The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-14
in SIXTH DISTRICT
Lincoln County Has Fine Pros
pect for Wheat.
One Man Claims 30 Bushels Per
Acre.
LEBANON is ALIVE.
ALIVE.
Ships $4,000 Worth of Stock
During May.
Norton County Wheat Is Look
b ing Well.

'OCA1CNCS Will SHClo lTOIIl on " % O0OAA
els an acre. The Lincoln Republican,
which has been interviewing the farm
ers, predicts the county will raise bet
ter and larger crop than in 1909. 1t is
now generally conceded that the hun
dreds of acres plowed up early in the
sI5ring would have turned out IL and 20
bushels an acre
The Oberlin Times is going to do its
share to make that town better If such
a thing is necessary. 1t invites short
articles from all who care to write them
on subjects pertaining to the better
nrent of Oberlin. That paper goes on to
say: IF you have a laudable idea OF
some improvement which ought to be
made, if you know of anything which
will aid in identifying, lettering, or in
any way making Oberlin better place
to live, morally, or otherwise, lee us
know. We will be glad to print 1T.
Lebanon, Smith county town, claims
to have shipped out in the month of
May 70 carloads of stock worth about
500, O00 That town of Lebanon must
be doing something all the time. They
are going to build an alfalfa mill at
cnce the funds for the same having
already been subscribed. Besides the
dates have been set for August Is, 10
and 20 for their annual celebration ana
baseball tournament. and If they car
get an airship to help draw the crowd
ard entertain them they will.
The friends of Otis l.. Benton, of De-
catur county, had been urging him for
some time to make the race for the leg
ialature in Decatur county. He turns
them down as follows: Il nave never
entertained an ambition for this posi-
ton, and while 1 desire to thank my
friends for their efforts and offers OF
support and also thank all those who
have signed the petitions, must posi-
lively decline the honor"
Politicians are ungratefu! TO the Op-
erin newspapers. The Times, which
has a big circulation in Decatur county
carries the political announcements for
a. candidate for congress and Two TOT
district judge. The three asplrants Tor
Office live in other counties. Ihe rourh
one to announce is for county Super1n-
tfndent. Yet there are several candi-
dates for each of the offices. The poll-
ticians are more generous in all the
other counties except Decatur, and the
local newspapers are printing announce
naenEs by the dozens. Judge DICK Rlck-
Ier- of the Seventeenth district, is one
candidate who hasn't got any one
against him, yet he announces himself
in all the papers of his district. ana
BY the way Judge Pickler is an Old
newspaper boy himself:
The wheat crop in Norton county is
assured, says the Almena Plaindealer.
The next best thing in sight, that paper
states, is to have glorious oldtlne
celebration. One of the pest ploW
outs" the town ever had was her al
falfa. carnival several years ago. 1t
was big success. The Almena alfal-
ia carnival was on the same order as
the Atchison corn carnival and the
CLYDE watermelon carnival
Rocks county has the most Hatterlng
nrospects for a big crop of wheat In
her history A writer in the stockton
Record predicts that it will take from
200 to 1000 extra men and loo TO zOO
teams to harvest 1t.
If the assessors are correct sherman
county has a population of 4,474, a
loss of 81 in the returns of 1909. Good
land returned a population of zoos,
showing a loss of sc the last year
The Kenslngton Mirror claims that
Smith county will give the Dig Whea1
nroducir1g counties of the state hard
tussle to retain first place in the yield
of the product this year. Ihat paper
saws the crop in tina tsectlon. OF the
county will yield from 20 to 40 busn-
Gle an acre. unless damaged by hail.
IT is the heaviest and best crop at TINS
time that has been seen in the county
for some years.
work is progressing on the new
500 600 ice plant in Goodland. The
neI,, north and south railroad, which
uJorlx is expected to commence this
summer. together with the Rock Is
land. which leaves about $35,OOO
month in the town, and her pig July
4 celebration which will have flying
machine of their own on exhibition,
are great drawing cards for Goodland
Judge J. C. Ruppentha1 of the
Twenty-thrid district, is fine political
announcement writer whether he sue
ceeds in his race or not for second
term. The following is his announce
ment in the papers of his judicial dis
trict: 1.-THE old time claim that a
public office is a private snap has al
WAYS been odious to me and as pup
lie oficial l have tried to show by
tbonght' word and acts that industry,
ability and integrity are cardinal VIZ
tues for a public servant. In seeking
the Democratic nomination for judge
of the Twenty-third district at the pri-
maries and reelection in November, L
ask only that all candidates be meas
ured bv these and similar standards
and that the voters choose whom they
believe best"
The oakley Graphic claims that Mrs.
w. C. Sampson of Logan county is the
champion chicken raiser IN northWest-
ern Kansas. So far this year she has
raised 1000 chickens, and says she
abs another /, 900 about to be Matched.
She also brought to town an, even 200,
which she sold in Oakley.
Arch L. Taylor of Thomas county
thinks there are more Democrats in
his judicial district than there are Re-
publicans, and he will try for judge.
The district comprises the counties of
Graham. Rocks, Sheridan. Thomas and
Sherman.
All that is necessary to make one
rich enough to be Independent In
western Kansas is to have grit and
push and then stick to it. Bruce
Slaven located in Sheridan county
about 20 years ago with about $500.
He now owns about 1000 acres of
fine land and nearly 100 head of horses
and mules. He has 200 acres of a1fal-
ia and 500 acres of wheat, barley and
corn, and would not take $4,000 for
his interests there.
The Intercounty Fair association of
Oakley is pushing the enterprise. This
will be the first fair, and the officers
have fixed August 81 and September 1
and 2 the dates. Oakley is so situated
that it was deemed best to locate it