Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-09-18
The Trego County Display Capt.
Yates
The Crowd Of Observers at Bis.
marck.
Catch Our Hat as It Comes Down!
The Four Counties Of Trego, Jeffer
son, Douglas and Wyandotte
Are the Counties Whose Display
Attract the Most Attention.
Glory Enough for One Week.


Glory Enough for One Week.
Kansas City Daily Journals.
From the far west comes Trego, almost
the end of the earth, it seemed few
years ago. 1--WE are not here to take the
prize, but just to show what we can do, y
explained the manager, Colonel Ben @.
Rich, as he expatiated on the beauties
of Western Kansas to wondering group.
The vegetables. grains and tame grasses
exhibited would do credit to any country,
and It is difficult for many farmers to be-
lieve that the fine corn was raised on sod.
The display was gotten up by the
Trego County Improvement association.
Among the curiosities are miniature log
and sod houses, the dwellings in which
the early settlers resided until they had
overcome the obstacles of distance and
expense, which prevented the erection of
better dwellings,. Buffalo grass is also q
curiosity, and besides that Mr.. Rich has
forty-fve varieties of native grasses. All
kinds of tame grasses soon get to be at
home in that country, as is shown by
specimens of fourteen varieties of tame
grasses also grown in Trego county sod.
Other displays in the building are fine,
but these four counties deservedly at
tract the most attention. The judges will
have difficult task awarding the prizes.
The department is under the able man.
agement of William Miller and his affable
assistant, o. E. Aver.
The above reading is clipped from an
article delineating the magnifcence of the
displays of the other three counties
named in one of the headings to this
article. This explanation is deemed nee
essary to show why the names of the
counties do not occur in the text of the
extract referring to Trego county. We
can afford to be fair, under the circum-
stances, even to small details. Can't we?
Topeka Commonwealth, 8.
Trego county has display that effect
ually gives the lie to all preconceived
notions of that far off region. In it are
fifty-seven varieties of grasses, forty-s
of which are natives, the balance being
tame grasses. It has grain samples so
numerous as to make it certain that all
grains can be successfully grown there;
and vegetables OF all varities except
| celery. I think our friends out there
admit that the altitude is too great for
growing celery. Curious features of this
exhibit are a complete sod house and a
log house, the latter built of logs cut
from the timber claims of the county,
all of which were planted since $780,
This exhibit is made by the Trego Coun-
ty Improvement association, and is III
charge of Ben G. Rich, Trego county's
superintendent, and his wife, who live on
900 acre ranch near Wa-Keeney.
TREGo ONE OF THE IMMORTAL SEVEN.
Kansas City Journal, 8.
Seven Kansas counties are represented
in Agricultural hall, with county dis
plays. They are: Allen, Douglas, Re-
worth, and Trego. Each has evidently
as to their respective merits would be
this year than ever before.
Kansas Farmer, Is.
An interesting and attractive display
from Trego county occupied the central
part of the hall, consisting of grain, grass.
es, vegetables and other products of the
county, including the novel display of
miniature sod house and little log cab
in, the latter being made from trees
grown on the timber claims in the county.
This display was made by tho Trego
County improvement Association. Mr..
and Mrs. Ben c. Rich had the same in
charge, and won the good opinion of all |
for Trego county.
The Trego county display was all put up |
in the rough, in state of Nature. It |
was the novely of the exhibit that at |
tracted attention. It was unique and
altogether q surprise. People in the
East did not expect that Tnego county,
away out on the plains, 285 miles west
Of Lawrence, could make such showing. |
There was little of most everything |
produced in Trego county, but not much |
of any sort or variety. Our corn was as
good as any; potatoes were not excelled;
tomatoes, beets, melons ETC., compared
favorably with those shown by other
counties; while Trego county had the
only two plates Of peaches in Agricultu-
raj Hall. The display of grasses was ex-
ceptional,y fine comprising 81 varieties
which was artistically arranged by Ma.
Jennie E. Rich. The sod shanty and
log cabin occupied prominent positions
and attracted much attention. Mr.. and
Nina Rich gave out 500 copies Of the
World and 500 of the 7ri1sne, and
could have given ont 1000 more had they
had them.
Trego county gets premium Of $75
for creditable display, a special premium
offered the Union Pacific r. r.
Sheriff Baker returned from Leavsn-
worth Monday evening, whers b. had
been to convey Stewart, the Buffalo Park