Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-09-21
Irish Flats

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daughter-in-law of Mr.. and Mrs
Morton, visited them a couple o
weeks She returned home Monday
Fourteen of the neighborhooc
.ook dinner with S. Ponlius and fan
| lily Sunday. Mrs. Morton, Of
Eureka and Roy were callers in the
afternoon
Vol Barragree is building large
cave on the hoIIe place. He says
he likes snug place to go when the
wind gets too rough.
Thos Schumacher and family,
of Nebraska, are visiting home folk
just now. Everybody is glad to see
Tommy.
The Ford boys are busy filling
silos this week.
Mrs. Roy Pearsall returned bone
from Garden City last week and
Roy is happy once more.
Henry Cochran and family return
ed from Western Oklahoma last
week and report fine time. They
were over in New Mexico while
gone and had venlson to eat. Some
treatthat.
Misses Pearl Pontlus, Jennie Pad
en-, and Pauline Keltner and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Ford motored to
Meade Monday afternoon.
A. J. Paden is taking treatment
from DR.. Fee for cancer. 1t is on
one side of his nose.
One of Geo. Candles valuable
mules was bitten by rattle snake
couple of weeks ago. The animal
is getting along very we'll at present,
but is still somewhat stiff and swollen
A certain lady growled because
her name was not mentioned in re
gard to aArip into Oklahoma, in an
item last week. Well the reason
was, Ye scribe did not know she
was along.
Married: September aoth, at Elsie
Chapel, Mr.. Joseph E. Paden and
Miss Pearl Pontius. These young
people are so we'll known on the
Flats that they need no boost from
US. They will live on the Frank
Easton place as soon as Joe can
build house. The bride is the
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Pontius, and Joe is the oldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Paden. We
extend our best wishes to the young
couple.
Mrs. Hendricks went to Gage,
Oklahoma Sunday.
Murel Barrsgree went to Hutchin-
son last week to visit her grand par.
ents, Mr.. and MIS-. Dick.
Charlie McConico is helping Vol
Barragree this week. Charlie says
1t is most awful lonesome baching
on the farm alone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Carol will
take up their residence on the Griffin
farm this week.
Roy Moron and Jim Lowry went
by the Ford route to Meade Mon
day.
The school maams, Misses Agnes
Senger, Hattie Ross, Gladys Stewart
and May Andis all report schools in
splendid condition.
What is the reason that so many
people can go nineteen or twenty
miles away and get there by nine or
ten O'Clock without any trouble but
can't possibly get to Sunday school
before eleven O'Clock, or half past
and only have from two to four
miles to goa
Rev. Lewis and family have not
yet returned from their trip but are
expected some time this week.
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs.
Pear Ford Thursday and apparently
had a good time.
Henry Cochran helped Jack Hot
tiugsworth take cattle to Meade Sat
urday.
Mr.. LaevAley's boy, who is work
ing for Asa Ford, got kicked by
mule Tuesday morning. No bones
broken, but at this time they do not
know exactly how bad he is hurt.
Last week WIN. Barragree was
taking silage cutter to Meade. 1t
fell Oh. of the wagon and caught
Will on the arm aud shoulder, hurt
ing HIM quite badly, but he is get
ting along o, k.
z Monday morning Everett DaEtd~
son was loading ridge buster into
a wagon, when it fell on him, break
Ing him down in the back so tina, he
can hardly get around. He 10 do.
ing as we'll as can be expected at
this time.
Miss Wayne FiRkle commenced