Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-06

Corporation" from Mr.. Ely, for he ex-
pressed his many thanks for the gentle
manly manner in which he was treated,
and the many courtesies extended to
him and his worthy companion traveller,
the Mayor Of Independence" by the
officers and employees of the Atchison,
Topeka 4 Santa Fe r. R. As regards
the prices of wheat and corn at Wichita,
and of coal at Fort Scott, cannot vouch
for them, as neither of those points were
visited by Mr. Ely or myself during our
land exploring trip" Wheat readily
brought 60 cents upon the market here
to-day, and corn from % to 80 cents. I
have not asked the price of coal per
bushel Gt is usually sold here by the
ton or car load), but l hope i. is as low
here as Mr.. Ely quotes the price. In
( this town of Sterling, comprised of ff-
teen hundred to eighteen hundred intel
ligent and enterprising inhabitants, there
| are three large elevators, which are tax
ed to their full capacity to dispose of
the excellent winter wheat crop of '78,
which is still being brought in from all
points of Rice county. New buildings
are going up ON every side, and the
thrift and enterprise displayed, both in
the town and surrounding country, be-
speak for Rice county and the beautiful,
growing town of Sterling bright flu
ture. Good schools are plenty, but, not
withstanding this fact, the enterprising
citizens OF Sterling are pushing towards
completion a new public school building,
of brick, which will compare favorably
with the fine school building in our
beautiful city of independence. Fine
churches have been built, and seven de-
nominations are represented. Business
In all branches is successfully carried
on, and represented by men in good
standing, financially and morally. The
last point of interest of which | shall
write this time, is by no means least, in
connection with the prosperity of Ster-
ling, and | would refer to the large
steam Touring mill located here. While
the advantages of this mill to the inhab-
ltants OF this county is immeasurable,
the propretors realize handsome profits
on shipments of their -four to Chicago
and other cities, the shipments reaching
several cars per week.
TO the inquiring farmers Of Buchanan
county, whoever they may be, | will
make this proposition: If you will Sc
lect from your number man who is a
judge of good wheat. good corn, good
oats, good fruit, good stock, good eli
mate, good society, good judge of all
that tends to make up good country q
will not require that he shall be good
judge of Kansas whiskey," or found
er Of the Land Exploring Ticket" sys-
tenn, if he will spend one day with me
in each of the following counties of
Southwest Kansas. VIZ: Harvey, Nc
Pherson, Sedgwick, Reno, Rice, Barton
Pawnee, Edwards and Rush, in which
counties are located the prosperous and
fourishing railroad towns of Newton
Hutchinson, Nickerson, Sterling, Great
Bend, Larned and Kinsley, if he then
return to you and reports that this is
not good country, the money he has
paid for the Land Exploring Ticket,
will be cheerfully refunded, and you
may ever remain undisturbed in your
belief that Northeastern Iowa, with hel
seven months winter and successive
wheat crop failures, is superior to the
fertile valley of the Arkansas, with hel
annual millions on millions of bushels
of wheat, corn, oats and fruits, and sixty
days winter AS for friend Ely, | would
say that, when in 1882" with his grip
sack, his enormous lunch-basket, his
brace of pistols and peck of cartridges
his buffalo overcoats, his Indian blank
cts, &C., &c, he shall go down the line
of the Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe r
r., fifty miles an hour, on ''land ex
ploring" trip to the Pacific coast, via
''Thc Southern Pacific" | think that he
will conclude that, instead of robbins
and plundering the people, the Atchison
Topeka 4 Santa Fe Co. have taken ;
prominent part, together with othel
great railroad corporations, in making
our great country what it will then hav.
become. | am yours, respectfully,
S. NJ. OsGOoD,
Genl Agt. A., L. 4 S. f. r. r., Ceda
RAPIDS.