Meade County news., 1916-05-25
.1-CROP FARM RISKY.
"ankers Prefer to Loan Money
to Man Who Conserves
the Soil.
FAVOR DIVERSIFIED FARMING
Ness City Man Tells State Convention
at SaIina Of Its Value to
Kansas Z.

Kansas Z.
The Kansas bankers opportunity
lies in directing the methods of farm
ing, in spreading the gospel of auxil-
iary crops and the many adjuncts to
wheat that are proving profitable, A.
w. Wilson of Ness City said recently
before the annual convention of the
Kansas Bankers association, Mr.. VIII
son spoke on "The Banker and the
Wheat Crop" and emphasized the val
ue of diversified farming in Kansas;
"The bankers can confer great ia
vor on the chronic ground skinner and
exclusive wheat grower by insisting
that out of every 81 lent by the bank
81 will be invested in other lines of
farm business" said Mr. Wilson.
"It is surprising how quickly some
of these energetic wheat spectators
credit when held down to reasonable
limits and encouraged to pay atten-
tion to other lines of profitable enter
prise offered by the Kansas farm. The
man with cows and silo, some hogs
and brood mares, is safe risk and
when borrowing to put out wheat need
not be feared, but the man who wants
money for seed wheat and enough to
live on while the crops grow cannot
be entertained by the careful bankers.
We must not lose sight of the dis
tinction between lending money for
productive purposes and lending it for
living expenses.
ut has been asked, and l think,
fairly should the banker not be will
ing to risk something to encourage our
greatest industry? would answer
that he should, but he should use his
Judgment and know that he is encour-
aging wheat growing and not specula-
tion in wheat.
"It is sometimes thought that in
wheat counties a great surplus of
money will be experienced with the
moving of the crop, but this does not
seem to follow. In our county the
moving of a million bushel crop, made
less than $15O,OO0 increase in bank
deposits while bills receivable in
creased fully as much"
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Prisoners Fled In Motor-Three
prisoners sawed their way from the
Butler county Jail at Eldorado the
other night, got into a waiting motor
car and came to Wichita. The jailer
was asleep. Five prisoners who re-
mained told officials that the hack
saw, with which the two bars were
sawed, was supplied by woman.
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Lightning Killed Man-James R.
Sproul, 23 years old, was killed by
stroke of lightning at the house of
John Mcdaniel in Wichita when bolt
struck the transformer of the electric
lighting switch and burning tout, sent
1000 volts through Sprouts body. He
died instantly.
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Eastern Stars Elect-Grand officers
of the order of Eastern Star were in
stalled at Wichita recently as follows:
Mrs. Blanche Wilson, Salina, grand
matron; David Ayers, Kansas City,
grand patron; Mrs. Lille V. Lennen,
Ness City, associate grand matron;
Walter Wilson, Washington, associate
grand patron; Mrs. Elizabeth Magic,
Girard, grand treasurer; Mrs. Matte
Davis, Independence, grand conduct
ress; Miss Annie Sutton, Olathe, asso-
ciate grand conductress.
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Postpone X. U. observation-disclosures
Of lack of funds, the faculty of the
University of Kansas has decided to
postpone the semi-centennial celebra-
tion which was to have been held
next year in observance Of the fiftieth
anniversary of the founding of the uni
versity. If an appropriation can be
obtained from the legislature next win
ter the celebration, which probably
will take the form of gigantic pa
geant, will be held in the fall of 1917.
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Republican Leader Dead. M.
Simpson, Republican leader and pio-
neer citizen of Kansas, is dead in Nc.
Pherson. Mr.. Simpson has been fa-
miliar character in Kansas politics
since 1882. He was known to every
body as "Jim," and his good ,humor
and optimism later won him the title
of Sunny Jim" among his close
| friends.
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Woman Town Builder Dead-Mrs.
Anna c. Waite, widow of the late
Walter s. Waite, died recently in Liz
coin Center. She was the first school
teacher in Lincoln county and she and
her husband helped in organizing the
| town of Lincoln.
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Doing Its Part-Kansas is doing its
part toward furnishing men for the
United States army, according to off
! cial reports received by Lieutenant
West, in charge of the Wichita re-
cruiting station. The Wichita district
exceeded eighteen other larger and
more densely populated districts In the
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