The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15
in SIXTH DISTRICT
Rock ISlandFfnds Inexhaustible
/. Water Supply.
Has Given Much Trouble in
This Section.
ALMENA WIDE AWAKE
Hopes to Capture Division Point
if 1t Is Moved.
Newspapers Are Lining Tn on
Governor Question.

The Rock Island railroad has re-
Gently put in we'll Of its own at Nor
ton, and claim they have an mex
haustible supply Of water. This wa
ter question seems to have given the
ROCK Island people any amount of
annoyance, which has led to the ru-
mors that the company is seriously
contemplating moving its Phillipsburg
DIVISION to some point where there is
ample water.
Inere was school teachers meet
ing IN Hill City last week. One of the
questions discussed was: s'When shall
We quit teaching?" The teacher who
handled the subject was a lady who
can pc said is one Of the pioneer teach
srs OF Graham county. She is pafd
peeler wages than any other teacher in
a ene county, barring the superintend-
ent OF the Hill City high school She
is line educator and loves her pro
lessfon. She would make an admir-
able state school superintendent.
ellsworth is getting ready to en-
LOT teataln Kew: French e. Oliver, the no.
Inc newspaper fellows of Ellsworth
90 not quarrel; some editors in other
Towns 90. In such places Dr. divers
presence has been a blessing to the
oeIlgerent newspaper fellows.
Inc Graham County Fans" a coll
ored baseball team, all homegrown.
expect to make a tour of the Sixth
district during the season, and will
play any and all teams who want to
contest. ~
THE meanest thing in Hoxie" is
the subject Of a sermon to be delivered
IN the pulpit Of the Christian church
IN that town. 1t is safe to bet that
no church or hall in Hoxie will hold
the crowd which will want to hear the
subject discussed.
The question of wor,onss x;o,.4. III,
pc settled in the primary election in
Norton county next fall Miss Katie
=. Johnson, present treasurer. is a
candidate for denomination. For coun-
" superintendent Mrs. Ida Walker has
announced her candidacy The first
named lady has made a first-cIass Of
hcial careful and painstaking, and
equal to any official who has ever
served In the office. Mrs. Walker is a
successful educator, having taught
school in both Norton and Athena 3he
largest towns in the country. Her
standing is the highest
one OF the townships in Mitchell
county has been heard from The re
turns show that the assessed valuation
under the new tax law aggregate ST.
0l3, 100, while in 1907 it was $751;. 900.
Almena, Norton county town, is
not so sure that place won't get the
Rock Island division If it is moved
from Phillipsburg. They are putting
-, =, q tii9e-SldSs WdIerWOrkS plant, and
the railroad company has thrown out
some feelers to the Almena people
Col. e. G. Parker promises to line
up his Oberlin Times at an early date.
| at which time he will state his choice
for the Republican nominations for
governor and congressman from the
sixth district. And the Times will
then work with all its might for the
election of its choice.
| The Sixth district journals are show
| ing their political preferences for gov
| ernor The Norton Courier, Smith Cen
| ter Messenger and Osborne Farmer
are the latest additions to the Leland
| column, the preferences of these Jour
| mails having been announced in their
! columns editorially last week And the
| argument used by the other organs
IS that they are machine journals
| Machines are necessary to help till the
| soil of the short grass country. and
| the three Leland machine organs men
| toned above have been working fol
| years to build up their towns and
| counties.
P. H Connarty. of Norton, COM
| mander of the Northwest Kansas Old
Soldiers association, which will hold
its annual reunion in Norton this year
| is already at work on the programme
| The commander with the aid of the
| business men of Norton, promises tt
make this reunion the largest and
| most entertaining ever held by the
| Northwest Kansas Old Soldiers asso-
citation.
The personal property valuation
of Mankato, in 1907. was $4,000
and $500, 900 under the new tax law
in 1908. In the same years city mort
cages had jumped from $4,000 to
S125,0O0, and the cash listed had
$4,000 in 1908.
w T. Case of PIainyille is abo,,,