The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17
Sixth District NetUs Notes
Items and "reminiscences by An Old Timer With His
Ear to the Grass Roots.

brought about by hot winds and
drouth which prevailed in the short
of that territory. Guy long ago died.
1t never got very far after the rail-
road was built thru that section. Nor
did the town ever find its name in the
list of Lost Kansas towns" About
the same time two other Kansas towns
disappeared. They were Fremont and
Atkin, in Graham county. and located
not far from the South Solomon river.
The former was quite a healthy bust
ness center until the railroad came
along and built on the opposite side
of the river and a new town started
up and named Morland. Atkin was
started about two miles west of Ere
mont. 1t only had two stores. It was
named after Ed Atkin, now living in
Barton county. The two townsites
went back to the farm, while Morland
has grown to be one of the solidest
built towns in Graham county. 1t is
in the center of a great wheat raising
section. It has two banks and news
paper. Your item paragrapher en-
joyed his visits to the now dead towns
while they were up and doing.
The wheat raisers of northwest
Kansas harvested the biggest crops
this year in the history of its settle
ment. Rocks, Graham and Sheridan
make claims they are the banner
wheat counties. and will turn out 100
per cent to the good. Decatur county
with her more than 100000 acres. in
the opinion of r. A. Marks. and he
has been in the county as long as
anyone, and a careful observer, says
the wheat is perfect crop, less straw
than in former years, and the heads
are better filled. Last year the county
raised 100000 bushels. This year 1t
will reach beyond this figure. Much
of the crop raised in 1919 is still in
the hands of the farmers. The crop
this year will thresh out rs bushels
an acre, and some fields are predicted
to thresh out 35 and 40 bushels. Care
full Judges in Rocks claim the largest
and best crop of wheat the county has
ever harvested, this county, too. haV-
ing over 100000 acres. Smith reports
the best crop known in that county
biggest yield in the history of the
county. The claims made by those in
position to know about the wheat yield
in Cove. Graham, Logan and Thomas
counties are to the effect that they
have never before seen so large
since threshing started. The berry is
about perfect. The same good reports
come from Rawlins, Cheyenne. Sher-
man and Trego counties. Wherever
threshing is going on the crop is turn
ing out from 20 to 25 bushels, and
The test is so to So pounds per bushel
The wheat raisers of Graham. Rocks
and Sheridan claim they are the BAN
ner wheat counties of Kansas this
year.
The first breach of promise case
tried in the district court of Smith
county was in January. 1883 Eleanor
Robertson. aged So. was the plaintiff,
and Asana Walter. 40 years CT age.
was the defendant. r. NJ. Picker.
who was Judge of the Seventeenth dis
trict for a quarter of a century, and
Webb McNall, who held the office of
state insurance commissioner in Popu-
list time, and later the nominee of the
Republicans for congress in the sixth
district and defeated, were the plain
tiff and defendant in the case. SO
far as your correspondent remembers
this is the only case of the kind tried
in the courts of Smith county
J. NJ. Davis was appointed register
of deeds of Smith county by the com
missioners. the office having been
made vacant by resignation There
were several applicants for appoint
ment. nor was the appointee an APP
plicant- One of the candidates went
so far as to say that If he wasn't APP
off the primary ballot for the office
he was aspiring for. The commission
ers took the matter out of politics.
Another editor has got into the race
for political honors. Alton Gillespie
OF the Rexford News. wants the Re-
publican nomination for the legisia-
ture from Thomas county. This
makes two newspaper fellows who
want to come to Topeka next winter
as members Of the lower house, A K
l Trimmer. OF the Cove City Republic