Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-12-16
KANSAS LAND AWARDS MADE
Dodge City Office Announces Winners
OF 3t7 Claims in Recently Opened
Forest Reserve.

The list of winners in the govern
ment land drawing held in Dodge for
claims in the national forest reserve
was announced recently. More than
one hundred claimants were delighted
to find they had made the only entry
on the land they selected. More than
one hundred other claims went to the
winners in drawing in which four
hundred and fifty contestants were en-
tered.
Prospective homesteaders were al
lowed to file on the half section they
selected. If second filing was made
on the land the names of both contest
ants were thrown into the drawing
box. The first name drawn out for a
certain claim was the winner in the
drawing. Due to the necessity Of ex-
amining every application before the
announcement of winners the list did
not come out before.
The successful applicants come from
all parts of the United States. Many
who filed stayed at the land office UNI
til the list was announced, in order to
refile on unclaimed land in the reserve
If they lost out in the drawing About
en- by the first filing and sixty thou
sand acres are still left. Due to the
amount of work necessary in handling
the filing papers, the notices cannot
be mailed to successful homesteaders
for several days,
Fought OFF Five Wolves.-Andrew
Geisert. returning to his farm from
Niles, Ottawa county, heard child
scream He whipped up his team to
the top of the ridge he was climbing
and saw a 7-year-old boy with stick
facing five wolves. The boy, swinging
the stick, turned from side to side as
the animals circled about him. Gel
Bert drove the wolves away with his
whip and took the boy to the home OF
his father. G.. w. Washburn, a farmer,
q mile away. The child, not finding
his father when he returned from
school, had started down the road to
q neighbours and was attacked by the
wolves. That section is not thickly
settl d.
$4,000 to Emporia College.-Trus-
tees of the College of Emporia were
assured recently that business men Of
Emporia would give $4,000 to help in
rebuilding Stuart hall, which was de-
stroyed by fire. This decision was
reached within an hour after a meet
ing called by the Emporia Commercial
Club.
Dies Of Broken Neck.-The death Of
Keith Schmidt, 16 years old, at Salina,
from a broken neck, makes the third
death from that cause in Salina in
four months. A fourth case, that of
Mrs Arthur Hoffman, ended in re,
covery.
Pioneer Woman Dead.-Mrs. Sarah
Brown, widow of J. P. Brown, a
wealthy railway contractor, is dead in
Atchison. aged 70. She had lived there
fifty-six years. She was leader In
church and charitable work.
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Father Of w. r. Stubs Dead.---J. w
Stubs. the father of ex-Gov. w. R
Stubs, is dead in Lawrence. He was
80 years old The funeral was held
from the home of w. R. Stubs.
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Gas Kills Aged Woman. Mrs. Caro-
line Finke, 10 years old, was suffo
Gated in an unusual manner at Leaven
worth. She put wash boiler full o.
clothes on gas cook stove and sa
down to wait until the water boiled
She fell asleep. When the waite
boiled over and put out the fire gas es
capped and filled the rooms, asphyxi
ating her.
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Three New OIL WelIs,-The Wichita
Natural Gas company has brought II
kI,raa storu nj wells nm their holdin o,