The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-09-21
THE KANSAS STATE FAIR
Interesting Address by General
Carr az ItTIGntign.
The E"ces-The Bicycle Tournnme

The ISaces-The bicycle TOurna ment-
The Band Contest, Etc.
The crowd at the state fair at Top, ks
WIS larger Thursday. Than on any pre-
vious day of the week and the Incoming
trains brought new accessions 10 tho
multitude. 1t is estimated that there
we're considerably more Than $4,000
people on the ground yesterday, while
not less than $1,000 are expected TO be
present today To see the sham battle
and hear Hon. Jas G.. Blaine.
The eGprts 10 subdue the dust on the
g .olnds yesterday @crc not ~ success
iul as heretofore aud the cloud of real
estate which filled the air was IL source
Ct discomfort 10 every one save the
vendors OF c"u.!ng beverages, who struck
a bonanZI in the parched ami thirsty
crowd that thrOnged around their stands
GEN. CARR's ADDRESS.
Al 10 so, though sompS bat later than
the time set in The programme, the an.
nOuncemcnt of the address of Gen. T.
l.. CARY was made from the reporters
stand by Hon. JOHN MARTA. TIE high
wind prevailing al lhc Tune made il
difficult To talk and the speaker before
commencing announced that he
did not pr6pnse ~ make
any tended address ut all. He
had not come here to talk To soldiers,
but Commissioner Loring not being
present he had been asked tn make "A
short talk. After Comparing the indie
pendence OF II farm life in the city he
proceeded To the subject of hiG discourse
irrigation. He said
Upon The great plains beyond what
was the huudredth meridian which has
been supposed To be the dead line of ag
ricultural products, the people of Kan
sas are developing system OF agricul.
ture, which III results, surpassCs every
thing hiLbsrlo knogn upon The con
tinent. in q region where We once
found upon The maps the Great American
Desert, are being now galheied in har
vests more lgSuriapt and abundant than
can hc produced upon any of The praiTies
of Illinois, or upon the richest loan thai
| can be found in any slate oi the Union
The valleys and basins of the Rocky
mO4ntIipS hnYe been converted into :
vast watering pot which in its almost VI
bounded extent Of thousands of Square
miles. is collecting all the snOws of win
ter and the rains of summer. OF this thu
Arkansas river is the spout, and tho III,
titicIal bitches men have built, the per
| foratcd nozzle With authority which
seems almost equal 10 Omnicicncr III n
says, "Let it rain" and the land is tt
frcshed with cupiOus show An,
when there Is enough, he says, Let ia,
rain cease" and his mandate is UlH'ycd
| While in less fsvOrel iupaliiiys the clnp,
are whitening aud dying under CQnstah
| and intense burning sunshine on the ont
hand, and uu the other they are helm.
! overwhelmed aRd dFnYned qut ny an
ceasing rains 7" the Farmer upon 'l''
| Arkansas river In Wesjrrr
Kansas 1t j. matter Of li'llc con
| Germ whether the heavens aln'vc him h
opened or closed. tie rests in the Ger
tainty that the great reservoirs anon.
the mountains will always contain al
abundance: he knows that no can hHv'
all the Afe- giving wafer he requires, an,
that wltee he has cnuugh, insteSd vt hi
crops being dlnYned oUf, he can IBrn
back into its original channol. Aud III
most wonderful thing af all is that hi
wafer il thick aud heavy with u daIl
| sediment, which Is more rich than an,
other fcTiiiiZ r which has been dIScny
eTttl, and wherever lac waters his Ian,
he at the same time curiches il. lie ha
all the advantages enjoyed by the pee
pie who have lived in the valley of I'll
Nile, with none III the disadvantage,
Instead of the whole land being over
flowed AT one season of the year onl
such land is watered as is desirable
lie is more certain of a bountiful Gro
than men in any other locality, tecaus
he is not subject 10 the ViciSsitude
of every other region, given sol
of unsurpassed fertility. consiaI
) and intense sunshine, and Just til
amount Of water needea and no NOR,
With proper seeding and cultivation, tn
amount OF the crup which must be pre-
; duced can be calculated with as niue
, certainty and precision rs anY mathi
. NAUTICAL problem.
This wonderful development lies at Il
e. open door of the greatest mining epte
prises Of the continent where there
unbOupdcd wealth and little to cat, an
in the midst of great ranges upon whiC
are myTiads of cattle, where there mn
? continue Ia DO vast number of hung
I men and beasts, bringing TO every farr
: er's house a market equal if not superi,
to that of any city of the land.
i To form aay conception Of .Liie veal
which Is in ss..ore fdr The people of III
! / region one must study the history OF a
r cient Egypt, the PhaFGahs. the Ptol
6 mics, the llaneses and the whole Iii
: of dynastics, The Opulence and sple
n dor which continued for ages IN 4
4 country watered by the Nile is TO lie
peated in western Kansas
a THE RACES.
2:25 class. pacing-$20o to first, 81
o to second, SEQ to thiFd; go to fouEt
, best TIRES in i've,
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Three-minute class-purse, 500; s.
: to first, 800 70 second, $50 TO third,
/, 10 fourth.
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e Sir Gibby .-... ....-...-..-.-2 3
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