Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-29

der the homestead act. The soil of all
this reg5onsls a rich, black laaEn with 8
Limestone sub-sOil. The whole country
is underlaid with magnetism limestone
which largely supplies the absence Of
timber for Euld-ng purposes Ia this
scant5ly-timbered region It's so SOFT
that IL can be cut with a common saw
or heWn into shape with an AK when It
F.. first cOmes-Cut Of the quarry, but soon
hardens In he air and makes a building
more durabie than brick 1t Is mostly
of q straw color and makes a beautiful
bui Ding, resembling in outward ap-
pearancc Milwaukee brick it bears 2
finish Ike marble and some fine blocks
have cOrnIces and brackets cut and pol
ished of this material. 1t can be worked
IN Il lathe as easily as marble, aud I
have seen bases and OtE5r ornaments
that were turned from it. THIS is a
splendid winter wheat regioE; crops
gccerGlly turn out from 20 to 30 bushels
TO the acre. OF an excellent quality, and
the best -four in the State Is made from
wheat grown in the western hOmestea
regions. Corn Is also an excellent
crop; last year there was about an av-
erage of 30 bushels per acre, but 1t ire
quently goes better than that. POta-
toes, cabbageSs turnips and all kinds Of
vegetables produce abuudantly. The
old timers say that there is Il gradual
increase OF moisture and that crops are
much surer than they were during the
early days q settlement. There hal g
only been two failures Of corn crops
since the settlement, and never al en-
tire failure of wheat
] he solomon passes through the
soul hern and Deer creek through the
cen eC Of the county, from west to east,
and the numerous branches of these
large streams makes Phillips one of the
best watercd among the couk ties of
northern Kansas. Timber cannot be said
to be plenty, but there is enough for the
purposes of fuel, and it is growing faster
than it Is consumed. The magnetism
limestone exists in layers of varying
thickness, and of late years it is being
utilized for pOsls in wire fences 1t can
be bored almost as easily as wood and
in order to hold the wTess h-les are
drilled Ia the post and plugged tight
wood into which staples are driver.
Inc posts, if not everlasting, will any
how last longer than the wire, and can
be split and rlanted almost as cheGply
as good oak posts in Missouri. The
railroad delivers coal at an almost nom
inal rate and a great many settlers use
il instead Of
WOOD AND CoRSCOBs FO FUEL.
Where running streams are remote
stock men put wind pumps into the
bOuntiful wells and thus the water prob
lem IS solved on the high pra.ries. Cat
tie and sheep are abundant and becOm-
ing more plentiful every year, and tire
Quires very little feed the coolest win
ter beside the buffalo grass which cures
on the ground and makes excellent for
age all WIner when the snow Is not too
deep. Ali the locks and herds / have
seen are in splendid condition and some
OF them have had no feed except the
buffalo grass. But the best farmers
believe in feeding some anyhow during
the coolest weather.
PHILLIPsBURG, THE COUNTY SEAT,
Is located almost in the geographical
centre of the county and occupies =
beautiful location on the prairie north
of Deer creek. The business of the
town clusters for the most part around
the large public square, In the center of
which stands the magnificent two story
cut stone front court house. This was
erected at at cost of about fifteen
thousand dollars and is the handsOmest
building Of the kind in northwestern
Kansas. The people are pub &c spirited
and wide awake and the the town has
number of handsome private residences.
The town has q good school house and
graded school and two handsome
churches, two hotels, i've general stO es,
one hardware store, two drug stores
Two grocery stores, one furniture store
two livery stables, two blacksmith
shops, one harness shop and number
of small shops of various kinds, The
town is twelve years old and has pop
ulatiOn of about five hundred.
There is an immense trade comes to
the town from the north and west,
which is regarded as the best farming
portion of the county.
Among others who have our thanks
FOR favors, is Mr.. y f. Morse, the pop
ulaU cashier Of
The PHILLIPS COUNTY BANK.
This bank is one of the solid Conserva-
tive institutions of the north y est. with
q capital Of $4,000, and doing an eX-
ceIleHt busi1ess. They do all kinds Of
banking business, and make collections
q specially. B.-L. Harding, of the Des
AlOines & OsceOla railroad IS president
and Cf. w. Young vice-preslGent OF TINS
bank.
The Herald is the nsme of a well ed
tied, live, and neWsy county paper pub
Ished at PhLipsburg by Mr. Vim. Bis
sell The POstoffice Is on the north
side of the square and kept by Alr- H.
c. Spaulding, one of The Old-hmers and
best citizens Of the county Mr. ).
keeps a handsome stock Of schOOl-bOOks
stationery notions, etc.
KANSAS Al LkRGE