B. P. WALKER

IN OCTOBER, 1897, a young printer walked into the office of the Osborne County Farmer, at Osborne, and went to work for seven dollars a week. The young printer was B. P. Walker, the present publisher of the Farmer. He walked into the office again in August, 1904, as sole owner. When he became boss of the Farmer his entire capital was the confidence of the man who owned the paper, and his own industry. In the following years the Farmer prospered wonderfully, and became one of the most valuable weekly newspaper plants in the state. Walker paid off every cent of indebtedness with the profits from the office. To-day the plant is one of the best in the country. The Farmer is building a fine new fireproof modern printing office. The paper is forty-two years old, and when it is moved into its new quarters it will be the first time it has ever lived in its own home. Walker has been dubbed the laziest editor in Kansas, but the Atchison Globe says there ought to be more lazy ones like him. Walker was born in Wisconsin forty years ago, and then some— three years. His father was a newspaper man before him, and the son came honestly by his talents. The Farmer is quoted all over the country from its department, "The Musings of the Village Deacon," the creation of Walker. The latter came to Kansas in 1877 and has lived here most of the time since. He is a practical printer and has worked in every branch of the business from daily papers to country shops. He is married and has a wife and baby daughter. In politics he is a Republican, and has been termed by William Allen White a diamond-backed standpatter.

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