Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-09
A Few Facts About Meade County and
it's Location.
BY E. D. SMITH.


The thryseventh parallel latitude forms the
boundry of Meade county the hundredh meridian Of
longitude the east side of the county mile from
the east line
CLIMATE The location by latitude indicates mild and
pleasant climate cold warmth this
modified by the altitude which $500 feet above the the
Crooked Creek valley and 5000 feet the northwest of
county While altitude the FROST gives pure
clear atmosphere which pleasant at all times normal weather
climate peculiarly suited the growing Of peaches and other
fruits and the time favorable for apples
TOPOGRAPHY AND SOIL: The surface of the county
diversified containing large of level upands where no
hills nerfer with drawing furrow for miles length The
seldom and of character for good farms and approx
mated 300 feet below the flats level upands Lying between
the break from the high the low lands buy and
with canyons The frequently contain springs of excel
Back Of the rough land lies region of rolling and billy land adapt
led TO diversified farming.
WATER SUPPLY: Meade is of the best watered
counties the state being second only to those counties border
ling tine Missouri River Crooked Greek the county
he M corner ana nGws nearly along the nosh e
northeast and flows several miles that direction when it
again abruptly southeast and the county where left
generally direction till below Meade
southeast and leaves the county the
corner
The Cimarron county only short dis
north of the southwest and flows in eastern
through the extreme part OF county to uea
these streams and tributary to them are
asSand Creek part of the county and
Spring Greek and Stumps Arroyo the central portion
here which for the Aresan we also accounts
that Crooked Greek does not flow at the surface its
is true of the smaller that Spring
Creek which gushes from the ground full sized mill stream
l. ARTESIAN WELLS: The flowing wells peculiar to
Meade that they the southwest
lying but from the rain fall the extensive
of the Crooked Creek The wells situated in the
valley Crooked Greek and the mouth of its tributaries
its upper meanderings.
ARTEs1AN vALLEY The valley called extends from
four miles south of Wburn in the great bend
of Creek from miles wide below the
Meade narrowing about mile the city and rapidly
widening that pont till is about miles wide its widest
place The artesan valley generally referred to is this large
wide valley above Meade.
This valley is the ancient seat of lake past geological
This the great Alfalfa growing section of the
N although that forage crop grown greater less
The high upands called the wheat land for there the
growing the main occupation of the farmers where
the traction engine fast dspacng the horse motive power on
The rolling lands is where diversified
farming Here forage well wheat
land stock raising is the reliable occupation Raising
horses among profitable of the stock growing section
best horse the United States at least he carried
Nation There are other fine of driving
which have been prize winners at State FAIRS The
raising here due three things or four FIRST
by chemical ANALYSIS the purest which flows from the
anywhere second the forage OF the best and abun
dant Third the plentiful and very nurcous touh
the climate excellent being mild, and the air pure
CITIES AND TOWNS Meade the county seat near the
supplied with aresan from the ad acent
valley and delivered by fine system modern water works.
good including accredited high school, which is con-
Quoted fine brick building The court house also brick
fine brick houses including the
State Meade the Post Office and several stores There
grain elevators of large capacity garage and manuac
automobile attachments also the usual accompaniment
OF stores and shops
Fowler size of the of the county is near
side of the and above the flowing well level OF
the aresian valley. 1t is thriving upodae town. with eeva-
garage machine shop with and other shops
electric lighting system also owned by the
Fowler the brick school building the county
and also the Friends Academy school owned by the denomn
ton of Friends.
Plains the line Of the in the wheat
growing district great crop. 1t is light
ed by electricity thriving awake village with excel
lent schools and church privileges.
the main line of the Chicago
Island Pacific RAILWAY is also Misser town
Plains Mssler has grain elevator and
pronouncedly grain town