Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-18
THE COUNTRY AND POLITICS AWAY
OUT SOUTHWEST.

WooDsDALE, Stevens Co., Kan.
To the Editor OF the EAGLE.
Southwest Kansas Is sure to be the
garden spot of the state. 1t Is becoming
thickly populated, and all kinds of small
grain have proved success. Notwith-
standing the dry weather of last year we
can show some of the finest wheat In the
state.
This Is large fiat country, the soil
full OF mari which did not wash when
the waters receded from this portion of
the earth, The soil needs cultivating
| two or three years to bring it to the best
| producing condition.
The Great American desert has rapid
ly disappeared. We have had abundant
rains, and mother earth and her children
are rejoicing.
Stevens is one of the counties still des-
tltute of railroad facilities; but bonds
have been voted and we shall soon have
a railroad. The DIulvane extension of
the Santa Fe has surveyed and located a
line through this county. 1t comes from
Ashland via Meade, Butre, West Plains,
Springfield, Moscow, Wcodsdale, Moon
light and Richfield to Trinidad, Colorado;
putting us In direct communication with
the greatest coal mines in the west.
1t Is expected that this road will build
line southwest from Richfield, making
direct connection with the present
line at Albuquerque, avoiding the high
grade OF the RattoOn mountains. There
Is no better place to get good homes
with small means than in Stevens
county. Lots are cheap in Moscow and
Woodsdale. A little money invested
now will be fortune when the railroads
are built.
The Rock Island has also surveyed
railroad line through Moscow, Woods
dale and Moonlight. The town of
Moonlight is being built on government
land. When proved up it will cost $1.2J
an acre, and the lots will belong to the
occupants who reside there.
Good farms can be bought for $500 to
81, 200 per 100 acres. Of this, from $500
to $500 can run from three to five years
at from to s per cent interest. This
land Will double in value with the build
ing of the railroad
Both Democrats and Republicans seem
pleased with their national tickets. In
some OF our counties the contest between
the two parties will be close one. The
Democrats are jubilant over the nomina
ton OF John Martin for governor.
Who will the Republicans nominate?
The Stevens county delegate lives at
and will vote for A. w. Smith,
but Smith is not the choice of the Re
publlcans OF Stevens county. Hugoton
was settled by Mcpherson men and of
course they favor him, but Smiths course
In the last legislature did not make |
friends for him.
1t is also known that a scheme |
is on foot to make new
judicial district in the southwest, |
and Smith has promised to appoint j. L. |
Pancost for judge if he is elected gov
ernor. This is just what the people here
do not want. The only delegate A. w.
Smith will get in the southwest will be
The delegate from Hugoton. !
The delegate from Morton county on
5he west is outspoken for S. B. Bradford.
After Bradford, d. r. Anthony. J.. 3.
Johnson or L. U. Humphrey.
The delegate from Seward, east of us.
viii never vote for Smith. There has
)een too much lawlessness in Hugoton
or people to nominate Hugoton's candi-
late for governor.
S. B. Bradford would poll the full party
Tote here. So would j. B. johnson or
10 U. Humphrey. d. r. Anthony
would run ahead of the ticket. There
re many old Kansas settlers in the
outhwest, some of them Democrats,
Who say they would vote for d. r. An
hony on any ticket, because he is an
id resident, ana they knew he was true
n the early history of the state.
Giye us straight man; a true Repub-
can, not a tool of corporations, and we
romise you an old time Republican
najority in the southwest
Yours, A REPUBLICAN.