The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
JAYHA WKER JOTy

The CoIlingswoods, of Reno county,
expect to put out a patch OF 25,00O
acres in wheat this fall on land that
they own in Meade and Seward coun-
ties. Last year the total winter wheat
acreage of Meade county was only
241S6, and that of Seward was 2,555
acres.
The Wellsford corresp of the
Haviland Onlooker has a fund OF ex-
pressive SMILES. In referring to girl
in his town who has considerable vocal
ability. he describes her highly artistic
efforts as resembling q cross between
the howl of a coyote and falling down
stairs.
Atchison Globe: The editor of the
Globe is being generously abused
about a certain subject about which
he has never written line. The edl-
tor of the Globe is becoming wise. and
loves peace, but some of his younger
associates are scrappy; possibly they
know that the "old man Will get the
blame.
The other day a story was told about
a sunfower out in the Arkansas valley
that measured thirteen inches in
diameter. Now EmDoria comes up
with tale of one fourteen inches
across, and adds that it grew from
seed accidentally dropped and which
Even parrot feed grows big when II
gets into Kansas soil.
Here is the way Ralph Tennal
"squelches" them: When Sabetha
man who has moved to a new country
returns he usually brings lot of
much better the new country is than
Nemaha county. When he brings
them into the Herald Office We are pre-
pared We show him S. Murdoch s
oats-pronounced the finest in the
world at the St. Louis worlds fair; we
show him Tim Gilmores Wheat-Over
fifty-seven bushels to the acre; we
show him pictures of w A. Doolittles
chickens which have taken more prizes
than any other in the world; we show
fine cattle which bring buyers from all
over the country for their superior
points in breeding; we show him pic
lures of George Kerr's Duroc Jersey
hogs which sell for q hundred dollars
apiece; we show him samples of corn
which have taken twenty-six prizes,
and a few other products of Nemaha
county. By that time the visitor be-
gins to shift from one foot to the other,
and he soon remembers an engage
men he had somewhere else and de-
parts.
Henry CaInan, who has been run
ming the Troy Chief for the last three
years, has bought the paper. It is the
Oldest paper in Kansas, and was start
ed by Sol Miller fifty years ago. Since
owned by the Miller estate but has
had a number of editors. In speaking
of the change Mr. Calnan says: The
late Sol Miller came to the then ter
ritory of Kansas. fifty years ago. and
started the Chief, and since it was first
published down to the present time, ii
has never missed an issue. and until
last week the ownership of the paper
has always remained IN the Miller
family. The Chief is the Oldest paper
in Kansas, having outlived every paper
that existed previous to or at the time
of It's birth. It was the intention Of
the founder of the paper to have his
son, William k Miller. succeed him
as editor of the Chief but the young
mans tastes ran in another direction
At the death Of his father. he tried
editing the paper for a while. but soon
gave it up and leased It. preferring to
follow other pursuits. Mrs. Miller and
her son and daughter live in Kansas
City and will make that their per-
mauent home"