Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-02-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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Sues Auto Owner for $2,5o0.-J w.
Miller, young farm hand in Barton
county, has brought suit in the dis
trict court at Great Bend against Dr.
j. H Robson for damages resulting
s-ofa the collision with Robison's auto.
Miller was driving home one dark.
sfoggy night when the accident oc-
scurred. He was thrown from his bug
:gy. bruised and his collar bone was
broken.
Not Organizing Banks Now.-Bank
Commissioner Albright says there
seems to be no disposition among
Kansas people to organize state banks
land get them into operation before the
proposed bank guaranty law takes et-
feet. All banks doing business the
day the law takes effect can partici-
pate in the guaranty fund; all banks
organized after it takes effect must
wait a year before they can join the
fund
To Establish Packing PIant.-With-
lin a few days the state charter board
will be asked for a charter for Son.
900 packing house for Hutchinson. A
dozen local capitalists and an eXper-
fenced packer, said to be from Kansas
City, are the hackers of the new en-
ferprise. The local men are the same
men who built the local street railway
and electric light plant. Prominent
.among them are Senator Emerson
Carey Representative w. Y. Morgan,
Major J. P. Harsha, president of the
Hutchinson Wholesale Grocery COM
pany. and K E. and G. N. Sentney of
the Sentney Wholesale Grocery COM
pany. Work on the plant is expected
TO begin within thirty days.
Delegates to Dry Farming Congress.
Governor Stubs has appointed
twenty-five delegates to the Trans
Missouri Dry Farming congress, which
meets in Cheyenne, Wyo., February
,23, "a and %, to represent the state of
Kansas. The delegates have to pay
their own expenses, but most of the
railroads are granting rates of one
fare for the round trip. l. L. Diesem.
Garden City; E. I. Spencer, Wichita;
George NJ. Curtis, Belle1ont; Frank
Lockard, Goodland; Richard Broiller,
Hugoton; S. NJ. Wells, Lenora; John
Bell, Moreland; Levi Gum, Great
Bend; R. d. Blaine, Pratt; John A.
Shanstron, Coolidge; L. P Worden.
Syracuse; ]. L. Horlacher, Colby;
Charles Jung, Russell Springs; Chris
Christensen, Orion; c. G. Gilmore, Oak
land; Roy Charles, Allison; Eugene
ATowrey, Lucrene; William Nc Cal
I)lm. ST. Francis; A. w. Merrill, ST.
Francis; F. F. Bliss, Oberlin; David
Gripton, Smith Center; Charles Har-
den, Lexington;
Kansas Claim Must Wait-The
omnibus claim bill is dead for this
congress and with it goes the claim
IF the state of Kansas for $4,000 for
;the University of Kansas, growing out
of the destruction of the old Free State
aotel at Lawrence. The omnibus
claims bill as ORIGINALLY passed by the
house of representatives in Washing
t0n carried but three hundred thou
sand dollars. In the senate it was in
creased to nearly three million dol
as mostly southern war claims.
When 1t went back to the house it
took its place on the calendar, and In
due time was called up. There were
two ways to proceed: Concur in the
senate amendments, or disagree to
them and ask for a conference. Mr.
Mann OF Illinois objected to the bill
when it was reached and so did var
1ous others. The result was that
while it retains its place on the cal
endar, It is practically dead for this
congress. The Free State hotel claim
was placed on the bill in the senate
through the efforts OF Senators Ions
and Curtis.
Central kan. eague Fe-orgarI-ed-
IA meeting was held at Salina for tn;
purpose of re-orranizing the Contra
Kansas Baseball lea ne. 1t will BIZ
composed &C eight towns. as follows
a.aH3a, Ellsworth, Minneapolis, Beloit
Abilene, Junction City, Mantattan a9C
Clay Center Each of the towns was
arI esentcd ard is reported to have
raised or pledged $4,000 to $4,000. The
season viii consist of severity game.
and will open June II and close Sen
TENDER ,.
State Mssons Elect officers-At tn
annual meeting of the Masonic gram
lodge at Wichita the following officer
we're elected for the ensuing wear
Grand high priest, Thomas G. Fitch
Wichita; deputy grand high priest
Fred Washbon, Anthony; grand kine
William H. Evans, Marion; gran
treasurer, Aaron H Connect Grea
Bend; grand secretary, Albert X Wi
son, Topeka; grand captain. Harry f
Best, Manhattan; grand R. A. captain
William l.. Maxwell Paola; eran
-chaplain, Charles H. Rogers. Hutch
dnson; grand sentinel. ". Amer B,s
s9ett. Oberlin; grand marshal. Elack {