Meade County news., 1916-11-30
Dr.. Nabours Believes Raising
the Little Animals Would
be Profitable Here.
ARE EASILY DOMESTICATED
State Agricultural collegs ls Conduct
ing Series of Experiments to
Discover Best Methods.

the Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege.
wild fur-bearing animals are be-
coming so scarce that people every
where are concerned cbout the prob
able sources of fur" said Doctor Ma
bours. Raising the wild fox in Can
ada is being tried, but the output OF
fur is insufficient to supply the full
demand, and the process of raising
the animals is extremely expensive.
Karakule sheep afford good substi-
tute in quality but not as yet in guam
tity because of the difficulty In i'm:
porting them from Bokhara.
"The skunk presents, perhaps, the
best possibility for domesticatiop and
breeding of any fur animal 1t Is easy
to raise in captivity, eats almost any
thing, and becomes surprisingly tame,
even making desirable pet. The
musk glands are easily removed when
the animal is young, so that the Of
fensive odor is eliminated"
The zoology department is undertake
ing some preliminary experiments in
order to find out the best methods
Of raising skunks, their heredity,
habits, and the best varieties to use.
Because of the fact that the expert
ments are yet in their infancy the de-
partment is not ready to give out any
complete rules for skunk raising.
The experiments, as far as carried
out, indicate considerable future for
this industry. More than so, persons
in Kansas have already made a be-
ginning in skunk breeding. Members
of the United States biological survey
have for years been advocating ex-
periments along this line.
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Mines School Burned.-Fire which
originated in restaurant destroyed
four frame buildings at Weir City and
for the second time in year the
Kansas State School of Mines Is left
without a home. The burned build
ings were located between two brick
buildings. The school of mines occu
pied the upper floor of one Of the
brick buildings which was badly dam
aged. 1t is said the school did moi
save more than $500 worth of equip
ment. About year ago the building
in which the school was located
burned to the ground.
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Wins a Pledge case.-A controversy
over pledge of $4,000 subscribed by
r. D. Sabin a farmer of Reno County
to the building fund of a Bible college
in Minneapolis, ended recently when
the probate court at Hutchinson de
cided in favor of Sabin's widow.
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Died After Running Upstairs. =
While consulting his family doctor al
Wellington after having run quite rap
| idly upstairs, /. A. Zug, widely known
merchant, died from heart disease. He
was 43 years old.
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Woman Dead Of Burns.-Mrs. Au
gust Neimann is dead at her home
west of Frankfort as a result Of hel
clothing catching fire from stove
Her back from the shoulders dowr
was burned.
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Arkansas City Pioneer Dead.-Dr
G. w. Parr, 70 years old, pioneer
resident of Cowley and Sumner coun
ties, is dead at his home at Geudi
Springs.
Pioneer Woman Dead.--Mrs. Anni
Minnie Weiche died at the home o
her daughter, Mrs. William Thiessen
near Marysville. She was 81 year
old. Six sons and three daughter
survive her. She was one Of the frs
settlers in the county.
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Hutchinson Gazette SoId.-Cheste
c. Leasure Of Wichita, formerly par
owner of the Wellington Daily JON
nal, has bought half interest in th
Gazette at Hutchinson, and with Johl
M. Schwinn will conduct 1t in the fu
ture. Mr.. Schwinn has been connect
ed with the Hutchinson News.
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| Hunter Accidentally shot-Clarenc
Jones of Wichita died Of an Academia
gunshot wound in the leg while bein
taken to hospital there on SAINT
Fe train. He was injured when
shotgun fell from an automobile b
was driving on hunting trip iron
Norwich. An artery was severed.
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I EIdorado Refinery SoId.-J. ]. Ta1
man and M. Taxman, Illinois refiner
and oil operators, have bought tn
Eldorado Refinery Company's plant a
Eldorado and are now in charge, Th
price paid was $4,000. The Taxmal
brothers will enlarge and improve tn
plant, which has capacity Of a thou
sand barrels day.
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Shot Firer klIIed.-Charles Heller
a shot firer, was instantly Killed Il
Crow Mine No. 20, southwest 0
scammon the other night. He LEI
. widow and six children.