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Organized, 1870; named for. William D. Mitchell, Second Kansas regiment; County seat, Beloit; area, 720 square miles, 460,000 acres; population (1915), 13,731; assessed valuation (1915), $29,907,777; resources and industries—agriculture and stock raising. BELOIT Population (1915), 3240; elevation, 1380 feet; established, 1870; first known as Willow Springs; name changed to Beloit, after Beloit, WI; industries—mills and elevators; has commission form of government and owns its electric light plant; waterworks, telephones; is on the lines of the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railways. Beloit Discontinued Beloit Short-lived--Vol. 1 Beloit Short-lived--Vol. 2 CALL, independent; A. B. Adamson and H. K. Houghton, editors and publishers, Beloit. Daily. Oct. 1, 1901 + 29 vol. Founded 1901 by Seward A. Jones and P. G. Chubbic GAZETTE, Republican; J. R. Harrison, editor and proprietor, Beloit. Weekly. Apr. 11, 1872—Apr. 1873; June, 1876 + 40 vol. Founded 1872 by A. B. Chaffee and J. J. Johnson; in 1894 absorbed the subscription list of the Cawker City Times, founded 1888 by J. W. McBride. Daily Gazette, founded 1907 as the Beloit Daily Times, with W. A. Huff, editor; consolidated in 1909 with the Gazette, E. W. Swan, editor and publisher; ran as the Gazette and Times until 1910, when the name was changed to the Daily Gazette, which discontinued in 1911. CAWKER CITY Population (1915), 840; elevation, 1473 feet; established, 1870; named in honor of E. H. Cawker; industries—creamery, flour mill and elevators; owns its electric light plant; has waterworks and telephones; is on the line of the Missouri Pacific railway. Cawker City Discontinued Cawker City Short-lived--Vol. 1 Cawker City Short-lived--Vol. 2 LEDGER, independent Democratic; Robert Good, editor and publisher, Cawker City. Weekly. Jan. 6, 1899 + 17 vol. Founded 1899 by G. L. Hudkins. PUBLIC RECORD, Republican; Levi L. Alrich, editor and publisher, Cawker City. Weekly. Apr. 19, 1883 + 33 vol. A continuation of the Echo, Cawker City, founded 1875 by Austin L. Topliff and Stephen DeYoung; suspended 1878 and succeeded by the Free Press, founded the same year by Stephen DeYoung. This paper ran until 1883, when it was succeeded by the Public Record, L. L. Alrich, editor and publisher. GLEN ELDER Population (1915), 506; elevation, 1425 feet; established, 1871; first known as West Hampton; industries—-flour mill and elevators; has electric light plant and telephones is on the Missouri Pacific railway. Glen Elder Discontinued SENTINEL, Progressive; O. A. Brice, editor and publisher, Glen Elder. Weekly. Jan. 1, 1891 + 25 vol. Founded 1891 as the People's Sentinel, by Clark E. and Mabel B. Harvey; name changed 1913 to Glen Elder Sentinel. SCOTTSVILLE Population (1915), 236; elevation, 1521 feet; established, 1878; has telephones is on the line of the Missouri Pacific railway. Scottsville Discontinued ADVANCE, independent; C. O. McCall, editor and publisher, Scottsville. Weekly. June 30, 1904 + 11 vol. Founded 1904 by Ed Hill. SIMPSON Population (1915), 290; elevation, 1333 feet; established, 1879; first named Brittsville by J. J. Britt; name changed to Simpson, for Alfred Simpson, in 1882; owns its water works system; has electric lights and telephones; is on the Union Pacific railway. Simpson Discontinued NEWS, independent; F. S. Rupe, editor and publisher, Simpson. Weekly. Mar. 28, 1912 + 4 vol. Founded 1912 by Knowles C. Weiss. TIPTON Population (1915, estimated), 210; established, 1872; first known as Pittsburg; name changed to Tipton in 1882; telephones; no railroad. TIMES, independent; C. W. Wells, editor and publisher, Tipton. Weekly. Apr. 29, 1915 + 1 vol. Founded 1915 by C. W. Wells.
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