The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
Russell County Farmers Have
Money in the Banks.
Success Crowned Their Efforts
and They Are Happy.
WALDO is BOOMING.
Large and Handsome Buildings
in Course of Construction.
Trade in Farm Implements the
Largest in History.

Waldo, Kan, April IA well
known citizen of this town who has
made Waldo his home for many years
says that so far as his observations
are concerned. that all kinds of bust
ness is moro prosperous this spring,
and that farmers have more money
and are spending it more freely than
ever before in the seventeen years he
has lived and done business in Waldo.
In the years 1904 and 1905 the
crops were hailed out. In 1906 con-
tinued dry weather partially destroyed
the crops; again in 1907 the hail
caught more of the grains and in 1908
a bumper crop of almost everything
was raised. At this time the pros
poets were never better for wheat, and
the ground is in splendid condition
for planting corn. OF the crop of
1908, about 225.0O0 bushels of grain
have been shipped from Waldo. be-
sides several car loads of alfalfa and
prairie hay.
Farm Land Sells Well.
Farm lands in this vicinity are
land agency. of Waldo, claims that
farm lands that could be bought for
SIS per acre in the last few years are
now held for S35 and upwards an
acre The commissioners of Russell
county where Waldo is located. re-
Gently purchased 240 acres for poor
farm. paying $50 an acre. This farm
is about five miles from here.
The farm implement trade this
spring is big, larger than 1t has been
for many years. The two implement
firms of the town doubled their or
ders for spring shipments and every
day farmers are hauling their pur-
chases to their homes. The implement
house of Gail Wilson has received
four carloads of implements this
spring; in the last few years his or
ders were for two carloads; the
Waldo Implement company, J. Il.
stone, manager, report large In
creased trade.
Many Buildings Are Being Erected.
Among the new improvements this
year will be the erection OF an addl-
zion to the store of Gail Wilson, S0x80
feet. which will give him a frontage OF
so feet by 80 feet deep. He will add
to his implement and harness business
a full line of hardware. The Wilson
family are now at home in their new
OF the general merchandise firm or
Meeker &. Pangburn, has completed his
50 500 residence, and j. IL Burgar. nav
ing recently retired from business, is
completing his 81, 500 residence Mr..
Rurgar likes Waldo so much that he
will not leave. but rumor says that he
will in the near future put in a large
general stock Of merchandise Many
other improvements are noticeable all
over the town.
Plenty of Corn i'm Reserve.
The 5000 bushels of last years crop
of corn which DR.. J. c. Mitchell raised
on his farm. and now cribbed in the
rear of his drug store is tempting to
the Waldo grain merchants, but he says
he doesn't want to sell it just now.
The doctor has just purchased a first
class auto.
P c. Clemmons. manager of the
waldo Lumber company, is the new
postmaster, and while he is kept at
work in his business occupation, the
postoffice is kept up in applepie order
by his wife.
The farmers wives around Waldo are
making money out of the poultry, eggs
and cream they sell. One firm here.
ID. F. McEndree. who represents the
Concordia Creamery company, has
bought since the middle of March over
$50 cans of cream. amounting to more
than $500 pounds of butter fat. for
which he paid out to the wives of the
farmers about $500.
Local Bank Deposits Are Large.
The Waldo State bank has deposits
about $4,000. When one
takes in consideration the size of the
town, and that banks are in operation
in towns both east and west from
six to eight miles, it seems almost in