The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
Acreage Underestimated in
Smiley Report, Farmers Say.
SOCIALISTS FILE TICKET
Postmaster at Gaylord Quits
Good Job.
w. r.. Bowling Will Try to Re-
peal Foolish Laws.

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ers of Cheyenne and Rawlins counties
take exception to the Smiley grain map
as printed in the Topeka State Journal
of May &c. 1t shows Cheyenne county
to have Bliss acres of wheat and
RawIins county 1854 acres. Accord
ing to the farmers the facts are: In
Cheyenne county there is total acre
age of both spring and winter wheat
ST. S9 acres; in Rawlins county the
acreage is estimated at about 10000
acres. The statement follows:
zone can stand on the wind mill
tower of the town well at Bird City
and with an ordinary field glass can
easily see more wheat than Mr.. Smiley
credits to the entire county. Bird City
is the center of beautiful level plain,
covered with magnificent fields of waV-
ing grain in all directions. This beau
tiful plateau stretches away from Bird
City absolutely level in all directions
for several miles. This is the country
where life is too short to put it in plow-
ing the land with mules or horses.
Nothing short of a big engine with
fifteen or twenty plOwS attached, will
satisfy the desires of the average
farmer in preparing his land for an
other crop.
LAS to Rawlins county, it would be
easy to find two or three farmers who
the entire acreage credited to that
county. 1t is safe to say that Rawlins
county has in the neighborhood of $780,
600 acres of wheat which with the
recen. rains should make a bumper
crop for that vicinity.
I'm Cheyenne county a great industry
is raising broom corn. This year there
was about 1000 acres sown to broom
cCrn.
I'm Jefferson township, Cheyenne
county, a territory six miles square,
every acre can be farmed. It is level
10 hnnI ind
and water is found at a depth of about
200 feet. No doubt this township beats
the record in Kansas in the matter of
level landscape view"
Smith County Fares Well.
Smith county wins out handsomely
IN the matter of sergeant-at-arms Of
the Chicago convention. Four ap-
pointments were secured for that
county. The strangest part of it was
the fact that the name of Colonel
Dan Dyer was missing.
There is talk of the Democrats of
the Fortieth senatorial district draft
ing w. d. Womer of Phillipsburg for
state senator. This district comprises
the counties of Norton, Phillips and
Smith. 1t has been many years since
a Democrat represented the district in
the state senate.
Malone Out for Senate.
James Malone of Herndon, present
member of the legislature from Raw
Inns county, is a candidate for the pri--
mary nomination for state senator in
the Thirty-ninth district. He made
good in his two terms in the lower
mouse. He has been a great advocate
OF the experiment station at Hays
City. He believes that the develop
ment of Ellis and adjoining counties
is due in a great measure to the ex-
pertinent station. He favors all ap-
preparations which tend to the devel-
opment of the agricultural interests
IF THvnC t0rr1 C1r1 Nj NTOIn n
practical farmer, and is at the head of
the Herndon model Touring mills
The Republicans of the Thirty
ninth senatorial district, which COW
congressional district, expect a lively
fight for the nomination for repre-
sentative. 1t is said there are three
candidates so far in the field. W. E.
Ward of Wallace county, E. ]. Gull
bert of Logan county and Rev. J. Ed
Stevens of Sherman county. The two
first mentioned live on the line of the
Union Pacific road and the latter on
the Rock Island. Mr.. Guilbert form
erly represented Logan county in the
legislature. Some of the fellows con-
tend that this is a fight between two
of the big Kansas railroads for politi
cal supremacy.
The Democrats of Sheridan county
are not afraid to carry their political
announcements in the Hoxie Sentinel,
a Republican newspaper. 1t is almost
a standoff in the matter of those who
are seeking offices.
The Republicans of Sheridan coun-
ty are hunting for some man who
wants to represent that county in the
legislature and beat the present mem
Der, John Schlicher, a Democrat, who
made a fine record in his first term.
Hill City Lawyer in Race.
F. D. Turck. Republican, has an
nounced his candidacy for the legis-
n county,
prominent lawyer in that Gection of
the state. He lives in Hill City, where
he has resided for more than a quarter
of a century. He promises to support
for United States senator the eandl-
date who receives the highest vote in
the primary election.
The Socialists of Thomas county
have nominated the following ticket:
representative, r. d. Misner; county
clerk, c. C. Cole; treasurer, John H.
Slower; register of deeds, John Keller;
clerk of court, Claude Schnellbacher;
superintendent, Ed H. Mckinney;
sheriff John Grahem; probate judge,
John Mckinley; surveyor, John Ran
dali: coroner, ]. F. Mclaughlin; COM
missioners, Nate Byars and Charley
Emel.
As general rule a postmaster
doesn't resign. Such isn't the case
ed the position for a number of years
with perfect satisfaction to the pa
irons Congressman Young will find
it difficult to select a man who will
Pete Meadows.
w. R. Bowling, a prominent stock
man and farmer of Norton county, will
ask for the Democratic nomination
lieve that Kansas now has too many
fool laws, and if 1 am elected I will
consider it my duty at least to work
for the repeal of as many of them as