The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-06

wasn't afraid to print that he was
the ablest congressman the district
ever had.
The writer OF these notes has known
that Beloit was celebrated for its mu-
sicians and its football players. All
organizations of that character orig
mating and being the highest of their
class in the state, and he was par
ticularly we'll pleased when he at
tended the old soldiers meeting at Be-
lott last week to hear the juvenile
band of twenty-eight pieces, which
played as part of the entertainment.
The leader of the band is Paul Bohn-
ing. young man of that city, who is
a master of his position. He has taken
these boys. none of whom are over
young as eight years, and started
them on a career that promises to
soon fill in a small measure the steps
of the famous Manifold's band. This
band played several selections in a
mastery manner, and deserves much
commentator for the ensemble. Sew
eral of the business men acted as
patrons, and the band as well fitted
as to music and instrument and while
it is a long. long trail to fill the shoes
of Andy Manifold's famous aggrega-
ton OF music artists, these sons of
worthy sireS in a musical way will
undoubtedly do so. The band has
been organized for about six months,
DuL are now dDle 10 minute pro-
gram with skill, and their attack upon
the music is made with great aptitude
BeIoit has always been famous for
its musicians. and it is probably one
of a very few towns that carried out
| their program of presenting artists
concerts with financial success during
the first season. The ladies organ
lied the Community Musical Organ
ization there with Mrs. r. NJ. Ander-
son. a singer of great talent, as presi-
dent, and she with the splendid CO.
operation OF the ladies presented q
program composed of Marie Tiffany,
Arthur Middleton, Florence Harde.
winter. and upon the close of their
program. after putting on a $1,000
concert had a surplus of $3.50. 1t was
unique in one respect. that no person
received complimentary ticket,
neither the officers nor newspaper fra
ternity. The organization is arrang-
ing for similar program the coming
| season.
The town of Waconda, Mitchell
county, was plated by James w.
Terry in the early seventies. - 1t was
laid out on his homestead prior to
| 1871, but wasn't recorded at the time.
| The name got on to some of the earl
| lest maps of the state, The founders
\ OF the town saw great visions before
/ them, and firmly believed Waconda
was the coming metropolis of the Solo
/ mon valley. The site was about three
miles west of the famous medicinal
| spring, which was the Indian health
resort, and was known as the Great
| Spirit Spring, or "Waconda,~ which
the Indians knew 1t by. The location
| OF Waconda was near the confluence
/ Of the north and south Solomon forks.
1t is supposed the boomers" for Wa
conda thought it wouldn't be many
years before one or more railroads
would be built thru the valley. and
along both forks of the Solomon,
hence the location of Waconda would
| be an ideal one to build a metropolis.
With these visions in their mind the
early timers went to work TO build up
and advertise Waconda, and even some
years in advance of another town
which sprung up two or three miles
to the north and on ground more
commanding and from the point of
view the country could be seen for
miles in either direction. Before Wa
conda got very far along in her me-
tropolis existence there drives in Col
E. Harrison Cawker. r. G. Kshinka
and J. P Rice, all of Milwaukee,
and John HuckeIl, of Towanda, Pa
and laid out Cawker City. and named
it in honor of Col Cawker. They
held out many inducements for the
Wacondaites to join with them in
building up the new town instead Of
the two. There was a whole lot of
DAo wing warm one gay ana SeIlnS
cold feet the next day among the
people of both towns. many of the
residents and boomers" moving back
and forth from one town to the other.
During the excitement a man named
A Parker, from St Joseph, moved
a stock of goods to Cawker City He
also was friendly to the Waconda peo-
pie, who got him 10 locate there. The
-scrapping continued, and finally
| Parker moved his store to Cawker
| City. and others followed, the fight
was over. and Waconda townsite went