The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-30
sixth District NOES.

A. P. Tone Wilson, jr, having made
money in Colby in the land business
will locate in Topeka and engage IN
a general real estate trade.
The Democrats of the Sixth district
have agreed to meet in Hill City Aug
ust 10 There are so few of them
they will only ratify the nominal lSoL
of H. o. Castor for congress by the
Peoples party convention at CODY
last week.
The Sixth district school teachers
will run an excursion to the St Louis
exposition July 6. The train Will
doubtless start from Goodland, and
run over the Rock Island road.
The Glen Elder Independent is be
ing moved to Ports, in Osborne
county. This only leaves seven papers
in Mitchell county to keep politics
stirred up.
There is a DISMAL Hollow in Nor
ton county. Not strange 1t having
been named that. In one week there
were two deaths reported; one of the
inhabitants was called on after mid
night to sit upon coroners jury,
while another fellow threatened TO
punch the head of another if he didn.
stop ringing the school house bell
after school hours.
On the house of the Congregational
pastor in Atwood some mischievous
boys posted q sign reading. Il have
gone away to get a wife" Sure
enough the pastor, Rev. J. w. Bishop,
has returned with a young and
charming bride.
Poverty Flat" is the name of a
locality in st. Francis. 1t is the home
of some of the county officials of
Cheyenne county. Strange as the
name sounds, G.. A. Benkelman, the
county clerk, is erecting a residence
thereon.
The Norton county high school has
closed a successful year by graduating
nineteen young men and women.
Prof. J. H. Sawtell, of the Emporia
high school, made the address before
the graduating class, which was well
received.
The committee in charge of Deco
ration day exercises in Morland, in
Graham county, are truly loyal, as
the following tribute to the dead sol
dierS will show: ITO the Public
Once more in the history of our ma
ton has the month of May brought
forth fowers-emblems of love they
seem between mankind and his Gre
ator. The Goth of May will soon be
here, the day set apart for decoration
services and the decoration of our
dead soldiers graves with flowers.
Come one, come all, and each bring
floWers''
Miss Ida Case, of Norton. one of the
best educators in the state, who has
for several years been assistant prin-
cipal in the Norton and Colby high
schools, will go to Washington state
to teach next year.
People fight SO hard in KirWin that
the under dog usually brings a dam
age case against the other fellow.
One for $1,000 is pending.
1t isn't usually the case in the Sixth
district to let a fellow slide into Office
without opposition. This looks like
the case of c. w. Hull. of Kirwin, who
wants to represent Phillips county in
the legislature. Are you other fellows
IN Ph1IHpsburg going to run L. A.
Champln? Better make it lively, and
let the district know there are others
equally fitted for this honor.
Z
o. v henderson, former superin-
tendent of schools of RawIins county.
is spoken of by his friends as suitable
timber to make the legislative race on
the part of the Republicans in his
county.
The Opelt hotel, in Colby. where so
many conventions haye been held and
politicians have slept under its roof
is now owned by ]. L. PARROT. 1t
originally cost about $4,000. The
present owner bought it for $3.50. It
has thirty-six sleeping rooms, but
more than one hundred politicians
have slept under its roof in one night
The new proprietor homesteaded in
THOMAS county in 1886. Since he took
possession of this hotel, he has added
about 500 worth of Improvement
including lighting the entire building
with gasoline air pressure burners and
nre escapes from all the sleeping
rooms The ODelt house is the best
known of any in the Sixth district
Many political jobs have been put UP
eAiSiSs uoHeiiS OF carloads OF beer have
been drunk. not to mention the booze
and the most disgracefu1 convention
ever held in the district or any other
was held in the town. from the eff
fects of which resulted the organi-
zation of the Populist party in the dis
trict.
1t looks as if the machine and anti
machine fellows in both Osborne and
Smith counties are. getting the Repub-
leans in a bad mix up. The fight is
waxing hot and hotter and the end