The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
Acreage of Wheat Is Unusually
Large This Year.
Period of Prosperity to BE Cele.
brated With Festival.
FINE STOCK In TREGO
Editors in This Section of Kan.
sas Are Prosperous.
Wac0nda Springs Will Have a
New $4,000 Hotel.

Colby, Kan, June 22.-Fike & Hay
ner, of Colby, have out so large an
acreage Of wheat in Thomas county
that they are arranging to put not less
than 15 headers at work as soon as the
crop ripens if they can secure that
many.
Osborne will celebrate her magnifi-
cent crop yields in August. Having
raised good crops this year, besides
completed their new court house, her
people seem to want to combine her
harvest home festival with the court
house celebration and make it one of
the largest ever held in Osborne county
and north central Kansas.
There is talk of the Osborne Farmer
issuing daily paper. Beloit and
Norton are the only towns in the Sixth
district where dailies are printed, and
they are making money.
Replying to a whisky circular in
curing: viii the state law prohibit
ing druggists handling liquors deprive
you of your favorite stimulant?'' the
CaWker City Record answers: Guess
not. Adams ale is free, and We have
an abundance Of it in 'Cawker.'
Lawson Bros, breeders of Aberdeen
Angus cattle, are among the largest
and most successful stock men in
Trego county. They came from Chi
cago in 1880, and settled in Trego coun-
ty, 10 miles southeast of Wakeeney.
$50 acres is in feed, together with 100
acres Of corn. They have over 400 cat
tie in their herd.
Their father, Alfred Lawson, was a
former member of the legislature from
Trego county. The Lawsons are enter
prising, and have made money by, hard
work. They are enjoying great pros
perity because they have worked hard
for it. A visit to their cattle ranch is
we'll worth it.
The Hill City editor is a booster for
his paper. and if no one else will boost
it. the editor hadn't ought to be
blamed. Hear him: "One of the pref
tiest young ladies in Graham county
was a customer for refined stationery
at this shop this week and in picking
out the paper showed that her taste
was equal to her good looks and in buy
ing it here proved that she possessed
not only good taste and good looks but
good judgment as we'll" Editors seem
to be thrifty in more ways than one in
Hill City. The editor of the New Era is
growing clover and bluegrass in his
lawn, while the editor of same paper is
advertising for help to harvest the 800
acres OF wheat he is going to cut in
Graham county, in the next few weeks.
Cawker City to Have Waterworks.
Cawker City has voted on a PROPOSE
ton to issue $4,000 for a system of wa
terworks. The proposition carried by
43 majority in a total vote OF 1874
The Stockton people will go over
the route of the Nebraska, Kansas &
Southern railroad in automobiles, and
the project looks like a sure thing
for Stockton getting this road.
The CaWker City Record prints the
following which occurred 20 years
ago:
"Going along the cement walks
under the large maple trees recently,
recalled to mind a walk over the
same ground 29 years ago when the
holes were being dug to plant these
same trees as there was not one in
sight then. The workmen then were
saying this will never be anything
but a grazing country; can't raise
wheat, and corn only 10 cents per
bushei. The same persons are now
getting $1.25 per bushe1 for their
wheat and raising thousands of BUSH
els on their FARMS
Hoxie and Sheridan county people
have good right to celebrate this
year, and they are going to, July 5.
This year the farmers are raising
good crops; last year, between the
time hail storms set in and up to the
first of July, no less than fifteen de-
structive storms visited the county;
this year so far not a hail storm has
put in an appearance.
Many Trees in Grainfield.
One of the tree towns in north
west Kansas is Grainfield, Cove
county, thanks to w. J. Heiney. He
came all the way from Pennsylvania
to Cove county many years ago. I'm
der his administration as mayor of
Grainfield a fine lot Of shade trees are
making the town attractive and pleas
ant.
Besides there is being laid down
upwards of two miles of good ce-
ment walks. The town looks thrifty
in every way, several new residences
having been built, others will be, and
the wheat prospects tributary to the
town are better than they have been
for a number of years.
One of the best improvements is
the New Occidental hotel, under the
management of A. F. Rominger, just
what the place has needed ever since
Geo. S. Dryer, the most prominent
hotel man in northwest Kansas, re-
tired from its management.
w. b. Ham VIII Be a Candidate.
The Stockton Record, which speaks
from authority, says that w. B. Ham
has consented to run for congress
again. This makes three real candi-
dates who want to succeed Congress
man Reeder, the present incumbent
himself, ex-senator Young of Beloit,
and W. 3. Ham of Stockton. In the
background there are score of fell
lows who have only been men
toned twenty-five or more. Some
of them are as certain to get into the
race as sure as the sun rises and
sets.
AS one well known politician has
said: eff you fellows are in earnest
to beat Reeder. center on Judge Dick
Picker of Smith county, and he will
sweep the district by a rousing ma
| iority" 1t would take the space of
almost a column to print the names
| of the favorite sons who want to sue
| coed Reeder.
Prosperity has hit the Oakley
| Graphic so hard that commencing this
week that paper promises to cut out
| it's patent pages and make it all home
print. The editor and the Graphic are
SO popular at home that all the bust