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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-25
Nye liens
GERMANY.

The wet weather has greatly
benefited Beaver County.
Doc Anschutz was doing bust
ness in Englewood last week.
Mr.. Holsie banks left last
week for eastern Kansas and
southern Oklahoma.
Mr.. Long has taken charge of
the transfer business at Meade,
having bought out Mr.. Bert
Rosenberg.
Messrs. Reynolds and Noble
have been visiting their friend,
Bro. Buis, for the past week on
the BX Bar Ranch.
Buttonville, the new post-office
recently started south of Nye,
wish to announce that they have
hooks and eyes besides buttons.
The literary society Of North
Nye will hold their next and last
regular meeting next Friday
night. All are cordially invited
to attend.
Among the Nye visitors to
M eade we're: Mr.. and Mrs. Mack
ey, Mr.. Free, Will Schmoker, T.
Murdoch, Will Dickerson and
wife, and Messrs. Kyger, Stoph
err, and Mr.. Reginald Revert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mackey delight
fully entertained party of the
young people Sunday at dinner.
Among those present were: Mr..
and Mrs. Will SCHNEIDER, Miss
Maude Taylor and the Misses
Murdoch and Messrs. Reynolds,
Noble, Mackey and Buis.
Miss Maud Taylor, who has
been teaching the east Nye
school, closed a most successful
term of school. Miss Taylor
should be highly appreciated on
account of her ability as an elo-
cutionist. Miss Ethel Spurgeon,
one of her pupils, won the silver
medal oratorical contest at East
Nye and another, Miss Maude
Murdoch, won the silver medal
contest at Sand City, ompeting
against the whole of Beaver coun-
ty. Miss Taylor will be greatly
missed by the parents and the
pupils of the school and we sin
cerely hope that she will be our
next teacher and county super
intendent.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-25
REDBIUFF BRIEFS

Mr.. and Mrs. Wiswell return
ed from Stafford, Kansas, last
week,
Wheat and alfalfa are begin
ming to show up fine since the
rain of last Friday.
- The Beaver carrier made his
first trip Monday via Redbluff
and Uneda to Meade. He arriv-
ed here about noon.
Mr.. Quinn, sub-contractor for
the Meade-Beaver mail route,
called ion the Postmaster last
week with the object of getting
acquainted with the people and
the new route.
The mem bers of the Redbluff
Telephone Company will please
bear in mind that the next regu-
lar meeting will be held Satur-
day, April, 3rd. All will please
be present.
GERMANY.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-25
w. H. Tracy
The live Stock Auction.
e-P.
Pratt kan-as

If you contemplate having public sale at
any time any place don't fall to write or
wire w. II. Tracy at Pratt, Kansas. He is
an up-to-date auctioueer and has no other
business, consequently he devotes his entire
time in keeping himself posted in all lines of
properly he may have to sell and is com
potent Judge of valves of all classes of live
stock, No man is fitted to sell your stock I'M
less he is posted on quality and values is
the high dollar for YOU means a reputation
for him, 2nd, he viii work for you from III
time your sale is billed until the last article is
sold His terms are reasonable and can be
had at The Meade State Bank, First N on
al Bank or Fowler State Ban
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-25

ment you would surely fail. If you
would use the same principles. ii
running your government that you
do in running your business you
could get what you wanted in that
line.
Therefore say, that if every
legislator sold oat to the corpora
tions. the peorle of Kansas got just
what was coming to them and just
what they deserved.
c. L. Billiard.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-25
Mass MeefinS No. =.

Mass meeting held March p,
1909 at Phelps Opera House and
was called to order by J. B, Innis-
On motion of f. I. Bennett, ].
B. Innis was nominated and elect
ed chairman; c, H. Burford was
elected Secretary.
Motion of H. Llewe1yn Jones
to proceed to nominate a ticket
was seconded and carried.
Mr.. Robert A. Brannon was
nominated for Mayor.
Motion to close nominations
and elect by reclamation carried,
and Robert A. Brannan was elect
ed.
Councilmen nominated: H. L.
Jones, w. +. Casteen, Thomas
Thacker Sr., E.. w. Fletcher, and
w. H. Finkle.
Moved that nominations close
and elect the five councilmeu by
reclamation. The five council
men wereNdeclared elected.
E. w. White was elected Po-
lice Judge.
1t was moved and seconded
that nominations be closed and
elect by reclamation. E. w.
White was declared elected.
Motion to adjourn by Louis
Boehler Ono second. y
Motion by f. l. Bennett to Sc
lect a name for the ticket which
was carried and the name, "The
Peoples Ticket" was selected
and on motion carried.
Moved and seconded that a
committee of five be selected by
the chairman to draft resolutions
and to report at this meeting.
Motion carried. Chairman ap-
pointed F. 1. Bennett, H. L.
Jones, c. B Leslie, J. NJ. Wood,
and J. H. Ellis.
Discussions called for on pro-
posed wateworks. Louis Boeh-
Ter favora BILE; F. w. Curl favor
able.
Committee on resolutions re-
ported; resolutions read as fol-
lows:
Committee on resolutions beg
to report as follows:
! Whereas a general election is
to be held in this city on April,
9Th, 1909, to elect mayor, five
councilmen. and police Judge,
also to pass upon the question OF
issuing bonds for the purpose of
constructing and extending the
waterworks and adding thereto
electric lights and
I Whereas a Mass Meeting call
! ed upon short notice by the pres
ent Mayor was held last Friday
night and a ticket nominated; we
believe that meeting, notice OF
which has been more generally
| circulated, should be held and
/ the citizens given an opportunity
to select candidates for the sew
eral Offices, and we believe that
two tickets will be better than
one. Be it therefore
| Resolved that in the sense of
this meeting that the affairs of
the city should be administered
IN progressive and economical
manner, and that the proceed
lngs, receipts, and expenditures
of the Council be gived due pub
iiclty; that we favor the strength
ening of the waterworks plant so
as to give us safer fire protection
and better water service.
/ F. I. Bennett, Chairman
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-25
Mass Meeting.

Meeting of citizens called by
Mayor S. D. Adams was called to
order by the mayor.
On motion C. P. FulIington was
elected chairman.
On motion O. r. Stevens was
elected Secretary.
Capt. w. c. Osgood asked for an
explanation regarding the proposed
$40, 900 bonds, territoryto be cover
~~ed by proposed new system etc.
Louis Boehler in behalf of the Coun-
ell and the Mayor explained that
the present water system is made
duate and unsafe and that 1t is pro-
posed to spend such part of pro-
posed $40, 900 as may be necessary
40 give an adequate water system
covering the city.
S. P. Bunch suggested that a COM
unittee be appointed to draft plan Of
proposed water works system.
Mayor S. ID. Adams explained
shat in his opinion amount of pro-
posed bonds would give fine pro
aection to practically all of the resi-
adence sections of the city and eK-
pressed the opinion that the officers
who VIII haze charge of city for the
next two years will do the best pos
pible in the matter.
J. l. Stamper expressed himself as
in favor of adequate water system
and if possible an electric light
plant.
DR.. w. w. Simpson expressed the
opinion that electric light plants in
small towns were not success.
f. w. Flick said that he was desiri-
Gus of becoming better informed be-
fore expressing an opinion.
w. F. Balm asked what the prob
able rate of interest required to be
paid on bonds to find purchaser
would be, also amount of present in.
debtedness.
Louis Boehler answered that the
present bonded indebtedness of city
as SIG, 500 bonds bearing per cent
and $4,000 bonds bearing 5 per cen,
also that assessed valuation of city
is $3.50, 900.
May or Adams stated that presenr
water tak is already condemned, il
shat it Is liable to collapse soon.
DR.. simpson suggested that it be
planned to put IN sewerage sys-
Sem.
Chairman Fulling,on expressed
himself as In favor of new and ad-
equate water system.
Moved by Capt Osgood that the
y.ayor and Council procure soon as
possible proper person to draft ex-
seDt Of proposed new water woil S
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-25

The wet weather has greatly
benefited Beaver County.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
A Sensible Teller.
Old Joshua Boggs, of the Polly Ann b..
Was sensible Teller as ever / see;
Want never perplexed
Or hurried or vexed,


Old Joshua Boggs,, of the Polly Ann b.,
Was sensible Teller as ever / see;
Want nevel perplexed
Or hurried or vexed,
But he'd finish one thing before tacklEn' the
next.
I remember one day we was hzin' the well
When over the edge his old gran mother
fell.
Then Josh he says, 'Geen'
And My eyer and Dear met
81 hopes the old ladys a swimmer says
He studies and roominates, standin' about,
And finally decides for to pull gran'ma out
THE water'n be riled,"
Says he, AN some s'iled:
But If | leaves her in there the well'll be
spilled
One day Ed'ard Hanks, sloshin' round with
a pail,
Trips on the ships cat and fails over the
Then on every side
Them sailormen cried,
There's a man oyerboard!' and some
walled and some sighed.
But Joshua stands there and iggers it out.
Says he, There amt no use in putin
about
The preachers has said
mans better off dead:
Which sure amt no lie If he looks much
like Ned"
One evenin' talas, how it grieves me to
Pore Joshua stumbles and falls in the
drink.
at was BLOWN great guns,
And the Polly Ann runs
Like frightened red heriin' o. forty-eight
tons)
Then stubbins. the mate, hes a thin.
leetle shoat),
He runs to launch the good ships jolly
boat.
But so clumsy was he
That afore you'd count three
The Poll gives a heaye and he ploI in the
Then out there upon the tenlpeschuous
ocean
Results a tumulchuous, turbulent commo-
But one life belt we had,
An it's linn' was bad,
1t bein' a present from Josh's grandad.
Then out from the soft curtin foam o. the
The sensible feller our Joshua, s:pake5 =
Save the mate, gents" says he,
''Never mind about me;
For I've only two dollars-Stubbins has
threew
On hearin them words from the noble old
gent,
The Railiards attached to the belt we UNI
bent,
And we rescues the mate,
CTwas quarter-past eight,
And he straightway rebukes us for bein' so
lateO
OF course there amt really much more to
be told,
For we hadn't much time and the water
was cold;
But l wishes to say
AS this tribute | pay
To the gent that / sails with for many a
day,
That | never did see
None sensibler n he
By which l means Boggs, o. the Polly
Ann II.
Porter Emerson Browne in New York
Herald
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
The Death Penalty as a Warning.

In ratifying the sentences of death
passed upon four of the Pollet gang.
who were guillotined at Bethune this
morning, President Fallieres of France
is reported TO have said, IF Frenchmen
want blood they shall have it." This
was probably a reference to the recent
action of the Chamber Of deputies de-
feating the bill for abolishlng capital
punishment in France. The Pollet gang
committed seven murders. A wide
spread feeling exists in France that
making an example of criminals of this
sort will exercise deterrent effect upon
others.
The situation in Tennessee with re-
spect to the conviction and sentence Of
the night rider gang indicates a similar
feeling there in regard to the need of
stern dealing with desperate criminals.
The convicted men had shown them
selves capable not only of deliberate and
cowardly murder, but of systematically
terrorizing the community. They had
beaten and put indignities of a bastard
ly character upon a woman whom they
feared might testify truthfully regarding
their guilt. 1t was meet and proper
when the jury convicted them that the
judge should impose upon the miScre-
ants sentences which would not convert
the proceedings to a farce. Under the
law they richly merited the punishment
which he decreed-long prison sentences
for two of them and death for the 9th
er six.
In the interest of social order in Ten
nessee it is hoped that nothing will in
terfere with the carrying out of these
sentences to the letter
There has been too much sentimental
ism in dealing with desperate crime.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
The Anticipated Tollgate.

The first toll turnpike was established
in England in 1916 This was under the
reign of Edward Ill, nearly one hundred
and fifty years before the discovery of
the American continent. 1t is a develop
ment of the civilization of the middle
ages and was extended in time from
England to Scotland, Ireland and the
American colonies.
Scotland and Ireland abolished the toll
gates and made their highways free
years ago. England passed an act put
ting its toll roads in the hands of trus-
tees to wind them up gradually. She
had many thousands of them. They CON
stituted the chief roads of the country
and existed everywhere. Under the OPP
GRAFTON of the act the English turnpikes
were reduced to an insignificant number
years ago and we doubt if there is now
a single toll road on the island of Great
Britain. Most of the American states
which inherited the English toll road
system have discarded it. In Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland alone do these remi-
niscences OF the Fourteenth century still
survive in numbers to plague and tax
the people. Philadelphia Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
Winter Building Active.

The value of the building permits is
sued in forty-six large cities in the Unit
ed States aggregated $40, 643,513 in De-
cember, 1908, compared with $23, 100,
S92 in the corresponding month of 1907
"a gain of 90 per cent. In Milwaukee
the gain was more than double this aver
age. The cost of the buildings under
contract here last month was 1881 III.
compared with $211,715 in December,
1907.
The last named month found the coun-
try in the deep gloom of the financial
depression which had begun in October
of that year Not only was money
tied up and the outlook for the imme-
date future full of doubt, but the cost
of building materials was so high rs
to discourage investors. The situation
at the present time is in strong con
trast with that at the close of 1907.
In financial circles the feeling now IS
one of comparative ease and Of increas-
ing confidence as to the future. The
cost of building has so considerably de
creased that every one who had thought
of making real estate Improvements
seems to have decided that this IS 4
good time to go ahead. Never before
was there so much winter building I'D
active progress in Milwaukee as there
is at the present time.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22

other fee than one of Richards lion
hearted songs, would have to cease and
determine. He stayed away week and
then he called one evening, lust to see,''
as he told himself, how his patient was
getting along"
Little Miss Spencer was sitting at the
window knitting a pair of socks for an
other of those unfortunate orphans. and
Richards cage was on the sill, where
he was playing with bit OF yarn, try
ing to unravel it and calling to the
homing sparrows. What Miss Speneer's
thoughts had been | do not know, but
as she knitted away and looked at the
sunset it sometimes happened, / think,
that she knitted tear into those little
wooden socks, but yet, when the doctor
entered, her eyes were very bright.
Well" cried the doctor in his mild
and CHEEKY manner, "and how's the pa
tient?"
He sat, too, at the window.
He thinks he's making a nest, smiled
Miss Spencer.
But what is he chattering about ?"
asked the doctor.
Il think, said Miss Spencer, her eyes
brightly on her work, Il think he is
ealling--to his mate"
And still the busy pins clicked in and
out of that fortunate orphans socks, a
little bit damp in a place or two, but
none the worse for that, and still Rich
ard the Lion Heart unraveled his bit of
yarn and softly called to the homing
birds
He's lonely" said the doctor, in a
voice so low you could hardly hear him,
'and so am l )" he breathed, "and so am
but if you would care to be a poor
old doctors wife--Ann-"
And after Richard had quite recovered
from his surprise, and had sung his even
ing song, and had tucked his head under
his wing, and had carefully drawn up
one of his feet and hidden it among his
feathers, his mistress and the doctor
still sat there, hand in hand, gazing into
the sunset-little Miss Spencer with her
lips parted, her eyes shining and that
tender look of happiness which tells of
dreams fulfilled.-Evening Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
MOUNTING A MAMMOTH.
How the Recent Find in Siberia Is Being
Prepared for Russian Museum.

After journey lasting six months and
costing f1700 the skeleton of "a mann
moth found last January by some va
kuts in the sandy bed of the River San
gary urach has reached ST. Petersburg.
The skeleton was found 120 miles
from the Arctic ocean. The governor of
Yakutsk telegraphed at once to the I'M
perial Academy of Science, which sent
off straightway mission to fetch the
interesting discovery to the capital The
specimen now brought to light is not of
remarkable size, but some parts of its
carcass have been preserved, which so
far have not been found; unfortunately
the teeth are absent and also some OF
the softer portions of the body. The
carcass weighs only 257 stone, and it
took six days for the remains to be pre-
pared and treated properly by the ex-
perts, who had to work in an ordinary
tent at temperature of 80 degrees of
cold.
The proboscis is found now for the
first time in an uninjured state, and it
has been put into spirits; the return
journey to Bulun, distance of 200
miles, took a fortnight, and the skele-
ton was carried on reindeer sleighs; from
Dulun the skeleton was carried along
the River Lena to Schegalov, and from
Schegaloy by carts to Yakutsk Ii will
take at least a year to mount the skele-
ton in the Geological Museum here.-St.
Petersburg Co. London Globe
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
"a LITTLE LIFE WELL ROUNDED,

written for The Evening wisconsin,
NeX not thy soul in Iife's dire stress.
Sigh not for fame unbounded
Write on thy tablet at the last,
a little life well rounded"
Trite for man to count his life
poor and mean possession
Aet life so great-yet oft so small
We move with the procession.
godly, righteous sober life.
This is thy priceless treasure
lis all that gives to thee, dear soul,
joy no words can measure
Say that thy way lies by throne
Say thou an empire founded
Snort is thy 1me-make all for God
Thy little life well rounded.
FRANCES GRANT TEETZEL.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
Heaviest Chime of Bells.

-Four musical bells, upon which vii.
be chimed the quarter hours have been
hung in the tower of the metropolitan
Life Insurance building, New l,o'S
city. They were cast by the Me,
nicely Bell company, of Troy, AMI
are, it is said, the heaviest Of
the kind in this country. The hrsr
bell weighs 1000 pounds. The other three
weigh altogether close to 5000 pounds
They are made of most expensive Lah"
Superior copper and imported block t'A..
Their music viii soon become part n'
the district near Broadway and fiijh
avenue. Four notes will be heard Mt the
first quarter of the hour; eight blows az
every half hour; twelve at every three
quarters and sixteen at each hour,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
Malta's Muskrat Pest.

Malta's Objectionable pest is the com.
mon muskrat. He intrudes into every
house. and everything he touches is i'm
nregnated with the odor from which he
derives his name. If he enters a larder
he is more destructive than a dozen cats
In a wine cellar he is worse tnan n dis
honest butler, from s pure w wa he
within his reach. He viii ruin dozens
If bottles of beer by merely running
over them. so powerful and at the same
lime so penetrating is his offensive odor.
This Maltese muskrat is a Squeaking lit
lie animal, who adds to his evil ways by
disturbing the repose Of the victims Of
his depredations.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
Starting Forest in Tin Cans.

A new and unique industry is described
in Popular Mechanics. A western man
has been successful in planting tree
seeds, nuts and cuttings in refuse tin
cans, and can now show an oak tree %
feet high only s years of age, and a
redwood grown from seed which is now
80 feet high and only II years old. He
insists thai a tomato can with fair
sized hole punched through the bottom
is Just the thing needed to start tree
in. and if the good ~lrt in the can is
never allowed to become dry the growth
will be amazing. Later the little trees
are transplanted without removal from
the cans, for the rust eats away the bot
tom sufficiently to allow the roots to free
themselves as they need more room.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22
ANTIQUITY OF CHESS
Origin in the Far East-Warriors VII,
Were Fond of the Game

WIZ Vhu VI lAt GGue.
Chess stands out separate and die
tinct from all other games. Tts or1t.3
guilty counts for much; nobody know
how old the game is or who invented i
but its origin was in the far east ~
There are good grounds for savin,,
that Charles the Great played chess. and
from his time onward through the con-
turtles the game must have been con
stantly played among the knights and
courtiers of the west. John of oalishur,,
mot the present occupant of the see LIit
the historian of that name) tells of an in
cident that occurred some 300 years
later than Charlemagne.
In the stress of a battle between
French and English the game of chess
was not forgotten: an English knigb+
and cried to his comrades, 1.-THE Kim
is taken!" Louis, notwithstanding his
carnal encumbrance, more than equal 10
the English knight, struck him to the
ground, exclaiming, "Know, sir knight
that at chess the king is never takenH;
At the very same time in the mysteri
Gus empire of the far east it was a daily
custom of the heir of the Caesars after
spending sleeplesS nights in thinking
how he could repel the hordes of The
Mohammedans and maintain the cross
against the crescent morning after morn
ing to collect around him his courtiers
and friends to expel those cares which
made his nights uneasy by the royal
game of chess. So records Anna Com
mena of her imperial father, whom she
loved and served so well.
At the time of the Renaissance chess
was much played in the highest Italian
society. Pope Leo Y. delighted in the
game and himself possessed a set of sill
yer chessmen. And as the game is Of
immemorial antiquity SO its virtues will
maintain it so long as the world shall
last. The first book printed by Caxton
in the English language was 1.-The Game
and Playe of the Cheese. "-Treasurv.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-22

The statement is made from Wash
ington that it will cost the United States
battleship fleet between 100000 and
$4,000 in tonnage dues to pass through
the Suez canal. As samples of charges
against individual ships, it is said that
the Kansas the largest ship in the fleet,
will be taxed SS,S23. SO, and the Mime
sofa. the next in tonnage as computed
under the canal regulations, $S797.90.
These items show that the Panama
canal win have earning power which
which will be augmented during wars
in which the fleets of foreign nations
find the waterway a short cut to and
from the scene of hostilities. The Suez
dividends would be sharply increased if
war should send fleets of various nations
through its sand-fanked channel.