Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-11-21

Wallace, and understands it thoroughly.
Mr.. Webb is also carpenter.
J. 81. Mather, practical surveyor and
a gentleman Of fine intelligence, has an
Office at Wallace, and seems to have plen-
ty of business in this line. He also does
government land business.
Alvin Bennett, formerly Of Colby, is To-
Gated at Wallace. He is splendid man,
and business with him is wearing q
golden hue.
Hughes Bros, the land agents, have de-
termined to locate permanently at Wal
lace. To the senior member, w. g., we
are indebted for the pleasure Of his COM
pany to Fort Wallace and back to town.
He is a blight young man of pleasing ad-
dress, intelligence and moral habits. His
brother is absent in the eastern part Of
the stste for short time, and this fur
nisned us the chance to share his part OF
good bed with W. G. Monday night, for
which we felt grateful, you run no risk in
believing.
1T. Allen, late of Ness county, is in
the land business at Wallace. He is an
old Kansan-for q young man-and
knows exactly what he is up to.
DR.. Alex. s. Hatch, who went to Wal
lace few weeks ago with the intention
Of showing newspaper craft out to sea,
has made a change in his calculations
which suggests to us that a business vein
permeates his frame. He has concluded
to open a drug store, and is building a
house for this purpose.
John Biehler, son-in-law Of our old
neighbor, VIM. Stimits, still fills in the
railroad roundhouse at Wallace the po-
sition of engineer, a job at which he has
been engaged for about three years. Mr..
Biehler will make Trego county his home
after awhile.
There is already one drug store in Wal
lace. It is run very carefully by Mr..
Ebert. He keeps leading periodicals and
books to an extent which many druggists
good deal further east would lose moth
ing in attempting to initiate.
We might mention more people, but
the line has to be drawn somewhere, and
we see no better place for it than here.
THE GOVERNMENT RESERVATION
Is menace to the upbuilding of Wal
lace. This reservation was reserved by
the general government when Fort Wal
lace was established by General Custer
about the close of the late war. The res
ervation is seven miles in length east and
west and two in width. It takes in the
Smoky Hill river in the course of its
length. Wallace, as nearly as we can as
certain, lies in the extreme northwest cor
ner of the reservation. There have been
two surveys, one making it this way and
the other locating the west line Of the
reservation at the second chimney from
the west end of the Wallace Hotel. Cap
tain Daniels, of Grinnell, an old plains
man for whose opinion on typographical
subjects we have great respect, declares
that the latter survey is the proper one.
As a rule, the citizens of Wallace appear
to think better of the other survey. How
ever this may be, meeting was held at
Wallace, Monday night, for the purpose
Of taking steps to have Congressman
Hanback, lay the matter before congress
at as early day as possible in such man
ner as to render it practicable for settlers
to purchase lots and build on them with
safety. As necessary outcome of the
present embarrassment, the houses which
are being built now average to be shan
ties.
Wallace occupies beautiful location
for city. With the reservation difficulty
settled, only one thing appears which
could prevent her rapid development.
This is the question of finding water. At
present, the water supply for the town
is forced through pipe by an engine
which is operated a mile and half to
the southwest. The railroad company
pays man one hundred dollars month
to work this engine. OF course, there
are those who contend that plenty of wa
ter can be had at Wallace for the labor
of sinking wells. The fact Of there being
no existing evidence of this being COR
rect, is not big argument in behalf of
the theory.
Immigration is coming into Wallace
and spreading over the country. In the
course of the next six or seven months
the free range will: be sadly cut up by
land seekers. We heard an old man,
about two of whose forms would be re-
quired to cast respectable shadow, re-
mark rather emphatically that the cattle
men have to go. His assertion reminds
us of Bob Ingerson on religion and of the
fellows who constantly find fault with the
Jury system in connection with the judi
ciary. This old man, like Bob and the
other fellows, should not insist so relent-
lessly for change until he has substi-
tute which would be an improvement on
what he would see abolished. There is
no harm, perhaps, in wishing to see
enough feed raised in Wallace county to
afford cattle some corn fodder or millet OF
other forage during the comparatively
few days in the course Of year when
they can not rustic with ease for them
selves. There is harm. however, in any
general agitation Of the subject of farming
in Wallace county at present, to the ex-
clusion of the stock interests. Wallace