The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-03-28
GUT ,E.IE KANSAS PACIFIC.
An Interesting Letter From sour
GOmtn i isner at s.arse.@ - The
E",Sns Of Abilene. Soion nion and
SaIina A MagDiIcis at Country
and IL & rand Crsp Prospect.

COmmi>i ioner at s.arae.S - The |
| So,Sns Of Abilene, Solomon aud
| Salina A MagDi:icie at Country
and IL & rand Crep Prospect.
SALIS,. March %, 1878.
| EDITOR iiaES:-Leaving Fort Riley nv
next point of interest was Junction City,
distant three miles once the best business
town on the K. z. Road, but owing to hard
times and general depression in business
for the pas four or five years il has suffer-
ed 10 an alarming extent, but it is steadily
improving and trade Of all kinds is quite
good. Junction hiss many good substantial
business houses, the people OF the city
are wide awake and the future Of Junction
looks bright; with churches, schools and
two good newspapers, and with a good coun-
try to support her, and good railroad facili-
ties, Junction bids fair to become city OF
no small Importance. While here your cor
respondent was under great obligation to
the good people, for many acts OF kind
| ness.
ABILENE
twenty-five mics from junction Is
thriving town of about fifteen hundred in
habitants, situated in the midst OF a great
-, D;.,.;,
wheat heii - D'Ni9vu oouny may very
properly oe ea,ieu; Anu mere lei me rehlark
tnat 10 tnose VINO nave ne'eI seen 'he vas
"heat heius =. Nansas' II seems haroi!
crediole .na' .his county aione, mas over
severn! tnousa"o ae.es Vi winter WheaI
"hieh al .ie Presen. 'l,he iioi.i ten 10
twelve inches hish; out this Is TACT,
While from ihe portico oi the Henry
House which. oy the way, Is one oil the best
on the n; r. can oe seen the mammoth
wheat heid belonging 20 j.; Y. Henry. The
boss wheat grower OF the State: This
field contains about !, ,soo acres, and Is look
ing hnely.
sible TO RAISE winter wheat successfully IN
tniS ota'e, oul II mas oeen demonstrated I'D
the past two years that wheat Is crop pc
| do not advocate the growing of any other |
one crop, exclusively, / consider wheat as |
certain as apy other, but let the farmer
cultivate a variety Of grains. and while one |
will fail another will be a success. thereby |
securing to himself and family living.
and making farming both profitable and |
pleasant.
| Abilene though once a shipplpp point /
| for Texas cattle and relying wholly on this |
in in the the nrodnc,s Of berf bfn own cnurtw com ~ anS
| ;n,,aaJ rf,Lo awhoo,, 80 ,Lo oo,', Ln.,
It, ;nb;h;,, soya,.j Jr;nIs d.
t,ar ub;skvn mounts his nonv .na ,,;,h
s;x-sboo,or in b,na d,shes nm OIL L.,
|
Ja,,b 20 a,v ono ,vho n,;oh, ba n r.
| i hoard only the sounds which beiono 70 ,be
huS,le Of , weII reouI,,eJ c;tv and ib;Iene
With her substantial hnsiness bonses and
f.c;ii,;es for bandling the Grain which i
bro,,nb, bara from, ali n,r,s of tho conn,rv
has : fnture before her which might weii
bo arr;od hv much oIder towns Rn, t;ma
and 600 forb;J INV I;noor;n,, lonno- ho-o
anJ ,r;,b NV host w;sbes ior The fntnra =
,L;Io,o ,,J Tho suooos, 81 bo- ,oo,,Io ri
,a,. ~, ~
so1o,,oy CITY
distant nine miles. This town, though
small, is good business point, containing
seventeen business houses of all kinds. II
has fine country and has a very good
trade. Your correspondent was we'll re-
ceiyed and literally patronized by the bus
iness men of the town, for which they have
nv most sincere thanks. My next town
was
sALINA,
the pride oil Saline county, and might say {
OF Kansas. Located as 1t Is, at the juno
tion OF the Saline and Smoky Hill rivers {
1t spreads out over the charming valley as
leisureiy as The garden-envlroned Damascus.
No town In the State Is more beautiful for I
situation; Beautiful shade trees adorn the c
streets, while rows oil pretty hcmes on the
penensnia nettie IN native groves, rendering !
Saiina both Tor business and residences, me
the nnest town IN hansas. Although but
fourteen years 9ia, now mas PoPuia-
tion Oh o'ooV, anu Is sun growing rapidly 4
IL Is NOT only peauiiuii situated, put II Is v
central py virtue OF lis reiation 10 the coun. q
uy ana State. i'ere Is the geographical 7
center oi Kansas. 4,
Lincoln and Mcfnerson counties are !,
largely trioi'utaIy 10 saiina- Their wheat n
comes mere ana their goods are bought h
here; With the development OF the coun- v
", she mas Deen steadily growing; many ;,
new buildings are In process OF erection. 1t :,
mas never had any set1aek;t Is backed by a h
great county ana Is sui oehind the country u
ne merchants mere are 60 ahead class OF ..
men, carrying fne stocks and all doing
hne business. one nrm alone sold S2OS,
wv last year, ana the prospect Tor this year a
Is that their sales VIII amount to over
S290ooo. In the gram business, this is the
liveliest town IN the state. There are large
mills and elevators; solid banks an eie. th
can't school house; several churches, and tn
also the hnest opera house In the State, m
built by JOINT stock company, consisting c.
'f some OF The most substantial business Of
men of the city. lhe ouiiding Is o01i2o m
Two stories with mansard rd0f, and Cost ri