The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-09-04
Correspondence of the Eagle.
ITEMS FROM SPRING CREEK.

The farmers are all engaged putting
up hay. Many farmers here claim that
on account of the mildness of our win.
tiers, one ton of hay is sufficient Ia
winter an OK. Heretofore | have
claimed that three tons are required
for that purpose, but after pitching
hay for the last ten days-the ther-
motor at one hundred-I now agree
that one ton ought to do it.
Mr.. jenkins, of Benton county. Iowa.
who visited this valley last fall, has
been on Spring creek, and left last
week for Iowa to sell his farm; and
will settle here. Mr.. Jinks saws he
had 4 number of Wichita EAGLES TO
distribute among his friends, and would
tell them that the EAGLE told the truth
about this valley, only it did not tell
quite all.
Zeph Stafford says the grasshoppers
made raid on his cabbage patch, and
his wife sprinkled red pepper on the
cabbage. Zeph. says when the varmeut,
got sniff of that pepper they just
everlastinglv busted out of there. and
he hasn't seen one near that cabbage
since. | heard the grasshoppcrs sneez.
ing plum up to my house, which is three
quarters of mile.
w. ;. Mccoy, who is now visiting
friends i'll Illinois, will return in Octo-
Der, bringing with him three families
who will settle on Spring creek
Morg. Stafford, the man who came to
Spring creek with 1913, raised fine
crop of wheat and has it threshed.
Last Sunday night some thicves bored
fifteen holes in his wheat bin, making
a hole large enough to get out the
wheat, and stole wagon load-Mr. |
Stafford thinks twenty-five or thirty
bushels. Parties are Oh the track OF |
the thieves. ] have letter written
for the EAGLE telling how us Spring !
creekers were Mortified, describing the
tree, etc, and denouncing mob law
pretty severely. If they are caught
the EAGLE will be sure of the news
ahead of any other paper.
Hugh Fortner sent watermelon 10 |
the state fair which weighed thirty
six pounds, raised OH upland Mr..
FORMER has a nice farm, and he and
his lady are the sort of people whom
one is not apt to forget. Mr.. Editor,
if you are ever down in Rockford make
it point to happen around to Hugh'>
about dinner time. You will say
within yourself, Il feel it is good to be
here" and you will go away thinking
well of this whole country and the
people.
John Il. Otto, who hives on the east
branch of Spring creek, has a spring
Oh his farm which boils up out of the
ground with such force that by placing
a barrel over the spring and combining
The water within, it will fill up and r.l
over the top of the barrel. Mr. Otto
S very proud of his spring. | would
ell something more of his farm but Ii,
S not subscriber to the EAGLE. For
hat reason have mind to say thai
lis fine spring tastes of alkaii. think
here is something wrong with it.
| saw a fine shade tree the other dal
n VIOLA Joinscn's field which he SAYS
srowed from II post put in the grounc
or stable.
Prairie grass is yielding we'll thi,
ear. John Do!an says ne has cut gras,
hat he thinks will make from two anc
/ half TO three tons per acre. Low,
stafford says that Cal. charpnack
moved a piece of grass for them abou
he size of turnip patch which mad,
line tons. That is the best yield have
my account Of.
| thought of sending you list o.
candidates for county commissioner il
he third district. but have not tim,
low. You just 90 TO the clerk oflic,
md get the poll books ofRockford anc
Waco townships aud publish every |
name on them, then you will get al
he candidates, except one or two who
moved in since the last election. Th,
'nly way in which this farmers move
nent can be made successful is for eyerl
nan in the county to become Il candi
late for Office at once.
FARMER DoOIITTI.E