The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-28

! The word center on the towns of Nor
ton, Center and Lincoln Center were
! dropped years ago, and Norton and
Lincoln remain the county seats of
Norton and Lincoln counties. Smith,
Center, county seat of Smith county, is
the only town in the Sixth district
now that has the word center hang
/ ing on to her. When Sherman and
houses every county in the Sixth dis
| tricf>wilI have a stone and brick court
house, and there are % of them.
Robert Cram, member Of the legis-
lature from Cheyenne county. having
disposed of his interests in the bank
at Wheeler which he managed ever
since its organization, has moved to st.
Francis where he will be an active
worker in the Cheyenne County State
bank as vice president. His place at
! Wheeler will be filled by Roy Slagle,
as cashier. This town is half way be-
| tween st. Francis and Bird City. Cram
| has made it good in the bank business,
and Cheyenne county is proud of the
record he made in the legislature.
! r. T. Fowler, of Lucas, for the last
twenty-five years president of the
First National bank, has retired, and
| is succeeded by H. w. wilcox, who for
many years has been cashier. Bob"
! Fowler has represented Russell county
in the state senate, and is now serving
| in the lower house. He is one of the
| big stock and land owners in his counA
| ty. The bank of which he was SO long
president has met with great success
under his careful management. He is
| popular atShome, and his bank has
built up a fine trade. And he knows
the stock industry thoroly. And he
is a valuable legislative member and
worker for Russell county.
| Skunk hides seem to be worth
money in Phillips county. A reward
| of $50 for one pe1t is offered for the
arrest and conviction of the thief who
stole it from Sam Leebrick.
Peter johnson, jr., of Hays, is spend
ing the winter at Long Beach, Cal. In
a New Year greeting to a Topeka
! friend Mr.. johnson promises to be
back in Kansas to help nominate
Republican ticket in August, and also
to help elect it in November. Peter
Johnson is a member of one of the
best known and most reliable families
of Ellis county. His address at Long
Beach is 222 Grand avenue, and he
would be glad to hear from any of his
Sixth district friends.
Lee Meadows made a mighty good
hit when he went to Oberlin and pur-
chased the Times of Lester Parker.
The Times is crowded with advertising
from the merchants of that fine town.
The last issue was especially interest
ing from a business standpoint. Lee
Meadows many friends in the state
will be glad to know that prosperity is
coming his way, and that he and his
estimable wife have become prominent
factors in the social life of Oberlin.
Mrs! Meadows herself is a bright and
snappy writer, andlooks after the So
cial side of the news of her husbands
good paper. The Meadows have re-
Gently bought new home there, and
have, therefore, become fixture IN
Oberlin, Decatur county and north
west Kansas.
1t isn't often the eastern visitor gets
mixed up in names of northwest Kan
sas towns. This one visitor was from
one of the far east states. He had
been visiting relatives in the town of
Paradise. He was going to continue
his journey to Hill City, and was go
ing to stop over a day or more in Mic
odemus. Now, Paradise and Nicode-
mus are pretty names, and people
who read the Bible run across the
nameS. The visitor appeared at the
station in Paradise, and told the tick
ct agent he wanted a ticket to Hell
City, and he wanted to go via Nico-
demus. mo town of that name on
cur road" said the agent, and he said
to the purchaser of the ticket that he
was mistaken in the name, and that
he meant Hill City. The visitor ar
gued with the agent, saying that he
had such nice visit in Paradise and
he knew he would enjoy the town of
Nicodemus and her people, SO he
thought the next turn out of the box
would be He'll City. 1t wasn't intend
ed to, cast any reflections on the
town.. At this late day the incident
has been forgotten.
Studley is a small, thrifty town in
n
coin branch of the U. P. 1t was es-
tablished by a cluster OF Britishers
who came direct from the old sod.
Like many other western towns it has
had number of names, its first be-
ing Shelton, after an English COM
munity. then Carl. and finally stud
ley. after an English town from
which one of its founders came. The
community is still largely English,
and they still follow many OF the GUS
toms of the mother country. The
homes are large, substantial and a
number of them are said to be repli-
cas- of certain ancient homes across
the sea.
A case for divorce has been filed in
the district court of Smith county,
where the wife alleges non-support
In the petition the plaintiff further
charges that she has been compelled
to move eighty-three times in the
dozen years of her married life, and
that she has not lived over four
months in any one place
There Is considerable excitement at
Bird City, away out in Cheyenne
county. the northwest corner county
of the state, over the discovery of
gold on Petit Brothers ranch This,
however. is not the real discovery
that gold is to be found in the soil
C. Cheyenne county, as every farmer
who has lived there the last quarter
of century will attest.