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Organized, 1870; named for Lieut. Matthew Cowley, Ninth Kansas cavalry; County seat, Winfield; area, 1112 square miles, 711,680 acres; population (1915), 29,979; assessed valuation (1915), $51,649,561; resources and industries—natural gas, agriculture, and stock raising WINFIELD Population (1915), 6138; elevation, 1124 feet; established, 1869; named in honor of Rev. Winfield Scott, of Leavenworth; industries—flour mills, foundry and machine shop, wagon factory, stone quarries; has electric lights, water system, paved streets, telephones; interurban connects with Arkansas City; is on the Santa Fe, the Frisco and the Missouri Pacific railways Winfield Discontinued Winfield Short-lived--Vol. 1 Winfield Short-lived--Vol. 2 Winfield Short-lived--Vol. 3 COURIER, Republican; E. P. Greer, editor and publisher, Winfield. Weekly. Feb. 1, 1873 + 42 vols. Daily [evening]. Apr. 7, 1885 + 91 vols. Founded 1871 by R. S. Waddell & Co. R. S. Waddell, editor, and J. C. Lillie, local editor. The Daily Courier was founded in 1884, D. A. Millington and Edwin P. Greer, editors and publishers FREE PRESS-independent; W. G. Anderson, editor and publisher, Winfield. Daily [evening]. Sept. 7, 1902 + 52 vols. This paper is a continuation of the following: Winfield Tribune, founded 1884 by Ben T. Davis; name changed in 1886 to Saturday Evening Tribune, with Cad Allard, editor, and Cowley County News Co. publisher; in 1889 the name changed back to Winfield Tribune, E. E. Buck, editor and publisher. The Winfield Visitor, daily and weekly, founded 1886 by William M. Allison; consolidated in 1889 with the Winfield Tribune, the daily being called the Daily Tribune-Visitor, and the weekly the Saturday Evening Tribune, E. E. Buck, editor and publisher. The name of the daily was again changed in 1889 to the Daily Tribune, and discontinued in 1891. In 1907 the weekly was discontinued and the daily revived, being issued by the Winfield Tribune Printing Company. In 1909 the Daily Tribune was consolidated with the Evening Press. The Free Press was founded in 1888 as the Dexter Free Press, by P. W. Craig; moved to Winfield in 1890, the name changed to the Industrial Educator, and one issue only was gotten out, when the name was changed to the Industrial Free Press, P. W. Craig, editor and publisher; last issue of the Industrial Free Press in Society's file is vol. 17, No. 15, Nov. 8, 1906. The Winfield Daily Free Press was established in 1902; first issue in Society's file is vol. 1, No. 114, William, Stryker and J. C. Bradshaw, editors and publishers KANSAS KINDERFREUND [German], benevolent; edited and published in the interest of the Evangelical Lutheran Children's Friend Society of Kansas, Winfield. Bimonthly. Nov.-Dec. 1908 + 7 vols. Published at Winfield since 1907 ARKANSAS CITY Population (1915), 7775; elevation, 1070 feet; established, 1870; first called Adelphia, then Walnut City, [and later Crosswell; industries—mills, packing houses, cement plant, paint mill, overall and windmill factories, stone quarries; has telephones, electric light, waterworks, street railway, and public library; interurban line to Winfield, and is on the Frisco, the Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific railways Arkansas City Discontinued Arkansas City Short-lived--Vol. 1 Arkansas City Short-lived--Vol. 2 Arkansas City Short-lived--Vol. 3 NEWS, independent; Charles Spencer, managing editor, Charles Alderson, associate editor, News Publishing Co., incorporated, publisher, Arkansas City. Daily [evening]. Apr. 12, 1911 + 18 vols. This paper is the second of its name in Arkansas City, and was founded in 1911 by the News Publishing Co., incorporated TRAVELER; Richard C. Howard, editor and publisher, Arkansas City. Daily [evening]. Apr. 11, 1887 + 105 vols. Founded 1870 by M. G. Mains. Arkansas City Republican, founded 1884 by C. W. Coombs, J. J. Clark and C. T. Atkinson. A daily edition of the Republican was founded in 1886 by G. W. Wagner and R. C. Howard; consolidated in 1887 with the Traveler, the weekly being called Republican-Traveler, and the daily Arkansas City Daily Traveler, J. O. Campbell, editor and publisher. The weekly edition was discontinued in 1908 ATLANTA Population (1915), 319; established, 1885; has telephones; is on the St. Louis & San Francisco railway Atlanta City Discontinued Atlanta Short-lived--Vol. 1 JOURNAL, local; local; W. L. Reagan, editor, Byron Darlington, manager, Atlanta. Weekly. Oct. 21, 1909—1914. 5 vols. Early history unknown, first issue in Society's file being vol. 3, No. 2, Charles Moody, editor and publisher. Not received by the Society since Apr. 2, 1914 BURDEN Population (1915), 410; elevation, 1375 feet; established, 1879; named for Robert F. Burden; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway Burden Discontinued Burden Short-lived--Vol. 12 TIMES, independent; R. W. Niehaus, editor and publisher, Burden. Weekly. Apr. 11, 1907 + 9 vols. Founded 1907 by W. H. Hutton DEXTER Population (1915), 468; elevation, 910 feet; established, 1870; named for a famous trotting horse owned by Robert Bonner, of New York; has telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway Dexter Discontinued Dexter Short-lived--Vol. 2 OBSERVER, independent; J. L. Alexander, editor and publisher, Dexter. Weekly. June 3, 1915 + 1 vol. This paper is a continuation of the following: Dexter Dispatch, founded 1905 by W. L. Baldridge; consolidated 1915 with Dexter News, under the name of the Dexter Dispatch-News, J. L. Alexander, editor and publisher; name changed after the second issue to the Dexter Observer. Early history of the Dexter News unknown; first issue in Society's file vol. 2, No. 53, Apr. 3, 1914, W. R. Maurer, editor and publisher UDALL Population (1915), 323; elevation, 1281 feet; established, 1882; named in honor of Cornelius Udall; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway Udall Discontinued Udall Short-lived--Vol. 3 HERALD, independent; Dwight L. Miller, editor and publisher, Udall. Weekly. Aug. 14, 1914—1915. 1 vol. Founded 1914 by R. H. Hickey. Not received by the Historical Society since Mar. 19, 1915.
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