Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-07-19
FaIRVIEW CLIPPINGS.

| terror 10 make weeds grow. din aUout
crops not growing in Western Kansas,
just come out to us and we will show you
the biggest corn you ever saw. Oats and
millet turned out tip top. On account OF
being rather dry last fall, Fairview did
did not put in much wheat, but what lit
tie was put in, turned outwell. Late pota-
toes are doing well, and vegetables were
never better, neither here nor any other
place Mic Mayrath claims that he will
have vegetables enough alone to supply
the Dodge City market and that he never
had better prospect for good crop than
this year. and he raised some good crops
heretofore.
Trees planted this spring are making
rapid growth.
Stephen Reynolds is experimenting
the work of putting up the bridge at
Howell across the raging Arkansas
river.
MIR and Mrs H. J. Gyles, Mrs. Ender-
ly Mrs. Reighard and Harry Gyles, re-
turned from Chicago last week. They
report hard times east, and the best crops
they saw going and coming was in Kan
sas, and Ford county is good enough for
them.
Mr.. William Wilkinson took a trip
south in Clark and Meade counties last
week. He reports that these deprecated
sand hills in Fairview show better grass
and crop of all kinds, than he met in all
| his travels.
Fairview people celebrated the 4th-
some by having big picnic at Enderly s
grove, others at Chas. Beeman's place,
and still others had picnic and dance at
Garises old place, now Gallagher and
Mayrath's island
Cattle are, on account of having good
grass, all in condition fit for the butch
| ers block
Mr.. Chas. Beeman sold two Car lots,
and Mr.. Gyles shipped one Car lot to
Kansas City, of cattle. We did not find
| out the price received.
Some of our hay men have commenced
cutting hay.
ID. c. NJ. & T. railroad is finishing up,
| and laying its track as fast as the bridge
! builders build the bridges and cattle
guards
Quite number of Fairview men are
| working on the railroad.
Our folks would like to know if we
are to have county fair this fall.
For the benefit of the candidates we
| will state that Fairview generally votes
three republicans to one democrat but
this fall will be four republicans to one
democrat not counting one greenbacker
| Fairview has.
Mr.. II. H. Wells of Royal townihip,
this county, having heard SO much of the
| fine crops we have on this side of the
river, concluded to come and see for him
self, he did so last week, and was aston
ished at the size and height of our corn
and other crops.
A number of our people went fishing
last sunday and got all the fish they
could carry home.
We are haying Sunday school in all
school houses every Sunday, but some
people prefer to go fishing and picking
plumbs than going to Sunday school.
Since Mr.. Enderly was appointed trus-
tee of Richland township, there has
been much needed road repairing and
grading done on our main road to Dodge
City, for which all our people feel CRATE
full to AIr. Enderly.
Your article on the croakers last week
hit one or two in Fairview, we suppose
every township has its share of them,
they are always looking at the dark side
of things hunting for an excuse to
croak if it don't rain every day, then
they are afraid of a drought, if it does
rain then they are afraid corn and other
seed will rot in the ground or the
rain will mash away a hill or two These
croakers are always looking for calam-
ity to happen, and there ought to be a
law passed to subdue them.
Fair View has five or six old settlers
who came here before the drouth of 1879
and SO and who suck to the country. |
while others with less sand went back |
east to their wife's folks. These five or |
six that stayed are all we'll fixed and
should an off year come with poor crops |
it will not effect them, and does not |
worry them much. While going in and |
out from Dodge City, we pass some well |
improved farms, nice clean crops and
lots of it. while here and there we find |
patches of weedy corn, other little
patches of other crops full of weeds. |
with no cultivation, poor blowing and if |
we look on the shady side of the house |
or shanty, we will see poor specimen
of farmer holding down the shade and
growing about the country. This class
OF farmers would starve if placed it para
disc, and the sooner they leave US the
better for us and the country.
Mr.. John Goodwine has been taking
samples of to s feet corn, to town. Mr..
Mayrath says that he has lost several
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