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MORTON COUNTY, KANSAS NEWS ARTICLES
GONE WITH THE SCHOOL MARM Director Hart of Morton County, Kansas, elopes with His Pretty Boarder Topeka, Kan., July 8, - Charles G. Hart, a wealthy farmer and stockman of Morton County, eloped yesterday afternoon with Miss Clara Thomas, a handsome young school teacher, aged 19 years. Miss Thomas has, for the past two years, been engaged in teaching school in the district in which Hart resides. Hart being one of the school directors during the past year, she boarded at Hart's house and was considered one of the family. Hart's three children were particularly attached to the lady. For several weeks, there have been rumors of an undue intimacy between Hart and the young lady, but Mrs. Hart did not have the faintest suspicion that there was anything wrong. Yesterday afternoon they drove to the city and Miss Thomas having quietly packed her valises, slipped them in the carriage. Arriving in town Hart exhausted his bank account, and the couple have not been seen since. It is supposed that they have gone to New Mexico. Hart dropped a letter into the post office for his wife, telling her that she need never expect to see him again, but gave no excuse for his conduct. Hart has property valued at $30,000. He is 38 years of age, and was one of the most influential men in this county. (St. Louis Republic, July 9, 1888, page 1) A KANSAS BANK ASSIGNS The bank of Richfield, Kan., has made an assignment.
The assets are claimed to amount to $50,000 liabilities, $21,000. The failure was precipitated by the requirement
of the county commissioners for the bank to give a new bond to secure the county funds deposited there. The bank
could not find bondsmen. (Springfield Republican, December 16, 1889, page 5) Western Kansas Teacher Charged with Wronging a Girl Syracuse, Kan., Dec. 11 - Prof. A. J. Wall who
is charged with the seduction under promise of marriage of Alice Butler, the 17 year old daughter of G. A. Butler,
of Richfield, Morton County, has been arrested by Frank Weir, Sheriff of Morton County and is now lodged in the
Morton county jail. He was captured on a ranch about seventy miles northeast of Colorado Springs, where he had
obtained work under an assumed name. Wall is of German descent, about thirty years of age, of most unprepossessing
personal appearance, with a deeply pock marked face, thick lips, and a red nose. He is a graduate of the Emporia
State normal and came to Richfield in the autumn of 1895, where he made application for the principalship of the
village school. He bore testimonials from the college faculty and had no difficulty in procuring the situation.
He at once allied himself with the church, was active in Sunday school work and so ingratiated himself with the
school authorities that he was retained for a second term. For two seasons he was also employed as conductor of
the county normal. He deserted the girl, whom he is alleged to have ruined. Mr. Butler, the girl's father, at once
took active measures to procure his arrest. A warrant was sworn out, requisition papers obtained from Governor
Leedy and placed in the hands of Sheriff Weir, who left here last Saturday in pursuit of the fugitive.(Kansas Semi
Weekly Capital, December 14, 1897, page 5) Topeka, May 1 - The newest town in Kansas is Elkhart, just laid out in the southwest corner of the state. It will be the terminus for the present Santa Fe Railway Company's Dodge City-Colmer cutoff. Ground has been purchased in Elkhart for two lumber yards, two stores, two banks, an elevator, a newspaper and printing plant and a garage. The Elkhart boosters say they will start a campaign for the county seat of Morton County, which was established at Richfield several years ago. A number of concerns now doing business at Richfield will move to Elkhart. There is a great deal of sand along the Cimarron River near Elkhart, making wagon traffic difficult from the rich farming country north of the river to the new town. To overcome this, the Santa Fe will construct six miles of rock road from Elkhart through the sand section. Work will start at once. A year ago there were five railroadless counties in Kansas, all in the southwestern part. Now there is only one - Stanton. The track laying crew on the new Santa Fe line reached Morton County several days ago. The line already had been built in Haskell, Grant and Stevens Counties. The railroad goes through a corner of Grant county. Crop conditions in the Southwest are favorable.
Wheat is fine, and the ground is in good condition for broom corn, kafir, milo and melons. The population of the
counties in which the new railway runs has doubled in a year and the price of farm land is increasing rapidly.
The farmers in that section have found what they can raise, and are making money. (Emporia Gazette, May 1, 1913,
page 1) A charter has been approved by the Comptroller at Washington for the First National Bank of Elkhart, Kan., of which L. G. Blackmer of Hooker, Oklahoma, will be president and manager and Scott & Blackmer of Hobart stockholders. Mr. L. G. Blackmer will take up his residence at Elkhart but he will continue as president of the First National Bank of Hooker, Texas county Bank, Guymon, Oklahoma and Guaranty State Bank, Hansford, Tex., and in charge of the farm loan business of Scott & Blackmer throughout that section. Mr. R. C. Blackmer of Hobart was at Elkhart, Kansas last week to arrange for the opening of the new bank. (Hobart Republican, March 30, 1918, page 2)
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