Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-16
NO KANSAS DRAWS TO DAM
irrigation Commissioner Tough Un-
able to Locate Site for Storage Re-
servoir in Western Counties.

State Irrigation Commissioner J. w
Tough is willing to dam a draw, if he
can find one west of the Tooth merid
ian that was ever known to have water
in it,
"One man cited draw on his ranch
to me-" said Tough. 81 went out to
look at it. Upon investigation found
that no water had flowed through it
for seven years. With all the rain we
had last summer that draw was as dry
as a powder horn. 1t wouldn't do
much good to dam draw that is al
NOTED to any great extent by such an
enterprise"
1t has always been the favorite slo-
gan of western Kansas statesmen to
dam the draws" They claimed that
was the salvation of the Western
plains. They argued that enough wat
er fell in western Kansas to mature
crops in good shape if it could be
utilized, but when it was needed for
the crops it wasn't there If the draws
were damned everything would be
lovely and western Kansas would be
the garden spot of the earth, they
said.
Having discarded several Of the ir-
rigation pumping plants owned by the
state, Commissioner Tough decided to
turn his attention to storing flood
waters. He began to advertise for
draw to dam. He expected to find one
easily. There had been so much talk
about draws he didn't anticipate any
trouble in locating enc. He first looked
at Representative Hooper's draw in
Ness county, which had been adver-
tised extensively. He found that it
had had no water in it for five years.
Then he looked at another fine draw
which had contained no water for
seven years He has been looking
ever since, to no avail
Aged Inventor Dead.-George Kim
ball, 81 years old, and probably the
oldest person in Lawrence, is dead
from an injury received in fall two
years ago. Kimball was an inventor
and had taken out twenty-five patents.
He owned foundry until few years
ago. During the Civil War he was a
government inspector at the rifle fac
tory in Springfield, Mass.
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Skeletons in a Grave! Pit.-While
digging in gravel pit on the edge of
Wichita, c. d. Briggs uncovered the
skeleton of woman and child. EN-
bedded in the woman's chin was a
flint arrow point, indicating she was
killed by an Indian.
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Killed in Motor Accldent.-A. B.
Wright, 20 years old, wealthy real es-
tate dealer of Wichita, was killed re-
Gently when his motor car turned over
in a newly made road, seven miles this
side of Anthony. Mrs Wright, who
was driving with him, was slightly in
jured
Impaled on Buggy Tongue.-Dick
Steibeler, young farmer living near
Sabetha, was killed the other night
when he collided with a buggy on a
dark road near Sabetha. Steibeler
was riding a motorcycle and was i'm
paled on the tongue of the buggy.
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Elevator Fire in Atchison.-The big
elevator of the Cain Milling Company
at Atchison burned recently with a
loss of about $4,000. Defective cleo
trio wiring is believed to have been
the cause.
Blew of Boys Hand.-James Kap-
pie, 10 years old, lost his right hand in
an explosion at Ottawa recently when
he struck dynamite cap with ham,
her The boy found the cap along the
railroad tracks.
Lived So Years on Same Farm
Martin f. Kern, who came to Kansas
in 1857 and had lived on the same farm
since, died at his home three miles
southeast of Humboldt the other night
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Music Teachers Elect-A banquet
closed the annual sessions of the Kan
sas Music Teachers Association at
Hutchinson. Salina was selected for
the 1915 meeting. Officers elected are:
Edgar B. Gordon, Winfield president;
Henry Roudenback, Atchison, vice
president; Paul UT, Salina, secretary
treasurer.
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Drowned In a CeIlar.-Echo Brown,
the 4-year-old daughter Of Sharon
farmer, was drowned recently in
spring in the basement of the house
She fell through the cellar door,
which was open, and into the water
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Big Fire at'WaIton.-Fire in Walton,
ten miles west of Peabody, did be.
tween $4,000 and $4,000 damage the
other night The lumber yard and
practically all the store buildings were
destroyed.
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Veteran Conductor Dead.-Harry
Hardy, one of the Oldest conductors
! on the Rock Island system, died at his