The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-22
Sixth District NelUs Notes
Items and "reminiscences by An Old Timer With His
Ear to the Grass Roots.

raised was the largest in the history of
the county.
One of the best known club women
in the Sixth district, living in Phillips
burg, writes: You have always been
nice to our people. and 1 thought you
might want to give our club women a
boost in your item department. We
have many fine women in our clubs,
and they are doing noble work The
state federation meeting was held at
Hays. and this was the first state
meeting held in the Sixth district We
were anxious to get the women out to
Hays as it is an education for people
to come in contact with western Kan
sas men and women, they are SO free
and independent. The meeting was a
great success, the attendance being
better than the average. The officers
of the Kansas federation women's
clubs of the Sixth district are: Mrs.
Francis w. Boyd, Phillipsburg. presi-
dent; Mrs. Andrew Platner, Ellis, vice
president: Mrs. G. e. Feeley, Jennings,
recording secretary; Mrs. H. l..
Hahnenkratt, Phillipsburg, corre-
spending secretary; Miss Grace G..
Young, Beloit, treasurer; Mrs. Leon
ard Womer, Agra, scholarship and
district officers and chairmen of the
various standing committees, after
which a meeting was held TO plan for
fall work. Mrs. A. C. Coolidge, Smith
Center. is state vice president. Other
good workers in the clubs are Mrs. c.
B. walker, Norton; Mrs. ]. C. Derigo,
Ellis; Mrs. Laura Kyner, Beloit; Mrs.
Eva Morley Murphy. Goodland; Mrs.
c. e. Stevens, Osborne; Mrs. James E.
Rouse, Hays, and Mrs Francis Boyd,
Phillipsburg. 1t was largely thru the
efforts of Mrs. Rouse, president of the
Saturday Afternoon club, and W. A.
Lewis president of the Hays normal,
that the meeting was so successful
In the past two years Mrs. Boyd has
been district chairman liberty loan,
chairman Of organization committee,
Phillips county Red Cross, speaker for
council of defense, county chairman
child welfare, chairman for Y. W. c.
A. publicity campaign, besides doing
much other local club work. The
Sixth district annual meeting will be
held in Burr Oak the last week in Sep
TENDER. Mrs. Platner and Mrs. Boyd
are the delegates to the biennial meet
ing in Des Moines in June.
1t was early in the eighties. your
first visited Sheridan
county Kenneth was the county seat.
No railroad and the town of Hoxie
wasn't born. The town was named in
honor of Kenneth Turner, son of Z. j.
Turner, who was the first child born
there. His father was tho first men,
Der of the legislature from Sheridan
county. He also represented the Sixth
district in congress two terms. and
was beaten for a third term.
Kenneth had grown to be thrifty
town. The business men Of the
time were C. M. Higgs and G. III.
Leffingwell, general merchants, A. w.
Stone. grocer; Geo. Tatum, hardware;
G. w. Miller. lumber; ]. w. Bundy
and T. j. Mckinney, hotel; Geo. w.
Palmer published the Tribune; e. L.
Gregg. blacksmith, w. NJ. Price and
o. Church, contractors and builders.
DIR. D. NJ. Freeman and DIR. Isaac
Kneeland administered to the wants of
the sick. and E. ]. Turner and E. II.
McCracken had out law signs.
The county was organized in July,
1890. The town had a comfortable
court house. and the following were
holding down the offices: Treasurer
G. w. Crane; clerk. w. M. Rodgers;
sheriff. J, H. Caty; clerk OF court, A.
w. Stone; register of deeds, A. c. Nc
Chung; probate judge. S. p. Davidson;
commissioners, w. c. Hausafus, NJ. NJ.
Scott, j. H. Kimball. The Union Pa
cific was extending their road from
Plainville west, and it would miss Ken
meth, SO the town of Hoxie started. and
the town and county seat records
moved to Hoxie. Not gun was fired
and all was harmony, and the first
county seat went back to the farm.
HoXie is the town where Frank Nc
Ivor lives. member of the legislature
from Sheridan county. He is a candi-
date for state senator from the 39th
district He is also one of the deputy
state fire marshals. Sheridan county
has a new modern fireproof court
house. Hoxie has several substantial
business firms. and a lot of pushers for
the towns good.
The Smith Center Journal and Rus
sell ReformeP are exchanging owner
ship. ]. w. Morphy of the former,
will go to Russell. and Tell Peterson
of the latter paper. will go to the Jour
nal. They are practical newspaper
men, and for years have published
clean, newsy journals.
Looks as if there is going to be a
lively race for Legislative honors in
Cheyenne county. Two names, E. E.
Kite, lawyer, and Chase Day, a prac-
teal newspaper man, are most talked
of. The former is a Democrat, and
the other Republican. Ed Uplinger.
Democrat, is now serving third term.
He is a candidate for the senate in
the Thirty-ninth district. and so far
he has no opposition in his party. The
Republicans have several candidates
already, Sherman. Sheridan. Thomas
and Ellis counties having filed nomi-
nation papers. Some of the other
counties expect to bring out candi-
dates.
Lemon extract is getting to be an
unpopular beverage in st. Francis.
Two of her citizens were recently
fined 800 and costs for the sale of
the fluid. Justice S. II. Wills will not
stand for this kind of work.
Must be good many want political
office in Phillips county. In the News
and Post printed in Phillipsburg
there is a column of announcements
in both papers of good and tried Re
publicans and Democrats who want
pOlitical lightning to hit them II is