The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

| Formosa. Kan, June 24.-Some mis-
| chievous fellow broke into the print
| ing office Of the Formosa Spirit, pied
the cases, scattered the type on the
| floor, and purloined the subscription
book. The edit rs offer a reward of
| 500 for the arrest of the persons and
accompliceS.
Cawker City. June 24.-There have
been four changes in the business cir
cles of Cawker City since the first
of the year. and odd to relate, three
of the new men who have come here
to enter business are named Brown,
although they are not related in any
way. Curtis c. Brown, of Kansas City,
| succeeded William Cribs as manager
of the old Iowa store, H. E. Brown
succeeded the Dougherty Bros. as pro-
prietor Of the hardware store, and last
week DR.. Carl Brown, of Topeka, ar
rived to take over the practice left by
DR.. Ratliff. All the Browns seem to
be making good in business and So
cial way.
Herndon, June 24.-Herndon reports
the shipment at one time of eggs ag-
gregating in cash about $1,000. This Is
a RaWlinS county town where the
poultry and business men do things
Besides it is the home of State Senator
James Malone. 1t is claimed that Raw
Inns county will raise from so to 70
per cent more wheat this year than a
year ago.
Cedar Bluffs, June 24.-Just because
the editor of the Cedar Bluffs Booster
ate new potatoes, peas and cherry pie
at one sitting, he says: 1--WE have lived
on bacon and eggs until we are aSham-
ed to look an old hen and a hog in the
face" The Booster goes on and says
the Decatur county wheat crop is
practically a failure this year, and that
Cedar Bluffs is going to have a grand
Fourth Of July celebration.
Cawker City, June 4.-Not to be
outdone by their more worldly breth-
rem who engage in contests of all kinds,
the Methodist Sunday schools of Cawker
City, Glen Elder and Downs have en-
tered into an attendance contest" for
the summer months, and they think
that this will result in keeping inter-
est at high tide during the period
when it is usually lowest.
Upton, June N.-Tipton people are
tired waiting for the steam cars, and
her business men are patroniZing the
auto line between Upton and Cawker
City, IA miles. Corpstein & Mergen,
business men of the former town, put
on a auto line. The truck is 40-horse
power, and can haul four tons easily,
make three and four trips each daily.
An immense amount of freight con-
ed at Cawker City daily. 1t is roca-
ted in a rich and populous district of
Mitchell county.
Norton, Kan, June 24.-Mrs. Cath !
crime Johnson, the oldest woman in |
Norton county is dead at the age of |
100 years, 9 months and days. |
Major John Conway editor and |
owner of the Norton Champion, who |
has been at Hot Springs, Ark, the |
last two months hoping he could re-
cover from an attack of rheumatism |
is improving. His son. Earl Conway, |
feels so good over the news coming |
from his father that he rushes into |
verse, in the Champion, as follows:
Gee, we're feeling good today
The Majors feeling better
The word came to us yesterday
His wife sent home a letter.
Colby, Kan, June 24.-The county |
commissioners of Thomas county have |
ordered the ''blowed" land district in |
that county to be worked. This is |
the section where there is already |
considerable crops growing, and the
farmers are at work. 1t is believed |
the dust can be completely checked,
and that this particular blown dis
trict will again raise bountiful crops.
Several farmers in Cheyenne coun-
ty are experimenting on raising sweet
clover. c. R. Henry has a large field,
which stands already five and six
feet tall. It grows rank, heavily To-
liaged and in bloom. 1t is claimed
that clover hay has like feeding quail /
tiles as alfalfa, and that is is more Il
hardy, as it will grow on waste land. Il
Cawker City, June 24.-For a num-
Der of years the Protestant churches
of Cawker City have made it a prac-
tice each summer to hold union even
ing meetings on Sundays, and the first
of those meetings for this summer
will be held this week. There are six
churches in Cawker City, and the
spirit of brotherly love seems to pre-
vail to an unusual extent.
FORTUNE IN WALNUT LOGS.