Meade County news., 1917-03-22
SAVES THE WHEAT
Recent Fall of Snow and Rain
of Vast Benefit TO the Kan
Sas Producer.
FEBRUARY WAS A DRY MONTH
State Had Least Moisture of Any
Winter in Years-crops Can
Stand More Rain.

The fall of rain and snow which
occurred on the lucky thirteenth"
was the saving of the Kansas wheat
crop. The forecasted wet weather ar
rived on schedule time and left its
trademarks over the entire state in
the shape of rain or snow. Rain was
general over the eastern part of the
state, while almost the entire western
section was covered with snow. While
the precipitation was not heavy
enough to satisfy the crops, 1t prob.
ably saved Kansas wheat, according
to S. d. Flora, Topeka meterologist.
The moisture will cause the wheat
to begin its growth after being in a
dormant condition for nearly three
months. The wheat has already been
damaged considerably, Flora said, but
the rain will tide ii over until another
rain comes.
February, 1917, had less precipita-
| tion than any other month but one
on record in Kansas, and closed the
driest three-month period since state
wide weather observations were begun
thirty years ago, according to a sum
mary of reports from 1876 stations Of
the weather bureau. AT several indi-
vidual stations where weather records
have been kept longer than over the
OF oannrolly thn uintnr hQ c
been the driest for more than fifty
years. s,
The average precipitation (Which
includes rain and moisture from
melted snow for. the entire state was
.04 inches, or 1,1S. inches below nor
NAL. .....,
sod. r.i .:.ikM:% &,v.+. ~.
A. o.'.u. W. Election.--Dr, ]. W.
Graybill of Newton, was reelected
grand master of'the A.. o. U. w. Lodge
of Kansas az the opening session of
the thirty-seeond" biennial convention
at Atchison. Other officers elected
we're: Martin Myers, Kansas City,
Kas grand foreman; John Coryell,
Kiowa, grand overseer; e. NJ. Forde,
Emporia, grand recorder; A. II. Den.
ton, Arkansas City, grand receiver.
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Wellington Nurseryman Dies. -
Charles Worden, 50 years old, for
many years head of large nursery
establishment at Wellington, died sud
denly at his suburban home of q
hemorrhage of the brain. Mr.. Worden
came to Kansas thirty years ago from
Bloomington, Ill,
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Banks to Help Farmers.-The banks
of Douglas. county will extend assist
ance to farmers in, cases, where help
is needed to get in a full acreage Of
crops, This willremoye the possible
danger of a.shortage of crops due to-
+ the9 high: cost of3seed-c'r -; -,
,,' ;ir~a,s, hAS,& k;:* Ss.":.,' -, 49,
a>dK...;s %.K;,j c..'aPr6tgsssSr 'Resisns.@H
Fr6tessof' Lee r. Lfgha" "of thel English
department " THE KahSas State Agri-
'eultGfa1 College has sS'resighede. He will
ieave S;ot6}hfS Sl;it}fS for Ebfii3n, Mtjht.. Where ne
wifi be 'tHe tfiiecfGGrr' in the Normal de-
partment of the University of Montana.
..,,. ,,i.. ~, 5-,,*,.$ :, >;.y Mn So
:i..Elnsd~ on. sgspicion.y-Beeause his
breath smq.slllsA like. whisky after Ne
had, itsaksp a.. drink of Jamaica ginger
|. F. n. ,Callum,.,a ;lsbQrep, Was arrested
sat, ,Salina and; in. the city court;
|; ;Callpm said hee.tpok the: ginger f6r' .
.stomach ache. ,s.!a,,r; y ~, '"' -
..n ,f..3 ;4,,l. ss.k, ~ ~ ;o;..,... G:'e';i
.,,. Girls Min inaMasie,-Tbe MinneaDp,
lis High Schcol Girls. quartet and, the
chorus of ;. the same won first place
in the music. contest held at the North
Central Kansas Teachers association
in Concordia recently.
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To Have City Manager.-By a vote
of 229 for and 1877 against the city
manager plan of government was
adopted at Eldorado the other day.
Physician Dies on Coast.-Dr. j. N.
Ramey of Reading, IS years old, died
recently in Long Beach, Cal Doctor
Ramey was pioneer physician and
surgeon of Missouri and Kansas, being
an army surgeon in the Civil war.
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Dynamite Blast Fatal.-Joseph Nc.
Griesten, 60 years old, was killed by
premature explosion of dynamite,
while working on the golf course of
the Milburn Country club near Mil
burn Station in Johnson county.
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No Manager at Wintield.-The city
manager plan of government, voted
on at Winfield, at special election,
was defeated by about two. to one.
There waR.a. very light vote, ;
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Convicted for Two Drlnks.-;Jpan;
Rodfguez. a Mexican, took: two
drinks at Hutchinson from a bottle of
whisky,sstiolfeaN saw him and lie was
fined $1O0 and costs and given thirty