The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-03
SIXTH DISTRICT NOTES.

The Ellsworth salt works have a ca
pacity to turn out 400 barrels of salt a
day.
In the Norton county alfalfa festival
to be held in Almena September s, g. 10
and IL, the committee on this attraction
expect to have no less than 100 loads of
alfalfa in the parade each day. Four
cash prizes will be given for the best
displays. The other attractions on the
programme will be horse racing, as
good as any ever witnessed in that part
of the state. baseball tournament, sew
eral noted alfalfa raisers will make
short addresses, and many other enter
tanning events. The alfalfa carnival
will be the biggest blowout Almena
ever had.
The lawyers are generally making
money out in the Sixth district. Attor
ney c. A. Lewis, of Phillipsburg, is
building a modern residence at a cost
of about $4,000.
L. H. Thompson, of Norton, will rep
resent his club in the transmississippi
golf tournament. to be held in Des
Moines, Iowa, September to IL.
Norton Champion: The Kansas State
Exposition company thinks it is worth
while to hold fair at Topeka after
Norton expositites September 1, 2. 3
and 4. The Topeka affair is set for
September 1919.
Farmer and Politician Lockard, of
Norton, who wants to go to the state
senate to help elect the next u. S. SEN
ator, raised 1859 bushels of wheat. His
crop averaged "a bushels an acre. He
will now change his diet He will eat
wheat bread instead of Johnnycake.
A Kansas City firm is putting in the
second lumber yard in Downs. The
Central Lumber company has for years
been giving the town and county the
best of service.
The Oberlin Street Fair association
have been successful in securing many
attractions for September s. 9, 10 and IL.
Balloon aScenSions, merry go-rounds,
ball games, races, ladies' bands, besides
81 people who are artists in songs, cake
walks acrobats, who will give several
performances every day. The people OF
Oberlin are entertainers. and the coun-
ty of Decatur has raised her two mil
lion of wheat and for these and other
reasons they invite everybody to come
and enjoy the frolic with them.
| In the list of possible candidates for
congress to succeed Reeder the name OF
N. A Turner, of the Colby Tribune, hg-
ures.
Major John Conway. of the Norton
Champion, who has been laid up witt
rheumatism for several weeks, says
For the benefit of the thirty-one women
employed in the state house, the execu-
tive council has decided to employ
matron. It is expected that Blanche
Boies will be the candidate of the LIE
| lard Railey-Iong-Alba ugh faction, while
the Burton Observation-Disclosures crowd viii
lire up for Tom Anderson"
The Stockton News which has beer
edited and published continuously fol
eight years by F. E. Young, has beer
succeeded by ]. J. Parker In his vale
dictory Mr.. Young gives his main rea-
son for quitting as follows: Our in
ability to secure reliable help 1t seem
ed our lot to be afflicted with drunken
printer all the time who was found
wanting many times just when he wa'
most needed
Jim Fike of Colby. ex-Democratit
member of the state railroad board. ha:
pretty near as good a situation as rea
lestate agent as member of that board
In the first excursion of real estate buy
ers he ran out to Thomas county n
succeeded in selling fifteen quarters t
several Influential citizens of BroWI
county. who are so well pleased witt
the crops and prosperity of Colby am
Thomas county that many others vii
follow