Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
State MarshaI's Figures Show
Reduction of As Per Cent
Since 1912.
MAY ASK REVISION OF RATES
Kansas Now Paying More for lnsur.
ance Than at Any Time Since
1909, Says Hussey.

went up in smoke during 1912, the re
ports of Fire Marshal Hussey for the
first six months of 1915, show a daily
loss of only $6,S24. a reduction of AZ
per cent.
Based largely on the records in the
office OF the state fire marshal an at
tempt undoubtedly will be made with
in the next six months to get revis-
ion of fire insurance rates downward
in Kansas. Since last December Kan
sas has been paying higher insurance
rates than at any time since 1903,
when Charles Barnes, state insurance
superintendent, ordered in reductions
of II per cent on mercantile and IA
per cent on dwelling risks. The SUI
preme court held that the order was
not legally made and the old rates
were restored last fall.
While Kansas is paying higher rates
statistics compiled in the office of the
state fire marshal, first under Harri-
son Parkman and now under S. T.
Hussey, show the daily fire loss in
Kansas has been dropping steadily
since 1912. When Parkman went into
office in April, 1913, he estimated that
the daily fire loss was $12,5O0.
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Kansas Day at objectionable
Kansas sunflower the other day took
precedence over the California poppy
at the Panama-Pacific Exposition,
while a large number of Kansans,
headed by Governor Arthur Capper,
celebrated Kansas day." Governor
Capper, who was orator of the day,
planted a walnut tree in front of the
state building. Other speakers on the
program were Henry Allen, publisher
of the Wichita Beacon, and Governor
Hiram w. Johnson of California.
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OIL Near olumbus.-Although Cher
okee county has for many years bene-
flied from lead, zinc and coal under
the ground, it has never yet had pay
ing gas or oil well that would endure.
prillers on the E. S. Demarce farm,
nine miles west of Columbus, put the
drill through about six feet of oil sand
the other day and in a short time after
ward struck gas in a fair flow at the
depth of 100 feet.
New Bank Head.-William ]. Wat
son, postmaster of Pittsburg thirteen
years up to last April, has been elect
ed president of the First National
bank of Pittsburg to succeed the late
]. R. Lindburg. Mr.. Lindburg was
Mr.. Watson's father-in-aw.
Minister Webs Probate judge
Rev. T. S. Mosher, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Leoti, and Mrs. Mag
gle Gilmore, probate Judge of Wichita
county, were married at Leoti recent
ly. They left on a honeymoon trip to
Colorado summer resorts.
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Child's Scalp Torn Off.-Little Pearl
Pretz, aged 4, was scalped at Salina
when she was struck by an automobile.
Her hair was torn from her head and
she is unconscious from conclusion
of the brain.
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Wants Quiet at Night.-Every night
is going to be quiet one at Manhattan.
The city commissioners have passed
an ordinance prohibiting loud or I'M
usual noises between II o'clock at
night and o'clock in the morning.
The penalty is fine.
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Third Bank at Harper.-A charter
has been granted to the third bank
at Harper. 1t is to be called the Citi-
zens State Bank. Its capital is $25, 900.
+ + r.
Atchison Business Man Dies.-Wil-
liam H. Thayer Go, for years promi-
nent business man and manufactures
at Atchison, is dead. He came to At
Gibson in 1879.
Rain Damage to Hay-Another two
inch rain fell at Garnett, in the midst
of the hay harvest Many farmers had
commenced cutting hay and the rain
caught it all on the ground
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Drowned While Fishing. - John
Fletcher, young farmer near Larkin
in the southwestern part of Atchison
county, was drowned in the Delaware
river while fishing. The body was re-
covered by his companions.
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Maker of Big Firecracker Dies
Victor Zinni who made firecracker
of twenty-five pounds of powder and
an empty beer key at Ringo on July 8,
is dead OF injuries he received when
he set off the cracker.
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Wichita Has New Police Head.-G.
c. Hay, assistant chief of police, has
been made chief at Wichita succeed.
ing o. K. Stewart who was arrested
on charges Of selling liquor to boot
leggers after it had been confiscated
and was being held at the city hall for
evidence.
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Plum Juice Kills Baby.-The burst |
ing of a glass lar of boiling nlu,n