, and again we
take up the lever to boost Meade
county,. That Meade county has
the products none deny, that the
year to begin the good work IS
1909, few question.
A word as to the beginning of
the enterprise. There is fine
wheat, oats, barley, and spelts IN
the stack now. The first wheat
crop threshed this season yield
ed 22- and one fourth bushels the
acre machine measure and wheat
as good as it is this year has al
ways in The past weighed out
more on the machine scales.
Oats have been threshed this
season making 40 bushels to the
acre, of clean, plump, heavy oats
The two mentioned are only the
forerunners of thousands Ofacres
of grain vet to cut and threSh in
the county. The valley farmers
have the first crop of alfalfa in
the stack nearly all OF it without
rain and while notheavy; an a1fal-
ia mill owner and manager told
us the other day that the great
bulk of 1T would grade select. By
the time a fair would be held
there will be a seed crop of alfal-
harvested and some of it will
be threshed. The corn crop is
larger than ever planted before
in the county and has SO far
grown better, and is farther ad-
yanCed than common at this time
in the season, therefore there is
reason to expect that fine corn
and lots Of it would be exhibited.
Milo maize and other grain sor-
yhums never have done better
than I'D to this time, and there has
been many fine crops OF those
grains raised here. The same may
be said of the forage crops, and
of broom corn. In the matter of
fine stock Meade has not long
taken a back seat for any part
of the westfor years and canshow
better stock now, than at any
time in the past. There are Geo.
b. Allen, Joe Hall, and Charley
Tal1ey who can show as good
specimens and as clean breeding
in black polled cattle as can be
found anywhere. There are
other owners Of fine black polled
cattle but these we happened to
have seen.
The same is true Of Herfords,,
Durhams and Jerseys. Mr.. Bow
en-. on the flats and many of the
farmes down the valley have fine
Herefords.
Meade has the finest horses in
the state, we have nc shadow of
doubt that in two breeds at least
there are none better.
Good Judges of horses with a
national reputation have said that
Meade county has asgood horses,
as tIe.-e are to be seen anywhere
and one as good if not the best on
this continent.
The Basingers, Geo. B. Allen,
N. H. Holderman, 4. T. Bodle,
Jr. and other owners of draft
horses in this county would not
hesitate to show their horses
with their colts in any ring.
We menfionAhese only because
we have seen item, for there are
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15
Kill The Russian Thistle.

Several farmers east of town
and parties in town have asked
us to make an effort to arouse:
a fight on the Russian thistle
To those west and northwest of;
the citythe thistle is well known.
That they are a serious menace:
to farm crops there is no doubt,
for they bear seed on each one;
by millions, and are peculiarly
built to distribute the seed over
large tracts of country. AS they
are not generally known we wilE
attempt such a description as.
will enable any one to recognize
them and be on guard. In gen
eral appearance and habit of
gro with they resem BILE the we'll
known tumble weed of the new
breaking. But seem to be an
aborted and freakish growth cf
that plant. The leaves are finer
and closer on the stems and of d
peculiar green with a slightly
blush tint. Like the tum BILE
weed, when ripe they break offat
the ground and roll with the
wind to and fro across the coun-
try, scattering seeds as they
travel. They are easily killed
when growing and if there was.
concerted action by farmers,
and trustees they could be era,
dicted In one or two years.
They are thick on vacant lots.
and along side streets and alley
ways iu town and along the high.
roads of the county.
Whether or not they will SER
iously effect wheat and other
small grain crops we do not
know but that they catch andl
grow, even in the middle q the
roadways is plain. They come.
50 we are informed, from the
steppes of Asia and are fully ac--
climated when they arrive and
are hardy under adverse con-
ditions which would destroy
such well known weeds as the,
cockleburr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B.. Stev-
ems a cousn n of O. r. Stevens, of
the Meade Dry Goods co iS uiS-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15

came from smut-free field on
land that has had some other
crop than small grain in the year
previous.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15
How to Improve Our Wheat.
From Agricultural Educator.


The work being accomplished
by recent experiments under the
direction of the agricultural col
lege at Manhattan have begun to
produce valuable results. This
IS particularly true in the inn
provement of varieties by se1ec-
ton, and the originating of what
may be termed new varieties, be-
ing SO distinct from those usual
ly grown by the great majority
of farmers. The last issue has
the following as part of an ar
tlcle under the head breeding
wheat for Vitality and quality to
resist disease. " The part devot-
ed expressly to the breeding of
wheat, while interesting and val
liable is of a nature not so widely
applicable as the part which we
copy;that is it would be of direct
benefit only to such as design to
improve their seed wheat by per-
SOnal care and selection those so
desiring would be only a few as
compared to the whole number
of farmers growing wheat in this
county.
For this reason we print only
the part beneficial to any person
growing wheat.
HOW SHALL WE IMPROVE OUR
WHEATs?
By starting from single heads
and thus originating pure strains
and comparing these as to yield
and quality, the Station now has
under trial a number of pedi-
greed strains, in addition to the
pure strains already out, which
we trust in a few years will form
the basis of varieties of wheat for
| our farmers which will be as well
bred as the best of our breeds of
stock. We moreover conflden-
TALLY believe that these improved
strains together with careful at
tentiop to the seedwheat by the
farmer, especially the selection
and cleaning by the fanning-mill,
as above advised, and even sell
ections by him of single promis-
ing heads on his own farm, will
serve in the near future, to add
several bushels per acre to the
wheat yields of the state.
But their is another cause for
poor seed, aside from those al
ready mentioned, and that is the
presence of smut spores. It is
just as great a mistake for far
mer to plant wheat which came
from a badly smutted field with
out first treating it to kill the
smut spores, as it is for him to
plant seeds badly infested with
weeds, or shriveled or otherwise
poor seed. The reason for this
is that the smutty dust-like
spores stick to the grains, and
and when the wheat is planted
they germinate and send their
fungus threads into the body of
the plant when it sprouts. These
continue to grow as the wheat
stalk enlarges, keeping pace with
its upward growth until the
wheat begins to mature its heads
Up to this time the fungus is per-
fect1y invisible within the plant
but now it takes entire possess
sion of the developing grains,
which it turns into dark masses
of smut spores. In this way
thousands of bushels of wheat
are DESTROYED every year. There
are two kinds of smut, sinking
Cor hidden) and loose smut,
which may be distinguished by
the different manner in which
the spores are produced and
scattered. This difference in the
method of scattering tn +. spores
necessitates some variations in
the treatment and handling of the
wheat in order to control them.
Il x. fl,or-o f.0,-o ;nno.-4a..4 4Ia4 H.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B.. Stev-
ems a cousn n of 0. R. Stevens, of
the Meade Dry Goods Co. is Wis
iting with o. R. Mr.. Stevens has,
been for three years at Phoenix
ARR. and is SO well pleased with
the country and business pros
poets that he is selling out at
Topeka, his former home, to To-
cate at Phoenix permanently
With the water furnished blythe.
great govt irrigation works ON
the Salt river it is believed that
the country aronnd Phoenix viii
become a tropical garden
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15

fected heads are likely to go
until thrashing time, except that
such heads usually stand more
erect and the chaff is likely to
spread slightly, showing the
grains, which appear somewhat
larger and more irregular in
shape than healthy grains. Such
grains when ripe are easily brok-
en- open and are then found to
contain a dark brown powder,
(the smut spores). When the
wheat is thrashed these smut
ted grains are broken open and
the spores are scattered over
the surface of the healthy
grains, thus preparing the infec-
ton for next year. When wheat
from badly infested fields is
is thrashed, the work of handing
the grain becomes very disagree
able, on account of the cloud of
ill-smelling smut spores thrown
into the air by the thrashing-ma-
chine.
This is very different from the
sinking smut, for, while the
sinking smut destroys the grain
only and the smut spores remain
within the skin of the old wheat
grain until harvest time, the loose
smut is 1ooSer and dustler and
destroys not only the kernal but
also more or less of the chaff. It
norever has no bad odor and rip
ems when the wheat is just flow
ering, converting the whole of
the. wheat flower and the chaff
into loose, dusty mass of spores
At harvest time these spores are
usually entirely blown away, the
naked stalk where the head
should be being the only remain
ing sign of its action. The spores
thus blown away are scattered
over the ground of the infested
field and also to a greater or less
extent upon the heads and straw
of the healthy plains, whence
they may reach the grain at the
at the time of thrashing.
Now, this difference is to be
noted between the two species of
smut: In the sinking smut,
where the affected Sg,rains are
not broken until they pass thro'
the thrashing-cylinder, the spore
are harvested along with the
wheat and are therefore not left
in the field to reinfect even the
clean seed which might be plant
ed on that ground. On the other
hand, the loose smut ScatterS its
spores before the harvest time,
and therefore not only infects
the next years seed but the
ground also. In the case of
sinking smut one has only to be
sure that he is planting clean
seed, but with loose smut not on
" the seed but also the ground
must be clean in order to expect
crop free from the disease.
Crop rotation must therefore
90 with clean seed in order to
completely control the loose smut
Probably the best and most cas-
ily applied method of treating
the seed to destroy the smut
spores is as follows: To a bar
rel containing fifty gallons of
water, add one pound of forty
percent formaldehyde. Dip the
wheat into this in loosely woven
bags and allow it to remain ten
or fifteen minutes, or at least
long enough TO allow ali grain to
become thoroughly wet. Then
after draining, to save all the
liquid possible, allow to stand
covered in a box bin two or
three hours, after which it
should be spread out under a
shed to dry. When dry it is
ready to- SOW. This treatment
will control perfectly the smut in
oats and Kaflir-corn, as well as
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-15

Meade County Must Have Agricultural Fair this Fall We
Have the Stock and Grain Show and the World Waits
to Know of the Products of Broad Prairies and
to Benefit from Our Excellent Flocks and Herds
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02
awful rthQudk6
The Most Destructive CALAMITY OF
hnClcnt or Modern Times VS.
It's the SUNNI Land q
Itdlu.

The historic SCENES IT the destruc-
tim Of PNnpeii paIrs into nothing
nrss as compared With. the dpstruc-
tive earthquake horrors that were
visited upon the sunny hand Of Italy
on Monday anil Tursdnyof this week.
TIN. ,lsHsl .nlp raid to. number any
where from 10000 to 100000.
The injured nr~ numbered frsm 400
s0Uts To 5OO.OOO. and more than :
900, 900 people IRE hp,nelrss. EN-
,hrncing suen, women mud children.
Fifteen s:ities Of more than 10000
'inlhthitnnts were destroyed and fifty
lepspr titiesandtowns wrredestroyrd.
Grpat arears of the baud sank and
the tidal waves Of the sea rushed in
and sirwnrti thousands. Firebrokp
mt IL the. dismnntled and rnined
cities. and many thousands persisted
in the flames.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

! When you have bad cough or cold
do not let il drag along until it becomes
chronic bronchitis. or deve!opes into an
attack Of pneumonia. hut give it the ~
fention it deserves and get rid of it.
Take Chamberlain Cnugh Remedy ard
you are snre OF prompt relief. From y
small beginning the sale and use oil this
preparation has extended to all pats Of
the United States aud to many foreign
countries. Its many remarkable cures
of coughs aud colds have won for it tits
wide reputation and extensive use.
Sole by Valley drug store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

sssWp were plrasrd to receive call
on "Wednesday frum Mr.. Vim. Fra
lick aud Mr.. EIyis Bruuson. Of Ada,
VIII, Mere here attending to sotllr
4b,sintss 1T the winding up Of the old
year. They report two weddings in
THEIR l,wnlity. Mr.. Dock Sunsiifer
aud Misa B~una brooks we're married
en Wednesday. Dec. %, 1908, and
MIR. Brady Hoinett was married TO
Miss Mary Sandiier, Christmas Eve,
l).--. "a, 1908. Aud they say that
~ hrr weddings are looked for in
reee(aEyslity hst0Is thesho 21Yv rfn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

/! Miss Lima Goodwyn. after passing
Christmas with the folks at home re-
turned to New Orleans last Tuesday.
TO resuur her duties with the Junius
Hart Piano House.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

I We are sorry to learn of the death
of Mr.. Vaughn Rhorrr's IA year old
son, Ernest. who WAS Killed in the city
of Alexandria TN the evening of Dee.
Both. by falling from wagon. the
wheels Of which ran over him, iujnr-
ing him 40 badly that h. died within
an hour.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

The christmas tree at the Colfax
court house Christmas Eve wnS Il,
surprise Il, many people. More tbun
hive hundred presents are said to
have been handed nut hy Mr.. j. A.
Williams acting nv Santa Claus.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

Now that electric lights have heen
installed vt the depot. what's. the
muftrr with the town authorities
.tMakinv arrangr,nrnts toiiave lights
sI59ced ot, nIl 1T the principal streets?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02
Casln.aic Church Services.

!. NatehitE.hes. Dec. 20, 'O8.
Editor Colfax Chronicle:
Plpasr ANNOUNCE in }your pnper
that there will l,p services ia the
Gat lichun:lfat Ct,lfax on Sunday,
Jau. I'D, nt-the usual hour.
Rev. j. BLAIx.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

/ The Bank OF C,ht,,x has ha.f nm
iy,ss fens-- or ragr with sliding. door
.plps'sJ aronnd the rashier's- desk.
fijur adding tn the precaufionstnset
Ii, protect fnnds placed IN trust.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

Mr.. w. b. Sewpll. al Boyce. accom-
panied by his daughter. Miss ANNA
Belle. spent the Christmas season as
the guest 81 Mrs. W j Roberts, his
daughter. returning home On Jan. ] :
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

Happy New Year" q, all Of ous'
,rvnd<rrs MHy their hoper and their
prs,Ap.~tA he Hs bright and cheerful
as The il,right plss'~nilt: days with
with tiih year bpyius.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

Sheriff Perkins aud peput :. Cs,mp-
tim have hid heir hnn,ls full IT,, keep
up witl,sthp rush al taxpayers in the
cirsxinx Days t,i the year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

49, Dry Prong Canip|
q - Nj. 366 VI. q. ". will
SO ',,Is 4 Sp' S;,,t 'ss,"' Is
saturday. Jan. 3. 1909 INSTALLATION
ceremony t,eS;ns at ] o'clock ~ ihe|
afternuoss. t)ysfrr AMI ba.sk't ''l',,|
ner served ~ 3 u'claek. There " ~
also liz pul,lic speslkins- The pnn"c|
and AL SoverrignS ia good staining
are invited tu f,artieiim e.
!. ". SMITH, &. G.
W. u. FLANAGAN. ttsrk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02

Sex the interesting and rrpditaile
statement Of the Bank Of Colfax in
this issue.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-01-02
3 81 6oIfa1 Chronicle.
: TIw-pssEice jury win meet on Mem
day, JsI,luary 4th.

Ty-;lny. Jan. o.. 1909. y the regl-
lar AVS .tnr the meeting Of the new
pasixh sclp.l hoard.