Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-23
CITY AND COUNTY.


ty OF Dodge City. The land is good, and We
want the county settled with industrious FARM.
ers and stock raisers. Heretofore the business
men have depended upon the Texas cattle trade
for support, and have not tried to induce inmi-
grafton. The railroad company has been any
ious to settle the country and sell Its lands east
Of us before putting this land into market. ror
| these reasons NO attention has been paid TO
settling the country.
Dodge City is one Of the most promising towns
in Kansas, and the land and farms in its vicinity
will rapidly increase in value.
The substantial bridge across the Arkansas
| river, ust south Of the city, was built BY pri-
vate corporation, and at no expense to the tax
payers.
Thia.is the only organized county on the line
of the Atchison, Topeka Il santa Fe Road where
government land can be obtained within On.
and two miles of the county seat.
A large tract of Usage Indian land lays in this
| vicinity, which is subject to entry at the ex-
| ceedingly low price Of 81. Is per acre, one half
| the price of government land
There are thirteen counties attached TO Ford
for judicial purposes. 1t Is safe to say that those
| counties will not be organized for many years.
This leaves vast and unlimited range for
those desiring to procure good and lasting loca-
tons for stock ranches. Foremost Of the coun--
ties thus attached are Clark, Mead, Arapshoe,
foote, Stevens, Seward, Kansas and Stanton,
all We'll watered by clear, running streams,
which furnish an abundance Of water at all
seasons ef the year. Timber sufficient for fuel,
can also be found on thcsestreams.
The altitude and dryness of the atmosphere-
| the comparative exemption from winter rains.
the boundless range, the luxuriant grasses and
| the various con,eniences tor shelter, make these
! counties muck sough; after for winter Us we'll as
summer range.
The fertility OF the soil cannot be surpassed.
consisting, in large proportion, of thoroughly
| drained valley lands, producing bountiful crops
of all the grains, fruits and vegetables Of The
temperate zone.
In addition TO this there is a system Of sub
irrigation. The freshets of June and July, which
| usually last antil the middle Of August, supply
be sell with moisture suflcis mt TO raise a goo,,
| crop, even in a drouihy season. The banks of
the Arkansas river seldom average More that
six feet above the river bed, yet, on account OF
| It's great width, the bottoms are never over
flown. Thet topography Of the country is gener-
ally level. Bottom lands, 20 per cent; up land,
80 per cent. Forest, 5pe- cent; prairie, % Der
cent.
The average width Of the Arkansas valley in
| this county rs from 10 to Is miles,
The county is well supplied with springs, and
water can be Obtained almost any place by dig
\ ging from ten TO thirty feet.
The principal stream is the Arkansas river,
which runs, in winding conrse. through the
entire county, from the west to the east line.
Fort Dodge, one Of the most beautifully ioca-
ted military posts in the United States, is situ-
ated i've miles east of Dodge City, on the Ar
kansas river. Scarcely any of the land in the
vicinity Of the Fort is taken.
The county is not burdenel with bonded in
debtedness; its only debt is q, 600, incurred in
building the substantial brick court house,
which is now almost completed, the brick hay
ing been burned in this county.
Taxes are light. Partly owing TO the good
| financial condition of the county, but more di-
rectly owing to the fact that the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe Railroad Company pay the
taxes on their road-bed and lands promptly
every year, bringing many thousand dollars into
the treasury.
| A good quality of lime stone is found in the
vicinity OF Fort Dodge.
The Atchison, Topeka, 4 Santa Re Railresd
are selling excursion tickets at very low rates,
l und now il the time to visit US.
Dodge City is an organized city, with Mayor
and Council, composed Of the best citizens,
Who are doing everything in their power to pro-
note the moral and financial interests Of the
city and Its society. The heretofore rough name
that the city has borne abroad has prejudicsd
many against the locality. The rough days Of
Dodge City are now things of the past, and the
last year has been one Of peace and prosperity.
Churches and school houses have been built, So
cieties formed and the city now has the aspect
ofs hourishing young commercial metropolis,
with from four to six hundred Inhabitants.