The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-28
Judge Langmade Will Convene
Phillips District Court Soon.
Still Intends Living on His Farm
in Decatur County.
BUSINESS is BRISK.
Stores Make Large Sales and
Mostly on Cash Basis.
Other Items of General Interest
to Kansas Readers.

Oberlin. Kan. Dec. 2S.-W. S. Lang
made, Judge-elect of the Seventeenth
judicial district, has been a. busy man
since the election getting his business
matters in shape to take up the judicial
work the first of the year He will
hold his first term of court in Phillips
county, January 9. Judge Langmade is
proud of Decatur county where he has
lived so many years. He will continue
to live on his alfalfa farm adjoining
Oberlin where he has a comfortable
home.
Some one speaking about Oberlin has
said: Nesting in the beautiful Sappa
valley and surrounded on all sides
with splendid fields Of alfalfa, lies OBJ
erlin, the queen of the northwest and
trade center for a wide territory"
Crops in Decatur as well as other north
west Kansas counties have been shy
the last few years. yet one of the stores
in Oberlin sold nearly $1,000 of goods
in one day last week, and more than
half of the sales were for cash. There
are several stores in town that can
truthfully say as much. When financial
times are a little pinching it appears
the people of Decatur county have
plenty and then some to spare.
Oberlin is especially proud of its coun-
ty high school. Prof A. l. Glow.
college graduate from Boston has been
in charge Of the school for several years
and has taken great interest in the
its other educational interests. AS
result Decatur county unquestionably
has the best football team of any coun-
ty high school in the state and some
of its graduates take high rank among
the colleges of the state after leaving
the county high school. There are at
this time about 20 Decatur county
students attending Washburn college
and by an examination of the Washburn
College Review one will notice that four
srrI- H. kc-
are represented on the various orator.
cal contests of the college.
The receipts of the Oberlin postoff1ce
the last six months are greater by at
least % per cent than the last half year
Of 1909. For the last three months
they are greater than for the same three
months since the office was started. The
outgoing Christmas presents this year
were about 100 per cent more than US
ual Postmaster Marks and his clerks
have been doing a record breaking bust
ness.
The Eye, which has celebrated it's
twenty eighth birthday, changed owner
ship last week, and this week the De-
catur County News will attend the fun
eral of the Eye, William E. Landau. a
Washburn student and son of William
Landau, treasurer of Decatur county, is
the new editor and proprietor He was
born in Decatur county. Politically, the
new owner and editor says: I'm politics
the policy of the paper will be progress
sive and independent We will stand
for men and measures that we believe
to be in accord with the best interests
of all the people,
The Hotel Benton-Smith has chang
ed hands, G. A. Steele. an old travel
ing man, retiring and E. W.. Eubank
taking charge. Mr.. Steele will go on
the road. Mr.. Eubank was a former
proprietor.
The Oberlin Roller mills has been
a no 10 CT 1n
aggregated about $4,000. The outlook
for the new year promises an output of
$4,000 more.
An eastern man who has visited
northwest Kansas for years, says of
Among the newer residences in the
town are those of Mrs A. J. Metcalf
John P. O'Grady, DR.. H. ]. Morrison,
H. A. Griffith S. A. Fish, Otis L. Ben
ton, John Love, and L. E. barrow.