Richmond democrat., 1885-12-03
Mr.. GnovE. Mo. Nov. q,

EDITOR ljENDtRAT W ntn Nlhh
gets ready to move from his Old home
here are always many uf his friends
who call ON him Just before he l"aves.
md with the good-l yes are extracted
from him promises that he will write
when he gets there AMI tell all about !
The country to which he is going. This
has been our case. We promised many
friends and also the DEMOCRAT t"l
write up South Missouri for their and
It's special lenen,. There are so many
who have their eyes turned toward
this country and would perhaps h"
misled by Il single statement or mis-
statement from us, that we have
dreaded writing.
On our trip to Western Kansas and
the Indian Territory last spring we
gave our conscientious views of thar
country its possibilities AMI its pres
ent seeming grandeur we dwclt on ut
h.ngths livt its diss,itaii,isgezp
we wrote vt pf. fearing
we might discourage some one from
going and testing It's qualities, After
that tiip we came {, Springfield. Mo-.
and found u "Grm city the QUEEN
Of the Ozlrks." Onr purpose in this
letter is not tu ru'ogizr Springfield.
Cmthrgp, ii rec Cit,. u livar or Mt.
Grove, further tll II to sly they ae
daisies" and thn court kuuws it.
.he question is asked u] Icy many
lIayites how South Mis-our' comp " =
with Western Kansas. Well. the Goa
paris II b'irgs TO view II narke co'
trast Nrsu rn KansaS is generally
lev.l. with somewhat sandy soil. j.
tree'eis and has no springs To sp az of.
South Missouri is in>t the oppnS tr
rolling. cny.lel with II nj Lci>y
grnw'h of timber. Spr,ng' IN ibnnd'
anre. aml ihr soil re- lily g' 1t. hl' very
decriving To- the new go n.r. Weston
Kansas has Yer Il serious drawha ks.
while ~ou'h Miss nri hss bur one, viz:
Rock This is n hard drwbacS TO Ia
$ Iir. bat not as insurmnuut ,hl' AMI
serious rs wtu'd appear at first gl'nr',
M'mv rom here. Look aruund and say.
81 Well. I've seen Nj. Grove now shrw
MS tie mountains :" The, ran'i r~a'-
ize that they are 1900 feet above sea-
level and on the high st pi IT. { lh
Ozarks. save lI I'D X lCh. thr e-quarters
of Il mile east of her, which is l,S'n
feet. The WACO r"ad froM lh Mis-
solri river is lnng. hard and rough
drive, and many ears fail ; efor"
reaching here tlim. IT,. and Norte, tpr
insilrrel Around Mt. Grovr llle
country is generally level. Although
the altitude is high. springs are fonlnl
all over town and wells are but Is to
% feet deep. Thr s1il is rich and rocks
are not SO plenty You can drive for
many miles around and not encounter
many of these bugbears
Crops have been very go vi and c'rn
will average with North Missouri.
But. white corn does we'll here clover,
a,a,Ia t,r s,ocL raisino Thorc .re u
,,,,,,,,,r - do r,rr,s ,I,out her. VA,
can pick ont the good wording farmer
-. ;,,,',I,,. tha tr;,, ,,nditio nf b.s
land. South Missouri has he ~ cnrSed
i,u ,,a ,,,i,st oI,ssof ,il,ers of tb.
snii y.o,,.e .v,.r mot Refor,. the com
inc or tho X g. Fl : SO railroad il
ne bnrd mattor IN find \ resncctuIJc
rarn IN ali Son,h Niss,uri Now they
ora ronnd lao III. l,undrods That road
h.. h,a, ',,n,1 thina r,r Ills cnur.
+n,. n,,l :, i ,o.ri,c l,io r.vo,l in
~, ,tr,n,. II Ans.
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raad.r ,o,,st no, tbinl, ,har. isro I.ve,
md sn,n,,h lanl frso of rocL If wa
,rar, o.I,od un,n to give a, estimate
,f tha Iard tha, ia oood f,r rarmino-
hot Il fnr ,rain and tam. grasses
,r, ,ro,,I1 sa,. fonr-dr,hs NJ ,be land
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