Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-07-17
SOUTHERN KANSAS.
Graphite Correspondence

Kansas City. A walt OF two hours
and we boarded a train on the South
ern Kansas Ry, bound for thh "Great
Southwest" OF one of the best states in
the union.
Crops IN the eastern portion of the
state-as far down as Cherryvale. 56 |
miles south of Kansas Clty-look |
worse than they do with US in Adair.
The train that we were on was the first
that had run through. since July Ist,
owing to the June rise of the Neosho,
and the floods of rain that week. All
along the Neosho valley the farmers
are drowned out. and the corn and
wheat crop to the value of thousands
OF dollars destroyed
We stopped off day in the beauti-
full little city of Cherryvale. Every
body here is talking about Harper,
Barbour, Mead and Clarke counties,
and everybody who has any cash, is
investing in town lots in the new towns
that are springing up and beng laid
on. n til locality.
Thursday mornmga. - o'clock we
again boarded the train bound W..
en- route for Attica, the latest Kansas
Wonder. S46 miles southwest of Kan
sas City.
Sixty miles west Of Cherryvale the
appearance of crops and the lay of tle
country changed, and we lost sight of
timber. AS far as the eye could reach
for miles on either : de, immense corn,
wheat and oat fields are observed, sur
rounded by..beautiful fences of hedge,
and promising abundant crops;
corn having fine healthy, green ap.
peararce, and most OF it tasseled ont.
/ At one point we saw man riding
horseback through cornfeld, and the
corn higher than his mead.
Most all the harvesting is done and
,hrashing is in full progress, As we
approach Winfield, wheat is two
thirds, and cats big, full crop.
WINFIELD
might appropriately be called the
''Stone City" In this place you find
no plank notwithstanding but stone
pavements, which this year cost about
ten cents per square foot. 1t Is said
that there are over forty miles of this
pavement in the city, which boasts, ac-
cordlng tosthe school census, of 1000
inhabitants. The business is located
on one main street, the building Of
later days being all stone; and the old
frame ones fast disappearing. One
store room, occupied by the post office
which would correspond in size and
appearance to one of our east side
buildings, sold for $I2,ooo. A cot
tage with only two rooms, rents for
$40, and dwelling house like the one
occupied by our post master, rents for
$50 per month. Winfield has both
gas and water works, and street car
line has been surveyed and will be
built in the near future. At a business
meeting last week $4,000 was SUBJ
scribed to secure the location of a
church college. This whole section is
made up OF class OF farmers and
business men who have grit, pluck,
energy and enterprise, and who know
no such word as fail. Almost every
state has contributed, but Indiana, Il
linois and Kentucky probably more
than any others, to its settlement.
ATTICA
the "Kansas wonder" Is situated in the
western part of Harper county, on the
line of the Southern Kansas X. R., and
is the point where 1t branches, one line
going to Hazelton and Kiowa which is
already completed 70 within three
] miles of Hazelton and the graders are
t here awaiting orCer to go to work on
4 Medicine Lodge branch which Is to be
finished by January 1st, 1886. But a;
to the wonder" it is so called because
the city, only one,y ear old tie second OF
this month, has T opulation of over
1900 hundred and Is destined to be one
l of the leading cities of southern Kan,
S sas as we'll as a railroad center for they
+. already have a splendid prospect OF the
r Sun Flower road being extended from
: Authors to this city and on to Dodge
, city, and also the extension of the Santa
Fee from kingman to this point. The
, population are not of the worst class oI
people, as great many suppose Of
trontie, towns, but on the other hand
society is as good as can he found any.
where in the East, for it Is only peo.
pie who possess the greatest amount
= of pood common sense that come IN
: this great west; 50 II one contemplates
: coming to Harper county, he need give