Wichita eagle., 1888-01-15
"BURRTON REJOICETH."
To the Editor Of the Eagle:

country as there is in the state of Kan
sas. Truly, the farmers in the vicinity
of Burton have produced wonderful
corn crop this year, of which many sam
pies of large ears of corn are hanging
from one end of the Santa Fe depot to
the other. Thousands and thousands of
ears decorate the front of the depot. and
on cne end of the depot there is a large
muslin bulletin reading: Burton is the
city in the center of a large and pro-
ductive belt of soil which produced this
year the largest yield of corn OF any
portion of the state, and furthermore,
we do not wish to Hatter the farmers too
much, but only compliment them for
their good sense and good management,
after they have raised their good big
crops of corn they, or great many, at
least, have some ca tile and hogs which
they can feed it to, and thereby get a
grand benefit from their labors. and the
sooner every farmer in the state of Kan
sas finds out that he is simply doing the
downright hard work during the
hot summer days and raising his
one. two and three thousand
bushels of corn, or, in other
words, fat-producing articles, and selling
it as soon as it is good roasting for Is OF
90 cents per bushel, and thus giving it
over into the hands of some one else to
sit back in his chair and feed it to vast
numbers of cattle and hogs and making
the money that every farmer so Justly
deserves. and which is SO nicely and
easily done, the sooner they Will start on
the road to real independence.
Then. farmers. why can't we all raise
our eight. ten and twelve head of steers
and twenty to thirty head Of hogs and
feed our own corn to our own cattle and
hogs and make all there is in it, and es-
pecially make it when we would other
wise be sitting roasting our shins by the
fire Of cold winter days and complaining
that there is nothing for the farmert to do
in winter time in Kansas.
Now. again, farmers, I say let's get
out Of debt, stop paying our and 3 per
cent month on borrowed money, raise
our own corn, our cattle and hogs, feed
our stock our corn and when in mar
ketable condition sell them to the man
who will give us the biggest price. But
hold on; we forgot that Burton is in that
country where the farmers raise enough
for home consumption of every kind and
some to spare, also.
We can safely say and without fear of
contradiction that there is more cattle
being fed in the vicinity of Burton than
in any other neighborhood in this part of
the state.
Burton people are also happy from the
fact bat they are more connected with
the "wOnderful metropolis of Kansas.
Wichita by Kansas Midland bands of
steel railway. Pretty soon a common re-
mark among the boys will be. ''are you
going over to the city tomorrow A re-
mark which would have sounded very
funny indeed before their connection
with the city of Wichita, for it is little
too far to Kansas City to speak in that
manner. To, illustrate what there really
is in direct connection. The people in
towns from eighty to one hundred and
fifty miles from Wichita speak of going
over to the Peerless Princes tomorrow.
etc. More than citizens on other lines
not more than thirty or forty miles dis
tant. Oh. but there is a vast and glori-
Gus tract of rich productive land
throughout southwestern Kansas. which
railroads are fast building through and
the beauty of it is nearly every town OF
city of any importance is tributary to the
wonder, Wichita.
Knowing that the people of Burton
did not want any chestnuts we omitted
locating the city-for everybody who
knows where Kansas is. ought to know
where the city of Burton is.
Now the question is why shouldn't
their city prosper and grow? They have
the best of railroad facilities.
both the Santa Fe and Kansas Midland
and a very good prospect for the Union
Pacific. Furthermore Burton has very
excellent class OF business men: among
those we met while in their city We're.
Messrs. Dick & Buhler. who carry an
immense stock of dry goods. clothing,
groceries. etc. Mr.. Sherry. editor of the
Burton Graphic which by the way is
one of the best weekly papers in the
west, we mean just what we say, too, for
Mr.. Sherry has the interest of his town
and the welfare of her people at heart.
Burton has two good banks. the Bank
of Burton. and each of its members
seem to readily realize how much good
both Wichita and Burton is to receive
the new railroad connections Mr. G..
VI. ShiveS is the genial postmaster and a
gentleman who is always ready to grant
a favor. 5. J. RadiN, proprietor of the
Radix hotel, is a clever gentleman and
one who can accommodate the boys with a
meal and any priced cigar they
are minded to smoke. w. H. Will
son. whose line is hardware, carries a
large stock.
Dr. Hamilton is the only physician we
had the pleasure of meeting. and we
hope their town is so healthy that they
need no other.
II. 5. Thompson is one among Burr
tons large stock feeders. Mr.. Thompson
is feeding near two hundred head this
winter and says they have train load
of cattle for Wichita just as soon as our
stock yards are completed.
w. l.. Daily, brother of Banker Daily
at Mt. Hope. is one of the boys who is
also seeing where is the best and safest
place to loan his money. and at a good
rate of interest.
Riley Day is running the Farmers
Home. hotel.
Alfred Norris is one of the old aime
Kansas men. Mr.. \. is engaged in the
grocery business.
T. J. kiff is proprietor of the leading
meat market in the city.
J. Long is running a first class livery
barn on the south side.
Banker Welch is on the south side and
saws as soon as our connections are per-
fected he is going to visit our wonderful
city.
j. \. Moore is general merchant on
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