The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-26
A TIP-TOP TOWN.
Upton Tips TiptOnians That
Toll For Upton.
Trade Talk Taps Thrifty Trlbu-
tary Tracts.
REQUIRES A RAILROAD
Rich Ranch Region Reaps he
markable Returns.
Rustling Renters Receive Ready
Revenue Rewards.

r.4o, Kan. Aug 26.-North cen.rai
1xansas presents many sights sro~o
....A;or oT Mitchell county II oi--
$500 90 citv to the Upton country .
sr-taoa ~ IA miles south Is d Pa
- farms in a high state OIL GU.
vs+ion. modern homes, roonis ,'aea+
sto,,e fence costs. hundreds VI a+t1a
80 olfslfa stacks and heros u
and punches of hogs. I'D the
The hanks of Cawker CITY AM
Home state bank of Upton WIN o
ot+est that the farmers with lneii 80
danosits of surplus currency Nd -
,,o,, MANY of them are Ger ilis'i''
- thav are as independent as any
80 ~ farmers. Sinner & Stelcheii arc
49, real estate agents in Tlptoh' ln0'
1,old +beir lands. at SIS to SIS an acre o;sad
i'V III Triton country farmers ralo s'5 -
<xood IRONS of wheat this year; So
acids threshed cut as hlgh as 90 oa is
eIs an acre. The general r,.o,.o 1,iII
about 20 bushels an acre ~ hot drv
he lots OF corn. although the o',rtrv
oo hurt il some. Inc couI1 ,i
49, q rcjIroad to haul off the sur pluo
-. Y1rodIIcts. Paper railroads nav
~ binding into Tiptor lot 800
other towns have experience" 'ilo
thing. ~, ont annually
..llsands of dollars hauling frelsht "
"a from the railroad. one h[ni .i nc
LID ont as high as 500 a Gay I'D T u,.me
lis freight from Cawker CITY &c
and four freight wagons az Ill
carting freight to ana liolii
road. r..to, drev a trade
80. aight TO twenty miles. 10 LII
coin IL is 35 miles, CaWKer n 49,,
Donwns 16, Osborne 90 Luroy o., Hi 90
Elder 90 sylvan Gro 9S,e county am Eus seat Of
HTItcbelI county, 2S miles. 1t is locaIeu
a. ~ valley of Carr creek, two mlleS
"a move wide, with running water GA
cent in an unusually dry season,
The Tipton townsite has 1e9 aCI re,
The main business street IN te.o,, &c
si+e North and south. AS far PACK as
1910 the town was known as PltlSpurss
4eI-ing its name from the township u
the same name in M1tcheH county
the early SOS it was changeo 70 Aip
ton on account of town sPrlIIsirnS? +t up
a. crawford county named Ne" Plus
burg. .4,or, en- Mitchell
1T, is Charles f. Faass. He loca-
fed in the county in 1877 ana hullis E
steaded like many others. Ioday ne -
one. of the largest la an $50 aso acres, of
which 4SO acres is in Osborne county.
Nc has his land rented out IN quar- te.
section farms, and every one VI ~. -,
has a renter. His lands are mosIly a..
wheat which raised good crops Inls
,,aar Mr. Faass is perhaps the oloest
settler now living in Pittsburg FOWL II.
sbin Mitchell county. He was mere III
+he days of the buffalos' grasshoPpeiS D
chiuchbugs and hot winds. Besi &c IL, C
good crop of wheat he has SHOWN H'S st
Of this years growth of corn IL rec
high with two well formed ears on eac L
stalk and exhibited sunfiowers WHICH
stand 10 feet high from the roots; r,
THE Arnoldys are old timers Oh lip
ton and Mitchell county, NICK AI am eoi
came here in 1873 and M. ). Alno, r,onear
lowed in 1874. They are the piollee 4
merchants of Upton. They carry a
Inc Of hardware, implements and mar
ness besides general merchandise. Iney
rave devoted their time and contripu u
ted money toward getting a raliroau "
Upton. s,+ : .,,1en for
the first Catholic services the town n
had The large German settlement is
mostly Catholic. The hrst services Go
were held in the homes, commencing III
1874 In 1878 a church was built. AS
az membership increased additions
we're nut on the church, until new
and more modern church was oullt.
Besides the new church, with the
school in addition employing three
teachers and the residence Oh tne an
or Rev. Charles Menig, the Catholics
of Tipton own property aggregatlng
about S35. 900. The church has mem
bership of about lbs heads OF famlnes.
II has a seating capacity Tor oOO or
more. -. -
The German Lutherans also have
resident minister. Rev. Alfred Meyers.
It has a membership of tho head OF ~
families.
Upton has a telephone system with
more than 200 phones. Probably $50 or
more are in the homes of farmers.
The Home State bank. organized in
February, 1909. has deposits aggregat-
ing about $1,000. The officers are:
President. A. Bueche; vice president
Charles Hobbie; cashier, E. F. Burns.
The bank has been a paying business
from the start, and the trade is in
creasing.
Other business enterprises in Upton
are: Bueche & Hume, Mergen & Corp
steif; and Schmidt & Arnoldy, general
merchants. Steichen 81 Schwebach,
hardware. implements and furniture,
John E. Hacker. jcweler and photogra-
pher, N L. Pauly, drugs, H. j. Fischer,
meat market and hotel Peter Konzem.
blacksmith and garage. Water Thomp-
son, barber, and Sinner & Steichen,
zeal estate.
II the town obtains a railroad two
elevators and a flour mill will be put
up at once.