The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
Best Prospects Graham County
Farmers Have Ever Had.
Threshing Machines Are Busy
With the Wheat.
BANK DEPOSITS GROW
Ex.Lieutenant Governor Hanna
Not to Leave Hill City.
Has Sold His Fine Residence
But Will Rebuild.

Hill City, Kan. Aug 4-With the
best prospects for corn the farmers of
Graham county have ever seen at this
time in the season. a fairly good crop
of wheat harvested and many threshing
machines already at work. an immense
yield of alfalfa in sight. and a few poll
tics in towns thrown in for good meas
ure, Hill City, Morland and Bogue, the
principal towns in Graham county, are
enjoying some growth and a good wave
Of business prosperity. And her banks
are smiling, for they know. the deposits
will increase soon as the grain COM
mences to move.
Here in Hill City. the county seat,
and business and political center, on
a Saturday, Is all life and prosperity
her Touring mill running to. its fullest
capacity. an almost innumerable num-
ber of political Office chasers button
holing this and that man as he comes
in from the country to buy the neces-
saries of life, every store crowded with
customers, and the three banks cashing
grain and stock checks and receiving
deposits, and then. q day later. Sunday,
and the several churches patronized,
and not business house of any kind
open where a smoker can buy a cigar,
was a great contrast to the several Wis
itors who spent the Sabbath in Hill
City. farmer drove several miles
and he found the lid on so tight that
he returned home without it. The
Sunday closing ordinance in Hill City
was on as tight as. the bark to q tree.
Newspaper business has been so
good in Hill City that the owner and
proprietor Of the Republican is erect
ing a permanent home. The new mod
ern house Of w. H. Hill will cost about
$1,000. 1t will be heated with steam. 1t
will be a duplicate of one of Topeka's
1I
builder in that city will do the work.
There are many inviting homes in Hill
City, and Mr.. Hill will leave nothing
undone to make this one as attractive
as any In the place.
The Hill City high school Quartette,
of four young ladies'. each one a Ora
ham county product and proud Of her
native state. are going to take an out
ing, and will visit Delphos, Ottawa
county, during the Spiritualist camp
meeting which meets there for two
weeks session commencing August &
The names of the quarteete are: Bar
bara Harwi, Maude McManimie, Lottie
Dezell and Celia Pipes.
The political scrap in Graham coun-
ty will center on school superintendent
The two nominees are liable to be wo-
meh, a Republican and Democrat. For
many years they. have taught schools
in the county, and both hold frst-class
certificates. The war paint is already
on, and the fight will be to a finish.
Whichever way the tide goes, Graham
county will have a splendid superin-
tendent of schools.
Several Topekans have accepted the
invitation OF ex-Lieutenant Governor
Hanna to visit Hill City soon as the
prairie chickens are ripe enough to eat.
The prospects for a bounteous crop of
chickens in Graham county are fiatter-
ing. 1t has been reported that Cover
nor Hanna is going to leave Hill City,
having sold his fine modern residence.
These talkative people think they
know more about my affairs than / do;
don't know where to go to better
myself" said Mr.. Hanna. He has lived
in Hill City and Graham county for
quarter of a century and naturally
thinks 1t is a good healthy section.