Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-03-07
Kansas.
To the Editor Of rhoarent County

| have just returned home from
Kansas and will give short account
according TO my views of that rich,
fertile country. | crossed the Mis-
souri, river at Kansas City. l then
took the cars for the west, stopping
at SalIna, Kansas. Then l met with
Mr.. &. Quincy and Mr.. Manning, for
merly of Grant County, editor of a
splendid paper. They gave me all
the information they could. The
country around aud about Salina is
rich, fertile land. considerable tim
Der in certain places; land rather
level for good health at all seasons of
the year Fall wheat looks as for
ward as it does in Wisconsin the first
of May. Everybody appeared to be
busy and in good spirits; all saying
this is the best part of Kansas. All
the stores Of all kinds were we'll filed
with goods which they. were selling
for less money than can buy in Lam
caster, for the reason of being on the
Kansas &c Pacific r. r. Bidding my
old neighbors of Lancaster good bye, I
took the cars west in broad daylight.
/ looked at the country on all sides,
and to my satisfaction ! was surprised
to see such a beautiful, fertile country
and no waste lands; all good. Some
localities rather level and some rather
billy bat good enough for farming
purposes or stock farms, wheat two
months head of Wisconsin. / trav-
eled on until ! reached Russell where
! made stand to look at the country
in good earnest. Then found our
old friend Jason Fox, formerly of
Lancaster, who was over willing to
show US his fine country which by
looking and comparing advantages
for all purposes found the best part
of Kansas. But it is saying there
and also in any country / ever lived
in; everybody lives in the best part
of the country. / found in Russell
and Ellis counties good rich, rolling,
prairie, good, running, clear water
streams; plenty of the best building
rock both of soft Magnetism lime,
lying near the surface, easily quarried
and can be sawed to any desired
shape or size with hand saw, with
out duling the saw any more than
saving hard wood.
This rock is beautiful yellow or
cream color about the color of the
Milwaukee brick. When laid up in
buildings it makes house in appear
ance much like the Milwaukee brick
and becomes as hard and in all APP
pearance equal if not better than the
Milwaukee brick. Also there is plenty
of good hard limestone rock about
the same as the hard limestone of
Grant county, lying on the bluffs of
all the streams in the country, easy to
quarry and good level roads to draw
TO any part of the prairie farms, every.
where, which is the best rock / ever
saw for building purposes or for stone
fences Also there is plenty of coal
beds all over the country, easy to be
had or can be and is shipped to any
part on the cars at from to dollars
per ton. Wood is somewhat scarce,
only lying on streams, mostly Of the
soft kind, such as the Cotton, Elm,
Willow, etc. There is plenty of good
pine lumber shipped there for all
building purposes for little above
the Grant county prices of lumber.
There is any quantity of farm machin,
cry shipped to all the r. r. stations
aud is selling at about 90 per cent
less than they are selling in Grant
county. / must say | was surprised
TO see so much machinery and selling
at such low prices. One reason they
,el. for less profit is they sell so much
more than they sell in Grant county. |
they can sell for less profit and |
make more money; everybody has to
buy and it appeared to me everybody |
vas buying and everybody was there
,r was going there. everybody Gas the
laying is) was there and going there
;orm the appearance of the crowd on
he cars; land seekers from every |