Meade County news., 1917-04-05
SaIina Merchants Organize to
Aid Families of the Absent
Soldier Boys.
SUCH HELP is BADLY NEEDED
New Association Plans to Watch
Our Wives and Children During
the Fathers Absence.

Salina, with j. A. Kimball at the head
This association is made up of busi-
ness men of Salina, who will hire the
retired business men or send their
clerks to look after the business of
the Salina boys who go to war if the
Kansas troops are called out. The
association is going to watch over the
mothers and the kids that are left
behind when daddy goes marching off.
That's the sort of organization
that we need in Kansas now more
than we need the home guards that
so many are volunteering for" said
r. Neill Rain, quartermaster and as
sistant adjutant general of Kansas.
"These organizations are needed to
look after the home folks when the
fathers are away. They will see that
the business does not suffer and that
the folks do not suffer and that the
little home that is being paid for
on the installment plan is not sold
away.
Last summer when the boys were
called to the border a young man had
nice little business. But his wife
couldn't run it and when he returned
he had to start all over again. The
fellows at Salina are going to send
a retired business man or one of the
active clerks in a store down to run
that business for the soldier boy
while he is away and when he comes
back that business ought to be about
as good as when he left"
Wind Destroyed SchooI.-A high
wind and hail storm swept through
Allen county the other night, cutting
off telegraph and telephone commune
cation. Belated reports say the
Maple Grove schoolhouse and numer.
Gus barns were destroyed.
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Engineer Died ddenIy.-William
Wyatt, 40 years old, hoisting engi
neer for the Kansas City Structural
Steel Company, died in a restaurant
at Arkansas City recently.
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Expect Big Hay Crop.-Prospects
never have been better for a big
prairie hay crop, according to large
holders of hay land in Woodson and
Wilson counties, the banner hay
region Of the country.
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College Founder Dead.-C. ]. Strom.
quist, widely known Swedish pioneer
and one of the founders of Bethany
College, is dead at Lindsborg. He
came to Mcpherson County in 1872
He held county offices, was the leader
of the temperance cause in the legis
lature in 1895, and 1897. He was "a
years old. O
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Caldwell Advance SoId.-C. M. Hunt
Of Garnett, and ]. R. Bennett, of To.
peka, former state printing shop EN-.
ployees, have bought the Caldwell Ad
vance from Mrs. Clarice McIntire, re-
Gently elected clerk of Sumner Coun.
ty. Mr.. Hunt is Mrs. McIntire's
brother.
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Woman Fatally Burned.-While
Mrs. Florence Forgey, of Lebanon was
cleaning clothes vessel on the stove
containing gasoline exploded and she
was enveloped in flames. A chance
caller put out the fire, but not until
Mrs. Forgey was fatally burned and
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To Write Flag Essays.-A prize will
be offered in the schools of Douglas
county for the best essay on "The
American Flag" The pupils are at
liberty to choose their own subject
as long as the essay is about the flag.
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Sold Snuff to Minor.-A Lawrence
merchant, NJ R. Wier, has been ar.
raigned on charge of selling snuff
to minor, a student of Haskell
Indian school. He admits selling the
snuff, but declares the boy claimed to
be of age.
Farm Fire Loss $13,OOO.-Fire of un-
known origin caused a loss of $4,000
on the farm of Carlin Brothers in
the south part of Saline county re.
Gently. Two barns, one of which was
the largest in the county; six horses,
two mules, number of hogs, twenty
tons of hay and more than $4,000
worth of corn burned
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Truck Broke Dealers Lea.-E. c.
Stewart, a motor car dealer, received
broken leg and other injuries when
a truck backed over him at Pratt
recently. He will recover
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Farmers Fight Car Thieves
Aroused by four motor thefts in the
last two weeks, the farmers of Tai.
mage organized and offer $500 reward
for conviction Of anyone stealing a
car from that township.
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Scarlet Fever at X. U.-Another
case Of scarlet fever was discovered
among the students of the university
last night when the illness Of James
M. Scott, junior in the college from