The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-07
IN SIXTH DISTRICT
Rock Island Is Widening Cuts
Near Smith Center.
Postmaster at BevingtOn Proves
Himself Good Farmer.
NEW BANK is PLANNED
AsherviIle, Population $50, Will
Have State Institution.
Goodland Republic So Wealthy
Tt Is Sued for Libel.

The big cuts are being widened in both
| these places. The Smith Center Pio-
neer sees a railroad division will be
located in that town. The paper goes
on to revive the old rumor that the
track is to be torn up between Clyde
and BelleviIle and relaid between
Clyde and Scandia, following the val
| ley of the Republican river.
Richard Picker of Smith Center,
son of Judge Dick Picker, is gradu-
ate of three medical colleges. He is
| a graduate of two osteopath medical
colleges and also of a regular medical
college in Los Angeles. Not satisfied,
he is still going to school, His ami BIZ
| ton is to become an OSteOpathlc sur
geon, of which there are very few He
pays his own way by practicing medi-
| cine when not in school.
There ought to be no lack Of heat in
| the new Jewell county high school
| building, at Mankato the coming win
| ter, says the Formoso New Era. be-
cause the principals name is Mustard.
The Lincoln Dramatic club, at a.
meeting recently, found they had
nice little sum of money the club did
not need, so they made several faTni-
lies in the town happy by dividing up
the money and giving it to the needy
and deserving ones.
Postmaster Bevington of Jewell City
sold $4,000 worth of cattle and hogs
off his farm in Jewell county recently.
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Dan Dyer, postmaster at Smith Cen
ter. has the best arranged and most in
viting postoffice in the Sixth district.
Those posted on matters of this sort
say there isn't one in the Fifth district
as conveniently arranged as is the one
at Smith Center.
Asherville is going to have a bank,
the charter having been granted. The
town is in Mitchell county, and is
probably the smallest town in the state
to have a bank. The population is
about $50. This will give Mitchell
county an even dozen banks.
The old soldiers of the Northwest
Kansas Veterans association will hold
their twenty-sixth annual reunion in
Hoxie this week There are several
counties in the association. One of
the happiest soldier reunions the
writer ever attended was at Hoxie sew
eral years ago, and this one promises
as much.
The Goodland Republic has made
money so fast that it is up against a
$1,000 libel suit.
Ira W. White, of Jewell county. says
his corn this winter. He has contracted
between 5000 and 1000 bushels of corn
for so cents bushel- He will clean up
about SO a ton on his alfalfa.
j. NJ. Schaefer, ex-treaSurer of Ellis
county, now in the loan and real es-
tate business in Hays City, is of the
opinion that some arrangement ought |
to be made by the business men of
mays lily " AuT11ISH Seeu WnRdL To the
farmers Of the county who are needing !
it He makes the following proposition: |
L will give $500 toward a fund of |
$1,000 for this purpose, balance to be |
raised among the rest of our business |
men and others, willing to help. A |
committee to be chosen from among /
these men to look after the needy, to |
furnish them seed at such prices and I
upon such terms as might be decided /
upon. Ground in Ellis county is now /
in better condition to receive the seed |
than at any time during my 80 years
residence in this, the banner wheat /
meet anybody interested, in my office
or anywhere else
Another pest has made its way to |
the short grass country. It is said a
worm which is destroying the Russian
thistles, has appeared.
Esbon, a Jewell county town, has
two banks. Both are state banks, one
the Farmers State, had deposits, Aug
ust 2s, $63, ,685.38. The capital stock is
$4,000. The other is the Esbon State
bank, with a capital stock of $25, 900 and
deposits aggregating $119 1861. The
town has about 500 population.
The watermelons in the patch of T.
NJ. Rice, near Kensington, were so
tempting that mischievous people stole
them. A reward of $50 has been offer
ed for the guilty fellows.
Since the Incorporation of Athol sew
eral improvements have been made, |
including the building of cement side
walks.
1t is estimated that not less than g.
600 hogs and 1000 head of cattle have
been shipped into Smith county from
the western part of the state to feed
this winter.
N E TyerIv. ex-sheriff of Jewell
county, says the Office didn't spoil him
for farming. He served two terms and
made a good officer. He returned to his
farm near Burr Oak and this year his
corn will average % bushels an acre,
and he will have three cuttings of his
alfalfa.
Two chautauquas were held in Mitch
ell county this year, at Lincoln park
near Cawker City, and at Beloit. The
directors of the former have held a
and after all accounts were
audited a total Indebtedness of $4,000
the committee report the sale of 515
tickets so far. The board pledged to
stand good for all Indebtedness and in
the secretary to commence ac-
tive work for the 1912 chautauqua. The
Beloit chsutauqua directors held
meeting also, and elected Dr. E. E.
Brewer, president. T. p Downs. sec
retary, and A. T. Rodgers treasurer.
This chautauqua was SO successful this
year that steps are being taken to in
corporate it. :
By a vote of 14s for and 81 against
the proposition Hill City bonded her ,
self TO the tune of $4,000 for waterworks
and electric lights
The piano case in the courts of Rocks
county IS becoming as noted as was the .
hog case in Osborne county The piano
case has been tried twice in the Rocks
county court and this week the case is
being tried the third time. The case
grew out of the Plainville Times Civ
ing away a piano for subscriptions
The First National bank of Beioit
has increased its capital stock from \
600 to $4,000 This is due to the
desire of the directors to keep in touch I
with the development of Beloit and I
Mitchell county II