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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14
High School Notes
Edited BY The Augustan Literary Society

Edited BY The Augustan Literary Society
Fowler High School has called
off the debate with the High
School here. They made the ex-
cuse that they did not have time
to prepare for it, but we think
they we're afraid of our Fresh
man debating team.
The Physics class visited the
electric light plant last Thurs
day morning, and central Office
Tuesday, to study the working
of electricity.
Some of the II. S. students
visited the exercises of the sew
enth and eight grade, Friday af-
ternoon and report very good
program.
The following persons intend
to try out for the defamation
contest: Emilia Read, Lois
Perkins, Alex Wilson, Francis
Fuhr and Kay Dalgarn.
The Physics class have con-
structed several homemade
motors.
The debating teams are work
ing hard preparing for the COM
ing contest.
A vaulting pole has been ORDER
ed for the track team.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14
To Candidates.

AS is perhaps quite generally
known, the political policy OF
The News is Independent, con-
sequently we shall not support
candidates from either party,
only as herein stated.
Space in The News will be for
sale to candidates, regardless OF
party or Office, at the rate OF
fifteen cents per inch for the
first insertion, and if the same
article appears more than once,
ten cents per inch per insertion
thereafter.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14

William Franklin Foster, born
in Franklin county, New York,
Aug. S, 1881, died March 3, 1912,
in Riverside, Califarnia.
Mr.. Foster was pioneer of
Meade county, coming here from
Pratt county in 1885, and pitch
ing his tent at Touselln, to the
south of where Meade now
stands.
A few weeks later Meade Cen
ter, as it was then called, was
started and he located there. He
Immediately erected large
livery barn and carried on this
business for ten years, in con-
nection with house-moving and
general contracting.
Among some of his larger con-
tracts was the grading of the
streets of the Wichita Addition,
the grading of the spur for the
"sugar nall, "and much contract
for the Rock Island Railroad be.
tween here and Pratt.
Mr.. Foster was made the first
County Treasurer of Meade Co.,
and became very prominent in
business and social affairs.
He was manager of the opera
house for a long time, and was
elected and served as mayor OF
the city for two terms.
Besides taking an active part
in the "Saratoga-Iuka" county
seat fight in Pratt County, and
the "Meade-Carthage" struggle
here, Mr.. Foster was prominent
in the Ulysses-Cincinattl" county
seat election in Grant county. his
interest being with the Cincinnati
faction.
The last two years of his resi-
dence in Meade county was spent
in the Artesian district
In 1896, Mr.. Foster with his
wife, son Will c., daughter Nam
lie and granddaughter, Ethel, re-
moved to sunny Southern Cali
fornia, where they have since re-
sided. Mr.. Foster is survided
by a widow, four sons, two
daughters, twenty-three grand
children and three great grand
children,
The children according to age,
are; Nate c. Foster, the eldest,
of Pratt, Kansas, George f. Fos-
ter, of Cunningham, Kas., Fred
Il. Foster of Woodward, Okla,
Mrs. c. w. Gibbons of Sunny
side, Wash, Will c. Foster and
Mrs. C. G.. Darling of Riverside,
California. Xxx
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14


AS peaceable citizen arise
to point of order and would ask
the City Council if we have dog
ordinance. l like dog in his
place but do not like them turn
ed loose to prey upon us in the
manner we have had to endure
for the past few weeks. If any
one wants to keep dog let them
take care of him so he will not be
a publicanuisance. s;as
n ffs-fss. ~,
ONE Who Is DOC TIRED.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14
How Much Wheat in County

We would like TO get an idea ol
the acreage of wheat in Meade
county, and to do SO, must ask
the assistance of those who are
interested in wheat raising. In
another column of this paper will
be found a blank which we ask
anyone having any wheat sown,
regardless of the amount, to fill
out and return it to US. We ex
pect to publish the report as re-
ceived each week.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14

On Tuesday, at her home five
miles east of Meade, Mrs. Geo.
Reiss. Mrs. Reiss was sick
about ten days. She was the
mother of ten children, hye Of
whom, with her husband survive
her, the oldest IS ten and the
youngest three.
Relatives have been sent for,
and when they arrive the funeral
services will be held from the
Mennonite church, of which she
was 4 mem Der.
The husband and childreu
have the sympathy Of Al.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14
M. H. S. to Debate L. H. S.

A debate has been arranged
between the debating teams of
our high school and Liberal.
The debate will take place in
Meade on May 10, question,
parcels Post" Affirmative,
Liberal, Negative, Meade; team,
Bernard McMeel, Alfred Baker,
snd Glen Perkins. The track
meet between Liberal, Cimarron
and Meade will also take place
here on that date.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14
Diploma Examination

Diploma Examination for pu.
pills in the rural schools will be
held April sth and'6 9th at Meade,
Fowler, and Plains.
If two or more teachers in dis
tricts remote from these places
wish to combine. they may upon
request to the County Superin-
tendent hold joint examination
at such school-house as they may
agree upon.
Diploma examination for nine
month schools will be held at
Fowler, Meade and Plains on
May 2nd and 3rd.
AizrssEy fAiGH,
Co. Supt.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14

Last Sunday morning fire was
discovered in Gluck's opera
house which completely .destoy-
ed that building and damaged a
number of other buildings. The
opera house was valued at $50,
600 with $4,000 covered by in
surance. The total damage will
be near $150,00O.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14

Word to the effect that W. J.
Fisk, formerly an electrician
here, and well known to many
Meade people, had died at his
home in San Francisco. Calf,
has been received. No pzFticu-
lars are obtaina bic at this time.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14

OxE WHO IS Doc TIRED.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-03-14


test. The votes counted Tues
day stand as follows.
Meade, Kansas.
Miss Thelma Kim Der 112,200
Miss Ida Chatlain 86,910
Miss Ola Granger 76,690
Miss Edith Ellis +2,410
Miss Lila Kensinger 1920
Mrs. Elmer Schmoker 64,220
Miss Laura Mackey IS, 100
Miss Etna Thompson II, 400
Miss Pearl Hughes 1860
Miss Lydia Barker $3.50
Miss Violet Marshall 1870
Miss Ida Holdeman 6430
Mrs. Anna Twist 3130
Miss Bessie Osborn 1850
Virginia Lee Reynolds 1870
Mrs. S. Hughes 2500
Miss Lulu Stalder 2520
Miss Laura Roberts 1860
Miss Clara Flick 1920
Miss Beulah Marshall 1910
Miss Helen Boehler 113o
Miss Gladys Buis 1880
Miss Anna McMeeI 1900
Miss Dorthy Boehler 1890
Fowler Kansas
Miss Blanche Drinnin AZ, 700
Miss Blanch Crum 2180
Mrs. Herman Combs 1900
Miss Nellie Lalley 100
Miss Josephine Hall l1s0
Plains Kansas
Miss Nellie Wright $3.50
Lakeland Kansas
Miss isabelle Hulburt 1919
Miss Benlah Dewey 11O
! AK ABe., QalAheHA
Mss Bather Anschst1 l7.44e
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-29
Stearns' Wine of Cod Liver Extract

the peerless tonic ami appetizer which
building Of
OIL millions of all
value as reorer Of health and vgor
sTEARNs-the genuine
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-29
The Housewives Health Is Precious

The happiness Of the whole Family depends health
she be the
many trying household
duties that she when n
Enr snrh nnunn nnthin nnnnI.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-29

gown. Three thousand dressmakers
from all parts of the United States,
now assembled here, are enthusiastic
over the panier, which is admitted to
be the forerunner Of hoop skirts. In
two years at the latest, they predict,
wide hoop skirts will be the rage.
In millinery the most startling nov
city this season will be tiny electric
lights in the hair, fiat storage battery
worn in the corsage, and highly dec
orative in itself because of its artistic
design and jeweled effect The light
bulbs represent various tinted flow
ers, and are very fetching when ar
ranged in the couture. Another pat
tern carries a storage battery in the
crown of the hat, and is intended fol
evening wear exclusively where hats
are not removed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-29
YIELDED
BY MANY TREES

Butter as the term Cfrom a Greek
word meaning "oX-cheese'D implies,
was originally a name for a product
obtained from the milk of COW, and
afterward, by extension, for a like
substance obtained from the milk of
other animals, such as the eve aud
the goat BY a further extension, the
name has been applied to certain
fixed vegetable oils, the melting point,
consistency and aspect of which re.
semble butter of animal origin, such
as butter of cocoa" a concrete oil of
sweet and agreeable taste obtained
from the kernels of the fruit of Theo-
broma cacao or "chocalate-nut tree;
butter of Bambuk," an oil obtained
from a species of almond in Senegal,
and used incidentally; and butter of
nutmegs" or butter of mace" a sub
stance expressed in the East Indies
from the arillus of the fruit of My.
ristica moschata.
To the plants yielding such oils has
been applied the name of butter
trees" and to the oils themselves the
term vegetable butter" The butter
tree of Nepal is the Bassia butyra-
cea, the seeds of which yield by pres.
sure a semisolid oil, which thickens
and becomes of the consistency Of
lard. 1t is called "phoolma," "chorce,"
or vegetable butter" and is used for
culinary purposes, and, by the natives
of rank, for amounting the body. The
seed of Bassia, latifolia, the "mahwa
tree" of Bengal, yields a greenish-
white oil which is of the consistency
of butter, and which is used as such
by the poorer classes. From the flow
ers of the tree is distilled a spirit re-
sembling whisky, which the natives
like better, and consume in large
quantities Another species of the
same genus, b. longifolia, the illupie
tree, affords an oil similar to that OBJ
tanned from the two preceding trees,
and which is used by the Ceylonese
- lOl Culludly pul pOSSo'
The "butter-tree' of Africa, the
seeds of which produce the "galam
butter" or shea butter" mentioned by
Mungo Park in his travels, is a spe-
cies Of the same genus, B. Parkii. The
fruit when ripe is of the size of a
peach, and after being dried in the
sum- is pounded in a mortar until re-
duced to flour 1t is then mixed with
water and boiled for a short time,
when greasy particles become de-
tached and rise to the surface, whence
they are then SKINNED. When cold
the oil is of the consistency of butter
and will keep fresh for two years. II
has an agreeable taste, is used as food
and is an article of considerable trade
4 The butter and tallow tree of Sierra
Leone and other parts Of west tropi
cal Africa is Pentadesma butyracea
the "komoot tree or "kanya tree
From the seeds of this the natives eX
tract an oil called "kanya butter,
which is used by them for cooking
The butter is extracted by drying and
parching the seeds, then pounding ant
boiling them, and skimming off the
supernatant oil A yellow greasy
Juice is given out freely when the
fruit is cut or opened. The oil has
a terebenthene flavor and is therefore
not relished by the English settlers
1t is sold as butter in the markets o
Freetown.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-29
WHAT MAKES
EUROPE SMILE

BERLIN, March 16.-Referring to
the fact that the German ministry is
VIGOROUSLY lacking in interesting
speakers, the Tageblatt advises the
government that if it wishes to settle
the coal strike it should send Herr
Delbrueck to the scene of trouble and
have him repeat the speech he made
in the reichstag on the strike. 1t pre-
diets that if this is done the whole dis
trict will sink into a profound coma,
Evil of specialism.
Satirizing the excessive specializa-
ton in the German professions, Ulk
has this;
Patient Ito doctor) -"Please exam
inc my thumb. 1t has been badly in
jured."
Doctor-"Sorry, but l can't do any
thing for you. am specialist on
little fingers"
Hits Europeans.
LONDON, March 16.-"The Chinese
troops" says Punch, ARE clearly suf-
fering from swelled heads. They have
been looting the city for all the world
as if they belonged to the leading Eu
ropean armies"
Irish Poems and Fuel Famine.
DUBLIN, March 16.-"Irish editors
says a local wit, ARE encouraging the
sending in of spring poems. Presum
ably this is due to the fuel famine.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-29

Fort and Queen Sts., Honolulu.
Phone 14l0. Geo. G. Guild, Gen. Mgr
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-29
Hits Europeans.
We GoDsi HERE'S
LATEST FOR WOMEN

CHICAGO, March 1S.-Given time
and opportunity, the dressmakers of
this country will eventually lure the
women back to the immense hoop
skirts of ante-bellum days. The trim
hobble is hopelessly doomed, and in
its place this season comes the panier
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-29

Leading hat cleaners formerly Of
1854 Fort street removed to the new
G. M. Cooke building, Beretania street
near Nuuanu avenue.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-17
POLISH GIRL ADMITS
SHE STRANGLED BABE

What Coroner ]. w. Rothacher de-
clares to be the most pathetic case
that ever came TO his notice, was re-
vealed, Thursday afternoon, when the
girl baby OF Lizzie Stephin, l7-year'
old Polish girl. was found strangied 10
death by a tightly knotted handker-
chief, under the bed in which the chiiu
mother lay, without medical atten'
tion, for several hours before the dis
covery of her sad plight.
The girl made her home in the Gris'
void house annex, where she was EN-
ployed, and the babe, born at O'Clock
in the morning, was only hait-hour
old when the mother, according TO her
own admission, strangled II 10 death,
in the effort to prevent 1t from crying
The babes body was taken In
charge by Coroner Rothacher. who or
dered the mother sent TO st. Mary 6
hospital. Il is not likely that she VIII
be prosecuted but the immigration
authorities have been notified OF the
case.
Lizzie came to this country three
months ago with Pole whom she al
leges to be the father OF the Child.
He STAYED in New Haven, Conn, while
she came to this city, where her
brother, John, has been living on
Goldner-aye., for 19 years.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-17
NO CHOICE FOR BISHOP
ON SECOND BALLOT

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. May IL
The second ballot for bishops at the
Methodist general conference here re-
suited as follows:
The total number votes 100; neces-
sary to choice 527
DR.. ID. G.. Downey, Of New York,
3S3: w. o. Shepherd, Chicago, 37s;
Matt s. Hughes, California, 369; NJ.
Luccock, st. Louis 2S2.
No choice.
Out of 244 candidates one man was
elected bishop yesterday by the gen.
eeral conference OF the Methodist Epis-
copal church. in session here Homer
c. Stuntz, assistant corresponding Sec
retary OF the board of foreign mis-
sions, New York, being the first or
eight new bishops who will be elected.
He is the second man to have the hon.
or of being elected on the first ballot
since the two-thlrds rule went into
effect.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-17
SPEND WILD NIGHT IN
SUBMARINE, HARD AGROUND
Seven Men on u. S. Vessel Which
Is In Perilous Position
On Shoals

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., May IT,
With breakers running so high that
the lifesavers were unable to ap-
proach her, the submarine boat Tuna
was still aground on Great Esq har-
Dor shoals at $3.50 o'clock today.
With Capt. Dannehauer and Lieut..
Hyatt aboard, the Tuna today were
Chief Electrician Parker, Engineers
Ecklin and Wilson, and ]. Hand, a
sailor. Thirteen members of the crew
and the pilot were brought ashore last
night.
The Tuna Is 162 feet long by 13 feet
beam, and was built at Newport News
by the Lake Torpedo BOAT Co., OF
Bridgeport, Conn. She was on her
way to Bridgeport for trials when she
went aground Simon Lake. head of
the building company, who arrived TO-
day. Immediately sent for tug which
will cooperate with revenue cutter
dispatched by the government in ef'
forts TO drag the Tuna into deep va
ter.
Water let into the submerged tanks
last night, Is believed to have saved
the vessel from being pounded to
pieces. Lake said he thought she
could be floated without serious dam
age. The government has made pay
ments OIL the Tuna and holds insur
ance.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-17
CANAL MUST Be FREE
COMPETITOR OF RAIL
LINES, SAYS OOREMUS
Michigan Congressman Delivers
Forceful Argument For Free
Toll system in Panama
FOSTER TRADE E
No Railroad Owned Boat Should
Be Allowed To Poke It's
Nose Into Locks
MUST FOSTER TRADE
From a Special Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, May IA force
full argument for a free toll system for
the Panama canal was delivered In
the house today by Repx Doremus
J fDcm., Mich.) He has %aged cam
through the waterway, contending
that 1t must be made free competi.
tor Of railroad transportation. His
address today was in support of his
fight to have the minority report,
which embodies his views, adopted in
stead of the majority report of the
committee.
Mr.. Doremus said in part;
The five members OF TIE commit
tee who signed the minority report
parted company with their colleagues
because OF firm conviction that to
tax Interstate commerce at the Pana-
ma canal would be an unwarranted
departure from a long established
policy, and would deny to the
American people the full and COM
plete benefits to which an investment
Of four hundred millions Of dollars
clearly entities them.
TIC my mind this is the most i'm
rortant and far-reaching question that
has come before congress in a genera
ton. The naked issue that confronts
this house is whether the Panama
canal is to be run in the interests OF
the taxpayers and consumers OF the
United States, or in the interests OF
the transcontinental railroads that
have always opposed the canal and
would now destroy its beneficial use
to the American people.
'ln my judgment 1t would mean
lolitical suicide for anv party or in
dividual who votes to make this great
canal built at such tremendous ex-
pense, less than free and unfettered
competitor OF railroad transportation.
tC6ntinued ON Page Fourteen)
The Detroit times., 1912-05-17
SUSPECTED LEPER
is STILL AT LARGE

SAGINAW, Mich, May 17.--Dr. Dix
on, secretary OF the state health beard,
DIR. Goodwin, health officer of bay
City, and Rr Alger. OF Saginaw. held
a conference here last night on the
disappearance from an Ann Arbor hoe
pital of Samuel lsen. leper suspect,
who formerly resided at Gaylord and
Bay City.
After searching in those two places
Or. Dixon believes he may be IN De-
troit with relatives. DR.. Kiefer, OF
ID. .troit. has been notified to search
for him.
DR.. Dixon left here early today fer
Lansing. DIR. worthin. OF the u. OF
", has pronounced Isen's case one
of leprosey.
According TO Dixon there is a third
suspected leper at large. former
companion of Isen's In the junk busi
ness and sugar beet weeder.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-17
basil A. LEMKE CHOSEN
WATER BOARD PRESIDENT
James Wilkie Is New Vice
President--Many Salary In
creases Are Made

The board of water commissioners
in the monthly meeting. Thursday af-
ternoon. reorganized for the year,
electing Basil A. Lemke president, 70
succeed James n. Pound. and James
Wilkie. vfce-president, to succeed Mr.
Lemke. The board did not appoint q
secretary to succeed Ben. f. Quincy
but agreed to meet next Tuesday for
this purpose. A formal application
for the position was filed by Hamilton
Dey. II Is understood that the delay
i'm appointing a secretary has been
caused by the inability OF the Demo
cratic members TO agree on one can
didate. President Lemke announced
his committees as follows: Ways and
means, Commissioners Wilkie and
Gillespie; extensions and construc-
ton, Commissioners Lane and Giles
pie; Gladwin park, Commissioners
Pound and Lane; supplies, Commits
sioners Lemke and Pound.
The board increased a number OF
salaries. Those OF the meter readers
were increased from $500 to $1,000
and the number of readers increased
from four TO five. The Office OF assist
ant to the president was abolished
and julius Loeffler, who held the po-
sition, was appointed auditor for the
board. His salary was increased from
81 1000 to $1,000. Lester Clancy, chief
clerk of the storage and supply yards,
was given an increase from 81 40 TO
$1,000, and his assistant, John Swee'
ney, received an increase from $50 10
$50 month. The salaries OF all three
assistant engineers at the pumping
station were increased TO $3.50. Two
have been getting $1,000, and another
$1,000. A number of employees In the
pumping station were given an In
crease from 1925 to $3.50 day.
Commissioner Lemke sought to
have the wages OF the boards labor.
ers increased from $l.75 to $225 a
day on a basis OF 10 hours Most of
them are now working 10 hours a day.
while laborers for other city depart
ments work but eight Commissioner
Gillespie considered II better policy
to increase the wages TO 81 and nave
the men work but eight hours a day.
The subject was taken under advise
ment for a decision In the next meet
ing of the board. The board granted
Mr.. Quincy two weeks extra pay on
the ground that he was entitled TO a
vacation before leaving the services
OF the board Mr. Pound opposed
granting the money 10 Quincy.
G. a. Pfeffer, treasurer OF the Chal-
mers Motor Car Co, recommended
that a playground be created in the
new addition TO Gladwin park. lie
said that playground is badly heed.
ed in that section of the city.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-17
.RIcHtS0N is TOLD HE
MUST DIE FOR CRIME
Spiritual Adviser Informs Him
Gov. Foss Refuses To Inter-
vene To Save Him

BOSTON. Mass, May 17.-Clarence
w t. Richeson. former minister. knows
that he will die In the electric chair
tor the murder OF Avis Linnell He was
told at. l0:1 Is by his spiritual adviser
Rev. Herbert s. Johnson. a Baptisl
minister, that Gov. Foss had refused
TO intervene 10 save his life.
Richeson arose at 1926 this morning
after a restless night--the third spent
in the death cell at Charlestown pris-
on.
He did not retire until after mid
night, up 10 which time he smoked
cigars necessarily. He smoked at
least 80 cigars yesterday. Immediate
ly after his breakfast of coffee, toast
and eggs today, he called Deputy War
den Allen and asked that his stock
of tobacco be replenished.
While he was waiting for the cigars
to arrive he lighted the stub of one
he had smoked last night. His In
creasing nervousness and constant
moving about in his cell made 1t ap-
parent that he was realizing his
doom.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-17
BY HARRY BURTON.

NEW YORK, May III have just
come from the studio OF Thomas A.
Edison, at West Orange, where in an
exclusive interview for The Times he
sale to me:
education which the world has ever
seen-this is to be the really great
work of my life!"
What is this crowning victory Of
Tom Edison, white-haired 65, and al
ready crowned with the glories OF the
marvellous phonograph. the incandes-
cent lamp and the storage battery?
He told me about it--at length. It
is the crystallization OF a perfected
system whereby tho moving picture
film will supplant books and charts
in American schoolrooms and make
schoolhouses places Of delight. In
other words, Edison plans to convert
our schools into moving picture thea
ters!
The thought is not new one with
me-" smiled the wizard. II have been
working on it for years. have known
sor long that our educational methods
are all wrong | knew thet I hated
gong to school know that my boy
has hated to go to school. ! know
that most other children have hated
to &c to school From this I decided
that all the children could not be
wrong. for God made them. SO IL
must be the schools that are wrong. I
concluded And | have set out 10
remedy the schools.
we can take the child into the
most abstract realms OF science by
means of pictures-a thing which we
could never do by means of the dead
Continued ON f-Hs-e Fourteen.