The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-07-13
roAsrs AND REsroNsEs.

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"a brevifs md vst the ys.nt;n.ns 80 Wh;ch =,
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onine voInme tn ~ r. ir.t;c. Nay.,tSsias.
shaii mot sts.mrt ~ =. ~ nrcn vs,, vs.s
or even . sngt6y DISCRETION but shall conter
which von csn smn,;Sx A. vnur ,a;s.-s s"ese''ion
The :;Ss AMI rrnI,ns, - Ts ansas as ,;v,,,.
cominnnitS IA knnXo~hs.Sir tNe mast nn;nn. .n
surDrising nhenomenon ~ the S;storv ~ ~
World "a Other soch ,oirscIs 81 $3.50 an
deveIonrsr. 80 \. Ssss.,d u.1. r., " .,S wn ~
The Anaio. msr;csnWtpe ynas. restIssS sn.v
fWenfv Ave yesrs seo the hiiis and rs,,evs nm
brad savsnnshs streschinS Srnm the tnrh;d W.
ters on the Nissomri 10 Ire Rockv Nannt.;n.
Wild be.sts ana rsvinv hsnds a. insiisns y
i wild sbd much mora deFre and ssvnre than tn
1 beasts Them selves To-day ti,ev srr the horne q
| more than = million ~ cnitiv.fsd men and. NO
] fort thrift and ele9nnce which mark the hiShes
form Of civilization amonst men. 1 said ali thi
has been accomplished in twenty-five yesrs. bu
in fact, much the lsrxer mart Of this snri,ris;n,
progress has been made within but little NOR;
| than ihsif that Seriod -''''e '''"''
Kansas was organized Is Q territory In 1854
was settled by men more intent on fiShfipS thar
| farming-to whose hands the wenD0ns. Of VA
were more familiar than the implements Of hus.
bandry, and who were more intercsfed III max.
ing the future commonWeaith a fSse state OR or
slave state, than In its physical development
In l6S7-S-9 there came somewhat more TRANQUIL
period, and some progress was made in the art
Of peace and i'm peopIing the waste places of the
land. But Immediately thereafter came the ter.
rible experience of 1850, when, for many months
the heavens ahoye ma glesmed dsv after dlv liz
meath our feet shriveled and cracked, and the
very elements seemed ready to melt with feryeni
heat. Vegetation withered and died, as before
the poisoned breath of the sirocco and the anx-
ious, and perseyering. and ofS-renewed labor
Of the husbandman ended finally in sickening
and disastrous failure; and want, and gloom,
and dependency settled like . pail Of darkness
over the Territory during the long and stormy
winter which followed Then, came the war OF
the great rebellion, that tremendous conflict
which shook the continent from centre to crcum-
ference, when for more than four years scarce
any thing was seen or heard throughout the land
bur the tramp of armed men, the clang of mar
tial music, or the din and roar of battle. Into
tbis struggle Kansas sent for the service of the
country and the preservation Of the Union, more
soldiers than she had voters Her fields were left
to utter neglect, or to such cultivation as old
them. At the close of the war her citizen
soldiers returned to desolate homes, thsir
fences broken down. their fields gone hack 10 the
original wilderness. scarce q trace of former i'm
pr0vements left What then, with border ruff
fian raids, dreuth, famine and desolating war of
course, during all these years, no progress had
been made. On the contrary, every thing had
duction had fallen on, farms had been aban-
dOned, fences had disappeared houses had fallen
into ruins-everywhere were seen the marks of
desOatiOn and decay From this period. there
fore, Qs65) we may fairly date the growth and
Development of the State, and regarded in the
light OF time occupied, what a wonderful growth
it f hss b. Sse snnn,r. e.v tram. ,,.. m
may more fully appreciate what has been accom-
plished in the brief period of thirteen wears. In
it is very nearly If not quite a milton In isS,
we had in cultivation Z73 800 acres: in 1875 we
had 4, 10 800 acres an Increr, of zoo per cent
in ten years In 1855 we produced of wheat and
corn together in round numbers, g. 9OJ, 600 BUSH
els; in lS1j the production of these two cereal.
was 81 coo, 600 And to-day we have a har-
vest of wheat and q prospect Of corn that will
aggregate not less than Iaj OOO, OOD bushels.
In 1856, the settlements were coniinej a,most
exclusively to a few tiers of counties along the
Missouri border, and the entire middle and west
wilderness. AS late as IsGs;. / male a trip. in
cnmnany with our accomnJisbed Marshal n RI.
Day Uapt. ThrasherI To the Ark,nsas valley
Beyond Emporia, and few miles up the Cot
ingIy scattered2on the Inner Walnut thev We're
like angels visits. few ami far befWeen I'M.
Valley IF the Lower WnInut was sill AN m
known country AZ the crnss;nc of the Whita-
water. WAS Meade's trading MIST the Wichita
Agency and nothiny mons eaw ,p;leS h
yond, at the crossing of the Little Arkansns. the
wichita Indians were enc,mnad and ali heynnd
WAS silence and solitude. The naked and nnns.
rentlv barren Main Stretched swsv fraaIesif md
bleak. to the very verge of tn. visible horizon
We went ,Inwn III. vafiev NJ tho trt.naas 70 Tho
mouth of the walnut and retnrned"not a I'M.
man habitation ANYWHERE NOR n SIN of civ ijized
man. The ANTELOPE and he coyote were seen on
to a1G we na ~ sbc
of fhe Wandering Usage. At that dafe there
werr M settiements an the solomon name ON
the ReDublican. none on the SMOKY HIN bevood
Salina. and This entire region was even Then ra
garxied MS an uninhabtabie desert To-day IN il
The home II a teeming popnlation The desert
has been made to blossom like the rose. and the
fields of ripened shocks or waving grain.
In 1855, there were scarcely a dozen miles of
completed railway in the State, now there are
within the limits of the STATE trayeS,ing If in
every direction. 40 that scarcely anv cnnsider.u
bic district is destitute of the advaniapes aforled
But il is not alone. nor chieHy. on sccomnt of
material triumDhs1the subjugstion of The soil
the building OF rsilroads-tSe rearing of cities-
tnat We take priae IN tne state OF our adoption
oaa iaSr =. our k:hgL,oi emPnaticaly TINS
nd anni;.ncs s nT ,, ~, ou. d IN , tns s,enen.s
h r 80, vi ,n s..a.a anu .not gIoWtn' We
physical P''e.'' '""" al '''e
There ia no state old mr. vounp that has n
more perect system Of common and hieher
schools, nor is there one where a Larger pro1or
ton Of the youth receive, from year to year, the
instruction which is to DIT them for future useful
ness. There Is no state, old or young, which
has provided more literally and freely the means
.or ,la' % hil wn.Gn Is aDSoiueiy heSeS
sa .ty ~ .nS sieIt ~ ton VI uah socety. me
i IA 70; ~ au .e ~ ~ nase inaIcneu sue
py sue ln ine very van OF sstteInent, ana tnere
their representatiyes NAV NOT he found:
and the Church and the schoolhouse arc rasrad
while the nonuation vet shelters itsaIf in nolas
and caves in The earth