The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-03
AYHA WKER JOTS

A Lincoln minister operates a big
blacksmith shop the other six days of
the week.
One man in Sheridan county has a
thousand acres of wheat which will
average twenty bushels per acre ac-
cording to present estimates.
Belleville has passed the two thous-
ana mark in size. The census returns
this year give it a population of 2,03O,
an increase of 81 over last year.
Scott City, little short-grass town
of not more than 800 inhabitants,
away out towards the Colorado line,
raised thousand dollars with which
to celebrate the Fourth.
The Beloit Gazette thinks that those
papers in the Sixth district that are
now troubled with anti-Reeder mania
will get over it after CONGRESSMAN
Reeder is renominated next spring.
Lafe Linton seems to be getting on
all right notwithstanding his retire
| ment from politics. He owns several
stores in northern Kansas and is put
ting in another at Alnena.
Jim Morphy of the Russell Reform-
er, who accompanied an excursion TO
Denver recently, says: "Our train
| carried ten coaches, which were COM
fortably full, and some of the passen-
gers were similarly situated
Osborne Farmer: A Beloit man has
| invented a self pitcher and feeder for
threshers. From what we have seen
of threshers at the table after a days
work in the field we have always sup
posed they were able to feed them
/ selves.
The Belleville Freeman knocks on
advertising a, big wheat crop and i'm
portin ga lot of harvest hands, which
| it thinks are not needed. The Free
man evidently never lived in a county
where there were only four hundred
men to harvest two and half million
/ h1fShQIS Of wheat and NOT a idle man
within fifty miles.
Bert Walker: When I see a couple
| tripping down street on a hot after
noon, she in her dress of pale blue OF
cream white. with her hand resting
| lightly on his arm, always know ex-
| actly how the picture will look. He
will be sitting down holding the GER
tificate in his hand. She will be stand
ing beside him and her left hand will
be resting on his right shoulder. Both
will appear to be looking straight
ahead. It is very solemn now. but in
| twenty-five years they will laugh
heratily at the picture.
AS a rule the editors who are always
gadding to all the editorial meetings
and junkets get out poor newspapers
The most notable exception to the rule
| in Kansas is John Junkin, of the
Sterling Bulletin. Junkin not only at
tends all the editorial gatherings, but
| he is also an officer in the national
/
| in which he is eligible to member
ship. At the same time he gets Out
one of the best local papers in Kan
sas, and that, too. in a small town that
is not even a county seat.
One of the stock characters of the
Osborne Farmer is old Bill Shiftless
The Smith Center Pioneer has a rea
Bill Shiftless story. It is this: "Last
| week we told of Jim Oats. the towr
farmer. husking corn in June. This
week Conductor WinchelI, on rura
route 6, out of Smith Center. tells q
bigger one. On his route northeast Of
the Center. on Troublesome creek
on nice bottom land, unhusked in thu
field. The corn would easily make
fifty bushels to the acre and good corr
is worth 40 cents per bushel. Tht
corn, it is said, belongs to Gus Barnes
who wouldn't pay three and a hal
cents to have it husked. So there i
stands and as the corn huskers may
demand four cents this fall. it is liable
to stand some more. Spang Shaffel
had the place rented on the halves ant
husked out his share long ago."