The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-27
IN SIXTH DISTRICT
Sharon Springs Prays for Rain
and Gets 1t.
TrsgO County Sees Signs for
Big Crops.
-MR.REEDER A BUSY MAN
Grubs Out One of His Favorite
Elms.
Big Cement Plant Being Built
Near Hays City.


Sharon Springs prayers were an
| swered. The land agents prayed for
rain, and it did rain. 1t is no wonder
that w. S Ward, of the Times, is
proud he lives in a town where peo-
pie have faith in prayers. And, by
the way, it may be that Mr. Ward,
who wants to succeed Senator Chas-
Buschow, may be compelled to ask
for prayers
Several Kansas City liquor peddlers
are said to have done thriving BUSH
ness in Logan one day last week.
This is Congressman Reeder's home
/ town. He is great believer in irri-
cation, and as it has been dry there
as we'll as elsewhere, the old topers
| had to "irrigate" on booze rather
than submit to quenching their thirst
with the sparkling water of the Solo
mon river.
In one of the Sixth district coun-
| ties, Republican in politics as gen.
| eral thing there are seven druggists,
supposed to be doing a legitimate
business. The office of probate judge
was visited. Stored away on the
shelf were several packages of liquor
affidavits for the last three months,
which the probate judge said num-
| taking official, who has served the
county as probate judge since 1902,
was asked how many of the signatures
were genuine, and his response was
L
except the one he himself signed.
With the opening of her new salt
plant. it Is claimed KanoDolis will
have two of the largest salt enter
A s. Chase. probate judge of ELS
worth county, and who was reelected
last fall for the seventh term, no
doubt holds the banner record so far
as the marriage question is concerned.
The records show that he is far in the
lead in tying the marriage knots, be-
Sides it is claimed that no marriage
ceremony he has ever pronounced has
Chase is an old civil war veteran; he
can spin a yarn equal to the best story
tellers and he is attractive because he
is handsome looking.
The new paper, the Journal, re-
Gently started in the center of the
United States. has this to say:
"Kanopolis has secured more new en-
terprises in the last year, has had
ed more new buildings and increased
its population more than any town in
Ellsworth county"
Ex-Judge j. H. Reeder is visiting mis-
friends in Hays City. A short time
ago he was made attorney for the
ReEaH Gold Mining company. situated
in the Cripple Creek mining district al
Victor, Col His headquarters are in
Denver.
s. H. Dodge, of Beloit, former mem-
Der of the board of regents of the
State Normal school, is already missed
from that board, and especially at the
western branch located at Hays City.
as he had always taken an active and
working welfare for the institution
Having been a member of the board
for 16 years, the board questions any
action he might take for the best in
terests of the school.
G. F. SoiIenberger, of Thomas coun-
ty, is one among the bunch of good
fellows who has never lost confidence
in his county. He has served as treas
urer. He praeticed economy in the dry
years, making all ends meet, and to-
day can clean up about $4,000. He
has fine herds of we1lbred horses, and
high grade SEOrthorn cattle, and lives
in Il fine home surrounded with every
luxury.
So far as is now known there are
only two avowed candidates for the
nomination for congress in the Sixth
district ir 1908. Congressman Reeder
will ask for denomination for a Sixth
term, and George w. Holland, of Rus
sell county, gave it out in public
last year, that he would again come be-
fore the people as a candidate next
year. Mr.. Holland is of the same opin-
ion still. He is a fighter, as the peo-
race in 1906. He staid in the fight,
until the votes were counted. He
promises his friends that he Will do
so again in the next convention There
j.
master at Hays City, may get into the
race in the event that Congressman
Reeder can't win the nomination Peb-
new is for Reeder for first choice. His
second choice will be for the man wn5
can win. Penney is the biggest poll
tician in Ellis county. He has never
known what il was to be defeated. He
is at home with the Russians
This weather, the closing days of The
month of April remind the people OF
Wa-Keeney of the severe snow storm
which visited TTego county on April
% and 3d. 1903. On the I'd day or May.
the same year, President RooseNeIt
passed over the Union Paclnc coad'
and as the train ran through Wa
Kearey the preside ntial party looked
ont and saw snow drifts three feet
deeo. That was a bumper year for the
,Freco county wheat ratsers, RECORD
breaker in the harvest CT the largest
erop the county has ever known, while
the fruit crop was totally ruined. And
now the Wa-Keeney and Trego couney
DeonIa are asking whether 1907 IS going
10 be a repetition of the year 1903.
The real estate business doesn't seem |
70 b. falling on any in the Sixth dis
frict Since the 1st of the present
wear the real estate firm OF Ross q
waldo, of Ellis, have SOLD 10 quarter
sections in the counties of Ellis and
Perhaps the first case on record has
come to light where a Sixth district
sdftor refused political JOB. The
editor of the Agra SentineI was ten
iered the position of city clerk, and
he absolutely refused reappoint-
ment.
1t appears that Kensington has a
woman tailoress. and that number
Of the townspeople are wearing suits
by a woman tailor. In the Mirror
will say one thing of Kensington:
here are more rubbernecks there