ANDERSON COUNTY

Organized, 1855; named for Joseph C. Anderson; County seat, Garnett; area, 576 square miles, 368,640 acres; population (1915), 13,264; assessed valuation (1915), $24,933,666; resources and industries—natural gas, agriculture and stock raising

GARNETT
Population (1915), 1999; elevation, 1046 feet; established, 1856; industries—flour mill, elevator; has commission form of government; owns its electric light plant; natural gas district; has waterworks, telephones; is on the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific railways
Garnett Discontinued
Garnett Short-lived--Vol. 1

REVIEW, independent; W. O. Champe, editor, and C. T. Richardson, publishers, Garnett.
Weekly. Sept. 16, 1915 +
The Review is the continuation of the following papers: The Garnett Plaindealer, founded 1865 by I. E. Olney; name changed 1883 to Anderson County Republican, L. H. Gordon and H. M. Brooke, editors and publishers; in 1884 consolidated with Garnett Plaindealer (2d), founded Jan. 4, 1884, by the Plaindealer. Publishing Co.; ran as the Republican-Plaindealer, with J. W. Richardson, Co., editor and publisher; in 1903 name changed to Garnett Plaindealer and Anderson County Republican, W. R. Smith, editor and publisher; in 1904 consolidated with the Garnett Eagle, Eagle-Plaindealer, Will R. Smith, editor and publisher. The Garnett Eagle was founded in 1884 as the-Westphalia Independent, E. R. Trask, editor and publisher; name changed 1885 to Westphalia Democrat, John Culp, editor and publisher; in 1885 moved to Garnett, and name changed to Anderson County Democrat, Jesse Baker, editor, and John Culp, proprietor; name again changed in 1886 to Garnett Eagle, J. W. Richardson, editor and publisher; in 1912 the Eagle-Plaindealer was consolidated with the Garnett Journal, and ran as the Garnett Journal-Plaindealer, with Levy J. Wright, editor and publisher, until it was absorbed by the Evening Review. The Garnett Journal was founded in 1873 by G. W. Cooper; in 1911 it purchased the subscription list of the Harris Sun, founded 1909 by Fay & Leftwich. . The Kansas Agitator, Garnett and Greeley, founded 1890 by W. O. Champe, and mailed from Greeley post office until Jan. 5, 1891, when it was removed to Garnett and published there; in 1905 name changed to the Independent Review, with W. O. and Anna Champe, editors and publishers; discontinued in 1907. The Evening Review, Garnett (daily), founded 1906 by Carleton Champe; in 1912 absorbed the Garnett Evening News, founded in 1902 by Horace P. Schell. The Evening Review was discontinued in 1915 and continued as the Garnett Review

COLONY
Population (1915), 504; elevation, 1122 feet; established, 1870; first known as Divide, name changed to Colony in 1872; industries—shipping point for stock and hay; telephones; is on the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific railways
Colony Short-lived--Vol. 1

FREE PRESS, Republican; W. E. Payton, editor and publisher, Colony.
Weekly. Jan. 26, 1882 + 33 vols.
Founded 1882 by C. T. Richardson and J. J. Burke

GREELEY
Population (1915), 527; established, 1854; named for Horace Greeley; natural gas district; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway
Greeley Discontinued

GRAPHIC, independent; O. L. Cullison, editor and publisher, Greeley.
Weekly. June 24, 1892 + 24 vols.
Founded 1891 as the Greeley Tribune, by Campbell & Waymire; name changed in 1892 to the Greeley Graphic, with E. E. Vail, editor and publisher

HARRIS
Population (1915), 150; established about 1886; named for A. A. Harris; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway
Harris Discontinued
Harris Short-lived--Vol. 1

COMMERCIAL, independent; Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Trotwine, editors and publishers, Harris.
Weekly. Apr. 23, 1914 + 2 vols.
Founded 1914 by J. R. McNabb

KINCAID
Population (1915), 402; elevation, 1053 feet; established about 1885; named for Robert Kincaid; telephones; is on the M. K. & T. and the Missouri Pacific railways
Kincaid Discontinued
Kincaid Short-lived--Vol. 1

DISPATCH, Republican; J. E. Scruggs, Jr. editor and publisher, Kincaid.
Weekly. Aug. 3, 1888-27 vols.
Founded 1888 by J. E. Scruggs and J, G. Cash

TATTLER, edited and published by students of Kincaid high school, Kincaid.
Semimonthly. Feb. 1915 + 1 vol.
Founded 1914 by the students

WESTPHALIA
Population (1915), 368; established, 1879; first called Cornell for S. P. Cornell, name changed to Westphalia, after Westphalia, Germany, in 1880; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway
Westphalia Discontinued

TIMES, Democratic; Ancil F. Hatten, editor and publisher, Westphalia.
Weekly. Oct. 22, 1885 + 30 vols.
Founded 1885 by Adele D. Reed.

DISCONTINUED

CITY PAPERS/DATES VOLS.
Garnett Anderson County Democrat. July 3, 1885 - 1886 1
Anderson County Republican. Apr. 6, 1883 - 1884 1
Eagle. July 9, 1886 - 1904 17
Independent Review. May 26, 1905 - 1907 2
Journal. Jan. 24, 1874; July 10, 1875; Jan. 1 and May 6, 1876 - 1912 37
Kansas Agitator. June 7, 1890 - 1905 15
Kansas Korn Knife (m). July, 1895 - 1896 1
News, Evening (d). Feb. 4, 1902 - 1912 21
Plaindealer (1st). Aug. 26, Sept. 2 and 16, 1870; Jan. 16 and July 17, 1874; July 9, 1875; Jan. 7, 1876 - 1883 7
Plaindealer (2d). Jan. 4 - May 23, 1884 37
Republican-Plaindealer. May 30, 1884 - 1904 37
Eagle-Plaindealer. Apr. 1, 1904 - 1912 37
Journal-Plaindealer. May 17, 1912 37
Reporter (d). Feb. 28 - May 28, 1898 1
Review, Evening (d). Jan. 4, 1907 - 1915 17
Greeley Light. July 2, 1892 - 1898 5
News. June 9, 1881 - 1895 {On film} 14
Pastor's Visit (m). Apr., 1894 - 1896 2
Tribune. Mar. 4 - June 17, 1892 1
Harris Sun. May 28, 1909 - 1911 3
Kincaid Kronicle. Jan. 30, 1886 - Apr., 1888; Sept., 1889 - 1892 {On film} 6
News (1st). Jan. 11 - Aug. 16, 1895 1
News (2d). June 29, 1900 - 1901 1
Lone Elm Ledger. May 1, 1896 - 1898 3
Selma Telephone. Apr. 5, 1895 - 1896 1
Westphalia Democrat. Jan. 22 - June 25, 1885 1
Independent. Aug. 8, 1884 - 1885 1

SHORT-LIVED--VOL. 1

CITY PAPERS/DATES
Garnett Baptist Times (m). Jan. - Apr., 1892
Kansas Sunflower (m). Aug., 1893 - Feb., 1894
Colony Gleaner. Mar. 1, 1895
Presbyterian Church Bulletin (m). Mar. - July., 1895
Harris Independent. Dec. 30, 1898
News. June 29 - Dec. 21, 1894
Kincaid News. Nov. 29, 1895 - Jan. 17, 1896