The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-03-29
MANUFACTURES.
Trade, Crops, aaa Prshibifien
Commercial GaIstts.

Trade, Crops, aad Prohibition.
Correspondents Commercial Gazette.
FORT SCorr. KAN. March. I9-Two weeks since
lett Indiana for UIy nth tour taToIsh kiuSts Ny
Previous tours iu this State were lads ia 1871 r.
40 and IS. and having watched the State through
its hard times and greenhack dclusion rurious
to see bow il borr prosperity ON erin basis Aud
the Stale had been notorious frosu its first -ytfl
ment place for radical IDEAS. whence il Wa next
to impossible To learn the truth also wanted 70 sc
the effects Of prohibition on the spot LEAVING the
beautiful village of Booningtlllr. tud.-thr reli
gous centre eff Parke County's i've hundrvt Quaker
fImilies-on the l., ID. Il ). X. L., ran to Dscttdr
and thence had to diverse by ST. Louis, the Huul-
had broken the main line a. 81. Joseph.
Crossing the Big Moody to DOuiphan County.
Nan, journeyed thence, with many stops by the
way, down To Allen County. and thence eastward 70
this place. The first point noted was the enormous
increase of trade and travel since 1 Vi~iteds
Kansas in 1873. Every rosd seems busy. Where
there were two ears then. there are i've now: the
number OF trains every road i greatly increased:
the business in almost every town Is doubted. and
all the farmers OF my acquaintance say their clis-
has at least four times As mIch money It had in
1873. In place of Texas and Cherokee cows, | see
PRETTY fair of scrub aud 6o.ded stock: place
of ponies and tackirs, | sc the heavy PorrhrTau-
Norman and other wrll-hred horses. The un~iGhtly
pole and slab fences have given way TO barbyJ wire;
the streams bridsed, the farm houses plast-
ereI and there are not many CHANGERS anxious 10
sell out and
''Go BACK To FORT FAFs."
Bat, after all. there are many things in Kansas
which rather weary the ilouSicr's eye No dense
beech groves, walnut forests, no long stretches
Of blue grass, and, worst of all, sani gravel
along the streams, and no pretty smooth how!ders-
This Is all the NOR distressing to my eye. because
live in that part of Indiana whCrc all the earth
above the bedrock is the wear Of the crystalline
r0ck> Of CInada; WHERE every raaBiug stream i
scene Of beauty: the clear. bright waters ripping
over bottons OF clean pebbles and many cniu7-d
gravel. with heavy timber arrhing the wst'r. auI
long bars here and there of sand almost tine and
clean and White granulated sugar. IL serIns
me now | could hardly live in country south
Of the bowller drift And when | crussrd
from St Joseph, and bore westward on that branch
D. the Union Pacific, the first feature of the iauh-
scaPe to strike my eye WAS the black IuuJy creeks
the total lack of gravel. ami the fact that every de-
iached rock was sharp and irrrsnlar. showing that
i bad been broken of from some ledge near by and
never polished by the great ireplanes. The way in
which ones ideas contracted by want OF travel
pr rather the mP1ssibliy of getting any true idea
Df Other localities from bOoks-was amusrsly illus
irated by Kansas boy riding with me iic Wiz
nineteen years old born in this STATE. aud had
sr been further away than st Joseph; and he
iit rly amazed 10 learn that there sections Of
his country where the STREAMS ran over gravelly
beds, and where sand 10y millions of tons could b,
iad for nothing. Where he lived in Nrmrha fh.
,eoplc had come to the Missouri for sand to pl.~
er with; and through Northern Kansas generally
he soil in the bottom OF creek is Just black. and
muddy. Just free from grit. ~ the hi-hes
,lain In the southern part the streams mostly Tur
hrouSh solid Tock-simply cuts IN the ledge Tark
4 that section.
Landing at Troy, county seat Of Douiphan, onr ct
he strong Republican counties Of the State | wa-
lot little aStOni-hcd To fulr saloons open aud
oing thrVin. business. From the Enterprise.
nhlished At Severance, same county. learned that
eyeral salo"ns their kept open On sunday AMI Mon
dN, ana that at y. III the previous Sunday Their.
vas "A drunken row. IN which several shots ver-
red, and ''Sy Cunningham pounded nearly ."
rath This was rough on Sy.. aud il is 60 he hop
d that he j. not Of those 2C,OlO Immigrants
rho. according to st. John, came to Kansas To- cs
ape the whisky curse Altogether the authorities
ell me there are
TwENTr-Two oFES SALOONS
n Doniphan County. As the population il bat IS
co. this is about three timrs the sIluun ratio Of any
cction of lnaianl Although the county is struuz-
: Republican. u gave Click I 40 MINORITY which
act leads me TO remark that whisky j. "a mighty Gu
ioGs substance, ID n man has little or too rurrh
c bankers To- yotr the Democratic trkrt: while II
e is just fnll and no fuller he j. liable To- lee .
tia Republican. In my attendance At conventions
have observed that Republicans drank about a.
lnch a. DrInocra but a far better article cons
uently they stand 1t better aud make Ics, racket
always have to Keep extra guard over my s"ciabil
" at u Democratic convention.
From Troy went daSu To Atchi-an. where no.
ody prctcnds that TIE law l. enforced Whisky T.
old rs freely as in Ohio The is true nf ali the
order towns clear :" Oklahoma. - admitted by al
u no more need lie sill oi them. But when I
trunk into the int rior found p change. In John
Oh County the law Is EN- or'r' nit fashion that
= one can not get drink without snjn. through
very stable. oF mt" a cedar at tn" hIrS ni low
rstanrgnt- And the liquor is hurrti stun. This j.
rue al-o OF nearly all the liquor sold in the inter.
Ir of Kansas. IL reminds al the WHISKY sold bv
-nide" drug stores in Ohio during the "Cru,itc Of
g." At OTTAWA. the principal town on the /. l.. s
! rold, whisky can not he had hy tae drink but
an easily be obtained in qunFt bottles. and i OF
Iuch better quality than in the -Inxi,lrink towns
he same is true at Gar tt' the i.,Nt argo town.
MI at lola. IN Allen County. At lola they never
plerated u saloon long at TIM even LCi, re the
Itc law passed. but then, as now VIII sIy crud
obtained IN any dcrir,d qItIsIrq ~ qEtgt bot
Il. At this place halted two DAYS to attend To-
nmc real estate interests, AMI aIy land is 10y
ale; venture to aid TINT the irapr,, t. r.
Iarkabr. not in the town. t"r that j. not much lar
er than 1t was five years ago. hut the farmers have
utrun the towns. Corn lis at forty cent. ia Inll
~ time, for = or so, and other thing ~ proportion
: crops and prizes have been suu, for three years,
follows that fsIruc r. have pl uty 1r muury TEry
ave a more diversified system Of agrirultur, Jhun
hat OF i've or ten years ago: don't depend much
n one crup, and turn their rIuury NOR. readily in
took. Land il again atlvanrir. IN value au.I quar-.
-r-section farms. with dwelling hrusr, now rent for
lJ0 to s..O a year.
Theme ran down to Humboldt. the largest town
! Allen county. winch haS
FOUR OPEN SALOONS
ithput coucralmcnt or equiv 0ratiBn. Ia, pnpui1-
on not quite two thousand. ~ before noted. the
hi-ky gets meaner gets further into the
tate, but that at Humboldt caps the climax. Al
ie old SMILES of the Wabash VALLEY don't h,,ir, ,,
Il justice. IL il '.fnTty-rud." ''rhain-li shtuiEs
rot gut" and ''-od-corn hnr'fuutrd." ! can ran.-
are II to nothing but the ''-hprI-hsr,lei'- delight
urlnk invented IN o praiO, so deadly that "A
ho got drunk ON 1t stole hts own valIsc. ht IL in
le sage brush couldn't REMEMBER where when be
ut snhrr ami bad To get drunk again 10 ind 10.
here is unr salunn however which i An ryrcutiou
the pursuit Of kuowlrdgr ! stopped ~ the Er-r
loon came To and gave order, but couldn't 20
.yoBd the look ani! u mere tongue touch. ic1uldut
lord 20 assIssinate my sipnl~h that Ear from cd
abash; 50 handed II {" q dafk'y sitting by. lBy
ie way. there il complaint by town iaburrr- 81
ere being too many exodus DARK es in that section
two other saloons the view was enough but ~ tho,
a a linrtl with hgr az. H. NH
y was almost rs good a. We have IN lutIana. tHs
Ounty Attorney has repeatedly tried To convict
ere saioonsts but the usual Weakness defeats
ni-lark Of witnesses anil reliable jurors. Men who
rink in these salonn- every day. swear th'y don't
now what whisky i : land l could swear the same
# them il they got nothing but the common stuifI
jury of elye men IL is almost q certainty thai
ie will be sufficiently hostile 10 IL. law acquit
nj there il already agitation for "a more sfFiu-
mt Jury system In one county H." prosecutor
ale oat a censns. which showed but six hundred
sidrnt hOu-.hGlers not members 0fthe Temper.
Ire LTngue. they ther,fnrr summoned aRth,~s siX
indretl as witnesses. which Kept thrn uT the jury
III p3adc IL = dead thing on the dsfrn.lHut-
be movement IN Kansas has already ic.tchrd IL
cond stnse-a stage which the student Of -umpiu.
y law and ies'd tender paper money always l"uk-
Z soon or late-when the drmIHsl j. for srttiIz
Idle the common law. relaxing the rulcs Of r,r
nee aud enforcing more SUMMARY pFurr-S Of n.
st and eonii-cati"n. II these hc admitted an ap.
rent -ncces. will iOllOv, to hr followed ~ slu.
me by the third stage. then VFrsumptigc pro.T
III he admitted a. valid. aud part Of The penalty
20 To The inlOrmer- This IN long time viii
Use vile brood Of spis- aud iafyrincIs. who will
~ ON tic guilty as long there sHiiy ore. t.
~ on. aud then iIbrrI." eases against tic iuna-
Mt New and more Stringent euurrturut- will De-
n with more Ingenious rvasi1ts till the Law as
inrs the siyle of a s"It Of temp Internal ms
ire. 40 destructive that al bat professional spins
rddler- will he afraid to set IL IL motion Thu Il
VI he socially dir, putah- for auv rl,u tn MAKE .
mi,lant audcr the law. and tLen-t thu end j. at
nd. The whole ariihri f5ri~ vail .aiI .ur - ii.i-
ere viii he M lHw an the ~G',irct whatever. ard
cty, qHod hoe, will De IL MSS uus or sc n sta.
stuart after the Reign pf The SAINTS"
l. this fancy sk.tehi Have Ne not srcn tIis
und <" On at various Iilacr-l u l. plain To NJ
AZ Kansas i going through II even ruw. Here AZ
+ Scott they have Travelled the whole round aud
I back To the point where they fret started The
looms have twice been c1s-,i and reDisBsd: aud
ey arr open n"v-ninr oi then. EIrSf The prose
ton relied th- plain terms 81 The law aud lsiIrs
it, terror than Icy gc:ual prosecution they cIu.rd
saloons Ia close. The sal00nz r'oi,, ned ant the
nai machinery of SPIES sud detectives had To be-
He'd in. AZ iirst the Tsmpf raurr Lrugns did the
Brk themselves gTatHit9n-lg. Good citizens not
ry well known to tIe dealer dropped in bouaht
lnOr, and went to the aaJhnri;i,- aud made tls
uper oath. But II nee'.> S.illuJn to see that
Is system eiuld not last 4 basin. man IN Fort
utt. whose customers -ratts real fhraugh the al
cent country. hates 10 swear in or.n that he
itched ore or HOrc Of these ru.;1ueT- take a
ink. and with intent 10 inform them. an be
II going To swear to u often IL D. does he viii
M notir- "a falling off ia his eustutn. Wei. lie
1t resort was to hired Witnesses; and ali know