The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-29
KIRWIN PROSPERS
Is Surrounded by Fertile and
Well Watered Valleys.
Alfalfa One of the Dependable
Crops of District.
HASHEALTHYGR
Many Fine Automobiles Bespeak
Prosperity Of Community.
Farmers of Today Are Pioneers
Who Settled Country.

kirWin, Kan, Dec. 2y--Ih1S town Is
and has been enjoying an era of pros
perity for the last two years or more,
while the crops have been a little shy
in this time, more so than for several
years previous, the present conditions
are the best known in many years.
Situated as E<irwin is at the forks OF
the Solomon river and Bow and Deer
creeks, it affords a tributary country
rich in soil and moisture. Alfalfa is Il
great money maker for this locality, so
much so that the alfalfa meal mill
plant in Kirwin has been a good in
vestment for the proprietor and man
ager, J. J. Lands. 1t makes crop
when other crops fail and usually when
the general crops are good alfalfa makes
q bigger yield.
AS a sign of general prosperity here
enc has to only recall that Kirwin and
.he tributary country has no less than
% automobiles, and in one day no less
than 16 of them were seen on the
streets of Kirwin. And most OF them
are owned by the farmers.
The business houses of Kirwin are
enjoying a healthy trade. The extreme
cold weather and the horrible condition
of the roads combined to make trade
dull for time.
The heavy blanket of snow which has
covered the ground for the last few
weeks makes the prospects for next
years crop of wheat the best that has
been known for many years. What IS
good for wheat the farmers believe will
be good for corn and alfalfa, hogs and
cattle, and for all the people as we'll.
The peopl; of Kirwin are wrestling
with the proposition of putting in an
electric light system. The Town has
good waterworks plant which has been
in working order the last few months.
In one fire it was demonstrated that it
is a paying proposition. for had it not
been for the plant the fire would have
cost several people as much and more
than the waterworks cost.
Kirwin schools are we'll organized
and maintained. The high school grad
yates are admitted to The State Uni
versity.
Early Settlers Remained loyal.
The old timers in kirwin, the old
pioneers, many Of them, are here now.
There are times when they would have
returned east to wife's folks if they
could get away; not SO now, they ap-
pear to have made money, been in good
health and are going to stay here. A
hot wind now and then has no effect on
them.
There is Mai E. w. Warner who has
put several thousand dollars into new
business buildings the past year, and
who is known far and near for his
splendid hostelry-the Warner hotel,
and DR.. r. H. Trusdell, and Chas.
Mcneil, ana ii. A. Royce, ana EuSeIlo
John. and the Landises. and c. P. Bar
Der, John Butler VIM Stuckmann, W
H H. Gray, Fred Greub,4 and many
others. all of them have been prime
movers in building up Kirwin.
Kirvin Has q Good Flour Mill.
Another industry for KirWin's good Is
the roller Touring mills of Jackson
Bros. A trade has been built up by
these mills which has made the town
famous for supplying good flour to their
customers. Once the seat of the gov
eminent land office kirwin has been on
the map for d third of / century. 1t
didn't get the Rock Island road, but
instead her people have stayed, and the
result has been that thrifty town
and trade center has built UP with
splendid schools and churches, water
works, Touring MILL the alfalfa mill
modern homes, brick and stone business
houses, and cement walks. Grit and
push has made the Kirwin of today.