The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-18

of Norton county. One of the attorneys
for the defense says it will be the most
noted case that has ever been tried in
the west. There are a large number OF
witnesses on both sides, besides the de-
tense and prosecution have employed
the best attorneys. Chauncey Dewey
spent several days in Norton last week.
It is expected the case will consume
ten days to two weeks of the term.
Standing room in the court house Will
be at a premium. Many rooms in the
celebrated Grier hotel have already
been engaged. It now looks if Norton
will be as crowded with people as 1t
was at the congressional convention
here there. Norton people say they
will take care of all who come II they
have to sleep them in private houses
1t seems that politics ought not to
cut much figure in several OF the sixth
district counties. In Norton, for in
stance. the celebrated Dewey case is
uppermost in her peoples minds; In
Jewell, her people will not get through
talking about her banner corn and al
falfa crops; in Graham, they are talk
ing about big crops. building activity.
starting new bank and selling farms;
in Mitchell, the people are interested in
the oil and gas boom, railroads and
local election to vote bonds for the pur-
pose of buying Chautauqua park at
Beloit; in Rocks, her people are build
ing mills and elevators and talking up
railroad projects; in Decatur, her peo-
business affairs, congratulating them
selves that they raised upwards or
three million bushels of wheat, and get
ting rich raising and feeding stock; in
Sherman they have big railroad, the
Rock Island, which has given Goodland
a division and machine shops, besides
they did more building last year and
are getting ready to do as much if not
more this year; in Smith, her people are
torn to pieces because it is the only
county in the district that will haV0
three political parties in the field-Pop-
ulist Republican and Democrat-and
no one seems to have cinch on the out
come; in Phillips her people are bur-
dened with publications. there being
eleven in the county. and they appear
to be see-sawing and quarreing over
county printing matters; in Russell,
local politicians are Jealous of one an
other and the people are getting ready
to celebrate the completion of her mag
nificent court house and make money
raising another big wheat crop; in Ellis
worth, there is excitement to keep a.
worrying over her oil and salt indus
tries, besides Ellsworth is the home OF
Ed Wellington, late candidate for con-
gresS and now he has concluded there
is more good money in his real estate
deals and the rentals from his prop
erty, and says no more politics, if you
please; in Thomas, her people are more
interested in state senator, besides
there is a government land office in
Colby, and several real estate firms
have sold thousands of acres of her
splendid domain which are being opened
to farming: in Cheyenne and Rawlins.
everybody is interested in the Dewey
case, which is to be tried In Norton in
February-and SO on through all the
Sixth district counties. So much crops
were raised. cattle being fed, farmers
making money, and business men shar-
ing in the good times, there hadn't
ought to be any politics in the district.