Meade County news., 1916-11-02
FOR SCHOOL FAIRS.
Dean Johnson of Agricultural
College FavOrs the Local
Exhibitions.
ARE OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE
NeighborIiness and Community Pride
Are Promoted by These Town.
ship Gatherings for the People.

Every county should have its school
house fairs and every school an an,
nual exhibit Of farm, school and home
products, in the opinion of e. c. John.
son, dean Of the division of extension
in the Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege.
Kansas counties have already made
a splendid beginning with school
fairs" said Dean Johnson. "In one
county this year 81 out of IS schools
made exhibits at the county school
fair and in another county last year
every school in the county was rep
resented by an exhibit, it's teacher,
and members of the school board
These fairs are not mere exhibits
of crops, live stock, and school and
home work, but a combination of all
of these with many additional features.
They are educational first of all and
help even in the teaching of the three
RS in much less informal way than
usual.
rather than exhibits of unusual varie-
ties that should not be grown in the
community better to have good
draft horse than a racer which is of
little practical use; better TO have an
exhibit of darned stockings than en-
broidery-although embroidery should
not be overlooked and better to have
good bread than fancy cake.
'In addition to their educational
value these fairs promote neighborli-
ness and community pride and instill
a spirit of cooperation in children and
parents
Dead From Emporia Accident-Mrs
Aaron Hammer, who was injured at
Emporia in the accident in which her
daughter, Mrs. Ernest Tomlinson, was
killed when a street car struck the
buggy in which they were riding, is
dead. Mrs. Hammer was born in
North Carolina in 1860, and had lived
in Kansas since 1869.
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Oil Field Near Winfield.-A new oil
field was opened with the bringing in
of a well by the Empire Company.
three miles southeast of Winfield.
When the drill entered the sand, the
well filled up several hundred feet
with oil.
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Killed by Own Wagon.-Louis Craw-
ford, 60 years DID, a farmer living near
Sedgwick, fell in front of his farm
wagon the other day and the team
pulled the front wheel over Crawford's
skull, crushing it and causing death.
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Masons Met In PrTson.-One of the
largest gatherings of Masons ever
held in Leavenworth county attended
the fiftieth anniversary of Nine Mile
Lodge, No 49, of Lansing. The cele-
bration was unique in that it was held
in the Kansas State Penitentiary.
Frank Gable, one of the seven original
members of the lodge, founded half
CShtuly u6OJ wac piOoCllN' " 1SCOlll-
inodate the crowd it was necessary
to use prison chapel and dining room.
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School Superintendents Meet-At the
closing session of the twelfth annual
conference of the Kansas school super
intendents at Emporia these officers
were elected President, NJ f. Moore
Leavenworth; vice-president, ]. W.
Gowans, Winfield secretary-treasurer
c. A. Wagner, Junction City.
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Saved by Lungmotor.-A lungmotor
was used to resuscitate Alden Logan,
who was rendered unconscious by a
shock from an electric light wire in
Lawrence recently.
Woman a Motor VIctim.-In a mo-
tor car accident near Baldwin Miss
Mary Taylor of Dwight was danger
ously injured With her brother, C.
H. Taylor of Oklahoma City, she was
going to Gardner. The car overturned
at Black Jack, four miles east of Bald
win, when the steering gear broke,
pinning Miss Taylor under the car.
She is fatally injured, it is believed.
Taylor escaped with minor bruises.
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DictagrSph In Mayors office.-A
dictagraph arrangement was taken
from Mayor Bentley's office at Wich-
ita recently. City firemen saw two
fine copper wires extending across
the street from the city hall to hotel
and informed the mayor. lnvestiga
tion developed that the wires led
from the mayors office to room in
a hotel nearby. No instrument was
found attached to the end Of the
| ' Tres.
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Lutheran Synod at Wichita. = The
English Luthern synod of Kansas
which closed at Lawrence recently
voted to hold its next convention al
Wichita. Salina invited the synod tc
meet there next year, but Wichita was
chosen by two votes.
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