Meade County news., 1917-11-01
BOOST GOOD ROADS
Kansas Advocates Organizing
Everywhere in State Under
the New Law.
AFTER SHARE OF FEDERAL AID
No indication That State Is Tagging
Behind, Says President j.. Frank
Smiths Statement.

Kansas is doing things in the good
roads line. A big start has already
been made on the five-year campaign
for 3G5-day roads in the state, and 1t
is only the beginning, according to a
statement prepared by j. Frank Smith,
president of the Kansas Good Roads
Association, and used in his addresses
recently at Winfield and other points
the state.
There is no indication in the report
of progress that Kansas will lag be-
hind in getting her share of the fed
eral appropriation for the present
year. if the counties complete the
tasks that they have set out to handle.
The new Kansas road law is but six
months old, but the good roads boost
ers have not been idle and are organ
izing everywhere to take advantage
of its provisions.
Programs are already in operation,
or mapped out in a long list of coun-
ties, according to the data gathered
by President Smith.
If all these projects can be started
before next spring it will be a Won
derful showing for Kansas. Practic-
ally all of the roads are on the marked
highways, where the Federal aid will
be applied to pay Is per cent of the
cost. If the present activities can be
kept going it is believed that before
the end of the five years fully 5000
miles will be financed, which will in.
clude a half dozen trails across the
state, two or three east and west and
several north and south. 1t must be
remembered that to date Kansas has
but LOO miles of improved roads and
all of that is oiled earth or sand-clay
except 800 miles. 1t must also be re-
membered that up to six months ago
only two or three counties had ever
started a campaign for paved roads.
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Diphtheria on Train.-Charles Har
ris, years old, and two brothers, An
thony and Edward, 8 and 12 years
old, were taken from a Rock Island
train at Pratt affected with diphtheria
Doctor Patterson found one boy suf
fering with blood poisoning. The cal
was set out and fumigated. The boys
were travelling alone from San Diego
Cal, to Springfield, o., where their
father, a United States army officer
resides.
Parsons Has Coal Famine.-A coaI
famine exists at Parsons and dealers
hold out no hope for relief. Not a
pound of coal could be bought there
recently, the dealers even refusing tc
book orders, declaring they could moi
learn when they might expect ship
ments. The power companies, how
ever, have a supply sufficient to last
few days.
Injured in ,Runaway.-O. r. Powell
Kaw valley farmer, was internally
injured recently when the team of
mules he was driving became fright
ened and ran away near Lawrence.
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League of Cities EIects.-R. J. Hop
kins of Garden City was elected pres
ident of the Kansas League of MUM.
cipalities at the meeting in Wichita.
Other officers are: Charles e. Bank
er, Salina, vice president; Homer Tai
bot, Lawrence. secretary and treas
urer Trustees are: w. L. Porter
Of Topeka for cities of the first class,
]. L. Morrison of Chanute for cities
Of the second class and p. J. Wall
of Moundridge for third class cities.
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War Use for Apples.-Apple buyers
are offering Reno county orchardists
high prices for windfall and waste ap-
pies, to be used in making vinegar. A
process by which vinegar can be used
in making acetic acid, used in high
priced explosives, is causing the de-
mand for the apples. s.heretofore regard.
ed as almost total loss.
lnterurban Company Sued.-The
Lawrence Street Railway Company
has sued the Kaw Valley Interurban
Company, running from Lawrence to
Kansas City, Mo-, for $4,000 on al
legged violation of contract.
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Farmers Pay Record Wages.-Four
dollars a day with three square meals,
is the price Chase county farmers
have been paying farm laborers to
help fill silos and care for their fall
crops.
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Water for Oil Town.-Towanda the
new oil town in Butler county, is to
have water works and sewers. A con-
tract has been let for a water and
sewer system to cost $4,000 and a
standpipe to cost $1,000.
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Atchison Pioneer Dies.-David VIII
liams, for thirty-nine years resident
of Atchison, is dead, aged "a. Mr..
Williams was a veteran of the Civil
War and had been a member of the
Masonic lodge since 1847, having held
many offices in the order
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