The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04

from the managers of the St Louis ex-
position, one of silver for display Of
alEa-lIas the other of bronze for corn
me same year of that exposition Mr..
Kea raised 160, 900 bushels of corn on
ms possessions in Jewell county.
Norton shows up this spring with
population OF 2.19S. an increase OF Z 40
over The previous year This is not to
pc wondered at, for more than 100
puIldlngs We're erected in that town in
1879, ana not an empty one in sight
Dr- II. NJ. Freeman. of HOxle, is y
years old. He has FIVE brothers living
years.
There is talk of a new hotel in
Irainf1eld. One of her representative
Welcome
The Sixth district is fortunate in
having several former employees of the
Union Pacific running hotels. Charles
Connan, former station agent and
conductor, is proprietor of the Ten
nessee hotel in Oakley; Frank Fields
operates the Brunswick house in Hays
CITY John Ashley. former travelling
lord IN Ellsworth; w. z. Vose, who
used to be a dining car conductor
operates the Union Pacific hotel at FL
lis; F. 3. Toothaker, another dining
car conductor is proprietor of the
American hotel in WaKeeney, and
James Dearborn, who developed from
brakeman to passenger conductor, is
proprietor of the Becker hotel in Lo-
gan All these hotels are modern and
first class.
Speaking about the enforcement of
the prohibitory law in Glen Elder the
Sentinel says. 1.-THE time when the
booze vender went unmolested is past,
and he must take his medicine along
with the horse thief and other lawless
characters
Mankato's new alfalfa meal mill is
now completed and ready for the 1906
crop, the first cutting of which is just
now being cared for and is pronounced
the best crop ever cut in Jewell county.
The grinding of alfalfa into meal viii
prove great thing, not only for the
entefprising gentlemen who have built
the mill there, but for the growers Of
that most profitable crop. The presi-
dent of the milling company, E. z.
Davenport, understands the business
thoroughly and knows just how to
handle the product. The mill here
represents an investment of about ST.
600 and has capacity of 10 tons per
day In addition to the meal mill, Mr..
Davenport has erected a machine shop
and is turning out alfalfa mill machin-
cry which has been proven a success.
Much money has been lost in some
places, experim renting with machinery
which would not do the work. The
mills turned out by the Alfalfa Mill
Machinery company of Mankato will
do the business.
The postoffice business in Goodland
in 1905 shows an increase of about 100
per cent over 1904. Goodland is one of
four towns in the Sixth district which
built no less than 100 residences and
business houses in 1905. It is the only
town in the district which has a news
paper that can afford linotype type
setter. 1t is also big Rock Island
division.
One Of the substantial improvements
going on in BeIoit is the erection of
the business plant of Everett & Smith
general produce dealers. The building
is of stone, 26xS0 feet two story and
basement under the entire building
The cost is $4,000
A. J. Cakes is one of the prosperous
and money making farmers of Sheri-
dan county, but his address is Grain
field. He came west eight years ago
from Missouri. where he traded 24O
acres for $40 acres in Sheridan county
and 1000 besides He now owns
about 1000 acres, and has 200 acres of
fine wheat. $50 acres in corn. about
so head Of cattle and a nice bunch of
hogs and horses Mr.. Cakes says he
has never seen the time when he would
trade even his Kansas possessions for
his old home in Missouri.
WaKeeney has a population Of sos.
showing an increase of about 100 over
the assessors returns of 1905.
The Gulf Plainville & Northern rail-
road people, who are grading on the
line north of P1ainVille. have already
plated a townsite4 and named it Hob
art, in honor Of Hobart township in
Rocks county.
A Topeka paper giving the date of the
founding of Philadelphia as May 80
1868, led the Cawker City Record to
take the matter up and correct 1t. The
Record says: THE city was founded by
William Penn in October, 1882 He
stopped few days previous at New
Castle. Del, and took possession of that
place which was included in the grant. 4
One of his first acts there was to com
mission four justices of the peace, one
of whom was Peter Alriclzs, ancestor