The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
JAYHAWKER JOTS

lola reports half a crop of grapes
in spite of last springs frosts.
Norton has a bona fide soap fac
tory. Norton ought to be cleaner than
ever now
Norton store gives II reasons why
people should trade there. The first one
is that I'VE need the money"
Oakley comes forward with a new
hail story. After a recent hail storm
out there people went out and gather
ed enough ice to fill their refrigera tors
and the ice man did no business the
next day.
A local liar at BelIevfIIe says that his
cows milk is so rich that the milking
churns it and he carries butter and
buttermilk back to the house every
time he goes out to milk.
A Clay Center man now takes his
baths out of doors by turning the noz-
ze so it will send out a spray, hanging
the hose over a branch and standing
underneath the water. 1T is all right"
guarantees the Times, land as the man
lives in secluded spot and his family
is away there is not likely to be any
row stirred up by the neighbors.''
Prosperity note from the Jewell Re-
publican: The bank deposits of this
town touched high water mark this
week. On the day after the CALI for
a published statement was made there
was over $5000O0 deposited in our two
banks. This beats all former records.
The banks are full of money belonging
to their customers. Most of the farm
ers have some sort of balance to
their credit in the bank. That is why
a crop failure once in while doesn't
stop business, as was formerly the case.
Atchison Globe: 1t seems queer that
it has not been mentioned before, but
there is an apple crop in the vicinity
of Atchison. Tom Finnigan has an APP
pie orchard which is bearing this year.
Governor Bailey and E. H. Johnson,
who visited the orchard Wednesday, the
day of Finnigan'S picnic, say that all
of the trees. are as full of apples as
they should be. Mr.. Finnigan explains
his apple crop by the fact that his or
orchard stands very high. and escaped
the killing frosts last spring. Most of
the trees are old ones. 49,
The gas supply is not any too abund-
ant in some places. Says the Paola
Republican: 1.-The prospects for an
abundant supply of gas for Paola and
Osawatonie for next winter do not APP
be. The Republican has made some
inquiry and learns that practically no
new wells are being drilled and all we
have in sight to depend upon are the
wells now supplying gas. These are not
sufficient to supply the towns this WIN
ter. When w. NJ. Mills. was manager
of the gas business here, it was his
policy to keep drilling rig continuous
ly at work bringing in new wells. Even
with this vigilant work 1t was not al
ways possible to keep up the supply.
and certainly without anything doing
we are liable to get uncomfortably cold
next winter, depending on gas for
fuel"
Will Palmer: People talk about the
awful crime of wasting time, but we
would like to be rich enough to go off
and waste August every
wear Physicians say that one
third of the insane recover. Maybe
that is what busted the Populists.
we are always sorry to see ]. F. KEEL
sew 10 go to farming. Jim stays around
town two or three years at a stretch
and the crops are fine. Then he gets
the fever, rigs up his team and starts
ont to be a farmer. That is always a
had sign for~the country. 1t means
mill linn moves back to town We
have seen it tried SO often that we
know inst what to look for when we see
MIN buying horses and getting ready to
farm. Inc doctors are COM
manning that there is hardly enough
green fruit and garden truck in the
country this year to produce a good |
case of cholera morbus. . ~. Many
wells are failing. Some farmers are
hauling water for stock and that keeps
a man from arguing politics or pitch
ing horse Shoes -. Since the big !
shoe companies have been making the
soles out of paper. they find they can |
sell a great many more shoes.
A Jewell City woman is such lunatic |
to put up fruit when she has a chance, |
that she now has two years supply on
hand.