Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-01-29
NEW KlOWA, KAN

To the Editor of the Daily Eagle.
The non-arrival of the EAGLE is an
event with US. II has beceme as ne
cessary q factor almost as a cup of COT
fee for breakfas and while we do not
have the EAGLE for. breakfast, 1t is
the only great daily that does reach
us on the day of its issue. What the
Times and Tribune are to the trusting
population of Chicago and suburban
towns the EAGLE is TO us
We are familiar with and like its
makeup" and by lis extended as<o-
ciatcd press reports are, down here on
the border of the Indian Territory,
kept as well informed ofall important,
foreign, and domestic news as if we
lived in Kansas City or Chicago. 1t
has been especially appreciated dur
ing the late bad weather, when out
door life has been almost barred,
and in this connection | wish
to correct false report
that seems to prevail in regard TO the
loss of cattle on the ranges adjoining
this section of Southwestern Kansas.
| heard at Medicine Lodge only last
week that they were dying by thou
sands everywhere. Since coming
home | have seen Messrs. ErreIl &
Justus, Ballinger & Schlupp, Stacy
Bros. ID. Il. Streeter and others just
off the ranges, and while they report
that the cattle show the effect Of such
long, continued and severe cold
weather, not one per cent have died,
and if we have a thaw to-day, as we
had yesterday, they will begin to i'm
prove at once. This Will be good news
to many of your readers. The stock
interest is great one in this country,
and especially in the southwest. y
repetition of last winters losses would
have been hard indeed, but the pros
poets are good yet.
Last year was our first one for
shipping stock. 4. J. Snyder & Co,
of Kansas City and Chicago sent from
here / $40 ear loads; J. b. Stotter &
Co., Chicago and Kansas City, 176
cars; Hunter & Evans, Chicago and
Kansas City, LAG cars; Quinien e Co,
Chicago, 173 cars; Clay g. Dorest,
Chicago, 6S ears: Irwin & Allen, Chi
cago, 149 cars; and others, 426; aggre-
eating 2,670 cars. The total number
of cattle shipped Ct, $50. which amount
will be quadrupled the coming year,
and will materially aid in advancing
our prosperity.
The future of New Kiowa is row
assured: not croaker is left in our
community. The advance agents of
the rush of emigration are already be-
ginning to arrive. In few weeks
the great mass will begin to daily
pour in. No other town in this
country seems to offer quite
SO many rare advantages
to the farmer and business men as
New Kiowa. The extreme fertility of
our adjacent farming country, our ex-
cellent home market, (the military
posts and great cattle ranches drawing |
supplies from here, the facilities for
shipping away supplies, all combine
to make this good town for business
of every kind. An immediate increase |
can safely be predicted, as the extern
sion of the Southern Kansas railroad |
the Indian territory will be begun at
once. l understand that it will take
for the first twenty-five miles, two
hundred and thirty full trains of
twenty cars each, to move the mate
rial here. and when this road is COM
pleted to the Panhandle of Texas, a
new section will be opened up for set
the inaccessibility of which
is now understood to be a splendid
which will become immedi-
ately tributary TO this place. Several
firms are now large shippers directly
into this territory by wagons.
A good Touring mill is needed here,
and would be kept in full blast night
and day.
This is good hotel town, and es-
pecialW has the Hardwick earned a
reputation to be proud of.