The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-24

merly served his customers over the
county.
Almena is the second town in popu-
lation in Norton county. 1t is situated
in the Prairie Dog creek valley, where
| big crops OF alfalfa are raised. Neigh
boring towns had been holding carnia
walls annually. so the Almenaites
wanted to get up something different,
and there wasn't any hindrance to
holding an alfalfa celebration The
growers of this cereal donated wagon
| loads of it free, and hauled to town
wind that day scattered it in all direc-
lions. The people came from towns
and country to see Almenas first and
only alfalfa carnival. There were
present, also. candidates for congress
and state offices. Atchison has given
corn carnivals, and Clyde free water
melon. and Almena wanted to be the
first TO put on an alfalfa carnival.
Beloit is the largest town in the
/ Sixth district. 1t also supports the
only daily paper. Probably thirty
travelling men make their home in the
| town. They like the place SO well
they have organized a commercial
mems association. Their motto is:
ITO make Beloit bigger and better"
They believe they will have no trouble
to increase their number to more than
fifty. 1t is claimed the travelling men
alone spend in the town $4,000 an
nually. The first thing they are go
ing to try to accomplish is to get more
rooming houses. George E. Prehm is
chairman and p. J. FitteI, secretary.
Gem, Rock Island town in Thomas
county, had a newspaper. the Leader,
several years ago. 1t died a natural
death during the elbow" days in that
county. The last visit of your cor
respondent to the town the building
where the paper was printed looked
as if it had been hit by tornado, and
much of the material had been car
ried off for old junk.
I Will the Democrats of the Sixth dis
| trict try to beat the present Repub-
| lican congressman, Hays B. White. for
a second term? Not one of them have
! whispered loud enough to be heard,
that this man or some other fellow
wants the job. What's the matter of
| bringing James H. Egan, of Cheyenne
county, to the front? He made the
race for the primary nomination two
/ years ago against j. r. Connolly. He
! has lived in this county 81 years. and
| is a prosperous business man in st.
| Francis. He is strong with the farm
| ers, having conducted a free employ
ment bureau for their benefit for the
| last 20 years, and donated his time
and means to help furnish harvest
hands At one time several hundred
hands were needed in Cheyenne coun-
! ty. Egan was on to the job of or
| ganization and he succeeded. The
| men were there and the crops saved.
He was a soldier boy in the Spanish
American war. besides he is popular
with the boys who served in the world
| war.
Mrs Nfilt Rooms. of Stockton, be-
lieves rather in raising poultry and
he. to Hav- ffrrao oil n
work and politics. She sold SS dozens
| eggs and "a pounds of butter to one
of the stores for $3.50. Many other
Rocks county women are engaged in
! the same work.
The Smith Center Journal favors
the nomination of ex-Judge J. c. Rup-
| penthal, of Russell, for congress. The
| article goes on to say: IF he is nomi-
mated he ought to be elected, and if
| he should fail to win it will be be-
cause of no real lack of qualification.
worth and ability on his part" That
paper should have said the great
mass of the voters of the Sixth dis
| trict favor the return of the present
member. Hays B. White, who is Civ
| ing splendid satisfaction in his first
term.
]. F. Hale, of the Osborne News.
/ and candidate for delegate to the San
Francisco national cOnVentlon, mas SOlu
| his paper to B. P. Walker, of the
Farmer. and in the future it will be
known as F'armer-News. c. E. Main,
late of the Downs Times, VIII be as
ISOLATED with the newspaper He is
also a member of the legislature from
! Osborne county. The Farmer has been
stalwart Republican and the News
/ Democratic. This leaves busy county
seat of $500 people with only one
paper. Hale has recently purchased
the Mankato Advocate, a stalw lrt
/ Democratic paper. Osborne makes the
sixth county seat in the Sixth con-
I gress, onal district with only ore paper
in each town. In pioneer times every
county seat had two or more papers.
| The consolidation of the Osborne
papers makes not less than fifteen
papers that have gone out of business
since the high cost of living set in, in
the Sixth district alone.
The Nonparel claims a big bust
ness for Herndon in securing the
Rawlins County Rock Crushing COM
pany to operate the quarTies of stone
near the town. Several carloads of
material have been unloaded, includ-
ing a crusher of capacity of handling
nine carloads daily. The plant will
grind rock for paving. Orders for 800
carloads have been received. The men
interested are Albert Werner, New
York; S. c. Allen, D. 0. Chessmore,
Dan. eastman. Joseph Youngblood,
NJ. McFee. all of Atwood. The in
dustry will give employment to a large
number of workmen. Wheat is look