The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-15
KANSAS ITEMS.
LETTER FROM MARION COUNTY.

DOWerSs unueF Oate OF April 1uIn, 1905
II have been in the State some fifteen
months; came without capital; have
taken a homestead away here on the
frontier. Have quite foundation of a
farm started, and the prospect of soon
having a good one is most flattering.
Having but very little knowledge of
farming, l at once subscribed for acoup-
lie of agricultural papers, published in
New York. l soon became tired of
reading of "Guano," Bone dust, F." 'sworn
out pasture fields" &c, and subscribed
for the Farmer, and find it more vafu-
able to the Kansas farmers than all the
agricultural papers published east of the
Mississippi river would be.
Marion is a good county for agricul-
ture or stock raising, and we have plen-
ty of room for few thousand settlers
to go into business. Many good claims
of Government land are yet to be had.
Farming has not been much of bust
ness until the past year. Indian trading
and ranchinc has been the chiefbusiness
but this trade has passed away, and farm
ing has commenced in good earnest.
Spring wheat looks well, and we have
three acres of it to where we had one
the past season. Most of the farmers
are done planting corn. Those that
have been the most successful corn rails
ers, planted the last week in March. A
few families of immigrants have arriv-
ed this Spring some with means and
abilities to make Il mark in our young
State"
LETTER FROM GREENWOOD COUNTY.
From the same number of the Farm
er we clip the following Greenwood
county items, furnished by J. II. Van
davecr, under date of April 18th, 1868
Greenwood is situated thirty two
miles north of the Cherokee reservation,
Oh the Verdigris and Fall Rivers, (and
many of their tributaries,) is a finely
timbered and watered county, with
thousands of acres of rich bottom land
and beautifully undulating uplands,
covered with luXuriant coat of green
grass, which cattle and sheep are al
ready fattening on. This is one of the
best counties for agricultural and stock
business to be found in Southwestern
Kansas.
There is about five hundred acres of
fall wheat this season, and it looks well.
The farmers are planting corn, and
many are done. Potatoes and other
garden stufls are up and looking well.
The fruit crop is not injured by frost,
and promises well.
The creeks, streams and valleys are
all settled and being converted into
farms rapidly. There is plenty of good
land yet at Sl.25 per acre.
We have towns, mills, public schools,
&c, and are determined to go ahead.
Eureka is the county seat, and -four
ishing town; that will be a good point
on the Santa Fee Railroad. Tell all who
desire good and cheap homes to come
to Greenwood, and they will be well
coined by peaceable and loyal commu-
nifty; and their first Investment should
be the Kansas Eaymer."
PLANT TREES.
Under the above head, Riley NJ. Hos
kinsor, who lives six miles northwest
of Burlingame, furnishes the Topeka
Record with this item:
''This spring we have already planted
some three hundred rooted cottonwoods
and about five thousand cuttings of
same; quite a number of rooted white
and yellow willows, besides several
thousand cuttings of same; over one
hundred cherry trees, and have set and
growing some nine hundred apple
gratis; have set a number of native
trees, such as mulberry, elm and oak |;
also have planted near half bushel
peach and plum pits, and intend plant
ing still other forest seeds as they ma
ture. Our limited means prevent US
doing all we wish in this line, but the
above stated we have done thus far at
intervals of attending to the other in
tcrcsts of our farm. Neither are we
trying to start q nursery; the above as
far as they succeed are all intended to
add to the wealth and beauty Of our
High Prairie Home.
=. 5. / forgot to mention the plant
ing of quite lot of choice varieties of
grapes and other small traits"
ENCOURAGE THEM.
Some of our city papers, Owe don't
know which one, as we find the peice
goting around without credit) has made
the following sensible suggestions:
There are very many young men
coming into Kansas just now who stop
in cities and look for work. Many of
them have spent their ready money in
getting here and are going along our
streets offering their services at very low
figures, and some will work for their
bread rather than be lying around idle.
Now when a man is willing to do any
kind of work you NAV set him at, to
pay his way till he has time to look
around little, ought not our business
men, if possible, to give them chance.
| We know of one merchant on our street
who has employed several in this way
and lets them go as soon as a better
chance offers. Hardly a day passes
without our hearing OF men who want
work. Farmers needing help would do
well to advertise, and to the young men
who come in with strong hands and
! willing hearts, we would say, push ont
| into the country and if you cannot buy
| land at first, there are plenty of farmers
who need your help and win give you
| fair wages.
PROSPERITY OF KANSAS.
Probably no communities in the
world suffer SO little from commercial
depressions, as our rich agriculture
States here in the West We are indie
pendent to as great degree as It seem
to be possible for humanity to attain
Commercial panics do not seriously af
feet US, and hence the march ofimprove
ment, and the accumulation of wealth
is constant and steady. This has beer
true of Kansas, as of few other States
While yet in the gristle, and hardl,
hardened into the bone of manhood, sh
has already accomplished wonders, ant
her people are now enjoying materia
prosperity, which is healing the wound
received in early conflicts.
: The citizens of other States have dis
covered the condition of affairs here
and they are flooding into Kansas at tn
rate of nearly one hundred thousand
year. One county increased, as we wer
informed yesterday, in two years, from
T nine citizens to about nine hundred vo
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