Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-28
PHTLLTPsBuRG TTHMs.
e Champions Special Correspondent

PHILLIPSBURG ITEMS.
By the Champions Special Correspondent.
If one will tell the truth about this
town and country, the Phillipsburg
people will be satisfied When lot
Of tramp correspondents, come here to
''write up the town for so much money
or so many subscribers, all they ask
of them is, tell the TRUTH Such
newspaper tramps have been preying
upon the towns of Northwest Kansas
for alleged ''write-ups'' for clubs of
subscribers, or its equivalent in hard
cash, for years.
On the other hand, it has been the
pleasure of The CHAMPION, from time
to time, during the past fifteen or
twenty years, to note the wonderful
growth of all the Northwest Kansas
towns, and the rapid settlement Of
the country. The railroad progress,
the building of mills, factories, cream
cries, churches and school houses,
have all been noted in your columns,
and big and little booms, crops and
failures, good times and hard times,
have all been truthfully recorded by
The CHAMPION. In fact, THE CHAM
PIoN has always done its duty in not
ing the growth and rapid develop
ment of North and Northwest Kan
sas.
Logan, Kirwin, Prairie View, Long
Island and Marvin are thriving towns
of Phillips county, and with the ez-
ception of Prairie View, all have one
or more -four mills. Phillipsburg is
the capital of the county, and hence
its business, political and trade cen
ter. Everybody comes to Phillips
burg. Most of the people of tie
county take one or more of the papers
printed at the county-seat.
Every one of the above towns are
reached by a railroad, Long Island
being on the B. & M; Phillipsburg
and Prairie View are reached by the
| @. K. & n, and the other three towns
| by the Central Branch of the Missouri
Pacific. Every one of these towns Is
located on one or more streams.
County Clerk S. J. Hartman kind
! Iy furnished your correspondent with
the following statistics of Phillips
county: The population in 1888 was
! 15,485, against 1909 in 1889. The
population of Phillipsburg in 1881
was 63I; in 1888 it was ], 235; and II
1889 it had increased to 1915
There are $40 acres of winter
wheat sown, against 1904 acres II
1888. OF spring wheat, the area fol
1889 was 6,878 acres, against 2,271 II
1888. In corn, there are 80, O81 acres
last year there were 95,477 acres
There are, in oats, 1861 acres
against 9,712 acres last year. And
all reports from the farmers and bust
ness men are that the prospects 70
most magnificent yield and larges
crops ever known were never better
in Phillips county.
OF stock, the assessors return G, As
head of sheep; 1862 hogs; $685.
horses; 8,O26 miIch COWS; and 1861
other cattle. They also return s1
Touring mills in Phillips county
Phillipsburg has made an extraordi
nary growth since the completion o
the @. K. & n. from the Missouri
river to the Rocky Mountains. Blu
| there has been no surplus building
done Having invested several thous
ands of dollars In city lots and prop
erty adjoining, and located one of it
largest passenger and freight division
Terminus here, it would look as If tn
c. K. & n. road would do great thing
for this place, the central point be
tween the mountains and the Missouri
river. The company has alread,
built a six stall brick round house
winch, before the year is over, vii
be enlarged one-half 1t has ais
erected enormous coal sheds, an,
done a large amount Of grading 70
= additional track room, etc. 1t look.
therefore, as if this company were de
I termined to make Phillipsburg an i'm
portant factor IN their Northwes
Kansas business.
''Bisse1 Place Is already one Of th
Ioveliest sights Of Phillipsburg
dozen or more handsome residence