Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-23


Kansas City follows with $4,000, and
Wichita is third with $4,000.
Two city school superintendent
have held their present positions more
than ten years. Nathan T. Veatch at
Atchison is serving his thirteenth year
as superintendent. M. 4. Pearson of
Kansas City, Kan, is in his twelfth
year.
One thing noticeable about city high
schools, according to the statistics in
the office of Superintendent Ross is
that every one of the ten high schools
have regular courses in manual train
ing and domestic science; all have
normal training classes, except Pitts
burg; agriculture is taught in all the
big city schools except Wichita, Leav-
enworth and Hutchinson Probably
next fall agriculture will be taught in
the high schools in these three cities.
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Half the fires In Kansas during the
last five months were due to care
lessness, according to Harrison Park
man, state fire marshal, and pro-
duces the following array of statis-
tics to support his contention: THE
total number of fires for the five
months numbers 1,347," Marshal
Parkman declared recently. "Of this
number, 267 were of unknown origin,
leaving a total of ! $3.50 of known orr
gin. These fires originated from a
great variety of causes, almost half
of which were due to the careless
ness of individuals, as follows: Hot
ashes, five; boys smoking, four; care
lessness of smokers, twenty-eight; de-
fective fues and chimneys, fifty-five;
children playing with matches, nine
ty-one; carelessness with matches.
sixty-one; defective electric wiring.
twenty-four; gasoline stoves and
cleaning with gasoline, thirty-seven;
gas, twenty; kerosene stoves and
lamps, forty-eight; burning rubbish.
sixty-six; stoves and stovepipes too
near wood, thirty-seven; miscella-
neous, thirty-three. Total, 500. The
fires that were probably unprevent.
able were from the following causes:
Adjoining buildings, 1853; lightning.
eighty-eight; locomotive sparks, fifty
three; chimney sparks, forty-seven;
spontaneous combustion, ninety-four;
suns rays, twelve; miscellaneous, sew
enty-two. Total, $40. Sixty-two fires
were reported as of probable incen-
diary origin"
BY vote of 543 to 1876 the Grand
Lodge of Ancient Order of United
Workmen decided to allow women to
become members of this lodge in
Kansas. The amendment favoring the
issuance of insurance policies for $500
was also adopted and provisions were
made for persons barred from insur-
ance to become social members of
the organization
|. S. Lewis, state superintendent of
insurance, has issued a warning to the
people of Kansas in which he alleges
that fake fire insurance companies
are doing a big business in the state.
He stated that four companies which
he names have total assets amount
ing to only $500 with unpaid losses of
S1,250,000.
The Atchison bond row was settled
when c. A. Wright, city treasurer.
came to Topeka with sufficient bonds
to pay off the urgent demands of the
city creditors The balance of the
debt will be refunded in a few days.
The state school fund had $4,000
worth of the per cent bonds and ex-
changed these for the new per
cents. Atchison was accused of try
ing to repudiate its debt by attempt
ing to refund it's old bonds with new
ones bearing the same rate. It's ac-
tion so affected the Kansas bond mar
ket that for four months it has been
almost impossible to sell Kansas
bonds except at discount
Charles NJ. Sawyer, state bank COM
missioner, has sent out a call for
more money for the seed wheat fund.
Thus far $4,000 has been subscribed
Twice that amount is needed and
three times as much could be used
to advantage. In order to get the
usual acreage in wheat in the ten
western Kansas counties where S,ed
wheat is needed about $4,000 bushels
of seed will be required to SOW about
$4,000 acres.
Since July 1, last, the state has
collected $25,O99 under the old inherit
ance tax law This money all came
from estates of persons who died
while the law was in effect. More
than $4,000 during the last fiscal year
was paid BY non-residents.
An expert from the federal bureau
of animal industry has been ordered
to Pottawatomie county to help farm
ers there to fight mysterious d.
sease that is killing hogs in large
The disease is said not to,
be hog cholera.