The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-20
in SIXTH DISTRICT
Hill City's Veteran Hotel Man
Deserts His Town.
After 25 Years Service He
Goes to Russell.
BOOMERS ORGANIZE.
Get Together to Boost North.
western Kansas.
Plainville Has a Real Automo-
bile Factory.

Neal Overman, former pastor of the
Lincoln Christian church, wants to
keep busy. So he carries his adver-
tisement Of auctioneer in his home pa
pers.
William Keleher, the pioneer landlord
of Graham county; having run hotels
in both Millbrook and Hill City for
more than rs years, has quit Graham
county and gone to Russell and taken
possession of the well known Russell
hotel. He is the best known landlord
in northwest Kansas, as he is one of
the most popular.
That veteran editor and publisher,
L. L. Alrich, has treated his Cawker
City Record to a new dress and prom
iseS to make other improvements on
his paper from time to time. The
Record can be put down as a pioneer.
1t has faithfully watched the growth
and development of that section of the
state.
1t is said by the attorneys that the
next session of court in Cove county
in April, will be the largest and most
exciting one ever held in the county.
There will be a murder case, the first
ever tried in the district court of Cove
county. Besides, there are two assault
cases, the fellow in the one case being
about 55 years old and the girl who
makes the charge. 13. The other is
against one of the county officials,
which has been tried once and the jury
disagreed. Besides there are a number
of other important cases, which will
make the term the longest ever held
in the county.
The real estate people Of the Beaver
valley, which takes in Decatur, Raw
Inns and Cheyenne counties, have form
ed an association for the object OF
booming northwestern Kansas. Saint
Francis. Bird City, Mcdonald. Atwood.
Ludell, Herndon and Cedar Bluffs are
prominent towns in the Beaver valley.
1t is a fertile valley, and corn and al
falfa are king.
Lincoln has been temperance town
for several years. running fight has
been made against the joints and boot
leggers. Every illegal method of selling
intoxicants disappeared long ago. Two
druggists have permits, and there are
those who work to have them revoked.
1t is a good, clean town.
J. H. Burkholder, proprietor Of the
Piainville machine shops, is a sort of
jack Of all trades. He has recently
added machinery for the manufacture
of autos He has turned out the first
one, and is working on another In the
general construction he uses higher
wheel, necessitating the use of a solid
tire. and thereby overcoming the pneu-
completing is a beauty. 1t has two
seats and 20-horse power engine. He
has several orders for autos.
One of the big sales of Rocks county
real estate was made by w. B. Sanders,
of Plainville when he disposed of the
Noah Shaw ranch containing $40 acres
for $25. 900. This ranch is located on the
famous Paradise Flats.
While drilling well near Luray.
Russell county, at a depth of about 223
feet, the drillers struck sand which
was so full of oil that a lighted match
Cnf fi,-o n hi ia in l1n
Blue Hills country There has been a
company organized of representative
citizens and business men in Lucas,
Luray and Waldo, thrifty Russell coun-
ty towns, to prospect for oil and gas,
and the work of putting down a hole is
only a matter of a short time.
The Commercial club of Cawker City
is pulling for a laundry, believing that
if successful in securing smaller enter
prises larger ones will come.
Lucas is one of the busiest trade
centers of Russell county. Her grain
and stock shipments are Iarge. 1t has
a large number of substantial busi-
ness firms and is the home of a candi-
date for the state senate. And the
crying need of the town is a hotel. 1t
is unfortunate for a town as active as
Lucas not having a hotel.
Bogue is one Of the thrifty towns
out in Graham county. Her busi-
ness interests demand a bank. Some
capitalists from Hill City secured
charter for a bank at Bogue just about
the time of the commencement of
the money furry. Nothing has been
done yet to start it, but other persons
have been there from another county
to look over the bank situation. and
gave out promises that they would
soon return and reorganize and start
the Bogue bank to running.
There isn't much harmony among
fha PhilJinShurP editors They need
an evangelist like DIR. Oliver there to
get them together, as he did the edi-
tors of the Mankato papers. One edi-
tor in Philipsburg prints in his
paper the following about his brother
editor: 1.-THE lanky squirt who sucks
the county teat 365 days in the year"
Tally another point for the Sixth
district: Ex-Lieutenant Governor D.
J. Hanna of Graham county. per-
| manent chairman of the last state
convention, and Robb M. McGonigal.
of Thomas county, elected one of the
| delegates at large to the Chicago ma
tional convention. Nothing the mat
ter with the Sixth district fellows.
One of the Phillipsburg editors is
| a fighter if the rumor is true 1t is
said this scrappy editor used a gun
on a delinquent subscriber and shot
| him in the foot. He didn't get the
money either.
Russell county ought to be good for
500 Republican majority at any time.
| For some years the county has been
| a sort of betwixt and between. In the
convention to elect delegates to the
| Topeka convention r. T. Fowler of
| Lucas, who came to Russellgcounty in
1872, and owns 1000 acres of land in
| the county, said few things which
ought to get the Republican factions
| together in future elections. After the
| convention endorsed his candidacy for
senator of the Thirty-fourth district,
he was called on for speech. Among
other matters talked over Mr.. Fow-
| Ter said: "I know what some of you
| delegates are thinking, that I know
more about herding Texas cattle than
| 1 do about legislation and politics,
and I guess you are right. One thing
| / learned when I used to herd cattle
| was that when we had a stampede. If