Meade County news., 1916-06-29
WHEAT IS FLOODED
Phenomenal Rains Threaten to
Ruin the Crop in Central
Part of State.
RAILROADS SUFFER DAMAGE
Three Hundred Yards Of Track Wash
ed Out Near Hutehlnson-ottawa
Facing Flood.

Probably 300 yards of railroad track
| was washed out and whole fields in
undated by an additional rainfall of
four inches at Hutchinson. In less
than a month there has been more
than ten inches of rain in Hutchinson
and vicinity. The official figures for
precipitation In Hutchinson since May
"a are 9.53 inches, but the rain has
been much heavier elsewhere in the
county.
The Arkansas Valley Interurban
railway, between Hutchinson and
Wichita, was forced to suspend serv-
ice when 300 feet of track was carried
away ubout five miles east of Hutchin-
son. Both the Missouri Pacific and
Santa Fe had washouts near there,
and service was impaired. Large sec
tions of Hutchinson were under water
and four-foot rise was coming down
the Arkansas river, threatening to In
undate the entire city The water was
higher than at the highest stage of
the 1903 flood.
In some wheat fields near Hutchin-
son the grain is not visible. The
| whole county is continuous quag-
mire, and three weeks of successive
| hot days is all that will save the
wheat crop from total ruin, farmers
say.
| Ottawa Is facing another flood, the
second serious one in ten days. lndi-
cations are that the water will con-
tinue rising and the river will over
flow the valley again.
Heavy rains north Of Wichita have
caused the second high water Of the
month. Enormous crop damage is re-
ported. Roy Zimmerman, %, far
mer boy, lost his life when he at
tempted to swim a slough swollen
with flood water. Both Big and Lit
tie Arkansas rivers were rising rapid
ly and the United States weather bu.
reau warned people in the lowlands
to seek higher ground.
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Or. r. c. Moore to X. U.-Dr. Ray
mond c. Moore Of Chicago university
has been named to succeed in the
Kansas university department of geo.
logy Prof. w. H. Twenhofel, who re-
signed in April to go to the University
of Minnesota. In addition to taking
all of Professor Twenhofel's classes,
DR.. Moore Is expected to become head
of the Kansas State Geological Sur
vey.
Lecompton Buildings 6urn.-Seven
business buildings were burned at
Lecompton early the other morning.
The damage was estimated to be $780,
900. The origin of the fire, which
started in a butcher shop, is unknown,
Former Publisher Dead.-Corum H.
Young, So years old, owner of the
Atchison Champion from 1902 to 1911,
is dead there. In 1912 he was appoint
ed a member of the Kansas Conserva'
ton Commission.
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Identify Boys Body.-Identifcation
Of Lee Robinson, the 14-year-old boy
whose body was found hidden in un-
derbrush near the Frisco tracks and
South Park week ago was made re-
Gently by Oscar Jenkins Of Galena, a
half-brother. The boys mother Is
Mrs. Harriet Lee of Galena. The boy
left home in March, and relatives be
9 lieved him in Quapaw, Ok.
4 + X
Boy Swimmer Drowns.-Donald Aus
] tin, 14-year-old boy Of Claflin, wat
! drowned while swimming in creef
near there recently.
X 4 =
A Pioneer Dead.-E. s. Mcfarland
I a resident Of Geary county since 1855
\ Is dead at his home west Of Junction
Z City.
! Died on Kansas Train.-Beulah Ken
Y drick, 18 years old, daughter Of Davit
4 Kendrick Of Harden, Mont, died re
y Gently on Missouri, Kansas & Texa
s train between Kansas City and Olathe
y Heart disease was the cause.
4 4 X 4
y l. w. w. to Fields-Thousands o
il circulars have been posted in cite
3 and country throughout the whea
. belt by the l. w. W., urging the hal
g vest hands to demand $4 day Of tel
i hours, double pay for overtime, goo
= clean food, comfortable beds and NJ
Is discrimination against the /. w. W
9 They are also urged to use the motto
50 Bum pay, bum work." The men VIII
% are here now declare they pay no al
Is tention to the letters, but will wor
=. =, for a decent wage and do good worl
y Nost of them here now are destitute
X X X
a, More at Summer School.-More tina
seven hundred students have been Ell
: rolled for the summer course OF tn
= University of Kansas, an increase
more than two hundred over the a
= = tendance at the summer school
= 1915.
N New Oil Well at Augusta.-Th
j. | wichita Natural brought in a 1000