The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-25
Hill City Items.

| Hill City, April 25-Good rains con-
tinue to fall, which is giving the small
grain crops in Graham county an ex-
ceIIent start, and encourages the farm
erS in a substantial manner. It has
only been a short time since it was
estimated that the present years crops
would amount to from one-half to
two-thirdS the yield of 1903 but it is
now conceded that it will run at least
| 80 per cent of the yield of last year,
when Graham county raised the larg-
est crops in the history of the county.
J. p. POmeTOy. of Colorado Springs,
the largest taxpayer in Graham county
and W. E. Walker, a prominent cap
italist of Boston, have been visiting
and sightseeing in Hill City the past
two weeks.
That the building boom has taken
on mammoth proportions. in Hill City
/ is evidence in the fact that the Farm
ers' and Merchants bank, Lieutenant
Governor Hanna, w. II. Hill, -, y.
Kackley, A. E. Thompson, L. Messick,
the Masonic lodge, the remodeling of
the Commercial hotel. and the addition
to the new Pomeroy hotel are all IN
der way, and the buildings and I'M
provemehtS are all permanent as well
as substantial. Besides, there are
numerous other improvements going
on the erection of houses. The esti-
mated cost of all these buildings Is
SIS, 900. and with the new school house
and the elevator of J. f. Rowe will
reach quite 500, 1000.
o. G. Lewis, who has been manager
of the Alliance store in Hill City for
a number of years, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect May /. He
Will spend the summer on the Paclhc
coast His successor is @. S. Brown,
ex-trea SlIrer of Graham county Mr.
Lewis is one of the successful young
business men of Hill City, and While
he has been manager of this store ne
has made the stockholders money. MT
and Mrs. Lewis will leave Hill CITY
with the best wishes of every body.
w. r. Hill. after whom Hill City
was named, is improving at Excelsior
Springs, where he has been for some
4 time in the hope of regaining his once
vigorous health.
There IS perfect unanimity among
the Hill City people for once. Every
vote cast for the new school to take
I the place of the one destroyed Dy nre
| was favorable to the new structure.
| Plans for the design of the building
will be approved at once.
The people of Hill City are always
glad to shake hands with John ;
| Dawson. a former good citizen. now
assistant attorney general of Kansas.
He has been here recently. To some
he told he came to collect rent but
in reality he kept his eyes and ears
open to hear how the political bees
are buzzing. There are a good many
who think he viii return to Graham
county, and in case there is a free-for-
all to get into the congressional race
two years hence John Dawson will be
one of the foremost ones.
Here is a forecast of whom the Re-
publicans will nominate for county
officers of Graham county: For the
| legislature, James Justus: clerk, NJ.
W. Carney: treasurer. E. E. Hrandt;
| register of deeds. B. F. Smith; sheriff,
w H. Franks: clerk of the court.
Mrs. e. F. Ke1eher; probate judge,
James Gordon; surveyor, Benz.
Smith: county attorney, F. D. Turck;
county superintendent, Mrs Ava TIL
lotson. commissioners: First district,
J. S. Dwelley; Second district, John
Bell. The fellows who fix things seem
/ to fully realize the importance of
bringing the old-time wheel horses
4 into line.
On the other hand, the most favor
/ ably mentioned Democrats and Pop-
ulists for county officers are; For rep
resentative. G. s. Brown: clerk. P. A.
/ Meyers; treasurer. J. w. Holiness;
register of deeds, Miss Olive NJ. Rack
ley; sheriff. G. A. Hobson: clerk of
court, G. A. Garrison; probate judge,