The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-15

weeks Those who have been seen the
last few days are O. L. Atherton, re
ceiver of the Wa-Keeney land Office
j. c. Brown, chief clerk in the peniten-
tiary and F. H. Burnham, S. A. Jones
and p. G. Chubbic. the last three from
Cedarvnle the FIRST county seat Of
Smith county as far back as 1872. IS
waking up A paper is to be started
there, but the proprietors don't say COR
The Mankato Monitor office expert
enced the coolest day of the year. one
day last week. 1t was on account OF
visits from three distinguished women
of Jewell county, whose names are jan
nary, Frost and Snow. No damage was
done to the editor or his Office
They say that Bill Nelson quit the
Smith Center Pioneer several weeks
ago but his name appears at the mast
head as one of the editors and pub
fishers.
Goodland has two newspapers. the
News and Republic. The same matter
is printed in both papers, although one
other a sort of betwixt and between.
Nor much use for more than one of
them. unless there is some railroad
mileage going to waste
Tt is said that ex-state senator ana
OK postmaster of Norton. Frank Lock-
ard, is really farming nowadays. The
reason he keeps away from Topeka is
he is looking on to see his $50 acres Ok
cut alfalfa. Lockard is going to live
In clover this year. and change his diet
from hos and hominy to more luxurious
art.cler-
While every day of the Beloit Chau-
tauGGa viii be Of interest there will be
several special features of decided en-
Joyment. The season opens July 10 and
closes July 81. july is will be known
as Eobson day. when Lieut. Hobson
VIII make an address. the 23d viii be-
known as Agricultural day. to he adj
dressed by number of prominent
speaker the 9th is Missionary day;
the 18th has been set e1art for Temper
ance da-'- the 18th will be observed as
National day. when Gen F'itzhugh Lee
and other s~ealSers of national reputa-
ton viii be present: July 81. Senator
Doiiiver OF Iowa viii deliver an address.
While the Rogers rilley company OF
Boston. viii close the ChautauQua with
musical concert
There is an extra stake of s25 lying
loose IN Smith Center which will h..
given to any baseball team that win
make more scores on the home grounds
than the Smith Center club does the
season of 1913 to decide
kensington. a Smith county town is
talklhs OF building 2 1876 barrel Touring
nun nun Whl1e Athol in the same county, is
talking up a bank.
Scarcely a word has been received in
topeka for more than two weeks about
Einef Ames. Frank LOckard Postmas-
Ter peterson or Col. c. D. Jones It is
not believed that the high waters of the
them away
Last week the Sixth district papers
had something else to talk about than
the Hooded districts. Their news was
mostly about the killing out in RawIfns
county. AS the Phillipsburg Post head
ed it: Worst Since Border Ruffian
Days.
On the tax rolls for 1908 Of Phillips
county only three newspapers in Phil
liDsburg are listed There must be a
mistake somewhere. for that excellent
town has four up-to-date news journals
No other town in the Sixth district has
so many All the other county seats
have two and three journals.
The tribulations of the half patent
newspapers are many. The Ledger.
printed at Cawker City had an extra
force at work last week marking the
old patent Of june ; to June u.
Since Cy Anderson moved to Topeka
politics i'm Rawlins county and the
Sixth district would be quiet if it WASH
for Dan Dyer who is eternally keeping
il at fever heat.
A. G. Mead is referred to by local
paper as the alfalfa king of Mitchell
county. He comes from BeiOit. and he
is the creditable member of the legis-
lature from that county. And there
are regiments Of men not only in his
town and county but in the district
who speak out in open meeting and say
if Congressman Reeder is to retire that
Mead Of Mitchell. will be his successor.
hand down. There are hosts Of Beloit
people residing in Topeka who Will re-
turn there to vote for him II he IS the
nominee in 1904.
The papers now say%hat the addresses
/ which We're to be made Decoration day,
/ in BelOit by Governor Stanley. in Smith
! Center Ex-senator Burton. and in Leban-
on by Tom McNeal will be good enough
! to keep over for another year
/ Downs is getting ready for her annual
/ July q carnival celebration. No matter
how other towns may celebrate the
/ people of Downs have but one celebra-
/ ton a year, and that is her July 27.
+ With her mammoth wheat harvest just
! coming on. good alfalfa yields and pros
poets for fine crop of corn. as we'll as
all other kinds of grains this year above
all others viii be Downs best anniver-
sary.
Almost surrounded by the Solomon
! river stands williams park adjoining
I Beloit. containing 25 or 30 acres The
I park has been known ever since the set
! Element of BelOit, now over thirty years.
For thirty years this plat of lands had
1 been known to be under water but once,
but since the projectors of the Beloit
/ Chautauqua located the grounds in this
other buildings. it has been under water
no less than three times in the last
twelve months. Wonders will scarcely
/ cease about Williams park of BelOit
and there are some who think If there is
going to be another flood like the Bible
mentions, Williams park will not be a
safe place to keep away from the food
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