The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-15
WANT ODD FELLOWS HOME.
Norton Stands Ready to Give Sum of
$50 to Secure 1t.


Norton, Kas, Nov. 15.-The people
of Norton are watching with interest
the progress being made to locate the
Odd Fellows home, and think they
have more than fighting show to
secure it. The town stands ready to
give more than SIS, 200 if she can win
it. Some of the neighboring towns
seem disposed to help Norton secure
it, while the great growth of the town
in the last two years, on the other
hand, has created a jealousy with a
few others Norton has made such a
wonderful growth this year that she
is being looked upon with favor all
over the country. Besides, she has as
fine a court house as can be seen any
where, a high school and city school,
each of which has commodious
school buildings which are a credit to
any town in the older settled districts
in the east, electric lights, cold storage
plant cement industry, as fine and
pretty park-ElmwoOd- can be
found anywhere, churches, Touring
mills, two railroads, splendid society,
and a gritty, progressive population.
If all these inducements, and more,
can't secure the Odd Fellows home
then Norton viii lose it.
Norton has a block of ten business
buildings which for convenience can't
be beaten in any town west of the Mis-
souri, river. The depth of each of
these buildings is 100 feet, and the
total frontage is 265 feet. A rough
guess of the cost of these ten buildings
is $4,000, and the several firms occu-
plying them carry not less than $780,
600 in stocks. There is no rear end to
either of them. as both ends front two
of the busiest streets in Norton. It
don't matter which street entrance one
gains admission, as either entrance is
attractive. The Norton cooperative
store occupies three of them. This
store is one Of the most attractive
seen anywhere, and the army of clerks
selling goods is a surprise to all east
ern visitors who look through it.
Another item of prosperity the Nor
ton county farmers are enjoying is
that many of them pay for their goods
with bank checks instead of cash.
One of the prominent business men
said MANY times I don't get in
enough cash to pay my hired help and
freight bills because my customers
pay me in bank checks" In the
earlier history of drouth and hot
winds a large amount of credit was
given Now everybody pays cash or
bank check. Nowhere has prosperity
been more observed than in Norton
and Norton county.
That the people of Norton are con
tented with all this prosperity, amuse-
ments are always largely attended. A
merchants carnival was given two
nights to crowded houses, in which
every business firm of the place was
represented. Said one of her public
spirited citizens: Norton is lacking a
modern opera house, but next year
she viii get one
Norton has become a great Sunday
town for the commercial tourists
Colonel Bowers tavern can accommo-
date all the knights of the grip He
is Democrat-about the only one left
in Norton-and he is feeling good over
the election results in Pennsylvania
and Ohio.
Geo. Moulton, druggist, will open
his new store Christmas morning.
irons
DR.. A. s. Haworth and wife, who
came close to buying property and
locating in Topeka, have returned to
Norton, better contented than ever.
and will erect a residence and remain
here permanently