The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-01

at a distance of 30 to 40 miles and at
tract the attention of strangers ap-
preaching the .city, eIictting much fav=
orabIe comment. The motto of Wa
keeney is, 1.-THE Best Town on Earth
I -Voda is the name of station -on the
Union Pacific. in Trego county. = 1t is a
Bohemian name and its definition is
water. 1t is Situated in the center of
a fine wheat section. IN September,
1908, man with threshing outfit sue
ceeded in winning the record of thresh-
ing more wheat, in one day, from the
rising to the setting of the sun. taking
one hour off at noon. The amount
threShed out was 4,071 bushels. So far
this record has never been beaten by
any one machine. The original name
of the station was Colono, but was
changed to Voda on account Of mixing
the name I'D with another town of a
similar name. 49,. H.. .--s
Richard owen is a Trego county
farmer. and lives at Voda. He has
been in the county about 80 years. His
first appearance in the county was in
the middle Of a cold winter, and he
wore a straw hat and was shy of
clothing. He was willin~ to work.
He homesteaded and then went to
work on the Union Pacific section for
livelihood. He saved his money and
fast as he earned it he put it into
Thego county land. He now owns
about /, 800 acres of land. He long ago
retired from his railroad job, and is
now raising wheat and growing stock.
Like his old friend, j. H. Deatrich, Of
Collyer, the next station west of Voda,
both gentlemen started their first bank
account with money they earned by
hard work on the sec+'71 in Trego
county.
Oakley will be known in more ways
than one The name on the depot
spells Oakley, and the maps tell it as
Oakley. And the people of the town
d nj 60 An5 T0ARf 711 fh1vT
are going to put a large electric sign
higher than any building in the town,
with the word Oakley in large enough
letters so they can be read at a dis
lance. A former citizen of the town,
Henry W. Horst of Rock Island Ill,
seeing a notice of the proposed sign in
the Graphic 1mediately enclosed his
check for SIS to apply on the sign. More
then enough money has been donated
by the people of the town to pay the
bill - '-
Capt. w. H. Mitchell has served the
people of Beloit as mayor so success
fully for five terms that they are going
to give him heaping measure and put
him there again for, sixth term. In
the five terms he has been mayor op-
position sprang up in only one election
and in that he was successful. He is
the safe man in the right place, and
while he is filing the Office politics
need not apply.
Ellsworth is getting ready to drill
three or more prospect holes for gas,
coal and oil. The first hole was. en-
tirely successful. SO much so that the
promoters had no trouble raising funds
to go farther. It is certain that three
more holes will be put down. Lincoln
is ready to try its luck the money
having already been subscribed. At
Carneiro. in Ellsworth county, the in
dications for oil and gas are so good
that leases for 10000 acres of land have
been secured by an Ellsworth f1nan-
cier, who will commence drilling for
the stuff at once. A healthy Indication
for oil and gas at Garneiro exists for
the reason that the sandstone and
limestone come together at this point.
The Gulf, Plainville & Northern rail-
road project is being revived by the
Plainville Times, which thinks it is
about as live as any of the paper rail,
roads which have been built through
northwestern Kansas Hope is still
expressed that a satisfactory deal will
be made so that it may be built, This
is the road that wase graded - from
Plainville to the Solomon river, at
Webster, in Rocks county.
A new telephone company has been
organized in Oakley, known as the IN
dependent Telephone company. The
organization comprises the following:
]. C. Ort, j. 8. Price, John Owen, I.
N. Carver. George Clary and C. A.
Spencer The city council has grant
ed the franchise to use the streets
and alleys to construct their lines.
The new company will reach many
people on rural lines without tele-
phones. The new organization antici-
pate financial success. -
All Trego county is proud Of her
high school and it's six years record.
The enrolment has reached as high
pills are from the country, and should
the fact that many persons have
moved to WaKeeney, the 4cottnty seat
where the school is located, for the
purpose of taking advantage of the
high school be considered the percent
age would be increased to 72. Twenty
two of her 50 graduates have attend
ed or are attending higher institutions
of learning, and others are planning
to do so. With modern laboratory
equipment, library of 500 volumes
and a corps of four well qualified in
structors the high school is able to Of
fer courses; that will receive full rec
ognition by state Institutions
The Graphic is pulling for COM
mercial club for Oakley. If not then
a Boosters club will do. The Graphic
pushed ahead for an fnter-county fair
and won; it pulled for waterworks and
electric lights, and the town has got
both; it is pushing for an electric tow
err whereby the word Oakley can be
seen any hour of the night on top of
the tower: and 1t is doing all in its
power to get a flour mill. The Graphic
is doing all it can to keep the town
in the front rank.
There is talk of an organization of
Sixth district editors. One of the best
organization of editors was when the
northwest Kansas fellows had their
annual meetings all alone. Later on
the Fifth district editors wanted to
come in, and the Sixth district fellows
in a short time didn't know where
they were at and the organization died.
Make it a pure Sixth district organi-
cation, and it will be a great success.
Farmers Institute at Jewell.
Jewell City, March THE farmers