The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-04
IN SIXTH DISTRICT
Ionia Badly in Need of Rail-
road Facilities.
Mankat0 Women to Tell How
the Town Should Be Run.
AWAKENING AT CEDAR
Small Talk on the Congressional
Situation in Reeder District.
Health Officers Order Only III otel
in Jewell City to Close.

The business men of Ionia, Jewell
county, will be delighted as soon as
the Beloit and Kearney railroad is
built. One firm in that town paid
out in one day to teams for hauling
freight from the Rock Island road
the sum of $145.
The Mankato Monitor has asked the
women of that town to contribute
articles for his paper on three diff
ferent subjects as follows: LAS
Mayor of Mankato What Would a
Woman Do" the second is, What
Would a Woman Do if Street Com
missioner of Mankato," and the third
is, How Can the Women Help to
Make Mankato Beautiful" Splendid
subjects for women to write about
and doubtless the women of Mankato
will do the subject matter justice.
There Is a colony of Hill Cityites
now residing in Gooding, Idaho. At a
recent gathering there at the home of
one of their number 20 were present,
and this didn't include all of them.
The Modern Woodmen camp of
Waldo will hold their annual log roll
ing picnic August IL, 3 and IA.
Residents of Cedar Do Things.
The town of Cedar, the first county
seat of Smith county, shows a spirit
of activity that is surely commend
able. There are not enough people
in the place to incorporate, SO the
business men and others have con-
tributed sum to improve the public
park. The rickety old fence has been
torn out and new one put in.
Many shade trees have been added.
and the park has been cleaned up
and planted to blue grass.
The town is branching out in new
business enterprises. among which
will be a bank. The towns people
promise to support a local paper if
some one will come in and do a rea-
sonable amount of hustling instead of
devoting the large part of his time
watching games of sport and pitching
horseshoes A fourth general store
has been added. Cedar held the
county seat about year. They never
expected to retain 1t for the reason
that it is located in a corner of
Smith county.
Waiting on Railroad Surveyors.
veyors haven't showed up in Beloit
yet, although they have been ex-
pected since about the 18th of
April. The people of Beloit have
subscribed for the survey and don't
propose to give up the cash donation
until the surveyors have completed
their contract. They have asked
Mayor w. H. Mitchell to send them
$1,000, and the mayor very promptly
refused the request.
publication in the Sixth district. It
has grown and prospered to such an
extent that the Daily Cali is now all
home print, and besides having good
streak of luck at home it has worked
up a big paying circulation on the
several rural routes out of Beloit
And by the way Beloit is nicely taken
care of by her publication, there be-
ing two daily and three weekly
papers. They are continually saying
I,i Pn1nif and Mitchell
county.
Little Doing in Politics.
1t has been some weeks since any
new developments in the Sixth con-
gressianaI district enigma has been
sprung. Ex-state Senator o. D.
Young's candidacy appears to be the
most talked about in the district; then
again, his announcement to succeed
Congressman Reeder in 1910 is the
only public declaration that has been
made, therefore he appears to be the
most talked of unless it be Reeder
himself.
Mr. Young expresses himself as be-
ing we'll satisfied with the reports he
is receiving from all over the district.
He is also meeting with favor from
the old war veterans, having address
ed rousing campfire meeting of the
old boys in Glen Elder, last week.
The opponents of Congressman
Reeder think they see him dropping
out of the race, these same fellows
have always had him beaten before
election; some of these fellows now
believe he will hike out to Idaho or
Oregon, but Reeder goes home to his
town of Logan, pulls off his coat and
makes garden and plants trees, and it
is said he is going to build a modern
home in Logan this summer or fall
Jewell City Loses Only Hotel.
The only hotel in Jewell City has
been given 30 days notice to close, the
men having made a vigor-
Gus complaint to the state board of
health An inspector was sent to
Jewell City to ascertain the facts, and |
he reported that the building was I'M
fit for hotel purposes For some time |
the Commercial club of that town has |
offered to give $4,000 to any respon- |
sible person who will erect a suita BILE |
building for a hotel. All will wish |
that the action of the state. board of |
health and the generous offer of the |
Commercial club will result in Jewell |
City getting good hotel.
The Woodstonites are gritty. They !
have a good right to be, their town |
has been growing at a lively pace. No |
sooner did one newspaper move else |
where than her people were up and |
and now Woodston has a pa
per once more; the Argus, f. NJ |
Learned, editor and publisher. Among |
other new business enterprises, her |
people are starting the second bank, |
many Of the farmers taking stock. |
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