Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-17
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Editor Times: According to past hab-
its I find myself seated ready to pour
into your much abused ear an account
of our trip to Mcpherson. We board
ed the 2.3O train on the Rock Island
R. r. As it was night we slept until day
light and then put in our time gazing
at the beautiful country. | never saw
as much of the prairie under cultivation.
Field after field Of corn just peeping
through the ground and field after field
of wheat, the fineest | ever saw.
Talk about hard times in Kansas, why
there is going to be enough wheat "a
lone raised between Dodge and McPher
son to more than feed and cloth the
whole population, and as Kansas is such
temperance state | wonder what will
be done with the corn and rye.
The country perfectly level and nice,
and just enough breaks to afford good
drainage and although I did not stop to
get acquainted with the farmers 1 feel
safe in saying that they are model
people any wise, very wise, for their
homes are places of beauty and of
course they will be a JOY forever.
The farmes all have groves generally
the house Is almost hidden by the
foliage showing that the farmer has
an eye to beauty as we'll as comfort.
we did not see much stock as the coun-
try is mostly cultivated but what we
did see were good grade, another endica-
ton of the wisdom of the Kansas far
mer.
At Groveland a small station six
miles from Mcpherson we saw the first
grain elevator.
In Mcpherson there are large eleva-
tors and although the people said there
was almost failure of crops last year
we saw wagon loads of corn both she'll
ed and not shelled on the streets, bust
ness is brisk and you find that same
class of energetic people for which Kan
sas is noted.
McPhersan city we found to be love-
ly place, but not one bit nicer than
Dodge can be in time There is one
thing that Dodge has surlv forgotten
that is parks. Mcpherson parks can
scarcely be described and they are to
the city what the feathers are to bird.
Fine buildings, both business and
dwelling houses but poor side walks.
All classes of business we'll represented.
There was sugar war going on "a
mong the grocery men, one firm had
purchased some 100000 worth of sug-
ar. They thought they would be able
to hold the fort with that amount
We landed at the Merchants Hotel,
Ben. Robson, proprietor and were we'll
entertained and taken care of by him
self and lady.
Mr.. Bass showed US the lions and we
were so enchanted that We could scarce
ly leave the place.
We left Mcpherson on the NJ. P. R.
r. passed through fine country, struck
the flint hills east of Fldorado, from
there on to Nevada Mo. you can see
diversified country. Parts of the land
will delight your eye, strips Of it will
be covered with stone not fit for any
thing but grazing, there we saw vast
herds of cattle and sheep.
Woodson County must get its name
from the timber that grows there. l
never believed that there was any natur
al timber in the state of Kansas, and if
there are those that do not believe it 90
to Union City and see the emense guam
titles of wood they ship.
know there are some discontinued
people in Dodge, my advice to them is
to take trip through the east part of
the stste and let the people tell them
how they have succeeded by staying
just at certain place, some years they
were successful and some they would
become almost discouraged, but. hold
fast was their motto, and after so
long time they are rich.
1t you wish to get out CT Kansas,