Meade County news., 1915-09-02
TAKE FARM COURSE TO HOME
Extension Department Of the State
Agricultural College Plans Movable
School for This Year.

A college coarse in agriculture and
home economics, not only for the boys
and girls, but for the men and women
who are engaged in the actual work
OF managing the farms and homes of
Kansas, is the new line of work which
will be conducted by the extension di-
vision in the Kansas State Agricultur-
al College this fall. This college
course will be taught by movable
college which will go from place to
place in the state, upon petition from
the people of the community. 1t will
be known as an extension school.
From November l to March l, the
season set apart for this work, the
schedule is almost complete.
The Institutional work in this NOV
able college consists of six lectures
each day for five days. The movable
college opens Monday morning and
closes Friday evening. For the men
three courses of ten lectures each
are given. All of the different phases
Of agriculture such as crops, soils,
live stock, dairying, farm architecture,
will be treated.
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Find Oldest Kansas Bridge.-Resi-
dents of Leavenworth are mystified
by the discovery of old bridge string
ers buried in the mud of a small
stream near there. The stringers
were found by workmen excavating
for foundations of a new structure
and it is believed they are the rem
nants of bridge erected by the gov
ernment about 1850, although no rec
ord of such a bridge can be found.
Since all work done since the incor-
poration Of the city, in 1854, is on
record, it is believed that the bridge
was constructed earlier and it is as
serted that it may have been the first
such structure erected in Kansas.
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Oldest Wilson County Settler Dead.
Funeral services for David N. Cav
en-, 70 years old, the last of the orig
inal settlers of Wilson county, were
held in Neodesha recently. Mr.. Cav.
en- went there fifty-eight years ago,
when there were about twelve white
persons in the county.
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Ex-Gov. Hodges ls Home.-Gov.
George H. Hodges returned recently
from chautauqua tour through Ohio,
Indiana and Iowa, where he
lectured on commission form of gov
for states.
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Shot Station Agent.-James Fisher,
night operator for the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas Railway at Kincaid, was
shot and seriously wounded early the
other day by man who attempted to
rob the station.
Mine Strike Ended.-The strike OF
twelve hundred miners employed by
the Sheridan Coal Company and sub
5idiary companies near Pittsburg, has
been settled. The terms of the settle. |
nent are not announced. District of. |
icers of the United Mine Workers of |
America have been in conference with |
John P. White, international presi.
dent, at Indianapolis. The strike be.
gan August 2.
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Boy Dies Of Rables.-The 9-year-old
son of Elder B. B. Jewels died of
rabies at Melvern recently. Six other
persons were bitten by the dog at the
same time, about month ago.
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Miner Killed at FrankIin.-Robert
Austin, shotfirer. was killed In an
explosion in Mine No. Is of the West.
ern Coal and Mining Company at
the other night.
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Shocked "HeIIo GirIs."-A severe
electrical storm struck Pratt recently
md several persons were shocked by
lightning. At the central telephone
,ffice all of the girls were knocked
rom the board and one of them was
made unconscious several hours.
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Dead at 97.-Wesley ]. Jones, 81
ears old, who had lived in Atchison
ounty since 1858, is dead at the home
# his son, William ]. Jones, three
niles south of Atchison. He was
'orn in Ohio and settled on a farm in