The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-25
Sixth District Ne1Us Notes
Items and "reminiscences by An Old Timer With His
Ear to the Grass Roots.

thing to indicate a town had been
there except some holes in the ground
over which there had been buildings.
in pioneer days. As was the case in
other Sixth district county seat con-
tests, not a gun was fired in the Chey-
enne county seat struggle. To reach
Kansas from the northwest corner of
the state by way of the B. & NJ. road,
one must travel a part of day and
whole night going thru Nebraska. 1t
was difficult to find a bed in Wano,
for it was in the days of immigration
and the town was full of homestead
ers. Cheyenne county was the jump
ling off place. To the north was Ne
braska and Colorado bordered the
west line of the county. There were
five newspapers in the county in pio-
neer days. now there is only one. The
once thrifty town of Wano went back
to the farm many years ago.
It is good to get letters from those
who know what they are talking
about. The following is from a well
known farmer and stock raiser of
Hays, c. G. Cochran, who is now at
the head of the Citizens State bank as
president: 1--WE are getting along
nicely this year. We have one Of the
best crops this country has ever pro-
duced. The grass is green yet, and
the feed is immense, simply wonder
full. Wheat, oats and barley is the best
have ever known, and the corn is
exceptionally fine. The corn in Rocks
county, in my opinion. will make from
40 to 60 bushels per acre. All we
now lack Is a few more grain cars in
order that we can ship out enough
grain to pay our old obligations, and
then we will not be SO particular
about selling any more wheat until
our neighbors want it to a greater
degree. This crop has cost our farm
ers quite an amount on account of
being the only real good crop which
we have raised in four years. It is
true we had a light crop every year,
but not enough but that a great many
Of our peopleIost money. Our cattle
are doing fine, better than 1 have ever
known, and while the money condi-
lions have forced the cattle business
to position where it has broken up
a great many men that were in the
business, and in debt, we as pure bred
cattle producers propose to stay by it
for awhile yet, and endeavor to re-
cuperate that which we have lost"
Mr.. Cochran is a tf1oro farmer and
fancy cattle raiser, and his views on
these topics will be of interest. He is
one of the old pioneers of Rocks
county and northwest Kansas. and his
acquaintance extends all thru that
section Of the state.
Few of the Sixth district editors
have been blessed with enough pros
perity to get out of the business for a
time. There is w. c. Palmer. of the
Jewell City Republican, who has a son
old enough to get in the harness, and
print as newsy a paper as his father
did for nearly half a century. L. H.
Parker has quit the Oberlin Times,
and he and his family will spend the
winter in Florida. W. L. Chambers
having published the Stockton Record
for forty years without a vacation, is
taking a six months rest, and II this
doesn't kill him. he promises to re-
turn and publish his paper for an
other forty years. n. A Turner quit
the Russell Record for the job of as
sistant state auditor. He liked the
EchanEe so well, and having made a
model official, his friends gave him
the primary nomination for the best
a big majority. Bert P. Walker Ia
bored hard to make his Osborne
Farmer a great success that he retired
for a year, and is spending his vaca-
| ton in San Diego. H S. Givler. who
made the Wakeeney World and gave
| 1t q wide circulation, worked himself
| into a needed rest, that he quit the
/ newspaper to enjoy life more easily
Mrs. Emma B. Alrich continued the
publication of the Cawker City Rec
ord for time after the death of her
husband. Levi l. Alrich, who pub
was associate editor all these years
and finally retired and sold out the
| Record consolidating with the Ledger
4 Wenslow CiDra has enough to do at
tending to the duties of postmaster OF
Lincoln. that he has retired from tht
Sentinel. and Henry r. Honey quit the
Mankato Advocate after years of hard
work His paper was a model Of neat
mess. well edited and newsv. He is
postmaster Of Mankota- There may