The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-06
Parson Stewart Declines Legis-
Iative Nomination in GoodIand.
He Didn't Care to Oppose His
SOn-In-Law.
KNIGHT HEARD FROM
Former Clerk for Secretary Of
State Seeks Office.
Wants to Be County Attorney
Of Sherman.

Parson" Stewart. of the Goodland
Republic. nominated by the Democrats
for the legislature In Sherman county,
has declined. There doesn't appear to
be any other motive in his declining
other than that he is the father-in-law
of the present Republican incumbent.
who wants a reelection.
E. S. Knight. of Sherman county, who
was until quite recently holding down u
desk in the office of secretary Of state,
will not object if the Republicans NOM
mate him for county attorney. Because
he had his shirts and collars washed in
Goodland during the time he lived in
Topeka, he never gave up his residence
in Sherman county. He, therefore, has
as good right to run for office as any one
else has.
The well known ranch of Josiah Cros-
by, of Cheyenne county, containing
], ,4S0 acres, has been sold for a consider
alton of $4,000. The Saint Francis Her
aid says it is one of the best properties
in the county There is upwards of LOCO
acres of choice alfalfa land in the body
which when developed ought to be
worth 500 an acre The purchasers of
this ranch are John A. Quinn and James
F. Martin. of Oberlin. Mr. Crosby is one
| county. and has represented 1t in the
state legislature.
A real estate dealer has been crowded
! out of Bird City, he says. on account
| of their being so many firms in the bus4-
ness all of them can't make decent
i living Must be that the old town is
taking on new life. In an early day II
was the county seat of Cheyenne coun-
ty. and had three banks and three news
papers. besides lively competition in
rnq- ma
years thereafter it was almost plotted
off the maps It is now coming again
to the front
Congressman Curtis speaks in Lucas.
Russell county. Sept g. That town IS
holding a two days carnival. II IS
safe to say he wont depend. on q
I freight train to reach Lucas as he dtd
10 get from Atwood to st. trahcls-
/ Curtis is making great ngnt TO reach
4 the United States senate. and he knows
he can never win out travelling on slow
4 freight trains
The fight goes nerrily on between
B. F. Bracken and A G. Mead, as TO
I which is the best runner to reach the
I legislative plum IN Mitchell county
The former has both the Gazette and
/ Times, of Beloit, championing his
cause, while the latter is supported by
4 Cant w H. Mitchell, chairman OF the
Sixth district Republican congress
| sionaI committee. And Adamson, of
I the Democratic Call, IS looking on to
see who his side can nominate who will
| beat either of then-
! The Hill City New Era. has a page of
/ Graham county correspondence every
week, its corps Of writers being bright
and newsy In the list of correspond
ents the readers see the names of
/ Gumbo, Blue Eyes, Uncle Peter,
! Shorty Happy Farmer, Slim Jim.
/ Bluebell, Cracker Jack, Violet. John
Bitters, and many others, who con-
| tribute under the above names, the
4 ho n ax
Era.
It IS said the managers Of the late
street fair in Plainyille came out about
$500 shy of enough receipts to pay for
the several amusennents. That won't
hurt the town particle; the shortage
will be made good, the town will con-
tinue to prosper, and the work of
/ pushing the Plainville & Northwestern
railroad will continue. No town IN
| the Sixth district has better prospects
before it than has Plainville.
Cy Anderson, secretary Of the state
4 board of railroad commissioners, has
/ been making a tour of Rawlins county
for ten days-to see how his alfalfa
/ is coming on. for he has quit politics
he says. Because he had the politi-
cal wind knocked out of him by the
new deal'' fellows in his county last
| spring is not a sure sign that he has
as is Cy Leland, and many of his fol-
4 lowers predict he viii be sailing
smoothly on top OF the disturbed poll
/ teal waves which swept over Rawlins
county a few months ago 1t is said a
/ good man can't be kept down all the
time.
There must be a little ray of hope
for the Sixth district Democrats. In
the last few weeks Democratic organs
have started up in Lucas, Russell
/ Goodland and Sherman counties. And
the signs point to others coming to
/ light in several other towns Col Joe
Wright ought to take cognizance Of
this fact and govern himself accord
| ingly.
The depot at Morland. a Graham
county town, has been robbed of 500
! in cash, which the agent, no doubt will
/ have to make good to the railroad
| company. It was this same depot
| which for years did an immense
goods from Kansas City. Probably
the rascal who robbed the money
drawer couldn't fine any booze. and
took the money instead.
A Grainfield land firm has sold thir-
ty-three quarter sections Of Cove
county lands in the last thirty days,
and to actual settlers and not specula-
tors. And the town people don't want
to be known as living on the frontier
any longer, who appear to think that
Grainfeld and Cove county is now a
part of the state
Inasmuch as the two Republican
papers IN Beloit are against A. G.
Mead for the legislature. he is having
his say in the columns of the Daily
Call, the Democratic paper. And why
not, that paper isn't very rock-rib bbed.
The Sixth district has been 50 pros
porous this year raising wheat, corn,
oats, barley, hogs and cattle. that it
will be next to impossible to get out a
crowd to hear politicians To be sure
nearly all the towns are giving street
fairs. which they have right. because