The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-23
CLASCO ALL RIGHT
More Farmers Would Greatly
Add to Prosperity of City y.
Those Who Are There Are Fast
Becoming Wealthy.
MANY AUTOS OWNED.
Corn Crop Badly Damaged by
Lack of Precipitation.
Failure However Falls Lightly
on the Farming C Community.

Glasco, Kan, Aug. 23.--One Of the
we'll known. citizens and business men
of this town says: THE territory trib-
utary to Glasco is capable of support
ing a town of. $500 and 5000 people
Davidson & Co., the big hardware and
| implement dealers. have sold as side
| issue in the last nine months no less
that so autos, many of them being
purchased by farmers. They have
! also contra cted with the manufacture
ers for at least so more.
few weeks ago the corn yield
promised to be the largest ever grown
in the vicinity of this Solomon valley
town. Today it has shrunk to about
| one-half crop from the effects of the
keep on buying autos and paying for
| them. Besides the TWO banks are
carrying deposits at this time about
100000. The First National bank.
the Oldest, has deposits aggregat1ns
about 1925, 900. while the Farmers
State bank, about two years old, has
about $4,000 on deposit.
The two grain firms of Glasco fig
ure on buying not less than 2O0,uOO
bushels of wheat of this years pro-
duct. So far only about 10000 bush
els have been marketed. The far
mers are not discouraged when they
can afford the luxury of an auto
They are getting the wheat lands IN
shape for fall seeding.
The defeat of the preliminary ef-
forts of the progressive citizens OF
Glasco to submit waterworks propo-
sition is only temporary. Whenever
a few frame shacks on her business
street go up in flames then the ques-
ton will come up again and Glasco
will be protected by a system OF wat
erworks.
City Building Miles of Cement Walks.
The city is putting in 16 new &C.
4 Il I.,,sI NJ
miles of cement sidewalks.
The alfalfa mill has temporarily
closed down to make necessary repairs
and increasing the capacity. The adj
dition of a 6O-horse power gasoline
engine is one of the improvements
Chas. Henning, jr., IS pleased with
the outlook for his alfalfa mill.
D. b. Harmon. one of the monied
men of Glasco, has returned from
trip to the Pacific coast. He was rails
ed here, and having the utmost con-
fidence in the future prosperity If the
town he purchased a 5-acre tract OF
land adjoining the town ror consid-
Grafton of S1,15O. He will erect a
them on the installment plan of pay
ments. Land worth 1925 per acre,
which Mr.. Harmon paid for this tract.
is about as high price as was ever
paid for land in the Solomon Valley.
DR.. Charles Stein is new conner to
Glasco. He is a graduate of the medi-
cal department of the Nebraska State
and he comes highly rec
commended. DR.. Stein is well satisfied
with his location here. and the Glasco-
ties are pleased.
DR.. ]. H. Brierley. ex-member of the
legislature from Cloud county, is an
admirer of Senator Gore. but says he
has not yet reached the stage to
adopt the senator's views that IF you
can't get what you want in the Re
publican party one had better join the
Democratic party DR.. Brierley says:
LAS long as we have Hoch, Stubs,
Calderhead. Rees. Curtis, Bristow,
Murdoch, Madison. Anthony and Nc
Neal, who could ask for a better class
or a greater variety of good men to
select from"
Glasco Needs Flour Mill Badly.
]. NJ. Davidson. of the firm of David
son & Co.. is away on a trip to Califor-
mia. Oregon, Washington. and British
Columbia. and will return via Yellow
stone Park. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Davidson, Miss Retta Davidson and
Miss Eva Noel.
NJ. L. Hare. one of the old landmarks
of Glasco, is away on visit to Idaho.
Il the country suits him he will make
substantial investments there, and if
not he will return to Glasco where he