White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-05-25

Kansas Droaghas.
The editor Of the Fort Scott Monitor,
on hi. recent excursion down the N. K,
l. T. q. W.. was interrog, by some
eastern pa:ties about our droughts. Ssys
the Monitor:
Going down there wers. as there slw avs,
sre, lev strangers who wanted ie kuow
ahoat the "drooght." q"An imprrssioa
had pssv silsd. they ssid. .rh.t K.ns.s
was sshj.ct to drooehts." Watold then
vs bad lived here fourteen years sed had
sevsr sees drought 90 severe - Nev
Yosk end New Englsad had he'd during
ihat time; that We lost lev crops from
dry weather, ss the Wsb ,sh valley, ID.
Grnes.e valley. the Hndsou or Connect
cnt vslleys: that wheat never failed-and
vsrious other facts. These sts' 'ements. of
course, were not believed. although the
doubt.rs have never been in X .n.as before
and had no reason m Ter heaven f,r dis
believing the word Of q csndii ohserver
Of considerable eIrerience. They said:
ut seems to look pretty dry srouna here"
The crops are in the best possible condi-
ton, wheat. rye and oats never having
looked better in any State at any time
since there were snch things a. wheat. ~.
and oats. We hsd rains anil snows in
winter, and have hal them slI the spring
10 houniiful abundance. "Se.ma to me
it looks pretty dry around here" was.
however, the conclusion these fools had
ssreed to believe in aud sb:ds hy-shev
knowing mnre sbont ii than ,hs recor,ls
kept hy the military sn,horiries ct Fort
Lssvenworih nearly half . century and
at Fort Scott moe than qnsrter Of q
century. and showing thst all this part Of
K.nsss ia generously rsined upon. In
view Of these facts We were glad to ace II
rain oil the next day. The ''droueht.' -
had not brought their umbrellas with them
only their idiotic and narrow prsjuaices
and they got wet and muddy in Che'o-
ps, and drenched in rain aud be-p.t-
tered 10 mud at the end of the track.
God took their punishment into his own
hands and will rrob.bly keep them soaked
for month. The next time We meet suct,
an eastern fool. we shall throw him into
tho river or mud puddle. 1t is idle to
talk to them.
A very little observation wou'd teach
sny person capable Of being taught thst
Ksnsss is constantly esising in the mat.
ter OF moisture over ViFRinis. Psnusylva-
mis-. Nsw York and Nav England. Here
our forests arc growing-ibers they are
dissppesring. The treeleas character Of
the prairie states was caused BY the 6res
snnnslly ret BY the Indians. The mo-
meut the lands are fenced and protected.
forests grow spontsneously. Onr Older
counties already have acres upon acres oi
trses forty feet high that have grosn since
the passage Of the K snsss- Nebraska bill.
Orchards and hedges are now seen every
where; the climate is becoming more
even; the freshets less rare. while the
moisture is more uniformly distributed
through the soil. 1t is the east and not
shs west that may we'll fear droughts end
freshets. This obvious fact va. seen BY
Bayard Taylor snd intelligently noted
when he visited onr State 6va years ago
1t was seen by Fred. Law Olmstead. in
Texas. when be visited thst State in 1856
W. long ago stopped talking about
"droughts." and beg pardon for having
REQUIRED to the snhject. The immitrant
who takes up land in Kansas saves thou.
sands Of dollars in being able to plongh
and raise crops Immediately. instead Of
spending years in clearing the land. He
can grow his forests and bis orchards
where he will. and they grow 40 rapidly
that be will reap advantages from them
in Eve years. ami have forest. FIRE. wood
and fence rails in ten years.