The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-12
JAYHAWKER .JOTS

The Minneapolis Messenger has a
new uniform.
Young Stuyvesant Fish did not go to
Salina but to Muskogee, Okla, which
leads Walter Johnson to believe that
Fish cannot recognize good bait when
he sees it
One stroke of lightning killed
nearly forty heao. of cattle up in era
ham county the other day. They were
standing by a wire fence, as usual In
such accidents.
A Sabetha boy, rushed to his moth
err under great excitement last week:
"Mom," he said, 81 amt goin' to eat
nothin' but game rooster aigs after
this so I will be a good fighter"
Out at Abilene the automobiles
went into the passenger transportation
business on the Fourth and nearly
drove the hacks out of business. The
Reflector says the speed limit was
broken s74 times during the day.
Salina Union: Here is Kansas
pluck for you as 1t is displayed and
recognized in every county. Clarence
Olson, young lawyer, formerly from
Marquette, but now of Honolulu, was
retained by the executors in a $780,
900 estate. There was a three corner
ed fight among the executor, trustee
named in the will, and the heirs. He
won the case and the attorneys FOR
the heirs felt that they got such a
place in the firm as a partner. He
accepted and now he is a member of
the best law firm on the island.
Clarence is n native of Marquette,
graduate of Bethany and Harvard law
school. He has many friends in Sa-
lima and they naturally rejoice to
learn that he is making such head
way.
The story of wathena, told by
Ralph Tennal: When the writer of
this was little tad and lived in Troy.
Kansas, If a person wanted to desig-
nate the most worthless spot on earth
he said it was as no count as Wa
thena. Wathena, the town half
dozen miles this side of st. Joseph,
was surrounded by country that was
worthless. For many years there was
no attempt to do anything with the
ground. People merely existed there.
The population was for most part the
riffraff from st. Joseph, idle, lazy.
ignorant. But there was some good
blood in the town, and it coursed
through veins Of men and women who
were convinced that there was not
corner of Kansas that could not be
turned to profitable use These few
people began the growing of straw
berries. The soil seemed suited to
that purpose. and the end of a sue
cessful strawberry season was follow
ed by trying blackberries. This crop
was even greater success. 4Ae IN
dustry was Increased until nov thou
sands of acres, or every available piece
of ground in the vicinity of Wathena
is planted to berries. 1t Is the great
est berry raising section in the state
of Kansas and one of the greatest in
the west. The poor people became
enthused with the idea and bought
ground at $40 an acre for which they
now could easily secure $500 an acre.
Last week Wathena shipped five car
loads of berries in one day by freight,
followed by fifteen car loads by ex-
press lots Twenty car loads of ber-
rfes a week shipped from Wathena is
an ordiaary matter, and frequently
the shipments amount to six car loads
a day This is In addition to the vast
quantity of berries taken by the
wagon load to the st. Joseph market.
Great is Kansas There is not a.
square foot in her domain that is not
worth cultivatfng.