The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-29
SIXTH DISTRICT NOTES.

Thompson & Thompson, real estate
men and editors of the Rexford News,
agree to give the person a new pair
of shoes who will own up that he or
she started the story that the firm had
busted.
Colby capitalists contemplate erect
ing a mammoth opera house and con-
ventfon hall combined. BY doing this
the town hopes to secure all the big
conventions held in the Sixth district.
The public schools of Hill City are
now being held in the several churches,
on account of the loss of their elegant
building by fire. This is the second
disastrous fire that town has had in
the last three months.
One of the Smith Center papers claim
that Dan Dyer, who is a resident of
that town, will be an applicant for
warden Of the penitentiary under Gov
ernor Ed Hoch. The Sixth district fell
lows will be glad to see him land a
good job.
Ex-senator Dan Hart, of Norton
county, is counted in the list of happy
men residing in the Sixth district. He
is a farmer and stock raiser, and lives
about ten miles from Norton. He don't
go to town often, but he has been a
locker on part of the time during the
Dewey trial. He owns three quarters
in his farm, and is financially interest
ed in other Norton county lands. He
raised over 5000 bushels of corn last
year. Besides he is feeding 100 head
of steers, and two or three carloads of
hogs He is also a breeder of PolIed-
Angus cattle, and is the owner of bull
Of this stock, whose weight is 1000
pounds. Many of the calves of this
breed are from six to eight months
old, and weigh 600 pounds. In fact,
Dan Hart is one of the thrifty, progress
sive farmers of Norton county. He has
been a politician as we'll, serving his
county two terms as clerk of court
served in the legislature and state SEN
-
insurance commissioner on the Popu-
list ticket. He has an entertaining
family of bright children, and a happy,
loving and devoted wife
The people of Oberlin will resume the
search for oil with the opening of
spring. When the drill ceased its work
at Ramona late in the fall splendid
gas and oil indications showed up. A
well known writer has said: There are
geographic indications that conditions
within an area $50 miles in length and
from two to six miles wide, comprised
within Kansas, Nebraska and South
Dakota, are similar to those in which
oil and gas have been found. With the
discovery of oil and gas a great impe-
tuS would be given to agricultural de-
velopment in this region, as the soil is
fertile, of great depth, and as produc-
tive as that of any section of the coun-
try when irrigated" Decatur county
and Oberlin are located in this gas and
oil belt.
All the newspaper fellows in the
Sixth district will be glad to hear of
the prosperity of one of their fellow
members, w. H. Hill, of the Hill City
Republican has $4,000 to loan on Ora
ham county real estate. 1t must be
that newspaper work has served him
better than most of the other editors.
The Beloit Gazette editor, who will
doubtless be succeeded by John w. Nc
Bride. editor of the Times as regent of
the State normal, when Governor Hpch
has the appointing power in his hands.
will give his Gazette free during the
year 1904, to all newly married resi-
dents of Mitchell county
Now that Cy Leland has been down
ed. the "Cys" in the Sixth district
would better look a little out. There is
Cy CASTOR, of Mitchell county,
boss buster, and Cy Anderson, of Raw
mer wanting a job, and the latter hold
ing on to one.
If Governor Hoch gives all the good
fellows in the Sixth district who are
straining their necks for an office, pay
ing Jobs, there will be nothing left for
the other districts. 1t is said no less
than half a dozen good fellows from
Osborne county alone are after
positions under the new state admin
istration.
and maintain the park now known as
Chautauqua park. the result of her city
election having so decided. Some other
name will be given the park
Lieutenant Governor Hanna,s town OF
Hill CITY. has been enjoying a big
building boom all winter. Two disas-
trous fires in the last three months
haven't checked her wonderful growth
1t has been a poor ds<r when the COVER
nor failed to sell a farm in Graham
county. and while he has been busy at
tending to his own affairs, he has only
been out of his county once or twice
since the adjournment of the last legis-
lature Dave Hanna will get the UNI
aninous vote in the next convention.
He only lost one vote in the convention
from the Sixth district two years ago.
and that W as from Lincoln county. He
| is a thorough Sixth district good fell