The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-25
BY HARRY ROOT.

Your correspondent needed some
rest. and he took a week off and visit
ed Beloit, for it is this town he lived
in for "A years prior to going to To-
peka, nearly a quarter of century
ago. He visited Be1oit for rest and
people had forgotten him. Only one
living soul knew he was coming
and he lived five miles In the coun-
try. No sooner had the Gazette and
Call heard of his presence than their
columns heralded it to their anxious
readers that the Sixth district cores
pondent was in the city. From that
time and until his return to Topeka
it was invitations here and there all
over town to visit and dine with them.
The high cost of living made no diff
ference, for every table was full OF
the best Many invitations had to be
cancelled on account of being called
away because of sickness. Sometime
another visit will be made to that
town.
Beloit has made wonderful progress
since your correspondent has lived
elsewhere. Miles of paved streets
greet the eye, and cement walks take
one to every part of the city. me
completion, and 1t looked If nearly
everybody owned an auto. 1t now
takes five banks to run the business OF
the city, where two and three once
could do it. The two newspapers, the
call being daily, and the Gazette, have
sternrned over the high cost of print
naper. and pulled thru and making
money. 1t is the site of the state
Industrial school for girls. 1t is the
home of a former congressman, u
Young. 1t is, too, the home OF MIS-;
Laura Kyner, one of the presldentlai
Electors Go where you will in Beloit
the visitors will see recent improve
ments everywhere in modern MONIES.
n was a good town in pioneer tunes
when YOUR correspondent first sa" II
as he stepped out of the stage from
a +iresome days ride between Green
leaf and Beloit. 1t is a good toW1
now because it has grown ana 1orseo
way ahead in commercial supremacy.
Rouleyard avenue is one or the
Measure drives going from BeioiI 70
Jewell City. On the edge OF TINS uflS y,
is the home of Mr.. and Mrs w. u
pard,,e where the writer was enter
tained day. To visit Beloit and not
cali on "Chan" Perdue and his enter
tanning wife is a DISAPPOINTMENT
Their doors are always open TO IrleIlos'
one of which is your correspondent
His health is poor, and he Is lmproV-
ing. In his home is a cane rack con
tanning 159 canes from many states
and the old country as well, given MIN
nv friends He wants one more 10
make the even number. Passing on to
the next stop was at the pleasant farm
home of Mrs. Elsie Gather. rms iaoy
has several hundred bushels OF Wneat
on hand which cost for seed, cutting
and threshing, about $2.4O pushel-
Since then the price has dropped clear
down. Many others have their surplus
high wheat on hand. and are holdlnG
the sack for better prices. she is the
Boulevard correspondent OF the
Gazette and her items are readable
and entertaining. Many farm houses,
large and roomy and modern as can De
built, are seen by the visitors going
from Beloit to Jewell City. Returning
to Beloit your correspondent left the
good town and her entertaining people
hurriedly, being called to Topeka on
account of the serious illness of a
brother. The writer has always been
a friend of the town, and will always
feel at home when there. He holds
his membership in the NJ. W. A camp
there, and is proud of it. Charley and
Edith, his children, graduated at the
Beloit high school, and he is thankful
for that. Until we meet again, your
itemizer can only thank one and all for
the many kindnesses showered on him
during his late visit there. He has
witnessed the gem city of the Solomon
expand from struggling frame build
ings when he climbed out of the stage
on his first visit. The pioneer structures
have been torn down to make room
for modern brick and stone buildings.
1t looked as if the people had plenty of
money for hundreds of autos wers
parked on every street, and the stores
full of buyers. If there was any kick
coming it was from the farmers who
had surplus wheat for sale, and as one
prominent banker said, When they