The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-04-12
the risk of estrays. Every other section
ofIand, in great portion of this Valley
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Of land, in great portion of this Valley
is owned by by the A. T. & S. F. Co.,
and those who settle np0n Government
lands can range their stock upon the X.
r. sections until sold. In few years
this entire valley will be fenced and eul-
ti,asc |, or pat down to tame grasses.
aud then the herding ground will be in
the unsettled portions of the remote
southwest, and cattle will be returned
i'll the fall 10 consume the corn and win
ter pasturage Of the Valley.
COAL, ROCK AND CLAY
There il no longer any uncertainty as
to the discovery OF coal in this Valley.
1t has been found in several places, and
there is not the least doubt that it will
soo.i ne Developed III sued: quantities as
to supply fuel at very low rstes. Even
now it is being delivered along the line
Of the A. L. Il ). +. X. X. for 25 cents
per bushel by the car load. being
broagli' froi, Usage toIintv mines. 100
miles distant northeast. Rock is not
so abundant as to be troublesome, as is
the case in portions of Kansas, but it
has been found in many places and will
withaus lo,tbt be developed elsewhere
as the country is developed and occu-
pied. Clay suitable for brick making
is abundant, and the best quality of
sand being everywhere accessible, there
is no lack ofcxccllent building material.
GYPSUM.
Should constant cultivation ever de-
velope the fact in this Valley, which is
apparent in all other countries in the
world. that fertilizers must first or last
be applied TO all lands which are not
subject to overflow, if farms are to be
kept up TO their state of original pro-
d,;csivcncss,-if, | say. manurcs are
ever needed here, as they are needed in
all states east of us. we have never
failing supply III the vast gypsum beds
which intersect the valley at various
poitns. and notably, in Marion, Butler.
Sedgwick and Cowlcy counties. The
y. L. 4 s. +. II. r. crosses this deposit,
which i, unsurpassed in quality and III
exhaustable in amount. When broken
in pieces and ground in mill it be-
comes the ''land plaster" ofconlncrce
which sells for ten dollars per ton in
Washington and New York, and which
is especially adopted to the needs of
ovcr;axed sandy soils. With clover its
use has brought to state of high fer
tility the sandy flats of portions of
New Jersey and Maryland, compared |
with which even the sand hills of the |
Arkansas Valley are as garden soils. |
SURPRISING DEVELOPMENT.
Two years ago this magnificent VAL
ley was vast solitude, whose silence |
was only disturbed by hunters in the |
pursuit of gam. Now there are with |
in the Valley below FIT. Zarah. the coun-
ties Ct Barton, Rice, Reno, Harvey.
Scdewick. Sumner and Cowlcy, all of
which, excepting Barton, arc organized |,
and contain from 1000 to 5000 lnhabi-
tants each. Here arc the thri ing towns
of Big Bend. Zarrah, Atlanta, Peace,
Newton, $Sedgwick, Park |
City, Wichita, Sumner City, Belle
Plaine, Oxford, Winfield and Arkansas
City. There are schools, churches, |
printing presses, railroads and tele-
graphs. Here is the scat of empire for |
all Southwestern Kansas. Here are not !
less than 10000 square miles ofas fertile
soil, as well watcrcd and as healthy rs |
any equal extent in the state Of Kansas. |
Here is Il country half as large as the
state OF Vermont, and quite capable of |
supporting half million Of people. |
And yet in this fair domain lands may
be had for nothing by the homestead
settler and Railroad lands are sold at |
low rates Oh long time, while town lots |
can be bought for song (tune twenty |
to one hundred dollars each.) which !
will be shortly double quaGruplc in
value. CLINTON &. HUTCHINSON.