The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
Two Cooperative Stores Doing
a Big Business.
THREE GOOD BANKS.
No Need to Go Hungry, Four
Hotels and Five Restaurants.
Cement Plant and Good Flour
ing Will Other Features.

Hill city, Kan. Jan. 16.-The
names of Graham county and Hill
City must be more magnetic than
most towns and counties in the
Sixth congressional district.
Graham is one of the few counties
in the district which has had two state
officers, state auditor and lieutenant
governor Tt is a county which be
lieves jim elevating her women to Of
flee. for women have held the offices
of county superintendent and register
of deeds Land seekers want to see
the county and when shown the pro
ductive lands inside her confines by
the many real estate agents they
usually buy before they can get away
from the agents.
And what of the county seat, Hill
City2 III has the richest editor in the
Sixth district W. II. Hill of the Re
publican. who is reported to be worth
from $4,000 upwards. 1t is the only
town having two opera houses and
two first class hotels 1t Is the home
of our present lieutenant governor. D.
j. Hanna, who is now cat home" i'm
his modern new residence and it is a
town which is getting there with both
feet i'm business and building pros
perity.
That Hill City draws big crowd
is noticeable. Then the town
has two OF more cooperative stores
doing good trade. together with
one or more other mercantile estab-
lishments. besides other houses doing
a general business. it has three banks.
Two lumber yards. two furniture
stores, two printing offices two hard
ware and implement firms two drug
stores. one exclusive clothing store.
Two JeNelry stores four hotels. five
restaurants and two harness estab-
lishmeHts
Hill City and Graham county now
nave three telephone lines the last
one TO organize being the Rice tele-
phone company, chartered. for 81. 500.
20 operate lines i'm the state as we'll
The officers are: President A. J. Rice
Secretary, ID. j. Hanna; Treasurer. =.
II. Rice. The directors are. DR.. n.
Crank, d. j. Hanna. A. Law L. n Rice
A j. Rice. This line viii for The Dres-
ent operate in the county east. south
and west.
The farmers telephone line has ONT
already not less than fifty phones. run
ming north and east The president is
j.. W. jenkins, who is vice president
of the Graham county State bank. and
manager. They are DrCsperOus and
well-tO-dO farmers. The stock is min
elpally owned by the farmers along
the route.
The cement plant owned by the a. e.
tearns Lumber company. is an invest
ment which has already proved re
muneratiVe and is an investment which
viii result i'm great good for Hill CITY.
The Graham County Mill and Ele-
Vator company, built during the fan
and early winter. is in operation. The
mill has capacity of 100 barrels daflv
and the elevator for > 0O0 bushels II
was built by the subscriptions of Hin
city business men and farmers Its
cost IS about $4,000 Its machinsr,
is first-ciass- NJ. J. Creighton. one of
the active business men,is president.
and o. p King. 4 prosperous farmer
is treasurer w. G. Saunders is man
ager- and w. II. Beeghley. Of Nebras-
ka. miller of reputation is seereta,,
aud head miller While in Nebraska
running a mill his flour was awarded
the first premium in 1905. at tho
Kansas City Flour show. The mill Ia,
power sufficient to operate an electric
light plant for Hill City. The buiIdine
and operating this Touring min was :