The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-08-16
WAKEFIELD, KANSAS,

august J. lccz.
ED. HERALD.-P Perhaps some Of your read
ers may care to read a line from this yicin-
ity, more especially because there are 50
many Somerset people living here. who
have relatives and friends in old Somerset.
This portion .of Kansas seems 10 he happy
this season. The wheat crop has been I'M
usually good while the immense cornfelds,
If seen by yoar readers, you'd be sufficient
guarantee ss 10 the fertility Of the snil sioHs
the Republican river.
A branch or the Union Pacific Railroad
connects with the main line at Junction
City, and rms to Fort Kearney. Clay Cer-
tire, the capital Of Clay county, is situated
on this branch. Although new town. ii
already has three thousand inhabitants,
good schools, churches, hotels. fine stores,
etc Hundreds of wagons can be seen COM
ing into Clay Centre ladened with grain, it
being shipping point for that business.
Wakefield would be a good point TO locate
a Touring mill. being situated IN a great
Whesi gTowing region.
Port Riley. HssF Junction City, is cccqpi-
ed hy a small garrison o. sGiaiefS. \ l..an
has lgst taken a contract 20 furnish the roFt
with 800 tons Of hay
Moses Younkin. the pioneer OF this val
ley. settled here in the early DAYS OF Kansas
while the country was ii possession Cf the
red men, and often. in self deicnse, was COM
PEELED to send some Of them to tl,cir '.heppy
hunting grounds Mg Younkin, after
years Of adventure and peril. accumulated
and improved a large farm, on which he
erected a large stone house and barn and
Other improvements. His farm i now oc-
onpi-.! by his BROTHER in-!as, Joi.n Fsidlev.
Mr. Yoankin having gone % Washington
Territory 50 sctk o;aeF fields ID adventure.
Of other former citizens the Turkeyfoot
region, We may mention John King. :. .
Hartzsll, Silas Nounkin. Henry Mevers.
Win Younkin, Urias No-er. Fred Dunn
baud, John Meyer. Alex Fsidlev. J. Krea-
Eer. Il. Swamcr. Sol. Enfield. Jane An
dreSs Jos. Halabssi. iieuTg Tannehill and
otAers. These men az. Sith one az t~o a.
oeptions, Own the farms they arr culiivat-
lag, and average eighty scIes oi corn 70
each man tlis ssgs-n. Two young men.
Alex Faidley and II Bsuell, have over one
hundred acres OF corn 90 ;heir farms: they
have one hundred head Of hog On hand
for feeding this fall
James Andrews came here a few years ago
and rented a farm. NOW he has his own
farm 81 10 hsndFssl acre>, or WHICH l.e
doa'l owe dollar asaong his herd or cat
tie We noticed rweniy-fhsee head Of steers
for which he has refused $50 per head.
John King, another Somerset county man.
has very iine farm lie raises annually
from 500 TO SO bushels of wheat. Last
season lie realized $3.50 from fruit off his
Young orchard.
Daniel sMeyes owns large farm in this
settlensns. .sliEa.gl. h:s .iatles q Pfesi-
dent Of the Renubiican Valley Rank requires
him To live in Clay Centre. where he owns a
fne residence, be has about six hundred
head of cattle, having mads sale OF one
hundred and fifty head this week for the
round sum of $500.
We have mentioned few men as exam
pies sf hes nen MAKE progress in the Re
publioan Valley, Kansas. AL tLe Somerset
people are doing well, notwithstanding an
occasional dry season and some srasshop-
pers- Nae,