The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-12
|IN SIXTH DISTRICT
Big Land Deals Are Reported
From Decatur County.
Osborne Breaks Marriage Rec
ord in Year of 1910.
SEES "PASS" ABUSE.
Colonel Wright, Lebanon POliti'
clan, Declares for Old Plan.
Beloit Votes $25, 900 for Third
Modern School Building.

Norton, Kan, Jan. 12.-Some big land
deals are reported from Decatur coun-
ty. One was the George Hawkins
Lappa valley farm of 1000 acres bought
by William McQuillan for $4,000, and
another was the 1,0S0 acres of Harley
A. Marker sold to w. E. Carnahan for
, $4,000.
Another prosperity item from Oberlin
and Decatur county is furnished by
II. B. DanielSon. From 80 hens he col
lected Sc eggs in one day, and the day
was the coolest of the winter so far,
the thermometer registering from II to
% degrees below zero. 1t is said one OF
the eggs was a curiosity, being soft
Shelled and of unusual size. Inside in
stead of a yolk was another perfect
egg.
Issued ISL Licenses.
The probate judge of Osborne coun-
ty issued ISL marriage licenses in 1910,
the largest number ever issued in one
year in the history of the county. In
Sheridan county the probate judge re
ports a record-breaker in the issue of
marriage licenses for 1910, the number
being Sc, is also the largest in the his
tory of Sheridan county in one year.
The two Russell banks met with good
financial successes in the year just
closed. AT the annual meetings OF the
directors the old officers of both banks
were reelected for 1911.
Performed Seventy Ceremonies.
The probate judge of Mitchell county
is Mary H. Cooper. In the year just
ended she issued total of lab mar
riage licenses and performed 20 cere-
monies. Mrs. Cooper is entering upon
her second elective term as probate
judge of Mitchell county.
Mitchell county has a Democratic
sheriff, F. r. Giants. who has just be-
gun his second term. He is one of
the youngest sheriffS in the state. In
his first term he has entertained so pris-
oners in the county jail. of which IS
were violatorS Of the prOhib1tOry law,
the balance being for various causes.
In the same time there has been 10 peo-
pie of unsound mind sent to the hos
pitfalls, which is claimed to be an un-
usual large number of patients from a
county the size of MITCHELL
VIII Go in Wholesale Business.
Jacob Rothschild, for the last 50
years a successful business man in
Cawker City, has made money enough
to move to Kansas City where he will
engage in the wholesale hat business.
Quite a contrast between Mr.. Roths-
child and L. L. Alrich, editor and pub
Usher of the Cawker City Record. He
walked from Beloit to Cawker, a dis
tance of 20 miles. in January, 1879
when snow was on the ground to the
rich still publish the Record. They
have not as yet saved enough currency
to engage in the wholesale paper in
dustry, although they have worked
hard and long hours for the success
of their newspaper.
Thinks Passes Are Abused.
Col. Joe Wright of Lebanon, who
writes for the Smith Center Journal,
believes the pass business is more
abused in Kansas TODAY than it ever
was under the old rule of giving each
newspaper a pass. It must be remem
bered that he once was a newspaper
publisher and owner, besides the last
time the Populists and Democrats
fused Wright was nominated for lieu
tenant governor. In those old times
the pass question was al its height and
he and most everybody else could ride
on passes if they had a little pull
Now Mr.. Wright thinks some doctor in
every town, an attorney for each town,
besides a blacksmith or any other la
borer the railroad wants to employ
may have a pass.
Real Estate Changes Hands.
The abstract firm of JThl & Uhl of
Smith Center report that in the last
year $1,623, 343.S9 in real estate
changed hands in Smith county. Com
parison is made that the entire coun
ty would not have brought that much
money few years ago.
The J. J. Timberlake farm of a
quarter section, near Lebanon, in
Smith county, has been sold for $10,-