Meade County news., 1915-05-13
MARKING THE OZARK TRAIL
Work of Designating Route in Kansas
Starts at oswego-3oo Miles
Already Marked.

The active work of marking the
Ozarks Trail began from Oswego re-
Gently, in charge of w. H. Harvey,
president of the Ozark Trail Associa-
tion of Monte Ne, Ark, accompanies
by guide and two painters furnished
by the local organization in that city.
First the route south from Oswego to
an intersection with marked route
twenty-eight miles south, was desig-
mated and marked. Starting from Os-
wego again the same force will pro-
ceed north through Parsons, Chanute,
lola and intervening towns, to an in
| tersection with the Santa Fe Trail at
Emporia. Returning again to Oswega,
the trail will be marked east from
there to Joplin, and west to Independ-
ence, Kas., as a part of the route to
Wichita, Oklahoma City and another
connection with the Santa Fe Trail at
or near Hutchinson. Oswego will
form the junction of the main north
and south and east and west trails.
The route to Emporia will branch off
at some convenient place to Kansas
City and the ultimate stop of the east
ern line will be. st. Louis. Mr.. Harvey
reports three hundred miles of the line
marked now and seven hundred miles
will be completed before the date of
the Ozark Trails convention at lnde-
pendence, June II. At recent meet
ing in Oswego much interest in the
matter was taken and delegations
were there from nearby towns.
Kansas Labor Head Names Ald.-
John Pelligrino Of Mulberry has
been named as assistant state commits
sioner of labor and mine inspector.
Francis Keegan, present incumbent,
was notified by P. J. Mcbride, state
commissioner Of labor, to turn over
his office to Pelligrino May 1. Com
missioner Mcbride also announced
the following deputy mine inspectors:
James Sherwood, Edison; Charles
Paisley, Pittsburg; Martin Ketzman,
Frontenac; Fred Green, Columbus, and
Thomas Turvey, Scranton.
Baby Drowned In a Jar.-Elsie, the
two-year-old daughter of Sam Star
buck, living at Spring Hill, ten miles
south of Olathe, was drowned in eight
inches of water in a 16-gallon stone
jar on the back porch of her home the
other afternoon. The little girl was
playing in the yard with other chill
dren of the family and about A o'clock
her mother noticed her absence. A
search was made in the barn and other
outbuildings, but she could not be
found. Homer Hartley, driver of the
city ice wagon, joined in the search.
He saw the childs feet sticking out
from the stone jar. She had been
dead half hour or more.
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Wellington Daily sold.-C. r. Hav-
ems, postmaster at Wellington, has
sold the Daily Journal to Bruce Heg-
Ter and Chester Leasure of Wichita,
who will change the politics of the pa
per from Democratic to Republican.
Mr.. Havens will continue to publish
the Weekly Peoples Voice, county
Democratic publication.
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Drainage Bonds SoId.-The Com
merce Trust Company of Kansas City
was the successful bidder for the $685.
521.73 of Delaware drainage district
6 per cent bonds, bids for which were
opened at Muscotah the other day.
The company took the entire issue and
paid a premium of $1,619.S0.
Woman Hurt in Runaway.-Mrs.
Omar Reed, wife of farmer of Frank
lin county, probably was fatally in
jured as the result of a runaway re-
Gently. A passing motor car fright
ened a colt Mr.. and Mrs. Reed were
driving.
Dug 7La Tons of DandeIions.-The
children of Mcpherson in one day
pulled about $4,000 pounds of dande-
lions A contest was inaugurated by
the Federation of Women's Clubs. The
merchants offered prizes Of candy.
More than sixty entries were made.
The children of one family combined
in many cases to bring the weight up
for one of their number.
Short Story Authority to X. u
DR.. J. Berg Esenwein, formerly editor
of Lippincott's Magazine and an au-
thority on the short story, spoke at
the University of Kansas recently. DR..
Esenweins text books are used in lit
erature classes at the University of
Kansas.
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Woman Died In Taxi.-Mrs. T. c.
Truman, a pioneer resident OF Inde-
pendence, died in a taxicab recently