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Organized, 1867; name is from the French words la bete the beast; County seat, Oswego; area, 649 square miles, 415,360 acres; population (1915), 31,014; assessed valuation (1915), $37,073,251; resources and industries— building stone, brick clay, coal, oil, gas, agriculture, and stock raising OSWEGO Population (1915), 2258; elevation, 899 feet; established. 1867; named for Oswego, N. Y; industries—flour mills, creamery; coal, gas, and oil district; telephones, electric lights, municipal water system; is on the M. K. & T. and the S. L. & S. F. railways Oswego Discontinued Oswego Short-lived--Vol. 1 Oswego Short-lived--Vol. 2 DEMOCRAT, Democratic; Alf. D. Carpenter, editor and publisher, Oswego. Weekly. Oct. 21, 1899 + 16 vols. Founded Oct. 21, 1899, by Alf D. Carpenter; Feb. 1909, purchased subscription list of the Oswego Blade, founded Jan. 27, 1894, as the Union Blade, Capt. G. A. Nicholette, editor and publisher. Union Blade, consolidated with the Oswego News (history unknown; no copies on file in Historical Society), and appeared as the Oswego News-Blade, first issue in Society's file being Sept. 29, 1894, vol. 1, No. 36, S. C. Steinberger, publisher; name changed Feb. 17, 1897, to Oswego Weekly Blade, William Cook, editor and publisher; Jan. 11, 1900, the Labette County Times-Statesman was sold to the Blade. The Times-Statesman is a continuation of the Chetopa Statesman, founded Aug. 6, 1885, by Nelson and Mrs. R. M. Abbott; removed to Oswego Aug. 1889; purchased Jan. 14, 1892, the subscription list of the Labette County Times, Oswego, and became the Labette County Times-Statesman, R. B. Claiborn, editor and publisher; history of Labette County Times unknown, first issue in Society's file bearing date and number, June 18, 1892, vol. 2, No. 2, S. C. Steinberger, editor and publisher DIAL, college; edited and published by the students of Oswego College, Oswego. Bimonthly. Apr. 1912 + 4 vol. Founded 1912 by students of Oswego College INDEPENDENT, Republican; W. A. Blair, editor and publisher, Oswego. Weekly. Jan. 22, 1876 + 40 vol. Founded 1872; first issue in Society's file gives F. B. McGill, editor and publisher ALTAMONT Population (1915), 691; elevation, 904 feet; established, 1870; originally called Elston; name changed about 1879; telephones; is on the St. Louis & San Francisco railway Altamont Discontinued JOURNAL, Republican; Frank E. George, editor and publisher, Altamont. Weekly. Feb. 16, 1905 + 11 vol. Founded in 1903; early history unknown BARTLETT Population (1915), 269; elevation, 888 feet; established about 1887; named for Robert A. Bartlett, chief promoter of the town; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway Bartlett Discontinued NEWS, independent; Thomas A. Reed, editor and publisher, Bartlett. Weekly. Aug. 26, 1915 + 1 vol. Founded 1915 by Thomas A. Reed CHETOPA Population (1915), 1899; elevation, 825 feet; established, 1868; name formed from two Osage Indian words, che and topa, meaning four houses; industries—-flour mills, creamery, brick plant; telephones, natural gas district, municipal electric light and waterworks systems: is on the M. K. & T. and the Missouri Pacific railways Chetopa Discontinued Chetopa Short-lived--Vol. 1 Chetopa Short-lived--Vol. 2 ADVANCE, Republican; H. R. Huston, editor and publisher, Chetopa. Weekly. July 8, 1875; July 6, 1876 + 38 vol. Founded 1868 by John W. Horner and A. S. Corey; in 1874 the name was changed to Southern Kansas Advance, with J. M. Cavaness, with J. M. Cavaness, editor and publisher; in 1878 name again changed to Chetopa Advance CLIPPER, independent; M. A. Chesley, editor and publisher, Chetopa. Weekly. Jan. 2,1903 + 13 vol. Founded in 1888 by J. J. Rambo, as Chetopa Democrat; name changed 1903 to Chetopa Clipper, M. A. Chesley, editor and publisher EDNA Population (1915), 467; elevation, 978 feet; established, 1876; named for little Miss Edna Gragery; industries—elevators, flour mill; in the gas district; telephones; is on the Missouri Pacific railway. Edna Discontinued SUN, independent; W. E. Staige, editor and publisher, Edna. Weekly. History unknown; no copies on file in the Historical Society MOUND VALLEY Population (1915), 888, elevation, 824 feet; established, 1869; named from a mound-like range of hills in its vicinity; industries—brick plants, glass works, flour mill, elevator, coal mines, stone quarries; in gas and oil region; telephones; is on the St. Louis & San Francisco railway Mound Valley Discontinued Mound Valley Short-lived--Vol. 1 JOURNAL, Republican; D. H. Wallingford and R. J. Conderman, editors and publishers, Mound Valley. Weekly. Sept. 28, 1906 + 9 vol. A continuation of the Mound Valley Herald, founded 1882 by C. Len Albin, consolidated 1913 with the Mound Valley Journal, founded 1906 by D. H. Wallingford and R J Conderman PARSONS Population (1915), 12,118, elevation, 898 feet; established, 1870; named in honor of Judge Levi Parsons, one of the builders of the M. K. & T. railway; industries—flour and feed mills, ice and cold storage plants, corset factory, stone quarries, car and bridge building shops, machine shops; is in the gas and oil belt, coal mines; telephones, electric lights, paved streets, waterworks; is on the M. K. & T. and the St. Louis & San Francisco railways. Parsons Discontinued Parsons Short-lived--Vol. 1 Parsons Short-lived--Vol. 2 ECLIPSE, Democratic; Celsus A. Lamb, editor and publisher, Parsons. Weekly. Jan. 13, 1876 + 40 vol. Daily. Jan. 3, 1881 + 88 vol. Weekly Eclipse was founded in 1874 by J. B. Lamb. The Daily Eclipse was founded in 1881 by J. B. Lamb & Son KANSAS BAPTIST, religious; J. T. Crawford, editor and publisher, Parsons Monthly. Feb. 1907 + 8 vol. Early history unknown, first issue in Society's file being numbered vol. 4, No. 2 SUN, Republican; Frank Motz, editor and manager, Sun Publishing Co., publisher, Parsons Daily. Feb. 19, 1884 + 82 vol. The Parsons Sun (weekly) was founded in 1871 by Milton W. Reynolds and Leslie J. Perry; about 1878 or 1879 H. H. Lusk became the publisher and ran the Sun for many years; the weekly edition was discontinued with the issue for Dec. 25. 1908. The Daily Sun was founded about 1880 or 1881, the first issue in Society's file being July 1, 1884, vol. I, No. 100, H. H. Lusk, editor and publisher
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