The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-02
LEAVES THE FIELD
Editor of Hays City News Re-
tires From Business.
Former Hays Normal Teacher
VIII Publish the Paper.
COLLYER ADVANCE OPENS UP
New Sixth District Sheet
Owned by w. r. Gregory.
Consolidation Popular Among
the Small Town Weeklies.

B. NJ, Dreiling retires from the lays
City News in the issue of last weeks
paper. As editor and manager for
several years, he made the News
readable, clean paper His successor
is Prof. John S. Bird. for many years
professor at Hays Normal school, Mr..
Dreiling served Ellis county as county
treasurer for two terms. fle was at
one time Democratic candidate for
state treasurer. He is at present post
master of Hays City.
Political advertising IN the papers
of the Sixth district has been the heav-
lest ever known this year. Columns
and whole pages have been used.
Much of it has not been read for the
reason that the voters have been busy
| in other ways. Good crops which the
district has been raising for several
years are better fo~ them than too
much political dope. The papers.
working as they have for the district
and the state, are entitled to this big
| political rush. If it continues for sew
eral years it is expected that several
new journals will start up to get their
share of the political pie
| New Paper at Colyer.
Frank Greason of the Atwood
Square Deal, wants to be the Repub-
Rawlins county. He pledges that IL
| he is elected neither the office nor
vault will be used for a political junk
shop, or for any purpose not required
| by law.
The Collyer Advance has put In an
appearance with W r. Gregory as edi-
tor and publisher. This gives Trego
county three newspapers. Collyer is
| IN the great wheat belt of northwest
ern Kansas
in the newspaper harness in the Sixth
district. He is Levi L. Alrich, edi-
tor and publisher of the Cawker- City
Record, journal he has been con-
nected with for nearly thirty-five
years. The writer of these newspaper
items has not forgotten the pioneer
days when soldier editors printed pa
pers in Atwood. Downs, Eustis, Good
land, Kirwin, Logan, Lebanon, Man
kato. Osborn, Phillipsburg and Wa
| keeney.
| Many Old Papers Gone.
| Time has made many changes in
the newspaper profession in the Sixth
district. At one time Bird City. Chey-
enne county, had three papers. There
is none there now. Mcdonald and
| Luden, Rawlins county towns, sup
ported local papers, neither of which
exists now. Nicodemus and Bogue.
Graham county; Brewster, Gem and
| Menlo, Thomas county; Glade and
Speed, Phillips county; and Clayton.
| Norton county, all had papers at one
/
The Clayton paper existed for many
years and was well supported by the
| people of the town. When railroads,
| telephones and automobiles came the
paper was given up ana the larger dali
lies took the place of the weeklies in
many of the smaller towns.
just To Be a Good Fellow.
John R. Connolly, congressman from
the Sixth district, who owns a paper
| himself, is grateful to the Democrat
publications of his district. He had
no opposition at the primary election,
but he gave the papers an advertise
ment anyway. Connolly was reared
on a farm in Thomas county and
studies and knows the needs of the
farmers better than any man who has
ever represented them. He is always
present when bills of Importance are
before congress and he votes his nom
est opinion. No paper nor individual
can call him a CRATER. His Colby
Free Press takes good care OF the af-
fairs in Washington, ais he sends a
batch of stuff for every issue of his
paper.
Goodland Papers Join.
The Goodland Republic, for many
years one of the neatest and newsiest
papers in the district, has been bought
by r. G. Wolfe and consolidated with
the Record. 1t was only a few mouths
ago that the two Downs papers con-
solidated, resulting in good for the
town and advertisers. The same will
be true of Good1and.
There is only one paper in Chey-
enne county, and that Is a plenty. In
Norton there is one daily and -four
weeklies, two or more too many
Newspaper consolidation appears to
be gaining ground as it is popular
There is room for the Record. The
merger leaves Goodland anc Sherman
without a Democrat paper