The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
Sixth District Notes

Major Conway, of the Norton Cham
p1on, is bound to bring his delinquents
to time after January 1, next. He says:
our subscription list will be cut down
to those who pay, and those who owe
us will be sued"
J. H. Young, of Oberlin, for many
years the court stenographer for Judge
A. Q. T. Geiger, of the Seventeenth dis
trict, has resigned. Miss Cora NJ. Shir-
ley, of Atwood. succeeds Mr.. Young.
Art Stagg, of Kirwin, raised over 49,
900 bushels of corn on 300 acres He has
this much cribbed which he is going TO
hold until he is assured of another crop.
The Stages are among the largest and
most successful farmers of Phillips
county.
The Natoma State bank will be re-
organized the first of the year, and the
capital stock will be increased to &c.,
COO
There are rumors to the effect that
the Missouri Pacific will change time
again on the Central Branch division.
The hotels of Stockton seem to be doing
the principal part of the kicking, be-
cause on the old time they got from
SIS to $500 out Of their patrons, where
they now only get so cents.
The sugar beet crop in Cheyenne
county was so large this year that her
people believe capital can come in and
erect a sugar industry which will bring
in good paying results. Six men in
that county put out 80 acres which
yielded 1,0S8 tons. Josiah Crosby, ex-
member of the legislature from that
county, had out nine acres, and yielded
112 tons; ]. l. Finley harvested fifteen
acres and received 191 tons; Mark
Weidenheimer had five acres and yield
of 81 tons; DerOy Danielson had IA acres
and gathered $50 tons; Jacob Uplinger
had 30 acres and 445 tons. and Geo. s.
Weidenheimer had seven acres and 70
tons.
Kirwin has the corn huskers who beat
all records John James husked 122
bushels in one day; George Palmer had
a record of 120 bushels; Oliver James
came in with los, and Peter Lands SO
bushels. Only the day before the last
named husked out lis bushels. This
days work was all done on the farm of
Henry Atchison.
The Colby Tribune fellow and the
other fellow on the Oakley Graphic are
having a serious tilt in their newspa-
pers. The former charges the latter
with having the Swelled head, while the
attended some other school than that
of the Baptist church. The Tribune
man goes on to say that the Graphic
man is egotistical and doesn't pretend
to trot in the same class with him,
while the Graphic fellow comes back
and says that the fastest gait he ever
saw in the Tribune editor was while
pushing baby wagon in front of him.
besides, accusing him with wanting to
go to congress. This last charge will
doubtless result in libel suit.
1t is no wonder the farmers who own
land on the famous Paradise flats, in
Rocks county, are making money. In
the last ten days, according to p. D.
Spellman. the poultry buyer al Plain
Vile. which is the capital of Paradise
flats, he has taken in over 20, 900 pounds
of turkeys. and about 5000 pounds of
chickens; besides about 5000 pounds of
geese, ducks and dressed poultry.
Osborne has a lady who will bet
money, marbles nr chalk that she can
lift with one hand I'D pounds from the
floor to the top of the counter. She
would make a good wife for some lazy
fellow.
The Norton county high school has
about 200 scholars enrolled. Six teach
ers are employed.
There is a spot in the little town of
Edmond way out in Norton county,
named Quality Hill" Residence prop
erty has been known there to sell as
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