The Colfax County Press publishes a weekly column entitled Peeking into the Past, which is comprised of articles taken from earlier Colfax County Press files, written by Helen C. Evans. A special thank you to the Colfax County Press for allowing me to reprint those articles! The following are selections from that column:

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September 27, 1904 - reprinted May 13, 1998

J. M. Mundil, J. D. Wolf, Jos. V. Fajman. Jos. Slama and Anton Odvarka represented Adams pre­cinct at the Republican county convention at Schuyler.

Frank Koza has out bills an­nouncing a public sale at his farm west of town. Frank is having a home built in Clarkson and will move here to live.

Frank Chlehoun returned from the St. Louis exposition. Like all others who go there, he came home enthusiastic over the won­ders of the great fair, and would not have missed seeing it for many times and cost of the trip.

Anton Indra has commenced the building of a good-sized resi­dence on the lot owned by him across the street east of the Jos. Fajman place. The lots are well located and when the house is completed, Anton and his family will have a very pleasant place.

Peter Hajek of Midland pre­cinct has rented his farm to Frank Cech, and. for the present at least, will quit farming. He has not yet fully decided what he will do, but the chances are that he will move to this place and engage in busi­ness.

Joseph Krikac sold what is known as the Joseph Schultz place, three miles northwest of town, to Wenzel Kotan of Howells. The place belonged to the estate of the late Ant. Schultz and contained one hundred and sixty acres. The price paid was $53 per acre, and Mr. Kotan gets a cheap farm.

Rainold Folda and Emil Tomes took the train to Omaha and will join an excursion there enroute to Texas. The party will go in charge of Hon. S.L. Kostoryz, who in the past few months has succeeded in dispos­ing of a great deal of land in the south. Messrs. Folda and Tomes will, no doubt, invest if they are well pleased with the country.

Carl Kmoch has purchased of Geo. W. Heun of Howells the lost just south of the Simunek meat market. The consideration was $650. Not bad for a single unimproved lot in a town the size of Clarkson. Carl is now trying to make arrangements with R. P. Basta, who owns the lot adjoining the one he pur­chased on the south to go in with him and put up a double brick, with saloon and store room be­low and a hall on the second floor. Whether the plan will materialize or not we do not know, but it is certain a building will go up on the Kmoch lot.

One day our rustling real es­tate firm, Folda & Mundil, sold section, township twenty-one, which is a part of the Bilby ranch lands, to Joseph Novak and John J. Sindelar of Howells. The land is all under cultivation and was certainly a snap at the price paid, $40 per acre. The gentlemen made the purchase as an invest­ment and we are confident that it will prove a paying one. Ne­braska land, as a safe and profit-producing investment, even has the edge on government bonds.

V. Telecky, who a short time ago, rented his farm near the Zion church, has concluded to move to Clarkson and spend his declining years in comfort. Both he and his wife deserve a rest and we are glad to see them take it. Mr. Telecky purchased the Jos. Krahulik property in the west part of town, and it will make him and his family a good home. Mr. Krahulik has not yet fully decided what he will do, and may not leave this commu­nity as he still owns a good farm, a few miles northeast of town. His residence sold for $2,300.