Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
CROK TTEMIS.

Everybody IS busy, yea even your
scribe. Sunday school has been or
ganiZed in Dist. 112 with Elder Ward
Mitchell as Supt. e.. Harley, son of
Ward Mitchell, had one Of his legs
badly injured by colt jumping on
him. Chas. Hobbs, of KensingtOn
has purchased eighty acres of land in
GlenwOOd township. Chas. believes
in having farm where failures are
unknown. . g.. Miss Eva ROmjue, who
has lately returned from Mcpherson
College, is now leading the young
hopeful Of the Grow school district
to the fountain Of knowledge. Miss
Nellie Marks has begun her fifth or
sixth term Of school in the Plummer
district. 1t is said there is a sharp
race between the board Of said dis
trict and young AdOnis of Glen
wood twp, as to who shall secure a
life lease on Miss Nellie. SQUIRE
Allen has sold his goods and chattels
and is going to Missouri. We give
the Squire just one year to get dis
gusted with mud and ague and re-
turn home a repentant and wiser man.
&c. Jim Brandon has rented the In
gersOl farm and will divide his time
in tending the farm and spinning
some of his inYincibles. a. Mr.. Neidig
has sold his farm to Lysander Pope
Joy and we understand that he and
his father-in-laW will in a few DAYS
start for the Oklahoma country. N.
q. Chapman is building a house on a
farm that ne bought last winter the
HubbelI place. and is going to move
his store there. Harry Shaw made
his proof on a -emptiOn and has
moved back on his mothers place.
Harry says he will not bach" and
by the interest he eYinces for some of
his fair neighbOrs we believe he will
make his word good. The sugges-
ton made in the HERALD some time
ago by Mr.. Twitchell in regard to the
making Of ponds all over the country
would undoubtedly prove beneficial,
as 1t IS a recognized fact that the
vicinity Of great bodies Of water at
tract and cause more rain fall; the
presence of thousands of these minia-
ture lakes would surely bring about
the same results. But in order to
make the undertaking a success it
should be done systematically over a
large scope of country; isolated efforts
would not amount to much. it should
be undertaken at least by the county
authorities, or still better by the
State. Thousands of dollars are an
nually spent for purposes that are of
less Importance, and still less benefit
to the people than the construction Of
dams, the cost of which would be
comparatively small. The sugges-
ton OF Mr.. Allen, of Hays City, in his
essay, The water supply of Central
Kansas seems very feasible. Mr.. A
says: Now let US in making and
working ali our public roads, whether
we need them or not. make dams
where ever such roads cross over
slight depressiOns. These will be
found numbering say from three to
five for each mile; but for the sake Of
let us suppose there are
only two TO each mile Of road and a
road on every section line, this calcu-
latIOn would give to the western two
thirds of our State the enormous
Of 212,S00 such dams and
suppose these, on an average to each. /
cover one fourth of an acre and to be
of an average depth Of only one foot. /
you can figure out for yourselves the
vast amount of water that would be
retained from passing at once away
to the sea; you can also imagine for !
yourselves the effects of storing up /
such surplus. Let it soak into the /
ground, IS 1t not simply preser ged /
and stored up for time of need. or
should 1t be eyaporated and 90 into