The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-24

cent of the money made in his town
on real estate in the last three years
has been made by the retired farmers
who have come to town to make their
homes.
Home grown strawberries way out
IN Cove county are so plentiful that
they are not considered much of a lux
ury. Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Evans have
raised a large crop of them this year.
If the Cove City Republican, Gazette
is correct in its statement, then Cove
Tight As crops are a little shy in that
county this year, the people will have
more time to talk up the matter, and
all her business men have put goods
boxes in front of their stores so coun-
ty seat agitators can sit down and
white on the boxes and discuss coun-
ty seat removal matters.
Somehow way out in Atwood and
than they are in other Sixth district
towns. This from the Atwood Patriot:
John Ratcliff was showing twig
from cherry tree on which were
two blossoms that contained two en-
tfrely separate and distinct cherries to
each blossom. These blossoms came
out after the late frosts and he says
there are several more like the above
on the same tree which give every
promise of maturing into full sized
clusters are very common, but two
cherries in one blossom is something
we have never seen before. Mr.. Rat
cliff and several other men who have
noticed the bearing of fruit trees for
many years say they have never before
witnessed two entirely separate ana
distinct cherries to one blossom
The business men of Downs have
subscribed $1,000 for the support of
home baseball team.
A pearl. said to be worth SIS by an
expert jeweler at Colby. was found on
opening can of oysters at the Opelt
hotel This hotel is one of the most
noted in northwestern Kansas. More
congressman have been made and de-
feated in this hotel than in any other
in the Sixth district. And yet they
pearls thrown in for good measure. If
such things as this are going to hap
pen most any old time, the several
candidates who want to succeed Con-
gresham Reeder ought to work for
Colby for the convention.
The total deposits in the nine banks
in Norton county will reach about ST.
10000. OF this, the three banks in Nor
ton will reach close to 100000.
Russell county has graduated five
lawyers at the state university.
A man named Crank will open a law
office in Hill City. There is something
in a name. and it maybe that Crank
will WIN out.
Miss Olive Kackley. ex-register of
deeds of Graham county, is attending
an elocutionary school in New York. In
one week. recently. she recited several
selections in the Baptist church, one of
the largest in Brooklyn.
Atwood is going to have another hotel,
commodious and modern, at a cost of
about $4,000.
AS far back as 1888, Sherman county
had six newspapers. Today, with more
and larger towns, the county
has only two, and these are published
in Goodland.
It is said that Fred Castle, one of
the most popular travelling men on the
road, and a member of Norton council
U. c. T., owns and lives in the cost
lest and most modern residence in his
town. Besides, he is the owner of one
of the best autos, and when he is in
hurry he travels in his automobile. He
Is also manager of the Norton baseball
play a match game of baseball in Elm
wood park, in Norton, June 90. with |
like team from the Holdrege. Neb-, |
council. The game will be holly con-
tested.
Building has been so brisk in Norton |
for the last three years that a fourth |
lumber yard is being talked of by the !
Norton county farmers.
The Kensington people are talking |
already for their goth anniversary cele- /
bration this fall They have so much |
in that Smith county town |
for several years they don't mind if the |
crops are a little short.
One of the prettiest of publications /
was issued recently from the office of i
the. oakley Graphic. It is booklet of
several pages edited by the Junior class
Of the Oakley school. The first article
signed by the Juniors, Is entitled, |
Foreword.' and says: For booklet
published in a land where the buffalo
grass carpets the prairies and the even
line of the horizon is seldom marred;
where the mirage is common sight
and the song of the woodbird is never
heard, we deem the 'Plainsman's' a fit
ing title. If this modest booklet arouses
within anyone the desire for an eduea-
lion or brings the patrons and the
school into closer touch with each other,
We rest content, feeling we'll paid
The Graham county assessors for 1907
show that Hill City. the county seat. |
has a population of I'll, and the county
'.45o. Also that the county has 1887
acres of alfalfa, 3SS, 4S8 bushels of old
,orn on hand and over $500, 900 deposits
n the banks of that county. The re-
urns of the assessors show up better
han for many years.