The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-21
IN SIXTH DISTRICT
Norton Has $4,000 for an
Opera House.
PIainville Is Having an Era of
Expansion.
GOSSIP IN HILL CITY.
People Wonder Who Will Step
Into Hanna's Shoes.
E. E. Mullaney Has His Eye on
State TreaSurership.

state IreaHuTerSllp.
Stock to the amount of $4,000 has
been subscribed for the Norton opera
house. and $4,000 more is in sight for
heating and furnishing the same. Plans
have been submitted, which, will have a
seating capacity for about 1900. 1t VIII
have a IS foot front by 120 feet deep.
Somebody started the story that the
Ncrcatur Register was going to move
over the line into Nebraska and con-
tinue it's publication in WilsonvilIe. The
editor denies it, and promises to stay in
Norcatur until the world burns up
Norton and Smith counties are lun-
ming close race in valuation in land
sales in 1906 Chas. S. JJhl, the Smith
county abstractor, has kept tab for
both counties, and finds that in Norton
county the total valuation of sales were
$1.S40. 957.S1. while in Smith county they
were 81 ,S54S53.1 showing a difference
of about $4,000 in favor of Smith
county.
Menlo. Thomas county, has journal,
the Record, the Morland Advance hav-
ing moved and changed it's name. 1t
is now in order for Morland to get a
newsy paper, and it won't be many
days before she does.
Geo. P. Griffith of the Hays City Re-
publican, is perhaps the only Sixth dis
pointive offices from Governor Hoch,
regent of the State Agricultural college
and notary public.
ParSon Stewart, of the Goodland Re
public, is a firm friend to his town.
He says: There is no reason why
Goodland and Sherman county should
not become the poultry center of north
west Kansas"
Some visitor who has been taking a
look at the towns on the Saline and
Oakley branch of the Union Pacific, has
said: THAT little tow. of Plainville
has grown big. 1t is lighted with cleo
tricity, it has built $4,000 Christian
church, $4,000 Catholic church, and is
building a $4,000 Methodist church. 1t
is building miles of cement walks. Ev-
cry building in the town is painted and
1t has many fine residences, strictly
modern. with heating, lighting and wa
tering apparatus. Look out for Plain
viiie.''
Smith Center is putting on metro
politan airs, besides being the home
of ex-Secretary of State J. r. Burrow
and Captain ]. s. Mcdowell, member
of the state agricultural board, and
Judge r. NJ. Picker of the Fifteenth
judicial district and Colonel Dan Dyer,
sergeant at arms of the lower house of
the legislature, it has an addition to
property of Charley UhI. where sew
eral of the modern homes of the place
have been built. and several others
will be erected this year.
Esbon Is a splendid Jewell county
town. 1t has newsy paper in the
Times. The editor can see a good
ways off. Here is what he says: with
a newspaper libel suit in Mankato,
and an action against a doctor in
Lebanon for malpractice, ought not to
be difficult for a person of a combative
disposition to get all he wants in either
place.
The Kensington Mirror figures out
how much the people of that towI
spend in year. Among other things
that paper says $500 is spent for to.
bacco and whisky. This is getting off
cheaper than most of the towns where
people like booze and tobacco.
A political nonentity" is what one
Smith county editor calls another
editor from the same county.
The vital question at issue in Hill |
city and Graham county is: If ex- |
Lieutenant Governor D. ]. Hanna |
moves to Garden City, and rumor says !
he WILL who Will control the political |
destiny there? The Reyeille says: I
'E E. Mullaney and w. H. Hill have I
went to land the election of Bristow |
FOR senator" On the other hand,
Hanna was for Curtis. There is !
growing suspicion that Mullaney won't i
md his friends will pull him into the |
ace for state treasurer when the time /
s ripe. Another citizen of Hill City
who was in Topeka during the sena-
oriaI struggle, returned home the day /
before the caucus, confident that Bris-
ow would be the winner, and that
he Hill City contingent had things all
heir own way. The next day it was
earned Curtis was elected and there
vas a great laugh. So the people are
lnxious to know who will control poll
les in the future in Graham county
md Hill City.
The question in Beloit and Mitchell
county among the politicians who want
o do something. is whether Cy CASTOR
will succeed S. H. Dodge as regent of
he state normal There isn't enough
nance in the office to quarrel over,
)ut it is politics.
The Osborne News thinks it can see
some Sixth district politics ahead, and
appears to favor w. b. Ham, of Rocks
county, to succeed Congressman Reed
II. 1t must be borne in mind that the
News was started originally to down the
nachine fellows, and it included Reeder
n the list. The News has never been
friendly to the congressman, but it has
)een a great boss boster organ. 1t goes
IN to say: IF the people of the Sixth
district want man in congress, who
AN do ethiag besides recommend
ng pcstmasters and introducing irri-
cation bills for the benefit of Colorado
ind Nevada, they would do well to keep
heir eyes on the man at Stockton.
Scottsville, a bright Mitchell county
own, has been Incorporated city of