The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-08
IN SIXTH DISTRICT
Thomas County Ranch Of 800
Acres Brings $40, 900.
Colby viii Soon Have Water
and Light Plant.
PROSPERITY NEWS.
Little Town Of AthOl Makes
Record as Shipping Center.
Hays B. White Announces His
Candidacy for Congress.
PROSPERITY N.

county, containing 1900 acres, has been
sold to Jewell county man for $40, 900.
The writer well remembers when north
central Kansas people claimed that
THOMAS county was too far west for
agriculture, and at the same time the
travelled highways were lined With
covered wagons on their way to Thorn
as. Sheridan and Sherman counties TO
file on government homesteads. The
Sollenbergers have lived in the county
Tor more than 20 years. Their farm
was we'll improved and they made
money raising wheat and stock.
Bonds to the amount of $4,000 have
peen voted in Colby for water and cleo
trio light plants.
Hays B. White, candidate for con-
gress, is bound to keep cool no matter
how the primary election goes. He has
stored 800 tons of ice at his home in
Mankato, and he will treat his friends
alike this summer with cool drinks and
ice cream, and the idea is a splendid
one.
The town of Athol is one Of the
prominent stock and grain shipping
points on the Rock Island road, in
northwest Kansas. The town has a
shipping association composed mostly
of farmers. The annual report of last
years stock business footed up as fol-
lows Stock shipped out, 139 carloads,
for which the proceeds amounted to
$165,376.90. Officers were chosen for the
new year: President, o. A. Scott; vice
president, P. A. Leavengood: secretary,
f. NJ. Myers; treasurer, ]. A. Wherry;
manager, E. w. Douglass. The associa-
ton has one of the largest memberships
of any similar organization in the
state, and it has been a great success.
Tally another good point for mem
Der of the Sixth district bar. G. III.
Bailey of Mankato won his suit In the
supreme court of South Dakota on a
brief in a big land case he prepared a
year ago. Mr.. Bailey has been sue
cessful in many other cases similar 60
this in other states.
Hays b. White in Print.
The picture of Hays B. White. cam
didate for congress in the Sixth district,
is appearing in the papers. The picture
is really better looking than is Mr..
White, but for all this he is after votes,
and if work will count he will win. He
has been a farmer and stockman all his
life, not town farmer but the real
thing. He hasn't lazy bone in his
body. Having farmed and lived on the
farm in Jewell county for more than a
quarter Of a century he now wants to
go to congress, and if some of the other
candidates don't look out Farmer Whlte
may fool them in his candidacy a. 4
Smith Center is to1have a chautauqua
this summer. commencing In July.
Let's see, Smith Center, Beloit, Cawker
City, Norton and Oberlin, all holding
little too numerous and won't the can
-idates for congress become little
weary il they have to visit all OF them
and shake hands with the visitors.
Other Sixth district towns are ngurlnSl
on chautauquaS, also.
The county attorney of Mitchell
county is a Democrat, but that does
not keep him from doing his duty
fearlessly. He has been in office about
a year, and in the sixteen liquor cases
I1e h N
one. This is a fine record for County
Attorney Annie Jordan, and one for
like officials in other counties to pat
tern after.
After pulling through the winter
in good fashion at his home in HoXie.
misfortune overlook the editor of
the Sentinel in Kansas City His
shoulder was disloeated from fall
he received while there. Some folks
will ask if that old Missouri booze
serves Kansans in this way. me edi-
tor gets out of it in this way. "One
thing is evident to the writer and
that is that a common everyday
country newspaper. man in Kansas
has no business going to city out
side of the state and trying to mingle
with a people whose ways are many
and varied
The Hill City. Republican last week
contained eight pages, and fve OF
them were devoted to full page adj
Vertlsemenls. news was Httle
scarce, but the financial part of the
sheet was a great success.
Bogue Center of Corn District.
Bogue seems to have been the corn
center of Graham county for 1909.
1t is said there are more than $4,000
bushels of corn piled up on the
ground besides the number of car
loads shipped out. So far about 49,
900 bushels of ear corn has been ship
ped out.
The Derge Mercantile company of
Lebanon occupy a building rs feet
the first business houses to locate in
Lebanon, and it has kept pace with
the growth of town and Smith coun-
ty- There are p clerks on the pay
roll
What's in a name? One of the Hill
City papers calls another, the Ma
nure Spreader.'' And then the fight
goes merrily on. II may lead to
knock downs and broken noses.
Col. John Brennan of Esbon, who
has been crying farm and stock sales
for more than a quarter of a century
believes he can beat the record of any
other auctioneer in the state in big
sales He cried a sale last week near
Cawker City which aggregated S47,-
S21.
r. L. Mcdaniel who % years ago
was working by the month on Jew
ell county farm. Now it is claimed
he is the first man in that county TO
pay 500 per acre for land. securing
a quarter section two miles from Jew
ell City. Nor is this all: Mr.. Mcdaniel
saved his money monthly and owns
besides his new possession 1850
acres in Jewell county, the advance
on which has made him more than
100000 in the last five years.
BUILDING NEW LIGHT PLANT.
New Conlpany Is Building at Garden
City.