100 years ago

june 22, 1911

The following item is from a recent issue of the Kansas City Drover’s Telegram:

“Marion county never looked more prosperous than right now.”

“This remark was made by G.H. Wight of Antelope, Kansas. Mr. Wight is recognized as being an authority on matters out that way, as he is one of the successful farmers and cattle feeders in the county. Marion county is one of the places where a good many cattle are grazed through the summer months, and it is one of the counties which furnishes more fed cattle than any other part of the state.

“‘Cattle on pasture are going extra well,’ continued Mr. Wight ‘The grass is extra good, and the conditions are just right. I never saw corn in better condition at this time of the year. It is clean, and growing very fast.’

“Mr. Wight owns a farm of 3,000 acres. He has in corn this season, 600 acres. He has just finished marketing his corn-fed cattle, bringing in the last yesterday, which sold at $6.25. He feeds about 10 months out of the year, and makes them extra good. His farm is well improved, and is classed among the land in the county that sells around $100 an acre.”

The city commissioners will probably call for bids to cut down the hill on the street running north from the school house and deliver the rock for filling in front of the park. It has already been decided that from the bridge to the foot of the hill the filling in front of the park shall be of rock. And, if the rock is taken from the hill north of the school building, that will help to get that street ready for use. As a matter of fact, that street “through the hollow”, ought to have been fixed years ago. It is one of the most important on the hill. It is used by scores of children going to school and by many people going to the Baptist church as well as for all other everyday purposes.

Lawrence Riggs has gone on the road as traveling agent for the Cottonwood Valley Mill.

What improves the looks of things more than paint? Take the Dean building, for instance. It looks like a new building, and adds greatly to Main street. Paint is to a house what polish is to shoes. A fellow may be dressed in the finest suit of clothes, but he is not really dressed until he gets a shine of his shoes. The Dean building didn’t look bad, but it now looks immensely better.

Oranges, good size, 20 cents a dozen, Saturday only. W.W. Loveless & Sons.

Dr. and Mrs. G.P. Marner leave today for California to spend a month. They go with a party of Kansas and Missouri physicians and wives who are on their way to Los Angeles where the American Medical Society is to hold a week’s session. They expect to visit their son, Omer Marner, at Bakersfield, before they return.

A great deal of interest is being developed in the auto contest which the Loveless store is having. A large number of boys and girls have entered as contestants for the fine little car, which is to be given away. The car is not a toy but is equipped with a fine engine and other essential features and the boy or girl who gets it will be in high luck. The car is on display in one of the big windows of the Loveless establishment.