The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-19
Spcing Creek Items.

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the farm which he bought OF Mr.. Kohn. There
are other parties living in Wichita who could
confer quite favor on this part OF the county
By selling out their land to settlers. II 1t VIII
aid them in making a sale VIII recommend
the land as number one.
The Spring creek debating society have de-
cided that part of the human family are
doomed to endless punishment. People viii
please take notice and govern themselves ac-
cordIngiy.
We are 10 have a lecture by Rev. =. IL. Mas
sey in few weeks. Mr.. Massey is going to
explain the parable Of Lazarus and the rich
man, and take the rich man out OF he'll. II is
my opinion he will have harder time Of that
than he did to get Bill smith out Of the sheriff's
office.
Doc. Waters la, built 4 two story frame
house on his farm which is supposed TO be the
best house in Gypsum township.
Zeph. Stafford has fifty-fiye head Of hogs,
John Doian has forty head, Col. Sharpnack
has eighty-fyehead, and Tom Corwin has ITO
bead. Who says we viii not want packing
house in another year? A man who cannot
make money raising hogs in this valley ought
10 be compelled to join grange, and get
Farmer X after him.
Somebody said J. Il. York returned 4 free
pass to the bridge company. guess it must
be mistake, for ! was informed before the
the election by reliable parties that j. u. York
had sold out to the bridge company, and that
he would do more for that company than any
other man. Next.
The Odd Fellows have rented Constin's hall
in ii Paso, and are organizing lodge.
The people Of Fl Paso expect TO have mill
next summer. They are going to dam the
nyer at rock ford. \ great deal has now been
said about dam at that place to dam the river
| wish they would put in a good dam there
and dana the river, or stop taking about the
dam. Everything down there is dam, dam.
The people on the west side OF the river pay
their portion of taxes. They help to build
Wichita. They should have free bridges.
That is justice.
Land in Wichita township, worth $500 per
acre, Is assessed at 500 per acre, and land in
Rockford township, worth $500 pei acre, is
assessed at $3.50 per acre. That is justice,
in horn.
learn by reading the EAGLE that the ma
tional grange must have about 100000 on
hand, End the question is asked what i TO be
done with the money: | would suggest, AS
Sedgwick county has contributed pretty large
y to that fund, that it be brought here and
loaned at four per cent. a month. | would
suggest that Farmer X don't get any of the
money. That will learn him to quit punching
the grangers with sharp sticks. DooLITTLE.
Parties who intend to plant cotton this spring
are aware, we suppose. that the time is near at
hand TO commence operations. as soon as the
frost i, out Of the ground. There is differ
cree Of opinion regarding the way the ground
should he prepared. Some recommend deep
blowing before plantins advisable, while 9TH
ers, equally as successful in its culture, do not
They say to throw two burrows together,
leaving the "laps" undisturbed, and plant OH
the ridge. The top root OF cotton penetratcs
the ground like the hickory, ard the branches
which bear the cotton bolls are kept back until
the top root strikes solid earth. Hence the
advantage in hurrying on the bolls by leaving
the ground undisturbed under the row Of cot
ton. The land between the rows can be plowed
at any convenient time. The ridges should be
scraped instead OF hood. The seed should be
drilled in the rows close, and the plants cut
out with hoe TO about sixteen inches apart.
The rows Of cotton should run north and south,
80 AZ to al low the sun free acces. 10 the plants.
Three feet and one-half apart is a good dis
lance for the rows. The varieties recommend
ed for this climate are Dickinson and Early
Green. Procure some seed and give it a fair
trial. We viii guarantee that all the necessary
facilities for ginning and pressing will be ready
when the time comes for those appliances.
The following Is copy OF petition being
circulated throughout the county for signers
'tTo the board of county commissioners OF
the county Of Scdswick, state of Kansas: We,
the undersigned voters of the county of Sedg-
wick, respectfully petition your honorable
body that you call an election to be held in the
several voting precincts Of said county for the
purpose Of submitting TO the decision Of the
qualified electors Of said county of Sedgwick
the question wether the board of county CON-
~ commissioners OF the county of Sedgwick in
the sum of not exceeding $4,000, for the pur-
! pose OF building and owning the following free
| bridges in in the county OF Sedgwick, namely
FIRST. \ bridge across the Little Arkansas
! river, at the crossing of the county road on
the section line between sections eight and
! seventeen, in township number twenty-seyen,
range one. east; or AT Il point to be fixed upon
by the board of county commissioners, SO as to
accommodate the greatest number of people
Second. TO build free bridge across the
! Big Arkansas river between TIE city of Wch.
! ita and West Wichita. or TO purchase at fair
valuation the bridge across said river at sao
/ place and make it a free bridge.