Daily Republican., 1880-09-09
ELDORADO.
Special Correspondence OF the REPUBLICAN.

La JUxrA, COL, Sept. A magica
sound ID in tie words Kansas and Col
orado for those who have never had 0
trip to those states. The fac OF this
assertion is established when we re.
memb Der that the "reminiscences of any
Of our friends who have visited these
localities are listened to with remarka.
ble interest by TIE friends of the tour
ist and this is more especially noticea,
BILE II the friends referred to have never
travelled much. have seen Kansas
pretty thoroughly, but this Ia my first
trip to Colorado. In order 10 introduce
myself and for the purpose Of making
sitter allusions to "our party" under
standable must explain that am one
Of q party OF ten gentlemen representing
Topeka, LeavenWorth, Atchison, Ster-
Hing and LEANED who started yesterday
for mouths trip through Colorado and
New Mexico; a jolly, lively carless
company, benton amusement and fun,
Who are travelling with the determine
tion Of 6guratively, going over the
mountains to see what VIZ can see."
For the past few months the Eastern
mind has been harasssd with tales OF
the suffering of Kansas. While these
are true of the extreme Western sec,
tion Of tie State they are entirely false
as to the main portion of the country.
For twelve hours yesterday We rode
through Kansas, having in that time
travefsed three hundred miles Of the
State, and from the foot OF the Kaw
valley 10 Learned and even beyond that
point we saw every sign Of prosperity
without any indication of distress.
\ A ride through the great Arkansas
Valley is a pleasure long to be remem
bered. Starting from Topeka we first
pass through the coal fields Of Kansas !;
from this point to Emporis, distance
Of sixty. i've miles, there Is an almost
uninterrupted bsd Of bituminous coal,
and mines and shafts greet the eye on
all sides. All the coal used on the diff
fersnt lines of railroad is n ined in
this section, and immense quantities
are shipped to Kansas City and ada
cent points.
Emporia. = city of six thousand in
habitants, is one Of the best towns in
the State. The State Agricultural Col
lege is located here and situated as it
is in one of the finest grain growing
districts OF the State Ernporia is de-
stined to always he thriving and pop.
ulous centre.
We are travelling too late in the 50,
son to see anything Of the wheat and
oats harvest, but we had the advan-
tage of seeing the immense corn fields
with thsir wealth Of lipening ears"
The wheat crop is varioutly estimated
at from one half to three fnurths Of the
ordinary yield, the corn crop will ag-
gregate as many bushela as in former
years.
1t is impossible to describe the beau
ties OF the many thrifty towns on the
side of the A. Y. 4 s. 7, R. L. Cotton.
wood Falls in the heart Of the Cotton
wood valley produces the finest build.
ing stone in the state and buildings ip
every city in the state attest the su.
periority of this product. Newton
the county seat of Harvey county, and
Hutch nson, the county seat of Reno
county, are especially noticeable on az
count of the beauty of thsir location
and their thrifty appearance.
The Register OF the Learned Lsut
District is a member Of cur party ; ap
propos of the present immigration into
the State, the Captain told me yester-
day that their office issued seventeen
CERTIFICATES to immigrats, representing
two thousand seven hundred and TWEEN
ty acres.
A peculiar feature of Kansas scenery
is the almost total absence OF fen ces
for miles upon miles no fence of any
description will be seen except an oo-
casional Usage around the farm build.
Jugs. The Herd Law, as it is current
ly termed, leaves it optional with the
residents Of a county whether they will
have fences in the country or not, il
the majority of inhabitants vote NO
fences then The entire county lies open
and every farmer must look after his
cattle. This is of course some trouble
but fences in this country are expen-
sive and this consideration over bal
ancss the other.
The most prolific flower in Kansas is
the sun flower. This yellow and brown
po,sy starss al the traveller and the
sun by the millions. | have seen acres
of them on the bottoms and untold
thousands upon the bluffs; they are
ubiquitous and exist as do the daisies
in your country, growing wherever
they get any snow at all. The funny
man Of the Atchison Champion thus
says of it in a recent letter from To-
peka :"
The Capital square is surrounded by
dense growth, rods in width, of ram
pant sunhowers. They grow as big,
rank and yellow as If they were forty
miles from house. The sunfowe,
ought TO bs made the emblem of our
state. Nothing checks it or kills it.
1t is always 'happy as big sunaow.
er." Grasshoppers have never held
the edge on it; and in drouthy times
when everything else willis and throws
up its hands the sundower continues
business at the old stand. 1t probably
has some private arrangement with na-
TUE for securing aid"
At Learned our party retired to our
several berths and | knew nothing more
till the condu ductor came in the morning
with the cry; gentlemen all that wish
breakfast must get up, We will be in
La Junta in forty minutes.
La Junta (prorouncs La Huuta) was
our irst sight of Colorado. 1t is not
much Of town, the principal objects
of interest being the depot, saloon and
Arkansas river and diligent research
failed 10 reveal any thing else except
corral about half a mile aWay. From