Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-04-03
KANSAS HAPPENINGS
IN BRIEF PARAGRAPHS

VI d6C Iudu any OIu0L uioIiISI IL
Kansas
John Scar, brakeman on the east
top of a car at Independence. He
fell under cars and was killed.
The present city election campaign
in salina seems to be woman's
affair. The registration books 1,461
women registered, the largest in the
history of the city.
Miss Ida Lander, 20 years old, be-
lieved the heaviest woman in Kansas,
died at Beattie at the home Of her
brother, following short illness. She
weighed 465 pounds.
The women OF Pittsburg are going
to vote in the election this spring.
Tine number Of women registered is
2,497. The total registration is SPAS.
OF nine candidates for three school
board places six are women.
Professor'P. E. Crabtree of the state
agricultural college arrived at lola 10
act as county farm advisor until
man can be secured to take the posi-
tion permanently. The Allen County
Agricultural association was organized
to direct the work of the adviser.
Grant and Stanton counties in South
western Kansas Kansas have lost their
long fight to get railroad. The
Santa Fe has refused inducements Of
fered for branch of the Dodge City
& Cimarron Valley line from Santanta
through New Ulysses and Johnston
City.
Probate Judge Osborn, acting in the
absence of the district judge at In
the Portland Pipe Line company from
supplying the cement plant at Lehunt
with gas and ordering the full supply
of gas in the company's mains Ill
verted to Cherryvale.
Arnold Veltman, SO years old, q
comrade of Carl Schurz in the Battle
of Raastadt, in the German Revolu-
tion of 184S, Is dead at his farm home
in Salina county. He came to Amer
lea in 1868 and had lived in Central
Kansas since that time He is sur.
vived by a widow and two daughters,
one of whom is nun at Concordia.
Capt. ]. H. Shields, editor of the
Wichita Democrat, received a tele-
gram from United States Senator w.
H. Thompson saying, II take pleasure
in informing you that l have this day
recommended you for the postmaster
ship at Wichita.
Mrs. Eliza Stegmier, age SO, and for
thirty-seven years resident, died at
Salina of apoplexy.
Miss Ethel Robinson of Clay Cen
ter, who is attending Wellesley Col
lege, has just been awarded Durant
scholarship at that institution. Miss
Robinson is the daughter Of w. G..
Robinson and Mrs Robinson. Mr..
Robinson is mayor of Clay Center and
a retired merchant
E. G.. Davis, farmer and pioneer
of Rice county, was found uncon-
scious from stroke of paralysis and
almost frozen to death in the edge :; f
the sand hills near Saxman.
The Dodge City Commercial Club
will make trade extension trip April
2S by special train over the Dodge
City & Cimarron Valley railroad,
which has just been completed as
far as Hugoton.
= Plans have been made for the log
cling of the Golden Belt Highway from
Kansas City to the Colorado line.
John Capple, who lived in Frank,
lin county for So years in dead at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. E. H. Slater,
The worst prairie fire in Kansas in
many years swept over Ford, Hodge
man, Gray, Scott and Finney counties
the other day. The damage to prop
erty was great but little livestock waa
killed Volunteers from Dodge City
went out in motor cars to help fight
the fires.
Joseph A. Meeker, who helped t.
build the first house on the Chanute
townsite, is dead at his home there
He was a native of New York. He
was SO years old and had lived is
Neosho county nearly fifty years.
During high winds at Abilene Par
ker's playhouse, large frame build
ing used as skating rink, was de
molished and much damage done to
buildings in many parts of the county
Wheat fields were badly damaged in
spots by drifting soil.
George Mann, miner, was instant
ly killed by fall of rock in a mine
at Mulberry. The day before jacob
Rantin was killed in the same man
ner in a mine at Capable.
The Citizens party of Green has
put up a ticket composed entirely oil
women for the city election in April
Mrs. F. l.. Ernst has been nominated
for mayor.
The contest for county clerk o.
Brown county, which has been in the
courts since the November election
has been decided in favor of John E
Mathewson and against Jessie Camp