Meade County News from Meade, Kansas • Page 1

I' I': -a -f. A VOL. IV. NO. MEADE, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 28.

1903. JOHN D. SlMTOR Ana Pl)sllHli; IT'S A PACT That you will save time and money by writing to us for information. IMPROVED RANCHES A SPECAL.TY. PROSPER LAND Meade, Kansas.

WILL SHELLEY, Bmdid AaaTKtOTsn. JOHN D. WEHRLE, NOTARY I in ip After June 1st we will sell all I goods positively for cash. I THIS IS NOT ALL, I I We will sell goods at almost cost. I GEO.

S. FOWLER, ft "EVvntrl pt TTnriKPis 1 Latest ty In Dry Goods, MilHncpy I and Notions at WBHKLB'S Fee's Drug Store Has A Complete Line of Medicines, Toilet Articles Palnta Glass. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED. DR. W.

P. FEE, Proprietor. I GEO. B. CONES, Real Estate Abstracts.

FARMS, CITY PROPERTY, RANCHES, ABSTRACTS, RAW LANDS, INSURANCE, Entire Charge of Property Taken; Taxes Paid, I 500 EXCLUSIVE AGENCIES. J. W. BERRVMAN, President. W.

S. BERRYMAN, Cashier. C. Q. CHANDLER, Vice-President.

THE MEADE STATE BANK. MEADE, KANSAS. Capital Stock, $10,000. Surplus, $5,000. Undivided Profits, $3,211.47.

Designated Depository of Meade County LIST OP stockholders: R.A.HARPER, HENRY BRINCKMAN, D. ADAMS, B. S. McMEKL, W. F.

CASTKEN, LOUIS BOUHLER, J. W. BERRYMAN. C. Q.

CHANDLER, W. S. BERRYMAN. This bank is distinctively a cattlemen's and stockgrower bank. We solicit the business of the legitimate cattlemen1 and toe kg row ers of the southwest.

Money on hand at all times for legitimate cattle loans with good margins. NO PURCHASE LOANS. if 8 i LocaI News. ft I ft Millet seed for sale at. Read's Grocery.

Call and see the doll house at Read's Grocery. We have those dollar watches. Sourbeer Co. Choice candies, fruits, nuts etc. at the Owl.

Try Arcadia Ginger Ale at the Owl Confectionery. Fresh bread and pies always on hand at the Owl. Ice cream Decoration Day at the Owl Restaurant. George DeCow went to Harring ton on business Monday. Try some of Read's evaporated raspberries, they make elegant pies.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Hill are enjoying a visit from their daughter from 111, The special election Tuesday was quiet. The vote was light all over the district.

Ten Nights in a Bar Room will be played on Saturday night only. Please remember this. Mr. Rhodes Smith of Hoopton, 111. is in the city visiting with Mr.

Sourbeer and family. A special price on buckwheat flour to close it out before warm weather. Read, the grocer. The City Marshall requests all parties to refrain from throwing rubbish on the streets and also clean up their alleys. Mr.

Camp will not do any grind ing on next Saturday, (Decoration Day.) All patrons will govern themselves accordingly. W. S. Berryman, Cashier of The Meade State Bank is in Topeka this week attending the meeting of the Kansas Bankers Hamilton's Band will give that fascinating and instructive play, 'Ten nights in a Bar on the evening of Decoration Day. Mrs.

V. A. Johnson and son Jirr- mie, of the Cimarron, were pleasant callers'at our office last week and renewed their subscription for another year. We are under obligations to Mrs. E.

R. Blackmarr and Miss Anna Sourbeer for a beautiful bouquet of red roses from the Sourbeer ranch in the Artesian country. Hamilton's Band will give Ten Nights in a Bar room Saturday ev ening May 30th. Be sure and come to this performance. Miss May Emick left last Monday evening for her old home in Chicago.

She has been in Meade for the past several months with her brother Charles. Just received a new line of sum mer millinery and new dress trimmings also a new line of summer dress goods, Mercerized Crepe and fancy ginghams, at WehrLe's. Mr. and Mrs Ben Buck left last week for Hutchinson Kansas where they expect to make their future home. Mr.

Buck returned to Meade Monday to look after some business. If you will take your money to Fowler's you can buy goods as cheap as from the mail order houses, and have the satisfaction of seeing what you buy. New prices after June first. Mr, R. F.

Babb and family left last Monday evening for Spickard, where they will remain indefi- nately. We are sorry to loose Mr, Babb and family from our city and hope that they will conclude to return. Mr. Al H. Heber and wife stop ped in Meade last Saturday evening and remained until Sunday evening.

They were on their way to New York City from Los Angeles California, their home. They met many of their old Meade friends who were glad to see them. Last Fridy afternoon a cyclone passed through the southwest portion of the county totally destroying the residences of Martin and Henry Buck. No one was at home at Hen ry Buck's, he and his family being visiting at his brother Martin's The tornado passed on striking Ashland and doing considerable damage, Henry Buck carried $500 tornado insurance which will materially help him. Martin Buck had no insurance and his loss will be consider able.

1 his is tne worst storm we have had in Meade since the famous tornado of 18S6, which passed just I south and east of Meade. on nil. HENRY Bl'RFORD, Election went off smoothly. The steel gang was picking up steel this week. Be sure and hear "Ten Nights in a Bar Room May 30th.

Mrs. Elliot's sisterfrom Pekin, 111., is visiting here this week. Mrs. Kirkpatrick went to the east ern part of the state on a visit. Mr.

Sims was loading -a carof hay for eastern market the first of the week. Mr. Rhode Smith, an ex-resident of Fowler, made a short call in the city Saturday. The wheat is beginning to head quite nicely and from present indications harvest will be earlier than usual. Mr.

Rodgers place was badly wrecked by a cyclone Thursday. Mr. Shules house was also badly wrecked by the storm. Nearly everybody sustained a slight loss by the storm. Ashland Torn up by a Cyclone.

May, 21, at 4:30 p. m. a cyclone approached Ashland from the south west and took a north eastwardly course, striking the north west part of the town and. laid waste all barns, windmills and wrecked a number of houses. Six houses were completely destroyed viz.

Rogers, Gardner, Theis, Lucas, Neunamaker and one school house north of town. Some parts of the buildings were carried for many miles. Several people were slightly injured but not serious. The approximate damage is put at $40,000, which will likely be an under estimate. A second cyclone passed just west of town the next day at 1:30 p.

m. which demolished every thing in it's track. It killed 16 head of horses for Mr. Klinger, 28 head of cattle for Mr. Molyneaux 12 head of cattle for Mr.

Hinkie and a numper of others which I am un able to make statement at present. Some of the cattle were" carried for a distance of three and four miles. JEWELRY NEWS. Are you "out of sight?" See Sourbeer Co. We are equipped for fitting glass es by the most improved methods.

See us if your eyes trouble you. We have an assortment of lockets holding two tovfour pictures. Just the proper thing now. We are selling good clocks at a very low price. Does your sewing machine need a new shuttle or any other new repairs? We can get them for you.

The finest silver cleaner on the market is the Silver Cream, 25c per bottle. If you want a wedding ring in a hurry call up Phone No. 11, that's us. A 15 jeweled 'genuine Waltham movement in a 20 year Fahy's case for $16. SOURBEER The Jewelers.

Clark Williams returned from Arizona last Saturday and brought his little nephew and niece who will make their home with Mrs. M. A. Williams. A ten days revival meeting will begin at Plains June 4th, 1903 at 7:30 o'clock p.

m. The large Tab ernacle belonging to Dodge City District will be used in which to hold the meetings. The meeting will be in charge of H. S. Booth, District Evaugelist.

Other pastors in the District will also assist in the meetings. The people of West Plains and surrounding country are cordially invited to attend these meetings. We always have a fine good thing for our customers. We are now selling a good all wool suit worth $10. for $7.00.

We want you all to call and see the values we are giving. In regard to women's and men's shoes, we have a nobby line and every pair guaranteed. It has been hard for us to keep up in sizes on account of the large demand wehave been having but we now have a complete line. We have a nice light Dongola Congress gaiter for men in Hamilton Brown make, price 2.50 which we will sell for $2.00. Hill Hill suspender from 25 to 60 cents Oxford ties from $1.50 to $3 You can get any of these bargains by calling on, B.

S. MCMEEL, Meade, Kansas. DECORATION DAY PROGRAM. Song America By all. Invocation Rev.

Reace. Song Quartette Recitation Estie Kenny. Recitation Hope Osgood. Song Anna Busing. Recitation -Six little girls' Recitation Ethel Innis.

Song Quartette. Columbian Drill. Recitation Linus Rosenberry. Song Gladys Buis. Song and living pictures "The Battle was the Recitation Bessie Conger.

Song Mrs. Fred Gray. Recitation Mabel Perry. Pantomine Star Spangled Banner Naomi Read. Song and Drill Columbia's Flowers.

Old Soldiers are invited to make a five minutes talk. Closing Address Rev. Robinson. Song Quartette. Married.

Mr. John W. Haver and Miss Adda Petefish were united in marriage last Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Haver in this city by Rev. Robinson of the Baptist church.

Both young people are favorably known in Meade county, where they have resided for a long time. They went immediately to the home of the groom in Beaver County. The News along with their many friends extend congratulations. Monday's Review. mi.

F. S. SULLIVAN Editor. Chicago had only 19,000 cattle today, or, Yz her usual run. Mes sages report an advance of ten cents on all early sales; the late market easy, compared with the best time.

Only 3,000 head were offered here; trading opened fairly active with the scale of values strong to a dime higher. The variety was not large. Some good. cattle sold at anything extra would have brought more. '-Among our individual 'sales was a tring of 12351b steers at these were 10 tors higher than last week's closing pri ces.

I he better feeling was also carried onto the cow and heifer market. All decent butcher stuff was picked up readily at satisfactory prices. The limited number of stockcrs on sale met with an active demand; possibly some grades brought more than a week ago. Odd ends were steady. Hogs: 50,000 hogs in Chicago, 5,000 on our market.

Ihe trade here opened a big dime lower and grew worse as the day advanced. The closing sales showed a shrink age of fully 15 cents below Satur day's average. Only one car sold at 6.25, the top price. We sold several bunches at the opening that would not have brought within 5 or 10 cei.ti of the price later on. The majority of sales today ranged from $5.90 to $6.10.

Inquiries invited; consignments solicited. Rice Brothers, Commission Merchants. Kansas City, Mo. The Mussquawkie Indian Co. is in town this week and will give medicine shows for the next ten days.

The Company is a good looking outfit and are giving a good show. Beaver Herald. Oliver Stubbs, a son of Sam Stubbs, created quite a sensation at St. Louis recently. He was at a Grand Wild West exhibition which was attended by thousands of people.

A wild-eyed broncho was brought before the grand stand, thrown and blindfolded, while the wild and woolly cow boys were preparing to take their lives in their own hands and ride the beast. Oliver was well to the front of the crowd and began guying the whole performance, and hinting that the outfit was not giv ing the poor innocent broncho any show at all. The proprietor got nettled and suggested that Oliver come into the ring and show them how to' bust bronchos. A bluff doesn't go very far in the Stubbs family and Oliver was soon on a mad fight with the broncho. The beast couldn't get him off, and in a short time Oliver brought the bron cho up standing before "the grand stand and asked the show man if he couldn't furnish a beast that had some life about it.

The crowd went wild and everybody guyed the showman unmercifully. In the con test which followed Oliver Stubbs was barred. Dodge City Globe-Repuplican. John W. Baughman made a business trip to Wichita the latter part of last week.

Poles are being set on the telephone line connecting the XI. ranch and this place. The stork visited the home of Charlie Taylor, Saturday, the 23rd, and left an eight pound boy. Mr. of Antelope, was in the vicinity a few.

days ago looking up a location. Miss Ada Edwards and Mrs. Sullivan have been on the sick list for several days. We are glad to chronicle the improvement of both Will Warner, of Cheney, is viewing with delight 'the immense wheat fields surrounding and will invest in a wheat farm before he goes back. Now that election is over let us raise our sights and get ready for victory in 1904.

Our choice for leaders, Parker and Harris sounds well dosen't it? Mr. Vaught, father of Prof A. L. Vaught, is visiting his children here and to make his visit one long to be pleasantly remembered he invested in a fine farm south of town. By the way, what has become of that company that promised telephone connection between Plains and Meade by the first of February? Did they mean February 906? Mr.

J. H. Doyle, an old timer here, now of Sedalia, dropped in a few days ago to look up some land he owns in this "vicinity. Mr. Doyle says that as land is getting valuable it is worth looking after.

We noticed a few stanzas of poetry in the News last week and on read ing it are insp'red with thespn of the Muse and with all due respect to "Subscriber" and humble apologies we submit the following: There's a bloomin' lot of tender eet A rollin' into Plains, In "kivered ears" and wagons And of the lot that's comin' in There's many bnsted flat; But now and then you'll find a man Whose pocket-book is fat. Now one and all, both rich and poor, Are after lands in Kansas. Thejr know dern well they've struch a place That's full of great bonanzas. Well so it is, there's lots of us That's been a long time waitin' To see the immigration turn Toward this part of the nation. So they're heading back to Plains again, For they hear the people say There's money made in raisin' wheat, And it seems just that-a-way Now people farm the pastures And for all there's plenty room, The cattle men are looking sore And cussing of the "boom" Yes lots of folks are comin' in, They're comin' with the rush; This aint the place where pancakes grow Oo scrubby hazel brush, But fields an' fields of finest wheat, Are wavin' in the breeze, And after harvest we'll be fixed And livin' at our ease.

An' we'll write our wives dear people To come out right away An' get a piece of fannin' land And come prepared to stay. We'll explain the situation To all who want to come And all the reulers of the east Will come here and get a home. FRANK S. SULLIVAN, At torney-at-La All legal instrnmsnts carefully and ac enrately executed. PLAINS, KANSAS.

Buy one of Read's oil cans, you can't run your lamp ovei when you fill it. The most severe electrical storm we have had for years, passed over us Saturday night between 8 and ten o'clock. There was a space of half au hour when it seemed to be almost a continual crash. The south store rom of N. J.

Smith's was struck, tearing off the cornice, breaking windows and tearing things up generally, but was not accompanied by Jos Pinkney happened to be passing by as the building was struck. Within four feet of where the current went into the earth he was knocked down but sustained no severe injuries. J. S. Giddis was also severely stunned as he was on his way home as he had gone a round the back way to avoid water and mud.

Bucklin Banner. Will Ellis and Orvil Arnold, the well experts, have fininshed two more wells for S. A. McColum who now has more water than anybody. The boys went down to Meade county Tuesday, but are expected back this -canta Fe Monitor.

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