The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-04-09
OUR DOW CREEK LETTER.

CENTRAL, April 4, 1859.
EDITOR NEWS: AS you signify desire to
hear from me again will now give you an
account of the improvements, or some Of them
that have been made recently, and are now
going on hereabouts. Down in the delta Of
Dow and Taylor creeks near the crossing OF
the latter by the road to EmpOria from the
settlements up Dow, standing on opposite
sides of the road are two houses the occupants
of which are making things look quite neat
and cosy. Mr.. V. p. Flora on the east side of
the road has recently made some nice improve
ments in the way OF fencing and putting in
spring crops. i know Of but few who can
make things look nicer about place than Vol.
On the west side Frank HollingswOrth has
laid the foundation for great deal of comforts
in setting out shade trees. They both have all
their land enclosed aud their premises look
quite home-like.
A little farther north Jack. Roberts has
large piles Of lumber and long stills on his
gorunds where believe he intends to build
residence. This is the point, am told, where
the new Lawrence ard Emporia road via the
bridge intersects the road running down the
divide between Dow and Taylor CIR eks- On
the other side Of the road (east side)' only
few rods north. Mr.. Rhodes has a cellar dug
and walled and material the ground for a
residenee-also considerable breaking done.
On the east side Of this road nearly or quite
all the land is being fenced and put into cult
walton as far as one and u half miles north and
east to Taylor creek. The owners and oceu-
pants are Mr.. Craig, Wiot H. Clark, Mr.. Tharp,
and Messrs. Kepler and Hoover. The two last
named gentlemen are ON what IL known as the
Lloyd place. They bought the quarter sec
ton last winter for $1,000 and are fencing it
HkaNy hay n
put in twenty acres of spring wheat and are
going to put in forty acres of other crops.
These two young men came from Iowa last
winter and are driving things with good
deal Of energy.
The next new place, going north, is that of
Mr.. r. c. Rowley. He commenced improving
! his land something less than year ago-built
house and had twelve acres Of breaking
done last summer, and this spring is fencing
thirty acres and intends to break the rest u
it. Near him, just north, Mr.. Hammond, who
came TO the country last spring, has done some
breaking, built house and set out quite lot
of apple trees. Mr.. Rowley has also set an
apple orchard. There is just one thing that
Mr.. Hammond is without which is indispens-
able to his success. He is very industrious
and economical, am told, and quite agree.
able, but he is bachelor; and have seen d
great many bachelors attempt to make homes
in Kansas and keep bach, but never knew one
OF them to succeed. THAT use has bachelor
for homer would exhort him to a radical
reformation. Mr.. Thos. Mountjoy, in closC
proximity, is enlarging his farm to the extent
Of about twenty acres.
Going northwest now to the west side o
Dow creek, the next new improvement is thai
Of l.. N. Brown, who came go the country las
June, and has built house and broke hi
hedge lines and made some other improve
ments- MIR. II. e. Root, one half mile norti
T Of Brown, is enclosing thirty acres, putting
out fruit trees, etc. Mr.. N. J. Cilley, joining
Root on the north, is also charging his farm
to the extent of twelve acres.
There are other improy emcuts going forv arr
r farther up the creek, but 1 shall have to in
quire more definitely about them before cal
write the particulars.
notice = large number Of apple trees ar
going from Mr.. r. H. Abraham's nursery
which proves that the people have not los
faith In Kansas IS fruit country. On tn
contrary, each yearss experience develops an,
1strengthens their faith, 7e7
\ There = . large quantity Of land still un
impFOvea, and very desirable lard, teO, ineon
Ivenient dIstahee OF the Central school hoas
i and aiOpg THE Lawrence and Euipolia road
rs - rEonrs truly rag- = 500 r,'ee- CIYIs.
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