The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-10
Sixth District NeuUs Notes
Items and "reminiscences by An Old Timer With His
Ear the Grass Roots.
BY HARRY ROOT.

The gem town of Thomas county Is
Gem. Her people have completed
and dedicated her gem OF school
;, town has a right to be proud of her
fine school building. 1t is well ar
ranged for both grade and high school
work. The school population has in
creased that two more teachers have
been added.
| c. o. Bradshaw, assistant general
manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul road was a late visitor to
Stockton in his special car. Ten years
ago he was in the mercantile business
in Webster. ten miles west OF Stock
ton. In travelling over his territory
| looking up business Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradshaw visited Rocks county where
| he engaged in business, and owns
property. His former friends gave
| him a generous welcome, and served
| them a fine dinner. Since leaving
I Rocks county he has risen rapidly in
railroad circles. His headquarters are
| in Chicago.
fine school facilities. The senior grad
uating class in the high school this
year was fifty-five, which was the
| largest class in the history of her
schools. The auditorium was crowded
with the parents and friends of the
graduates. The principal address was
delivered by Dean E. L. Holton, of the
State Agricultural college.
The dog question seems to be one
! of the most important factors in Be
lott city life. In the issue of the Ga
zette last week it took two columns of
space to air the question. Changing
! the name of Beloit to "Dogtown' or
! ''Dogville" is taken into consideration.
In fact it appears to be a more serious
question than politics, so far as Beloit
is in the game.
The editor of the Oakley Graphic
| has been made happy again. Two
weeks ago he used space telling the
readers of his paper how well he liked
wild plum jelly. The last issue he
gave his subscribers to understand
that he, too, was partial to straw
berries. Both crops are plentiful this
year. His paper predicts that Oakley
and adjacent will harvest no less than
500 bushels of strawberries this sea-
son.
Death is announced of Frank T.
Gray of Phillips county 1t is claimed
that he was the first white person to
marry in that county that there is
any record of. He was Il years old,
and pioneer settler
The Norcatur Dispatch wanted to
give tone to the chautauqua being
held in that town this week. and
printed last weeks issue on beautiful
pink colored paper. Another reason
for doing this was because the Norca-
tur young ladies' all have pink cheeks.
Cheyenne is one of the counties
where an abundance of wheat is going
to be harvested this year. Many of
her women, too, are raising wheat.
The st. Francis Herald says of one of
the women wheat raisers: Mrs. Maggie
Price has gone out to her farm to see
-,
reports it is all looking fine. The
estimate of the wheat yield by the
growers of this cereal in Decatur
county, with seasonable weather from
now on, believe the county will har-
vest near a million and half bushels.
A total acreage of 1872, 657 was sown
to wheat, and it is. claimed that not
more than rs per cent of it will be
plowed under.
A G. Mead. of Beloit, has furnished
a remedy to cure corns on ones feet.
His theory is that the dew on the
grass is sure cure for them. He
has so much faith in his cure that he
arises at daylight and mows his lawn
in his bare feet. Please remember |
you fellows who are afflicted with |
corns-
Kansas towns to boast of their new |
ice plant Instead of buying ice from |
other towns Norcatur people can
thank them because they have a good /
the product is the purest possible, and
will be delivered to the patrons of the
town at reasonable rates.
1t was a long time coming, but it
came to Frank Greer at last He
was the successful applicant for the
ST. Francis postoffice. He will make
a fine official. He was railway mail
Il r1,s
election will be held, and the appli-
cants for the postoffices in several
Sixth district towns believe the Demo-
Cratic heads of the offices will fall
faster than they have in the last three
years. The Republicans are entitled
to these emoluments.
The northwest corner county of the
state is going to have a sure enough
candidate for congress. j. H. Egan.
IF st. Francis. Cheyenne county, has
filed his election papers for the DEM
0cratic nomination. Egan ought to
nave a big lot of advantage. as his
own isn't far from the Colorado and
Nebraska borders The St. Francis
people are full of vim. They have
pulled together and built up a fine.
,reditable town, and Egan has been
me of the main pushers. This year
he nominee. He was in the race to
get acquainted two years ago. This
ime he will work for his election if
he primaries make him the choice.
Political Items.
The Mitchell county Democrats in
selected Mrs. A. W. Pfaff
# Scottsville, the candidate for the
legislature. In the session of the law
makers there were three women men,
,ers, two Republicans and one Demo- ,
rat. It is safe to say they will be re-
urned if they care to come back All I
# them were workers, and they ac-
much good If Mrs Pfaff Il
s successful she will be a worker for
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