Meade County news., 1917-12-20
The State Horticultural Society
Adopts Resolutions Against
Weights and Measures.
ASK FOR NATIONAL STANDARD
pisapprove of Fusion With Any other
Soclety-Attendanc at Topeka
Meeting Was Large.

Of the society with any other state ad.
ministrative department, the Kansas
State Horticultural Society at Topeka
adjourned what has been the most sue
cessful meeting in its history. A leg
islative committee consisting of the
officers and trustees was appointed
to look after the interests Of the So
ciety when the legislature is in ses-
sion, for the purpose Of keeping the
organization distinct from any other
department. Resolutions were adopt
ed favoring the standardization Of
weights and measures in the United
States, and recommending that the
national congress make law to that
effect.
Bee-keepers we're encouraged to in
crease their production of honey dur
ing the war in order to conserve sugar
for canning fruits.
A canning demonstration conducted
by Otis e. Hall, of the Kansas State
Agricultural College, and Mrs. Clyda
Greene, county demonstrator, was one
of the principal features of the pro-
gram. They showed the members
how to preserve fruits and vegetables
by the latest improved methods.
Among the speakers were: d. De-
bacler, Topeka; Fred Burre, Leaven-
worth; Frank Ohlhausen, Leaven-
worth; II. L. Ferris, Usage City; Carl
Holman, Leavenworth, and f. W..
Dixon, Holton. The subjects discuss
ed ranged from the proper storage Of
farm fruits to the best way to keep
insects from destroying the crops.
The attendance at the meeting Of
the society was larger this year than
In former years and the interest, es.
pecially in the discussions of care and
preservation of fruits and vegetables,
was more marked, according to o. F.
Whitney, secretary of the society.
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Took Over Car of Potatoes.-Walter
P. Innes, the newly appointed food
commissioner of Kansas, arrived home
from Washington recently and took
his first official step. A car Of po-
tatoes belonging to an out-of-town
firm that had been on the tracks for
three weeks was ordered comman-
deered by Mr.. Innes and sold.
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CornstaIks Poison Cattle.-Heavy
live stock losses, as the result of pois-
oning from cornstalks, have just oc-
Cured in Chase county, and farmers
and cattlemen have been warned by
local veterinary men to keep their
cattle and horses out Of their stalk
fields.
Harper Papers Merge.-The Harper
Sentinel, a weekly newspaper, has
been sold by H. T. Leonard to ]. R.
Hoffman of the Harper Advocate and
will be merged.
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New Enlistment Record.-The rec
ord for enlistments in the army and
navy was broken at Salina when six
ty-two young men of draft age enlist
gu anu lClL dL OlCO lOl bdIlOu0 u dlu-
ing camps.
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Car Drives a Corn SheIler.-Fred
Hassier, farmer at Halstead, has
constructed an attachment to his mo-
tor car to use in driving corn she'll
er. 1t has been given a fair tryout
and may be patented.
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Glover Seed Hieh.-The most valu-
able load of sweet clover seed ever
marketed from Chase county was
hauled in the other day by w. G. Nc
Candless, farmer of South Fork. The
load contained ninety bushels of fine
seed and it was sold for $11 bushel
to a seed house.
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Prairie Grove Survivors Meet
Fifteen survivors Of the battle Of
Prairie Grove met at the Douglas
county court house recently for their
fifty-fifth annual reunion. Among the
survivors who attended is Alex Conner
of Kansas City, Kan, who enlisted in
Company B, Thirteenth Kansas infan-
try, and was in Lawrence two weeks
before Quantrell's raid in 1863.
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Find Dynamite Under Brdge.-Fed-
eral authorities at Atchison are max
ing an investigation following the dis
covery Of 100 pounds of dynamite I'M
der small bridge just west of the
city limits. The find was made by a
woman and her small son while they
were gathering kindling. The explo-
sive was in gunny sack, and was
well hidden from view.
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Prohibits Gas Pumps-An ordinance
to prohibit the use of gas pumps has
been passed by the city council at
Atchison. Atchison has established a
precedent, as several other cities have
considered such ordinances, but none
have been passed.
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Abilene Man City Manager.-Ken- !
yon Riddle, formerly city engineer Of
Abilene, has been engaged az city
manager of Xenia, o., to take up his
mn