Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-05-06
BOUGHT IN BY BONDHOLDERS
Property of the United Kansas Port
land Cement Company Sold BY
Receivers at lola.

The property of the United Kans-
sas Portland Cement Company, with
mills at Neodesha, Independence and
lola, originally valued at $1,500,O00,
was sold by Charles F. Scott at re-
ceivers' sale at lola recently to Dan
F. Servey of lola for $199,950. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Servey represents
the bondholders committee.
The sale of the property is subject
to confirmation of Federal Judge Pol.
lock April 20. Any objections must
be made by that date. Judge ]. E.
Goodrich, Roscoe c. Clark, w. d.
Pratt of Kansas City, Mo-, and NJ. L.
Alden of the Kansas side we're there
to represent their various interests.
1t is the prevailing opinion that at
least one of the plants will be oper-
ated by the purchasers, the Leigh
Hunt Engineering Company and asso-
ciates, whom Mr.. Servey with George
b. Nicholson represented. w. d.
Pratt of Kansas City retired from the
bidding at $4,000 and L. l.. North
rup at $4,000 The Hunt Engineer.
ing Company is declared to be dis
tinct from either of these interests.
The Great Western Portland Cement
plant at Mildred, owned principally by
Kansas City capitalists, will resume
operations within a week after a shut
down lasting several months. Mil
dred is ten miles northeast of lola.
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Banker Candidate for Governor
John E. Wagner, president of the Kan
sas State Bankers Association and
president of the First State bank of
Larned, has announced that he would
be a candidate for governor of Kan
sas. He will go before the primaries
in August and ask for the Democratic
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No Writ for stuckey.-A writ of
habeas corpus was denied w. NJ.
Stuckey, a former minister at Will
liamsburg, in the district court at
Leavenworth recently. Stuckey is
serving a sentence in the state prison
for abduction.
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Farmers Wife Burned to Death
Mrs. Henry Adams, "a years old, wife
of farmer near Anthony, was burned
to death recently by the explosion
of kerosene, with which she was
starting a fire. Her husband ran to
her assistance and carried her out of
the house. He suffered painful burns,
but will recover.
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FlashIIght Tore Up SchooI.-An ex-
plosion tore up one of the rooms in
the high school building at Pratt when
a chemistry student exploded some
fashlight powder in taking an interior
photograph. Three large windows
were blown out No one was injured
The student erred" in making the
powder
Garfield ScrooImate Dead. NJ.
Sortore, schoolmate of the late Pres.
ident James A. Garfield at Hiram Col.
lege in Ohio, is dead at Ottawa. He
was So years old.
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lola Gets Signal Corps.-The sig
nal corps allotted to Kansas and
which will be equipped and supplied
by the government will be located in
lola.
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To Whistle at Big Fair.---James
Butin, junior in Kansas University,
has signed a contract to whistle at the
Panama.Pacifie Exposition 10 San
Francisco. Butin has filled whistling
engagements ON lyceum and chautau-
qua circuits. He will spend three
weeks at the fair. His home is at
Fredonia.
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Olathe Opens Rest Room.-A pub.
lie rest room, with the city and John.
son county sharing jointly in the ex-
pense of about $1,000, is the latest
public improvement at Olathe.