The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-12
SIXTH DISTRICT NOTES.

| Goodland shows great building activ-
! ity. Several new residences have been
built during the summer and fall, 9TH
| ers are under way, and there is a de-
mand for many more. Besides several
business houses have been completed
during the year. The removal of the
Rock Island superintendent and his
force from Colorado Springs to Good
land and the enlargement of the shops,
has made a big demand for residences.
One of the greatest needs for Good
land is hotel accommodations. A safe
investment and one which will pay a
handsome percentage on the investment
! is for some one to go there and build a
hotel in the heart of the business part
of the town. No town in the Sixth dis
trict has any better future before it,
and there are none SO bad off for hotel
conveniences.
There is a stream out in Lincoln
county called Devils Greek. And the
inhabitants along that stream claim
there is no more deviltry going on there
than in any other part of the county.
The editor of the Sylvan Grove News
thinks the people of Lincoln county are
living in a fine old world, but spoils
| it when he tells them that perhaps
they may live in a better one, some
time.
Dr. John B. Dykes, of Lebanon, may
vet be glad that he was defeated for
congress in the Sixth district by w A
Reeder If the reports are true he has
sure pay for all time. whereas If he had
been elected to congress ne couIdn
depend on a life job. Strong indlca-
lions of oil have been found in the
wells on his farm adjoining Lebanon,
of sufficient quantities to form a scum
when left standing in a Vessei Tor
| few minutes The stock on his farm
refuse to drink it.
Grafton refuse to be credited to the
seventh district The federation held
| its pleasant annual meeting in Norton
| this year. ard not in Newton.
In the month of September last the
| Union Pacific handled at Hays city ~
cars out of which 1875 were wheat, and
AZ car loads in. In the same time the
amount of cash RENTED was Sl4.2u9-9l.
II has been so dry and dusty in the
Sixth district for the last month thar
most people are wishing that Congress
man Reeder would resume MS tax on
irrigation. When he was talking on TINS
| line several months ago it rained al
most daily: since he quit the dust is
| almost binding.
| Exactly twenty-four babies were ex-
| hibited ct the Mitchell county fair re-
Gently and every one of them Compel
| ing for the first prize The three VINO
won out on the first. second and third
premiums were boys The large num-
Der of entries in this department only
goes to prove that this year has been a
Wonderfully prolific year for other
| things besides crops in Mitchell county.
| 1t was to be expected that the dry.
windy and dusty weather prevalent
throughout the Sixth district for the last
six weeks would be charged to some
body The Norton Courier has located
the cause for it. That paper says:
"Cv Leland is responsible for this wind
and horrid dust
Joe Wright has returned to Lebanon.
which is good enough place for him.
He has been in Oklahoma looking for
| a location Speaking of what he saw
| FRY he a
whose denizens feast on razorback hogs.
watermelons and paw paws can get
along without him. He SAYS of his old
home county: GIVE me Smith county
or give me DEATH.
There is talk of putting in new
paper at Esbon- A newspaper has been
printed there for years, much of the
time when a mere existence was all the
editor could make out of it. Now the
place has less than 500 people, and
| someone with a wheelbarrOw of tyne
wants to start the second journal. 1t
takes nerve to do it.
| Friends of Dan Dyer say that in order
to keep out other candidates. ne has
already announced his willingness to
! succeed w. H. Nelson as postmaster of
Smith Center. A vacancy will not oc-
| cur there before two years. Some one
ought to give Dyer something after a
while.
Postmaster Perdue of Beloit is taking
a months layoff, resting up. He is
will also kill some deer and bear if they
put in an appearance.
With Norton county's immense wheat,
corn and alfalfa yields, little is talked
of except crops. Farmer Lockard comes
| to town in a hurry now, whereas when
| he was postmaster. he was in town most
of the time. He hasn't been in Topeka
for year. but will run down soon just
to catch on to what the boss busters are
doing. He promises to keep out of the
wrang1e.
To show how telephone stock is in
creasing in value in the Sixth ristrict.
here is a case in point: A few months
| ago the Hill City Telephone company
wanted 900 for their plant. Recently