The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-03-12
TREES.


: be removed in q few wears. All that is
necessary is TO keep down the prairie
: fires. TIE putting III of the seed or cut
tiIgs, and with ordinary cultivation
all kinds of trees grow with such
astonishing rapIdity as to test the Gre
dulity of eastern men. No doubt,
; dense forests would have generations
since covered these rich rolling prai-
; ries. but for the destructive OF fires
: that annually swept over them. But
it is much cheaper. better and quicker
10 build up homes and make farms
here than ii was for our forefathers
east and north. Who were compelled TO
first remove heavy forests from the
grounds. For fencing the Usage Orange
! as a hedge will in time be the univcr-
sal fence. Cheap, sure and efficient as
a fence. 4 wind break for stock and a
relief 10 the eve. most Of our farmers
: are already growing such fences. not
wiihstanding the herd Law" which
compcls every man 10 take care of his
oWn stock.
WATER.
1t has been widely supposed that
central and western. Il; not eastern
Kansas suffered from a dry climate.
Like many other ideas rclatiTc 10 the
western parts of the great Missouri
Valley. we need hardly say, this. so far
as the eastern and central parts of the
state are concerned il exploded If
springs and water-courscs in whose
channels aquatic plants, needing for
their existence constant moisture /: if
Notwithstanding streams; if rains
frequently occurring and copiousiy de-
scending: If all these are proofs. then
there Is abundant testimony that all
through the valley there Is ample rain
fall. Ia fact. after all that has been
written of the Arkansas river. ii j.
almost superiuOus 10 say that the wa
ter of this valley region j. abundant
and pure. 1t is without doubt the best
watcrcd portion OF Kansas. On the
bottoms drive wells" or tube wells
arc universally used. They consist of
"A tube OF galvanized iron, with steel
point. the lower end Of the tube hav-
ing holes on the sides, around which is
wrapped a piece of wire gauze for 4
straincr, this pipe is driven into the
ground, through a hole in the kitchen
floor if desired, or wherever indication
dictates, and wafer is reached at
depth of from six TO fifteen feet. A
pump is placed upon the pipe and in
an hours time a boundlcss supply of
pure. cold, healthy water is obtained.
HEALTHFULNEsS
7 Here Is a county in which malaria
finds no conditions favorable to its cX-
istcncc. Staguaut wafer is not To be
found either on or beneath the surface.
/ The air. too, is in constant motion a
fresh breeze constantly fans the cheek
and brings health to the lungs. In
such an atmosphere as here exists. the
system is inyigoratcd, and labor is
neither irksome nor fatiguing. These
I constant brcczes also afford unlimited
and valuable power for windmills of
every description or for all purposes. /
CLIMATE.
Here is a climate which exactly meets /
! the requirements of the agricuturast,
whether he be farmer, orchardist.
stockman or shepherd. In carly spring, /
when the soil is freed from the slender
grasp of what little frost it is subject /
/ to during the short winter, ii is in adj !
mirable condition for blowing and |
/ preparation for crops. Then comes a
season of rains and showers, which /
LASTS into July. when only occasional /
showers occur to interfere with har- |
vcstimg operations.
COAL. ROCK AND CLAY.
! There is no longer any uncertainty /
"A, TO the discovery of coal in this val !
} leV. Ii has been found ia several places. (
! and there is not the least doubt that it |
will be developed ia such quantities as /
I 20 supply fuel at very low rates. &
/ test j. being made at Wichita with "A
] drill for coal. One small vein has been |
passed through at a depth of forty or
! fifty feet. The present supply is fur |
nished by the railroad at from twenty I
/ five 10 thirty-iivc cents per bushcl. /
/ Rock is not so abundant a. 10 Ice troub- /
lesomc. as in some places in eastern (
Kansas, but it is found in quantities I
sufficient for building purposes. Clay. I
suitable for brick making is abundant, .
and the best quality of sand being .
everywhere accessible, there j. no lack /
OF excellent building material.
GYPSUM.
should constant cultivation ever de- .
vclop 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 10 overflow. if farms are TO be .
kept up TO their original state of pro-
4 IufllNtif~~. NAV 4 II ItNfI ldillile sup
ply in the vast gypsum beds which in ,
icrscct the valley in this and adjoining /
counties. II is unsurpassed i'll quality 1
and inexhaus;ablc in amount. When /
broken 10 pieces aud ground in mill I
il becomes the Gland plaster" of COM /
mcrcc. which sells for ten dollars ton /
in eastern cities.
TOWNS.
That portion Of the valley of which .
we have been more particularly speak /
/ ing--an area Of fifty by one hundred +
milcs-hoasts of many fine and Hour I
ishing towns, where mechanics or 1
. tradesmcn may find splendid locations. /
and where all may find churches, school .
/ houses, printing presses and refined .
and intelligent society. We may men, /
/ ton Hutchinson, the county seat of /
Reno county; New ton, the county seat /
of Harvey: Wichita. the county seat of |
! Sedgwick /; Wellington, the county seat /
of sumner: Eldorado. the county seat of [
/ Butler: and Windtield the county seat /
( of Cowley. besides Arkansas City, Ok I
/ ford. Belle Plain. Fl Paso, Caldwell, |
Sedgwick City, Medicine Lodge and .
many others. all of them growing and /
doing an active business.
I Sucll Is me SNnerllclal character OF .
! the Arkansas valley in the central parts .
I of the state. and the valleys of its east /
/ ern tributaries. I'm conjunction with 4
this favorable surface. is the richest I
/ soil. susceptible of the easiest cultiva- (
/ ton; abundant flowing water from
( springs and streams: the sweetest IA /
yored and most wholesome water in
wells in permanent supply at an aver
( age depth of fifteen 10 twenty feet be
low the surface; pure. bracing air.
entirely free from miasma or other uG-
( healthy influences. with climate pc
culiarly favorable for agricultural OPP
eratiouS.
All these considerable advantages 4
combine to make this beautiful and
fertile valley and these .ently-swclling
slopes, especially attractive. The .
Young farmer seeking a home. who
has few means beyond his own indus
try and strong arms and willing hands
whcrcwith to carve il out. may here
find a free home stead on United States
auds, or purchase al low prices, on
remarkable easy terms of payment and
with a liberal discount for improve
ments. from the railrod company. Very
often he may thus purchase nj relative
IL cheaper prices than by taking
practically free gift from the govern
ment OF a tract of land for his farm.
The parents of children who desire to
establish them in homes of their own.
mr. IN rp-eStablish their own or their