The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-05
A TALE OF TREC0
Big Crops, Past and Present,
Bring Prosperity.
Will Be a Big Building Year at
Wakeeney.

wakeeney, June 5.-Trego county
will show an increase in population
over 1914 of about 800.
The assessors find 179,4sO ousheis
~ old wheat in the hands of the farm
ers There is, in round figures, 10,
600 acres sown to wheat CareIuI
Inmates put the acreage Ioi -
about the same. r. ii. Burns one VI
the real estate rustlers %. fsct worth
figures it out this way: Iact woL y.
knowing about Trego county Is ma
in 1914 there were threshed Two anu
ona-haIf million bushels of wheat. Inc
population was ABA, making ooV
bushels for each man, woman ana
ot,;Ia IN Trego county Can you find
another county in the United states
that can beat this, to say nothing oI
the thousands of bushels OF corn, oats
and barley raised, as well as the ehou
sands of tons of alfalfa.
Farmers are cutting their nrst crop
of alfalfa. and they claim the biggest
WELD in the history of the county
Trego county has made a great gam
i'm personal property valuations II
1914 it was s1,120,s55, and a year
later, in 1915, 1t increased ~ +ocI in
no. To the growth OF the stock m
dustry in a great measure is due the
increase in personal property Valua-
tions. u,o,.oov,av
are good places to make nolIe -
SHOWN
neopIe. former residents here, VINO
went elsewhere to better themselves
have returned, and appear better SAL!
isfied than ever: r. H. Burns, Jonn A
Nelson, BENZ. Rogers, w. H: PerTlne,
+. EppIer. Henry Hobbick, John
Wheeler. Silas McKune, Bradley
Brown and A. T. Harvey.
The bountiful crops in 1914 and the
fine indications for larger crops TINS
wear. indicate a. busy building year IN
l., 1,a1
sured. The building will be SO by 81
feet. and it will be constructed OF
brick. 1t will be two stories above
the basement. The Masonic nan VIII
he 3Ox5O feet, and will have receptlon'
smoking and dining rooms me pullo-
ing will be modern, and cost ABOUT
$4,000. Frank Blanch of topeka Is
the architect and builder
Work is progressing on the kline
and Heyl block of three business
rooms, having a frontage OF about ~
feet and a depth of 75 Feet. rms
block will be built of brick and ce-
nlent, two stories above the basement:
and will cost about $4,000. One OF
these buildings will be occupied py
A. w Heyl, a baker, who Will conouct
one of the most up-to-date bakeries
in this section of the state. In this
hiocL will be the Odd Fellows hall,
25 by IS feet. The remainder OF the
upstairs will be fitted for offices. Ad-
ioining the Masonic hall, H. F. Kline
will erect two business buildings, 4S by
so feet, two stories, at cost of about
$4,000. Including the Masonic hall
block. these seven buildings will nave
a frontage of about $50 feet
Good crops are going to give wa
keeney big boost in her building ac-
tivity this year. There Is talk or otner
buildings to be erected.
wakeeney has -the-best arranged
postoffice the town has ever had. The
new postmaster is J. K. kerauS, ex-
member of the legislature from Trego
county, and one of the successful bust
ness men. He gives good service, and
he wants a good office to do business
in. He goes farther than most OIL
GERS do. On the inside walls he has
had paintings made-on one side the
eagle and the Stars and Stripes; the
other is a farm scene on the Saline
river near Wakeeney, showing a field
of wheat harvested, vegetables and
fruits They are attractive feature
paintings, and appreciated by the pa
irons of the office.
The new buildings being erected
front the court house square lawn,
which contains about four acres, and
contains several hundred thrifty trees.
1t is one of the most beautiful sights
in Wakeeney. If there is another
court house lawn in the state so at
tractive as this one, the people of
Trego county say they must be shown.
In Wakeeney, as is the case in other
towns, the auto agencies can't get cars
fast enough to supply the demand.
With the return of good crops, as one
of the prominent business men said
to your correspondent, Trego county
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