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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
Narrow Escape

While Judge VIM. H Thomp
son, United States senator-elect
was playing Santa Clause for q
house full of children at his
home in Garden City on the oc'
casIon of a Christmas party
given by his son and daughter
on Christmas eve, his clothing
caught fire, from the candles on
the tree, and he was in great
danger for a short time.
The flames shot up from the
fur and cotton trim mings on his
costume until he was completely
enveloped with fire; but by
presence of mind and quick ac-
tion. he wrapped himself in a
rug and smothered the flames.
The only i'll effects we're singed
eyebrows and hair, and a few
severe burns on the hands
Hutchinson Gazette.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
Renewals

VIM. II. Dick of Fowler was
transacting business in Meade
Monday. He remem bered The
News with another years sub
scription. He says that every
thing around Fowler was in a
prosperous condition.
II. L. Woodruff of Englewood
writes The News, enclosing two
years subscription and extends
the seasons greetings.
O. d. Beutler, residing south
of Meade this week remem bered
The News with another years
subscription.
b. +. Haywood, of Fowler,
has extended his subscription
to The News another year.
#. M. Darnell of this city has
started the new year right.-He
subscribed for The News.
u. S. Orcm, of Freedom Okla
homa, has renewed his subscrip-
tion for another year.
h. J. Boyer contributed $500
to The News cause last week.
Mrs. Sarah Haver made this
office pleasant as well as a fl
nancial call one day last week.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
Corporations
Must Report
To Collector of Internal
Revenue on or Before
March I 1918

Under the act of August S, 'O9
all corporations are required to
report to the Internal Revenue
department their financial condi-
ton, gross and net income etc.
If the net income exceeds $4,000
a tax of 1 per cent on this excess
is levied by the government, but
income less than 5000 does not
relieve a corporation from re-
porting.
The blanks ror the report of
the fiscal year ending Dec. 81
1912 will be mailed by the col
lector of Internal Revenue,
Leavenworth, Kansas before
January /, 1913 to all corpora
tons having theirprinc!pal place
of business in Kansas. These
blanks must be properly execut-
ed and returned on or before
March l, 1918. Failure to do
this makes the offender liable to
a fine of not less than $1,000, nor
more than $4,000. If any cor
porations do not receive blanks,
they shall Immediately write for
one, as failure to receive blank
does not exempt from liza bility.
The instructions on the back
of the blanks should be carefully
followed, and to be prompt the
reports should be mailed during
January to,
Fremont Leidy,
Collector Internal Revenue
! Leavenwortb Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
Meade Motor Co.
Changes Hands
Geo. w. Day Transfers Int
crest to c. M. and Irl
Eason

George w. Day this week
transferred his interest in the
Meade Motor Co. to C. M. and
Irl Eason who on January l, 13
took possession of the garage.
Irl Eason has been employed
10 the garage for Mr.. Day for a
year or more, and besides hav-
ing thorough knowledge of the
\ automobile business is himself
,frst class mechanic. He will
e, the complete management
the business in the future.
;. M. Eason, the other part
of the new firm is engaged
business in the east and does
intend to move here at this
pc. The Eason boys are well
own IN Meade having grown
here and have the best wishes
the Meade people.
Mr.. Day, the retiring manager
devote his attention to the
estate business.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
1913 Not IJnlucky

The St. Louis Republic says
Nineteen hundred and thirteen
will prove an unlucky year for all
towards, cheats, sneaks, idlers
and wasters.
lfyou neglect your RESPONSE
bilities you'll pay the penalty of
lneficiency.
If you squander your hours
and your powers, indulge in ex-
cesses. deny your body sufficient
sleep, exercise and care, you'll
lose your strength and health.
If you lie, betray trust aud
break yanr word, your name will
be smirched with disgrace.
you make no effort to i'm.
prove your position or broaden
your mind, more earnest and
eager and deserving man will
-dispossess you from your job.
Butt will be happy, Won
derful, treasure-laden, prosper
GUS year for all who strive keenly
and cleanly.
Bad luck is matter of charac-
ter-not of calendar. Supersti-
ton islludicrous by the light of
electricity. All the wicked
spirits are in the grog shop. The
evil eye is watching from the
front row at the musical comedy.
Good and bad are mental
attitudes. We are great and
stalwart or puny and miserable
because 1t is our will to be so.
Our souls mould our careers.
We live in the biggest, the
finest, the most charitable, the
most astounding of all ages-a
world of dreams-come-true, of
workaday miracles. B."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
Advertising

Advertising is as old as man.
Noah advertised the coming of
the flood and the people who
needed his advertising greatly
profited by it. Joseph used his
own brothers to advertise the
fertile fields of the Nile and sue
ceeded in a corner" in grain,
the magnitude of which has nev-
er been approached by any
"pluuger" in the pits of Chicago.
The coming of the Messiah was
so successfully advertised by
John the Baptist that there went
out to him all Jerusalem, and all
Judea and all the regions round
about Jordan.
What was once an unusual
stroke O. sagacity has become an
absolute necessity, He who re-
fuses or neglects to advertise
must fail. No man, no busi-
ness, no institution, no enter.
prise is strong enough or infiu'
ential enough to deny the decree
of this imperious law. The
Mammoth Cave once thronged
with tourists from all the ends
of the earth is now a neglected
Greatest Wonder of the World
because ITS owners thoughtit to'
we'll known to need advertising
So it $50 it ever shall be.
THE whole world loves the
quiet man
Who is silent all day as the
owls
But it is needless to mention,
gives it's attention,
To the fellow, who gets up an
HOWLS"-Ex.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
Junior Arena Entertained

Saturday evening December Is
was the date of the mid-winter
social meeting of the Junior
Arena Club, with Miss Phyllis
Fuhr as hostess. About thirty
young people were present, in
cluding number of guests
in addition to the regular club
m embers.
The evening was pleasantly
spent in playing number Of
games which had been carefully
planned by the hostess. Follow
ing these, delicious lunch was
daintily served by Miss Fuhr,
assisted by Mrs. Fuhr. Miss
Fuhr next favored her guests
with number of instrumental
selections. At the approach Of
mid night the party broke up,
each declaring that very pleas
ant evening had been spent.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02

have been made in many instan-
ces that these hunting parties,
in their chase for wolves and
rabbits, cut out and tore down
fences, left gates open that al
lowed stock to escape, and did
other and further damage by
running over cultivated fields.
Serious objections were made to
reckless" hunting parties going
through farms and over other
grounds. We dave no particular
recommendation to make along
these lines, but will favor any
measure that may seem advis-
able for the benefit and protec-
ton of all parties concerned.
l.. l.. DYcHE.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
Married

Mr.. Harry S. Foster of Terra
haute, Indiana and Miss Leora
L. Makemson, of Plains Kansas,
were united in marriage Mon
day morning by Judge Randolph
at his Office. The newly mar
ried couple left on No. 2 for
Indiana where they will make
their home.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02

On Friday night public IN
stallation of the Royal Arch
Masons, Blue Lodge, and Eas-
tern Star was held at the Ma
sonic hall. A banquet was serv-
ed Immediately afterwards to
the members of the three Ma
sonic bodies and their families.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
Things That Might Help

How are we going to put things
,ht? WHAT'S the remedy for
Nsunrest of society, for the
y1lesale destruction Of human
! .,ses in mine. railroad and fac
sry, for dishonesty in business,
corruption in politics, and the
divorce evil that is sapping the
foundations of our American
'Alfe7 There is remedy to be
lie, otherwise we should de-
Ipair of the future and our abil-
Ity to put things right. But we
re not likely to hear much of it
rom those who undertake to
ure our present ills. The rem
<edy lies with the individual; he
must cure himself; laws and
Fc's o 'ongress can do but lit
lie. nen all is said and done,
~ t remains that all our con-
J. vances for outward reforma-
tlon of Institutions are but futile
inkering with the body of So
|iety, when it is the soul of man
jtaat needs attention. A little
more krndliness and gentleness
snd helpful generosity in the
hearts of average men and wom-
en-these are more important
than the passage of a thousand
laws, the institution of any new
schemes of social betterment.
Love is an old, old remedy for
The unhappy plight of the world.
The curious thing is that, while
we all profess to believe in it's
efficacy, we cannot summon up
Enough resolutions to put it to
the test. 1t has never been
thoroughly tried yet; for most of
attempts, though some of
m have been brave enough,
e been but half-hesrted.
! A1ppose we try to carry over a
iitde of the Christmas spirit into
the New Year. Suppose we try
10 make the new year a little less
heathenish, little less full of
cruelty and noise and terror and
greed and death; little less abb
surdly at variance with our pro.
fessions of religion than most of
these nineteen hundred years
rave been! The Golden Age is
ever far away, but is only wait
'lg until we adopt the Golden
\ NV, to return with gladness
\mong meh.-Our Sunday Visit
".
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02

The musicale and watch party
given by the Eastern Star at the
Masonic Hall on the evening of
Decem Der 81, was well attended
and was a success both socially
and financially. The proceeds
will be applied as payment on
the new piano which they re-
Gently purchased for the Mason
il hall.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02

Leo McMeel leaves Friday for
Great Falls Montana. He spent
the holidays with his parents in
Meade.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02

Francis Backe left this morn
ing for Chicago where he will re-
sumo his work with the Red
path Lyceum Bureau. His
mother, Mrs. VIM Backe, ac-
companied him as far as Salina.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02

( Fire. supposed to have been
tlrted by one of the Rock Is
4nd trains, came near destroy
the barn and granary on the
Vebenthaler place, owned by
Watson, last Saturday.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02

J. p. Kelley and wife return
ed home to-day from a holiday
rtay with relatives and friends
in Greensburg.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02

X. NJ. Olson spent the holi-
days with his parents in Green's
burg. He returned to Meade
Thursday.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
New Game Law

Before the present Fish and
Game Law was enacted many
complaints were made to the De-
partment Of Fish and Game by
farmers and owners of ranches
against "rabbit hunters"
Under the old law, persons
who hunted rabbits we're not re-
quired by law to carry hunters
licenses.
1t would seem, Judging from
the reports that come to the De-
partment, that many hunters
and sometimes parties of hunt
ers would taamp through fields
and pastures with dogs and guns
shooting rabbits, and in many
instances it was reported that
these hunters shot things that
we're not rabbits.
When game warden inter-
fered with these parties he was
told that they were only hunting
rabbits and did not have to carry
a hunting license. Much COM
plant was made by farmers and
stock raisers concerning the
damage done by such hunters.
Many times these rabbit-hunting
trespassers had packs of dogs
with them The shooting done
by the hunters and the chasing
of rabbits by the dogs frequent
| ly frightened .domesticated ami
mails, causing them to run into
barbed wire fences, break out
of their enclosures, or otherwise
do damage to themselves or
adjacent property. Num- bers of
domesticated animals were re-
ported as having been shot kill
ed and others crippled by these
so-called rabbit hunters.
The law passed by the last
legislature, requiring rabbit
hunters to carry licenses. was
not intended to protect the rab-
bits, but the FARMERS and stock
raisers who are continually an
noyed by rabbit hunters. But
little complaint has come to this
department on account of the
enactment of this law, except
from some parties in the West
ern partof the state, where jack
rabbits are nuisance. In such
places the people sometimes
have what they call "round up"
hunt for jack rabbits or for
coyote wolves. From twenty
five to a hundred or more people
frequently desire to join in these
hunts. Many oe the hunters do
not have hunters licenses.
A number of applications have
been made to this department for
pemrits to carry on these neigh
borhood hunts. The department
has no authority to give such
permits. There was no pro-
vision made in the law for con-
Quoting such hunting parties.
Even though the members of
such hunting parties carried |
hunting licenses, the trespass
laws forbidding. hunting on oc-
cupied lands without permission
should be considered.
This department has no objec-
ton to such bunting parties made
up for the purpose of hunting
wolves and rabbits, provided
they can be conducted according
to law. However, we desire to
say that we have received many
letters from parties living in dis
tricts where these hunts have
been carried on, making protest
and calling upon this department
for advice and help. Complaints
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-02
Meade County
Kaffir First
c. M. Gates Kaffir Tests
sc Bushels per Acre

er boys hold state records this
year for top notch yields of
crops.
o. N. Riley, of Minneola, Clark
county, won the silver cup given
by Arthur Capper for the top
notch yield of wheat grown in
Kansas this year, an average of
81 bushels, IL pounds, per acre,
from 7.57 acres.
c. M. Gates, of Fowler, Meade
county, had tnerecord kafir yield
of the state this year, 66 bushels
and "a pounds per acre.
In a sworn statement before
Nate Neal, a notary public of
Minneola, Mr.. Riley gives his
yield of wheat as 462 bushels from
a field of 7.57 measured acres.
This is an average yield of 81
bushels and ~ pounds per acre
and exceeds last years Top
notch record of Carl Schlotthauer
of Marion county, by an even 2
bushels.
Mr.. Riley's wheat was good
grade of Kansas hard Turkey
and tested g. pounds per bushel.
1t was the third crop of wheat
grown after breaking the ground
II have the ground in an excel
lent state of cultivation for the
time it has been broken" he
wrote the Mail and Breeze. II
listed this ground the last half of
July, listed north and south.
The ground has quite slope IT,
the south which caused the snow
to lie deeply on it all last winter.
I.After listing this ground we had
r big rain winch settled it, then
cut it down with disk sled
made for that business. We had
another big rain and sledded it
again after settling. The first
tof Septem Der narrowed it crcss-
wise to make it level and sowed
3 pecks per acre during the first
two weeks of September. This
wheat was cut as soon as il was
thoroughly ripe"
Mr.. Riley's crop from 237 acres
this year amounted to 7,1S7 bu.
of wheat, an average yield of
1925 bushels per acre tor the
entire crop, much more than
double the Kansas average.
The record Kafir yield in Kan
sas this year is that of &. M.
Gates of Fowler, in Meade coun-
.ty. Mr.. Gates grew an average
of 66 bushels and "a pounds per
acre, which is remarkab bic yield
fora county as far westas Meade.
1t is of interest to note that
Meade and Clark, two ad joining
shortgrass counties, carried two
of the three Top-Notchers this
year. Mr.. Gates also took the
county championship for Kafr
yields at the Meade county insti-
tute.
This was white kafir with
black chaff, )" writes Mr.. Gates
to the Mail and Breeze, telling
how he handled his crop. II
double disked the ground as soon
as | could get on it last spring
The kafr was planted about
Nav with lister. The lister
was followed by a harrow and
after that the field was narrowed
every week until the plants were
large enough to work with lis
ter, cultivator. Then another
narrowing, and after that the
field was worked three times
with a 3 shovel cultivator. / al
ways save my seed from the
earliest maturing heads, put
them IN shocks and hang them
up in the barn to dry. think
this is why get good stand
and why it natures earlier than
the rest"
Mr.. Gates yield was made of
record by affidavit.-Hutchinson
News.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1913-06-12
Fifth Sunday Meeting Of The Mullen
berg County Baptist Association.

Program Of the Fifth Sunday
Meeting OF the Muhlenbcrg County
Baptist Association to be held with
the Hazel Creek Baptist Church,
innc 27-29, 1913.
FRIDAY
1000 \. NJ. Devotional Exercises,
Organization. Sermon for Criti-
cism, J. W. Gil, Alternate, W. Y.
Clardy.
100 p. NJ. Meeting of Executive
Board of the Association.
200 General Subject, Sunday
Schools.
1. Ann of the Muhlenberg
County Baptist Sunday School Con
vention, Jno. y. Taylor, K. ii.
randy.
:. Teacher Training, I. Case
bier, b. $. Stuart.
). How to Enlist the Pupils,
b. l.. Green, L. q. Woodson.
SATURDAY
$3.50 \. NJ. Best Methods of Reach
ing the Lost, W. Y. Clardy, X. W.
banks, J. J. Goodman.
1880 requisites 10 the Lords
Supper, r. /. Howerton, J. W.
McClaren, J. T.. Gardner.
1880 p. Nj. How to Enlist the Mem
bcrs of a church in active Work,
G.. II. Lawrence, w. III. Woodson,
l.. +. Garrett.
500 What Literature Should be
Kept cut of our Homes, l.. J. Steers
man, W. ". Woodson, |. Il. Stuart.
SUNDAY
Service for Ordination of Dea-
cons.
Sermon, J. J. ANDERSON, the New
Missionary of Muhlenberg County
\ ssooiat!Cn.
I. L he Committee has cndeavored to
put as many as possii le Of the residen,
pastors of the Assoc iation on thi.
program. We trust that those who
are omitted will b. used in the mex
fix,h Sunday Program. We are
very anxious To have all the pastors,
both resident and non resident at.
tend this meeting and take part in
the discussions. Let US make the
Fifth SUNDAY Meeting an importan,
feature of our work.
&. II. LAWRENCE,
E. l.. HowERroN,
r. Ii TANDY,
Committee.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1913-06-12
The Baby's Colo.

baby who is in pain cannot tell
in words the nature or the seat of
his distress. But although the child
cannot speak, the noise he utters
and the signs he makes show the
Kind of pain he suffers and its stu
alton.
Babies are especially prone to
collie during the first three or four
months of their existence; the pain
is almost always the result of intest-
inal Indigestion. The colIcky baby
cries, but SO does the hungry baby,
or the baby who is pricked by a PIN.
The colicky baby, however. usually
screams internationally; in the inter
walls between The spasms, he not on
ly ceases to cry, but may even be-
gin TO laugh and crow.
During the paroxysm his screa ms
are shrill; be draws down the corn
ers of his mou,h-ofien so far as to
make lines run from the nos, rou d
the angles of TIE mouth; he draws
up his legs in an effort 10 relax the
abdominal walls, which are, how
ever, too much dislended and too
tense to be relieved in that way.
The trouble is aim lst always due
to IMPROPER food, aud is especially
common IN bottlc-fed babies
Feeding the bIhy with cereals, Civ
ing him cows mix insuticien,ly iii
lpied, or feeding him too much and
100 Qiren, are the most common
@ista&es u WQthers
Bat e6iic is p9i infrequent even
in Infants ~ho avs nnrsed. In such
cases, The cause Is either overfeed
ing, or the i'll health or Tor di-
gestion of the mother. Indeed, in
the case of hreastfed babies with
/ cello, the mother is usually the one
who Teau,.es treatment. The ply
siciau must study her food, the state
of her digestion, add hes habits Of
life. and correct whatever is wrong
with them.
In the case of bot,le-fed infants,
he must look into the preparation of
the food, and he will usually stop
ah esfesls and baby food TOR a
time. aud eaa6ae thc youDgster to
suitable modified eQw's Hilk. You
can relieve the baby's paiu by APP
plying a no, cloth to his abdomen,
or by giving him an injection of
wafm water that contains a little
salt OF saieIatss. DO not 'give the
baby soothing sitaps, ginger, or
spirits.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1913-06-12
A New theory Of Sleep.

That We sleep not because we
are exhausted, but in order to avoid
being exhausted. is the way in which
the Geneva physiologis,, Claparede.
foTmulates a new theory. Accord
ing to this conception, which has
been further elaborated by Tromner,
sleep is not the result of fatigue, but
an impulsive self disinfection pro
cess, which the body from time To
time conducts against itself, SD 10
speak, IN order to get rid OF waste
products before they have q chance
10 become injurious. This view Is
expounded ia an article by DIR.
Adolph koelsch in Die Wochc.
lie draws attention II the tact
that Just as combustion of fuel for
the production of heat and energy is
always attended by ashes and Stag,
so Tie slow combustion which pro-
duces hea; and energy IN the body
by means of metabolic changes, is
likewise attended by waste.
We read: "Since Ibe senses
never come 10 rest vo.un.asi.y or
shut themselves of from the outer
world, point would eventually be
reached when the organism would
parish as victim of general nerve
exhaustion.
"la order TO hinder this, Nature
arranges betimes, i. e.. before ex-
haustion can seriously injure the
organism, 10 set in motion that op.
posite current which we term sleep. -
Again, q The sight-endowed ani
NAL tends TO take its sleep at night,
since the siimula which govern the
ANIMALS vial activities are then cut
Off.
For animals endowed with other
special senses, but not with
sight, the night is not SO great q
factor. "rhese can only blockade
siimula to the senses either by creep
ing into some secluded spot or by
the action of Nature in causing an
opporIune production OF a substance
a sort OF hormone) which acts as
an obstacle by entering the nerve
path and deadning sensibili,y
There are numerous indications tina
the latter is what actually take'
place.
II is believed that sufficient De
gree of satiauon is one of the infuen
ces which create such an obstruction
but the whole subject Is still in nee'
of extended investigation. Koelscl
nas also studied insects with confr
matory results.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1913-06-12

BEcAusE the Supplies of both
cTrde oIi and coal are more or less
limited aud are impossible of re-
gensratioa. a British chemist rises
TO remark, quite logicsliy. too, that
the better way tn solve the i@rsDd-
Ing fuel problem is TO oh ain motor
spin, from iiviug. plants. Potatoes,
beets and allied vegetables, consis,-
ing largely of starch. are capable of
fermentation and YIELD alcohol. IT
would seem, therefore, remarked
the chemist, that the soundest solut-
ion Of the problem is to be sought
along the lines of the production Of
fuel from some living plant which
assimiiates carbon by photosynthe-
sic, thereby avoiding the exhaustion
OF the source of supply.