The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-16
SIXTH DISTRICT NOTES.


As far as the returns are in the Sixth
district will raise not less than 80 mil
lion bushels of wheat this year. It is
also said that a prominent Sixth dis
trict official has put up wager that
the grand total of bushels of wheat
raised in Kansas this year will be not
less than 100 million bushels.
Frank Lockard, ex-pOstmaSter of
Norton, couldn't keep out of politics
any more than fish could live out of
fourth fellow to get into the senatorial
race in the Fifth district. This rails
ing alfalfa, hogs and hominy was too
hard work for Lockard and towns
people didn't know him when he came
off the farm.
The woods are filing up with good
fellows who want to represent the Sixth
district as delegates in the national Re-
publican convention The name of
Chas. E. Hall, of Russell, is announced
as being willing to go if the convention
viii o. K. it.
George Benedict, of Rocks county,
has a record breaking mule, which is
known from one end of the county to
the other as "Old SAL This mule has
helped harvest more wheat than any
other mule in Kansas for money, mar
bles or chalk. She has worked for %
years on a header, averaging 800 acres
every year, besides doing work on a
binder and dropper for many years. too
ever, and only recently tried to run
away from Benedict. When "Old Sal"
dies Mr.. Benedict proposes to give her
a respectful burial.
Q. V. Henderson retires from the Of
fee of superintendent of schools OF
Rawlins county with the best there is
in the shop from everybody He will
go onto his farm. which is well stocked
with fine cattle.
Thomas county is shy about 80 900
.,.cv Of Of If wa
a year ago. Every acre of her $1,000
acres in wheat this season IS so favor
able that farmers are kicking because
they didn't sow more.
jerome Shoup, of Hill City, who keeps
from 300 to 500 head of cattle from one
year to another, besides is one of the
big alfalfa raiserS of Graham county,
is so firm in his belief that Hill City
and Graham county are all right, first,
last and all the time, that he is invest
ing about 900 in Hill City real estate
in the way of business buildings. He
also owns about three sections of Ora
ham county farm lands, and he doesn't
hesitate to buy more as he needs it
Nor does he buy for speculation, but
for farming and stock purposes.
Chas. W. Lands, of Osborne, refuses
to run for state senator, and the Phil
lipsburg Dispatch trots him out for del
egate to the national Republican con-
Vention. Every newspaper fellow In the
Sixth district will consent to this.
James n. Fike, late Democratic rail-
road commissioner, has opened real
estate Office in Colby. ixdis extended ac-
quaintance ought to be the means OF
heading to Colby and Thomas county
large number of new corners.
The WOOdstOn Register double leads
a column article bringing out S. N.
Hawkes. of Rocks county for congress
to succeed Congressman Reeder- That
paper goes on to say, Hawkes. would
receive more votes than any other man
in the district" Will State Senator
Harry Pestana give his consent for
Hawkes. to run? At any rate both gen
tlemen were candidates for congress in
the Beloit convention six years ago, and
one of them claimed the other didn't
tote fair.
r. w Trimble, county attorney of
Sheridan county, is playing baseball this
season in the Missouri Valley league,
and is pitcher in the Nevada team.
Congressman Z. J. Turner, who
was stolen out of third term nominal
ton in the Colby convention in 1890, and
who has been resident of Washington,
d. c., since then, viii locate in Seattle,
and will remove there soon. For several
years he has been practicing law before
the departments in Washington.
The Thirty-ninth senatorial district
comprising thirteen counties in the
Sixth congressional district, has over
1900 voters. The average district in
the state has about 900 voters. In this
UlSlIlCL II GOSLS do iluCn 10 make the
race as it does in the congressional dis
trict of twenty-five counties Charles
BuschoW of Colby is the present sena-
tor and win doubtless ask for a re-
election. The senatorial district isn't to
be sneezed at when it comes to getting
appointments. It has Lieutenant Gov
ernor Hanna, ". E. Ward and c. c.
Evans, register and receiver of the
Colby land Office, A H. Blair. regitser of
the WaKeeney land Office. Cy Anderson
clerk of the railroad committee, S A,
Cook and E. S. Knight holding good
jobs in the office of secretary of state
John Dawson, who is in the attorney
generals office. Darwin Higley is town