The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-05
IN SIXTH DISTRICT
Place Seekers Are Slow in Com
ing to Topeka.
Passes Are Scarcer Than They
Use to Be.
COLBY is WIDE AWAKE
People Are Determined to Have
an Opera House.
Bird City Shows a Disposition to
Revive.
COLBY is WIDE AWAKE

| AEtltCs
1t is better to take part of a loaf
IMAM none at all. w. H Mize of Os-
borne, didn't land lie nomination for
audltcr OF state, but Governor Hoch
nas recently remembered him in APP
counting MIN notary public.
Inc FIRST National bank of Beloit is
/ Always doing some good turn for the
1enert o. their depositors, many of
Wnom are farmers. They made each
| one OF them a present for the year 1907
Of copy of the Farmer and Stockman.
! one of the best known farm and stock
| journals. The deposits of this bank
| reach about 100000.
Every Sixth district man who goes
counts of prosperity their towns have
experienced during the year 1906. And
all OF them speak encouragingly of the
wheat prospects at this time,
The Sixth district place seekers are
Slow in getting to Topeka. This is
doubtless due to the fact that some of
them have farther to walk than others.
Sam Garland, the noted colored poll
tician from Osborne county, has ar
rived in Topeka, and is after his old
job, that of chief of the senate cloak
room, position he has held down. ever
since the close of the civil war. And
there is Dan Dyer, the statesman from
Smith county, who always hobs up.
He, too. is after his job, sergeant-at-
arms of the lower house. Dyer and
Garland didn't have SO far to walk, and
they landed in Topeka early. Frank
Lockard. of Sherman county, who
wants his old job of senate sergeant-at-
arms, hasn't put in his appearance be-
cause he has farther to go than either
of the others, and it may be that walk
ing is not his lstom, hence his delay
in not being on the ground SO early.
The Atwood Patriot has been sold
to Fred Pearson, and r. H. Park re-
tires after a continuous service of
nearly ten years devil" printer
and for the last four years sole owner,
proprietor and editor. The paper is
Democratic, although Mr.. Park says
when he first commenced he was paid
SIS a week, and since he has been
chief" the paper has paid him many
times only five dollars a week. He
will be missed by the newspaper fra
ternity. He expects to locate in Idaho,
where he goes for the benefit of the
health of Mrs. Park.
The people of Colby are after an
opera house, and they need it. too.
They want it so badly that the two
editors of her newspapers gave gen
erously 500 each to secure it. The
Sixth district editors have made so
much money in the last year or so that
they can afford to be liberal In con-
claimed that the year 1S07,will eclipse
the 1906 year in greater building ac-
tivity in Colby.
The Sixth district will compare
favorably with any district in the state
in new banks organized in 1906. No,
less than twenty state banks were
started In this district. as follows: At
Gorham. Russell county; Mcdonald.
county, Grinnell, Cove county; Alton.
Osborne county; Glen Elder, Mitchell
county Collyer and WaKeeney, Trego
county; sCodelI1 and Webster, Rocks
III A Iva
Norton Norton I COUNTY g oberlin. Decatur
county; Winona, Logan county; Kano-
RADIO, Sherman county; Bellafre, Smith
Saint Francis and Bird City,
lips county, and Morland, Crab am
1t reminds the pioneers of
the early days in the west and north
part of this district when most every |
town had two and three banks
Topeka had visit this week from
Ike Mahin of Smith Center. who was
here on law business. Mahin is one of
the best known lawyers in the district. |
He was formerly claim agent of the |
Missouri Pacific railroad. He is get |
ting fixed to take the world easily. He |
mas just completed modern residence
IN his town, at the cost of about $12,- |
300. He refuses to discuss politics.
Chas. NJ. Sawyer of Norton, is a To-
oeka visitor for a day. He is Demo-
,rat, and of course, while mingling
n a Kansas legislative crowd, he was
onesome. Mr.. Sawyer is chairman of
The Sixth District Democratic Con-
yressional committee, and of course,
wants to live long enough to see a
i've Democrat go to congress from
lis district. And after all, he is one
If the most genial fellows there is
anywhere to be found.
Bird City, Cheyenne county, is to
rave a bank 1t has been without one
or many years. The writer of this
remembers Bird City in its
,almy days, long before it had rail-
DAD nearly a quarter of a century
TO- At that time it was the county
eat of Cheyenne county, and had
hree newspapers and two banks, be-
ides two big hotels and splendid lot
f business men. The two banks in
Bird City in those early days loaned
more than 100000 on farms in few
hort years. The new bank is already
oing business, with the following off,
ers in charge: President, Geo. W.
Volt; vice president, E. L. Dobbs;
ASHER, J. NJ. Fisher. In the last few
ears Bird City has again come to
he front as a growing business CEN
er.
Colby has grown so fast that her
resent school facilities are made
uate A move is on foot to vote $12,-
90 in bonds to meet the needed re-
uirements of the growing school pop
lation.
Marriage must be a failure in Os-
orne county according to the record
( the probate Judge. In 1905 there
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