The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

! $505, 1898. This leads Major Conway tC
remark in his Champion: That means
! so much surplus and idle money in this
| community for which there is no pres
ent use. Sirs and masters, we are
1 prosperous
Fred Beeler, farmer, banker and cat
| tie king of Jewell county, says that he
| remembers only one March as warm as
1871. He says that the wheat then was
| high enough to hide good sized dog.
and the prairie grass was six inches
high at this time of that year.
Just think of only Is widows living
| in so good a town as Jewell City OF
| these, 10 are soldier widows. And they
are getting along pretty we'll. thank
you, and don't need any advice from
In a publication known as the Kan
sas Retail Merchants Journal, the
names of 2S4 people living in Norton
county who don't pay their debts, are
made public. The Almena Plaindealer
adds: And to our personal knowledge
the list is by no means complete
NO sooner did Congressman Reeder
return home from Washington than he
pulled off his coat and went to work
setting out trees at his home in Logan.
When in Washington or at his home,
the congressman is always hard at
work. Hence when the other fellows
who want his place are trying to patch
up some way to beat him, is when he is
the happiest
One Of the most novel and attractive
residence houses is being erected in
Lucas by man named Dinsmoor. 1t
Is built of stone, in old log cabin fash
ion, and will cost about 5000.
Graham county has already had
serious prairie fire. 1t occurred on
Sunday, too. The owner of the land
where the fire started was a new
conner. He was burning off a patch of
there had been a Bible in that home he
might have been reading 1t instead of
burning OFF gardenpatches on Sunday,
and especially when the wind was
blowing so or so miles an hour, as was
the case on that day.
Thos. Irwin, cashier of the new
State bank, in Morland, Graham coun-
ty, beats the record in the state of
old. He is thoroughly competent and
reliable
Saint Francis Herald: The outlook
for Cheyenne county for the year 1907
is the best ever. The acreage in winter
wheat is easily double that of any for
mer year and its condition is easily 100.
The enormous acreage in spring wheat
and barley is in earlier than ever before |
and in better shape. The soil is in ex-
cellent condition and altogether the |
thrifty farmer has much cause for joy |
and graduation. Our population is rap |
idly increasing and a dozen or more |
steam plows turning over the prfmeval |
sod every day will add thousands of acres |
to our tillable area this spring and sum-
mer.
The Catholics are going to build 3d. |
500 or $4,000 church in Colby this year.
Palco, the thriving Rocks county town, |
will lose out on her milling plant for a |
time. The few couldn't put up all the /
money needed to secure it. If stormy
and "Stringtown" could have been the
ma jority Palco would have had fine
-four mill before the close of 1907.
One day last week more than 100 bug
gies were counted on the streets of Col
by. 1t was only few years ago when
the people of Thomas county came to
town in wagons. How fast those farm
ars are making wealth on their farms.