The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-23
years a teacher in the Emporia State

years a teacher In the EmpOr1a state
Normal school.
Graham county has been faVorably
hit for political honors in former years.
Will she fare SO well this year? An
auditor OF state. lieutenant governor
and attorney general have served
| their constituents. as well as being
creditable to the state. Now the coun-
ty has a candidate for the supreme
| bench. There is always something go
ing on in the politics Of Hill City. There
has been a lively tilt for the postoffice
which rumor says may develop in a
third candidate. a lady. who. by the
way, is as able a teacher as one will
find anywhere.
A good Touring mill in Hill City
stands idle. Some miller with capital
ought to pick it up and haul it to the
railroad where it Is believed 1t would
be made to pay the owner to operate it
Mrs. Emmons, wife of Charles EN-
mons, editor and publisher of the Re-
publican, is not only a good news gath
erer. but she does the most of the
typesetting on the paper. Her friends
insist that her name ought to be
printed in the paper as assistant editor.
All day long she can be found at her
post Of duty.
Plainville, Kan, April 23-Last year
a bunch Of good road boosters in this
town saw an opportunity of putting
themselves on the Kansas City-Denver
way between those points. SO they or
ganized q local company and started
work. About $50 miles Of poles were
painted in 1913. and work has COM
menced again, which means success.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for
completing the line soon as possible
in order to be ready for this years
tourist travel from the Missouri river
to the Rocky Mountains.
The roadbed is almost ideal the en-
A. 1%4S RSrry hi is
between Glasco and Miltonva1e, but
with the energy of L. F. Davidson of
GlascO, who has personal charge OF
the work together with live bunch
of boosters at Miltonvale, they are
being torn down at a rapid pace and
very soon they will be no more. April
was designated as road day by the
people of Miltonvale and one hundred
and fifty men on that day worked
from early morn until late at night.
Even the ladies Of that section are
very enthusiastic. They served a
splendid dinner to the workers and it
was really one OF the biggest days
Miltonvale has had for a long time.
through that section for several weeks
and it promises to continue until that
portion of the road measures up well
with the rest OF it.
The Red Line traverses one Of the
best parts Of Kansas. Leaving Kansas
City on the south side of the Kaw it
passes through Lawrence. Topeka,
Manhattan, Clay Center. Glasco, Be
lott, Osborne, Plainville. Hoxie. Col
by, Goodland, Limon and Denver.
One Of the very strong features OF
this highway is the fact that it has q
seventy mile straightaway. without
bridge or turn, and almost like
boulevard the entire distance.
The road has been quite well ad-
vertised and will without doubt prove
an ideal route for tourists the coming
summer.
Alton, April 23--Fred w. Gaunt. a
prominent lumber and grain buyer of
Alton. is building an immense wheat
bin with a capacity Of 10000 bushels.
1t is being built OF cement. and will
stand 40 feet high and 80 feet In
diameter. 1t will be completed In
time to handle this years wheat crop.
which shows up better in the country
tributary to Alton than ever before at
this time of year.