The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-30
SPEECH FIRED HMM SIXTH DISTRICT
Wheat Acreage in TregO COun-
ty Will Be as Large as Usual.
DrOuth Didn't Discourage
Farmers-Want Seed.

Collyer, Sept 3o.-In this vicinity of
Trego county there will be quite as
large an acreage of wheat sown as in
former years. The section of country
tributary to Collyer is known for grow
ing large yields of wheat
At least nine cars of seed wheat have
been unloaded here, and paid for, ag-
gregating about 10000 bushels. The
farmers want to SOW 10000 acres and
more if they get the seed. J. H. Dea-
trich is president of the Seed Wheat
association of Co1Iycr and John Har-
rison is secretary and treasurer. They
have labored untiringly to supply the
seed, and have succeeded. They will
not let up until the needs of the wheat
raisers are satisfied.
J. H. Deatrich is retired Union Pa
cific employee, having been in the SER
vice of the company ~ years, and in
all this time west of Ellsworth. He
was retired in May, 1910. For many
years he has lived in Collyer, where he
has made good saving money and in
vesting it in real estate He says here
is where he made his money and he
will spend it here. He has soWn about
400 acres in wheat.
If the wheat crop next year is as
good as now promised, and the wheat
raisers believe it will be, Collyer prom
Uses to be up and stirring. Two of the
largest elevators west of Salina are 10
Gated here. In this vicinity several
farmers have become rich raising
wheat, and here is where they have had
a good share of the praise in building
up the town.
Collyer supports a bank. There is
lumber, hardware and implements,
and general merchants. No one needs
to go elsewhere for goods in any of
these lines And our postmaster, too,
operates the barber shop in connection
ho off TJn iCrobf ofT-ai fn
make a living regardless of Uncle Sam.
Grainfield, Sept 3O.-The annual au-
diting of the work of the state secre-
tary Mrs. Katie A. Horne, by the
finance and printing committee of the
Rebekah State assembly, was a high
compliment not only to the secretary
but to Grainfield lodge No. 600, which
she instituted soon after the removal
of the state supplies and headquarters
to this town. Mrs. Horne's first term
as secretary was found perfect, and
her reelection was deserved. thor
ough inventory of the supplies sold
during the year and those on hand was
found in splendid shape.
The grand officers were given a royal
reception by the local lodge, at which
refreshments were served. Recitations,
addresses and a fancy drill by the staff
was enjoyed by all. The next meeting
of the grand lodge will be held in
Hutchinson the second week in Octo-
Der.
]. W. Butler of Grainfield, one of the
commissioners of Cove county, was on
the ground early to secure seed wheat.
His successful efforts in this direction
are highly commanded by our people.
While the loss of the wheat crop was
almost total in Cove county, the seed
has been furnished and the acreage will
be quite as large is ever. Thousands
of acres of wheat are already up and
the opinion is unanimous that the
wheat ground at this time of the year
was never in such good condition.
V. B. Peck enjoys his home in Grain |
field. He has a good water plant sys-
tenn, from which he has kept the grass
and trees on his lawn green as in the
springtime. He has several evergreen
trees, a small garden patch from which
he has sold more than $50 worth of veg
etabIes, raised melons that weighed 25
and 35 pounds and several plum trees
two years old which are bearing fruit
this year. There are other homes here
doing as well, which tends to show
what can be raised in this high prairie
town in years of drouth, if one has a
WINDMILL and pump.
There is an hotel here operated by
a family named Justice and Mr. and
Mrs. Justice deal out satisfactory JUS
tice to their patrons in the way of
The visitors on the Union Pacific spe-
cial forage train which visited Grain
field recently We're agreeably SURPRISED |
at the large number of shade trees |
looking so thrifty all over the town. |
During the long, dry summer nearly all |
of them survived. Cement walks have
been put down all through the town |
The trees and walks are highly credit |
able to much larger places than Grain |
field
Many of the pioneer residents of |
Grainfield live here yet. w. ]. Heiney,
Col. S. S. Reynolds. George s. Dryer. |
T. F. Poole, J. B. Beal, ]. f. Smith, |
V. B. Peak and others will remain here.
They have made money. The climate |
is healthy. Cove county has grown |
big crops and will do so again. Talk
with any of the people and you won't |
find one of them that will give Grain
field or Cove county a black eye.
Missouri Asks X. Z. to Tests Scales.
Lawrence. Kan, Sept. 3O-Missouri |
comes to Kansas to have her scales
tested Stanley Wiley of a. Kansas
City lumber company brought seven
counterpo1se weights to the University |
Of Kansas this week, and after Chan
cellor Strong, through his deputy seaI-I
er, E. F. Stimp had placed his o.
Drugs and Toilet Goods