Meade County news., 1917-08-09
PACIFIED BY THEIR LEADERS
At a Mass Meeting Held Later Men
Voted to Continue at Work
for the Present.


the high cost of living for the benefit
of the general public is question the
miners have not allowed TO worry
them.
Austrians, Italians and French com
pose most of the population of Frank
lin. They were accustomed to having
their beer in the old countries and un'
til the Bone Dry" Law went into ef
feet they had beer in their homes at
Franklin. When the new law was
enacted huge petition was sent to
Topeka from Franklin protesting
against the measure. The lack OF
good water is urged by some miners
as reason why beer should be al
lowed in their homes. In some Of the
camps the water furnished by the coal
companies admittedly is bad, and
miners assert they have been COMPEL
ed to drink beer and wine instead
OF water.
Later at a mass meeting at Frank
lin, the miners voted to return to
work and cease quibbling. Alexander
Howat, president Of the Kansas min
ers organization, told them their at
tempt to break down the Kansas
Bone Dry" law was ridiculous.
A reply from the governor was read
at the meeting. He explained he had
no power to revoke the state laws, but
he had ordered the board of health
to investigate the water supply in the
coal camps.
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Tourists Hit by Train.-Mr. and
Mrs. II. Bevernan Of Chicago, touring
overland, were killed when their mo
tor car was struck by an Atchison
Topeka &c Santa Fe train just outside
the city limits of Spearville. Marks
in the road showed the machine had
slid a distance of nearly fifty feet to
the tracks.
Wheat and Thresher Burns.-The
160-acre field of wheat belonging to
G.. w. Taylor of Chapman was almost
completely burned while threshing
was in progress. The fire started
from sparks from the engine. Two
teams of horses and three wagons
were burned.
Woman AS Baggage Master.-Par.
sons is the only station on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas Railroad and
possibly in the United States that has
a woman baggage master. Mrs. Nettie
Harmon was given the job two weeks
ago. ,..
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A Kansas Boy Drowned.-Joseph
Nathan Phelps, jr, the 7-year-old son
of Joseph Phelps of Junction City, was
drowned, while wading in the Repub-
lican River there recently.
Fair Oats YieId.-Oats are yielding
from fifteen to forty bushels to the
acre in Republic county where thresh.
ing was begun recently. l. S. Shipek
farmer southeast of Belleville, aver
aged thirty-five bushels. which is con
sidered a record for northwestern
Kansas, in view of the drouth.
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| Farmer Attacked BY BULL. B
FELTON,, one of the earliest settlers Of
Mcpherson county, is in critica
condition at his home, seven miles
southwest of Mcpherson, as the re
suit of being attacked by mad bull
FELTON, was engaged in doing some
animal. His daughter heard his erie:
and called aid Pitchforks were use(
and the bull was finally driven off.
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"Ntro" Blowup Kills Mama nitro
glycerine moto rear driver, whose namt
is thought to have been Corder, wal
blown to pieces near Chanute recent.
when his cargo exploded.
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PeddIers Arrested At loia.-Th
county authorities have ordered tn
arrest Of two men who were distribut
ing corn cure and courtplasters a
lola recently. A warning against tn
use of the plaster has been issued.
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Farm Fire Near olathe.-A loss O
$4,000 was sustained in a fire whic
destroyed a barn, silo and one thous
and bales of hay on the farm, Of w. +
Wright, six miles southeast of OlathC
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Loses Life For Hat.-While he wa
riding upon the step of crowded tro
ley car bound for circus at Pittsburt
Thomas McGregor's hat blew off. Nj
gregor, a miner at Arma, reached fo
it, lost his balance and fell under tn
wheels, losing his life.
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Entertain Draft Men.-Brown Coul
ty members of the national guard an
all men subject to draft will be ente
tanned at Hiawatha in August at
community reception. The event
planned by the Hiawatha Red Croi