Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-05-20
SURE OF A BIG WHEAT CROP
Ten Southwestern Kansas countleo
Declare They Will Raise at Least
25,oo0,ooo Bushels This Year.

Reno county expects to carry off the
banner in wheat yield again this year.
1t has two hundred and eighty-seven
thousand acres in almost perfect con-
dition at this time.
If there is Hessian fly or any other
enemy to wheat lurking anywhere in
the county, Reno county farmers do
not know it.
II there is an unpromlsing acre in
Its area 1t is yet to be found. Clear,
moderate weather after the big rains
of the last few days added to the en-
couragement OF the south part of the
wheat belt for another bumper crop
closely crowding the record breaking
yield OF last year. Here are the big
wheat counties and their acreage, OF
the southwestern part Of the state:
Clark, $4,000; Comanche, 114,0O0; Har-
per. $4,000; Harvey, 111,000; King
man, $4,000; Kiowa, 10000; Meade
100000; Pratt. 244,0OO; Reno, $4,000,
and Sedgwick, $4,000.
These ten big counties have one mil
lion seven hundred thousand acres In
ALL about one-fifth of the total acreage
Of the state.
Seeks $4,000 Loan Fund.-A cam.
paign for a $4,000 loan fund has been
started at the University OF Kansas.
Contributions will be obtained from
faculty. students and alumni. Small
subscriptions will be obtained from
practically every student. The money
will be used to help students through
school They will be allowed to bor-
row from the fund at low rates OF in
terest and on good security. At pres
ent only few hundred dollars is
available for this purpose and that Is
out all Of the time. Registrar George
o. Foster Is keeping the loan fund.
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Women's Clubs EIect.-Mrs. ]. M.
Miller OF Council Grove was elected
president OF the Kansas State FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs at Emporia.
Mrs. Miller has been vice president of
the state federation for the last two
years She Is the wife of ex-Congress-
man J. M. Miller. Mrs. F. l.. Raymond
Of Glrard was elected vice president.
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cheered Jess Wlllard.-Central Kan
sas turned out and gave Jess Willard,
the Kansas champion, great well
come in Convention Hall at Hutchin-
son. Three thousand persons who had
filed the hall to see the conqueror Of
Jack Johnson spar three rounds with
Walter Monahan, rose and yelled
when his manager, Tom Jones, intro
duced him. Willard and his followers
left for Minneapolis to Join the
"1O1" Ranch Wild West Show. Jess
will do riding and roping act in the
show in addition to his boxing.
Murderer convicted.-A jury re-
turned a verdict OF first degree man.
slaughter against William White.
charged with the murder Of o. e.
Quinn, after being out six hours.
White, brakeman. killed Quinn, his
In caboose at Olathe.
January 10. .
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captor Of Jefferson Davis -Spls.- q
Daniel Ruby, one of the men who
helped capture Jefferson DavhSsl Chen
the Confederate president sought to
escape from Richmond during the
closing days OF the Civil war, is dead
at Atchison.
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Degree Of Honor Won't Merge.-The
grand lodge Of the Kansas Degree of
Honor at Wichita defeated by vote
Of 173 to 81 proposition to merge
with the Kansas lodge, Ancient Order
Of United Workmen The next annual
meeting will be held in Kansas City,
Kas., In March, 1916.
Child Scalded to Death.-Tha i-year-
Did daughter of Jacob Zimmerman,
live miles west of Marysville, was SO
severely scalded by falling into boil
Or OF hot water that she died a few
hours afterward.