The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-03
THIRST OF KANSAS.
Lonely Prairfes Where Settlers
Live in Holes.
TIE BOOM HAS FLsTTEsED.
No sprfng BaRbses, Nc Bsra stnRss Ne
skrns wav~s On the Burning Fiains
The Magic 81 pTaser.


A xssss ~ ~ome Duration In Censxal ard
western Eaasas enables NE 70 SPEAK -
aa sxx-4rftseas Of some 81 the eagases which
aea Ensaenesnx Eastern legislature 20 op-
r<gss he farther lending q iuoHsy on mort
en~es oE Western Kansas kinds, and kaHs-
ar orlnsan 70 draw dead tine throagh
Kansas. hevond which il Tif not adn1is
thas prosperity under existing e0aditsssns
q rossshle. Most tourists through Ksnsaas
ard indeed. most residents % the state.
atso dra~ ) dead line north and south
through the stste. differing 0aig as 70
where IL shoaId fail.
4 traveller weSt from Kansas City no
tees no marked indications Of deficient
-sfufaA unless tbs great crops Of caEer-
5silAEs aests on al the sresss are such, AZ
east sans.i ne PASSES Topeka shade trees
and apple trees brave the sun in the
spen.' aad IN the bottom lands
@Alnut tFsss are pFoafe. west
"a Topeka. ard rY0se particularly west
~ ths sait region Of Hutchinson and
ss.ina. the trees generally shrink into
the draws" or FaFines. ard venture no
more oat into the open prairis. Covering
Into thssa gaIehss. through SOME % which
water runs ard in others 81 which i1 Is
easily brought 70 the sarfice by digging
shallow wesss Of perhaps Only fivts Is twelve
feet. the ordinary trees Of the Eastern
states elm maple Eastwood and beach
aad popp.e which Is more Western and
Ghtna barry shrub whleh i wholly
Western. grnw 3. first with appar-
snt Yiear - moderately small
size. though ! saw no elins which
wuusd slaks more then a good branch on a
Concord or Sew Haven elfn. Gradually.
however. even ia the draws the genuine
trees Of the East give up tie Flst and sue
Gums. and when bali the state has been
iraysrsed thsy nearly disappear in favor OF
She mere popple and China berry.
In The eastern third 81 the state also the
snnfoger. though bearing a starved foweY
only one or fwo inches across, still makes
a rank seed often sir feet high But in the
more central parts this weed subsidies 10 8
height Of hut one or two feet. and when
he line - isarned ar Dodge City i reached,
wa.thirds Of the way across the state, a
superficial glance would mistake It for
,oecles ar ragweea. Among grasses the
Sluestem makes feeble fight for life as tar
Kgss a. Great Bend and Larned, after
which buffalo grass. cilnging like short
hair 10 the tight. hard. unbfoken prairie.
remains as brown and sharp in June as in
January.
As 10 crops east Of The middle line Of the
state. the farmer has now Fighting chance
west Of IL very little in any year When
two-thirds Of the state have been passed 1t
may be said that cultivation. except OF sor-
Fhum stalks and rice corn. both wholly for
food for cattle, has ceased The average
corn IN the bin Of the livery atable keeper
st Jetmors represented what Lodgeman
county can do. The ears were about four
inches long, mere nubhins. The crop as
seen In the field was one which no Eastern
farmer would gather. and when gathered
was worth only Is cents per bushel. Bat
In riding thirty miles in opposite airec-
si0ns near Jetmore, ! saw only four or five
small patches Of few acres each planted
10 corn. nothing 10 any other grain. sxeent