The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-20
Yield in era ham County Will BE
Greater Than Ever Before.
Hot Spell of Past Ten Days Will
Lower Previous Estimates.
FIELDS SHADE ROADS.
Farmers Are Moving Their
Wheat Crop to Market.
MOnay Is Plenty and Residents
of County Are Happy.

Hill City. Kan. Aug 20.-One OF
the best known farmers in Graham
county estimates that his county Will
raise from so to so per cent more corn
this year than in any previous year in
the history of Graham county. This
estimate was made prior to the hot.
dry weather which set in ten days
ago. and which may have checked the
growth to some extent. There are
1s1.542 acres planted in corn.
The county will raise d big crop
even if the dry weather checks its
growth. All agree that corn has never
made such a wonderful growth. 1t
has grown taller than ever before, in
many cases hiding the general view
from the passerby. A sight from q
school house about six miles from Hill
City on the four corners of the main
travelled roads, one is reminded OF
eastern lawns. the roads are shaded by
the tall growth of stalks of corn. Such
a sight has never before been seen in
Graham county.
Wheat has commenced moving
Graham county had 12O,237 acreJ
soWn in wheat. That already thresh-
ed is turning out quite satisfactory.
The county will have large surplus
TO ship.
The Hill City commercial club ought
10 go after an alfalfa mill. There are
9.072 acres of alfalfa growing in Gra-
ham county, and the acreage is in
creaSing every year The alfalfa king
of the county is A. ]. Rice Another
large grower is E ]. Byerts, who has
200 acres. The town has a live club,
and they should speak out what they
want, and then go after it.
Graham County Is Growing.
The population of Graham county
continues to show q healthy increase, |
there now being about 1927 inhabit- |
ants One of the greatest needs of the |
county is q larger population Good |
unimproved farm land is selling at |
ton of 1855 in 1908 the farm pro- |
ducts amounted to S2.270. 004.31, or |
1921 for every man, woman and child |
living within her borders. The Far |
mers and Merchants bank of Hill City /
made a comparison with nine of the |
best counties in northeast Kansas /
where land is worth more than 500 |
per acre, and finds that Graham coun-
ty leads such counties as Doniphan,
Brown, Nemaha- Marshall. Washing
ton, Republic. Cloud, Clay and Riley. |
the lowest being Doniphan with 1912
per capita
The value of poultry and eggs sold
during the year amounted to S61,377.
a handsome sum for the farmers wives /
who do the churning and raise the
poultry. The amount is large enough /
to buy several good Graham county
farms Besides there was 1896 |
pounds of butter made, which the
farmers wives ought to be credited
with.
Graham county has land as good as
can be found anywhere. and what
Is most needed is a large population
to help till the soil. No need of
politics keeping anyone away from
the county. for only two of her peo-
pie have been elected to fill state of
fees, two others nominated for lieu
tenant governor and state treasurer
on the Socialist and Populist state
tickets were beaten badly
Hill City Is Prosperous County Seat.
1t has been g. source of qualification
to your correspondent to visit Hill
City and Graham county since 1881.
On his first visit a vigorous county
seat fight was on hand. with Mill
brook, Hill City, Gettysburg, Nico-
demus and Roscoe all striving to be
the seat of government. The election
resulted in the three lowest towns
Gettysburg, Roscoe and Nicodemus
dropped out, and the big struggle be-
tween Millbrook and Hill CITY COM
menced- In the other election Hill
City won out.
There is a postofice and a store or
two remaining in Nicodemus but
Roscoe. Gettysburg and Millbrook
have long ago dropped off the maps
one of the best business and trade :
centers in northwest Kansas. with a
population close to the 1000 notch
is lively in all classes of
business to such an extent tina. trade {
Is drawn here which by rights ought !
10 go to other towns.
Go where you will one will seldom
ind a more hospitable people. Lovely E
homes are seen all over town, trees
are growing thrifty. attractive lawns I
are getting more numerous the I
churches are patroniZed, and mod I
arn school house graces the town {
Paradise Flats and Capitol Hill as
we'll as other parts of Hill City, are ]
striving with one accord TO make
these locations more attractive and in ]
Fiting. And it is the earnest wish of
the writer that Hill City and her peo-
pie may continue to build and pros 8