The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-08
IN SIXTH DISTRICT
PalcO Claims to Have Best Boy
Ball Team.
John Whalen and His Famous
Landmark.
PLAINVILLE GROWING
Needs More Substantial Brick
and Stone Buildings.
Wolf Scalps Are Plentiful in
Cove County.

Harry Broderick claims that the
first daily newspaper in the Sixth dis
trict was the Osborne News, and that
he was an empIoye on that journal in
' 1881. He is now owner and publisher
of the Marysville Acknowledgements
The Osborne Farmer claims that
Colonel Dan Dyer of Smith county Is
really entitled to the blue ribbon for
being the biggest political office chaser
In the district.
Palco, a Rocks county town. claims
to have the best kid baseball team In
the Sixth district They are under IT
wears of age, and so far this season
have won five games out of the sixth
one they have played. They have
beaten the clubs in Damar, Bogue,
Hungry Ridge and Lone star anu 0ie
booked for several other games.
The Codeu NJ. w. A. camp will hoid
their fifth annual picnic and log roll
ing, August and 8. Reports say tnat
w R. Stubbs w. B. Ham, Congress
man Reeder. ]. R. Burton, and other
noted Woodmen will be present
one of the best known Republicans
of Rocks county, and Dy the way ne
attends most of the conventions, cOun-
" as we'll as state, speaking OF an
editorial article in the Stockton Record
whereby the editor claimed that CON
gresham Reeder voted as cannon ulc
fated saws: IF this is fact L want
10 congratulate Reeder for following
the advice of so good man as can
nom" - :, tis
home n picture of one OF the lanu-
marks of Lincoln county. 1t Is a log
house built by his father, Nlcholas
Whalen who came to the county IN
1867 and took up homesIea .l,,o,l FL
this old log house the son spent severn severn
years in his boyhoOd days IN NOSE
early times the Indians were lEoup ot
some and several times they TOOK aIleI
in the log house, being well guaroeu'
Several settlers yere killed by the IN
dams and others captured IN slght Vi
the Whalen log house BuHaIoes, 80 80
appeared to be plentlIul' any n4o
Whalens saw them as late as 10 ~ l;
The log house Is a great souvenir, anu
will adorn the walls OF their Parlor as
long as any of the Whalens i've.
The Grinueu Record is all nome print,
o,,arfo in form and five columns TO the
page. 1t is the paper OF Cove county
which usually gets all the news ElIiIei
E. Bevan is editor and propiIe 5 ~
Every town in the county has trleo 10
get Beyan away from Grinnell, put the
husiness men give him such a nearly
support he is letting well enough aIone'
Some people must be naro 10 W.
the Atwood Patriot gives some OF the
neopIe of the town wholesome ADVICE
+, tIe following: when the town or
county you live in don't suit you leave
it. You will be better on SO Will 'iie
community you live in
The state bank, of Almena, celeora-
ted it's first birthday bv increasing lts
capital stock to $4,000. In the nrsI
year of it's existence the bu1lolng ana
6~+ures were consumed by a fire. In
: short time the bank Will be removed
to its new building
Kanoplis. Ellsworth county shppeu
IN the month of June, last. 30 cars of
Glen Elder isn't asking for much, but
the town does want a laundry
The Hill City papers last week prtn Il
birth notices of no less than half a
dozen youngsters, and nary girl
among them. While the fathers and
mothers are taking the advice of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, it would only been talr
70 have the sex about evenly divided.
one OF the business men of PIa1nV1lle
says: This town can afford to expend
nicely in new business buildings on the
main business street the sum of $50
nO0'' What Plainville most needs IS
more substantial brick and stone bust
ness buildings. 1t enjoys good healthy
trade and is surrounded by wealthy
Farmers who live on Paradise Flats.
Besides, the people of Plainville have
completed IN years time three mag
nifcent churches. Christian. Catholic
and Methodist, at total cost or ABOUT
s35. 600, and all are paid for.
During the months of April, May
and June the commissioners of Cove
county paid out about $500 bounty for
wolf scalps. Whether all these ScaIpS
were gathered in Cove county or if
any of them were picked up on the
outside the Grinnell Record fails to
state.
For several years Colby has aver
aged twenty persons each year who go
away to the several colleges. The
Tribune claims this is larger num-
Der of students than any other town
in northwest Kansas furnishes.
The Atwood Patriot has been over
TO the court house and dug up the
marriage records in Rawlins county
from January 1, 1881, to December 81,
1906, and finds that 925 licenses have
been issued.
The twenty-second annual reunion
OF the Northwest Kansas Veterans as
eocfation will be held at Rexford
Thomas county, September Is. 10. 90.