Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-16
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Glorious Northwest Kansas--PO-
litical, Personal, News,
Notes, Etc.
speeiaI eorrespondenee Of - cHANFIoN.

Soaking rains continue to fall just /
as they are wanted, and while the /
damage to mills and dams has been
great, the farmers are smiling on ac-
count Of the prospects of raising the
biggest crop of corn ever known in
Northwest Kansas. Jewell county
alone estimates her product at
100000 bushels. No one places it
less, but hundreds of people estimate
it above these figures. In 1885 Jew
ell was the banner corn county of
Kansas, gathering 100000 bushels.
This year the acreage is larger, and
prospects more encouraging. The
yield Of wheat and oats is beyond all
expectations. Some fields Of oats al
ready threshed average from Is to so
bushels per acre.
Mankato is needing an elevator
badly. This is a grand opportunity
for some Of Atchison's grain dealers
to come out here and erect one. 1t
will be a valuable point this year for
the grain business.
From Hill City, county seat of Ora
ham county, to Concordia, east;
thence to Scandal, Republic county,
on the north; and thence west along
the Rock Island road to Norton coun-
ty, is one vast sea of corn, most of
which is out of the way of dry wealth
er. This is the country the Champion
correspondent has travelled over the
past ten days, and he can answer, by
observation, that never in the history
of the settlement of this section has
there been such prospects for corn,
and in fact all kinds of grains and
grasses,
At FOrmOso, a promising Jewell
county town, a large elevator has
just been completed, as we'll as a
$4,000 stone school house and other
substantial improvements, Most Of
the town of OmiO, three miles to the
south, has been removed to Formoso
The town lies IN the center of a thick
J ly populated and fertile section Of
Jewell county, and nothing can pre-
vent it from becoming a trade and
/ business center Of considerable prom
inence, Near here lives the cattle
king Of Jewell county, Robert Patter-
son, who has over 700 acres in corn.
and harvested between 200 and 300
acres Of oats. Capt. VIM. Balch and
A. B. Balch are large, independent
farmers and stock raisers. who reside
in this vicinity.
The great soldiers reunion Of jew
ell county viii be held near formosO,
September II, Is, IS and 20. Senator
ingalls, and Congressman Turner are
expected to be present; as well as
Senator Plumb.
Congressman Turner, of the Sixth
District, is visiting his constituents,
and as he goes from town to town, it
is interesting to HIM to note the won
derfuI progress made since his last
visit nearly a year ago. Then crops
were burned up by hot winds and
drOuth; this year the corn fields look
like gigantic forests, and the ground
is yet full of moisture. Mr.. Turner
settled in Sheridan county ten years
ago, before it was organized, laying
out the town of Kenneth. He was
the first member Of the legislature
/ from his county. He has made it his
home in Sheridan county ever since.
Kenneth has been blotted from off
the late maps, and Hoxie is now the
town. His home is there, and all he
possesses is in Hoxie and Sheridan
county.
Congressman Turner remembers
his friends. He may make mistakes,
but he has certainly done more IN the
} way Of securing appointments for his
friends in the Sixth District than any
Of our Congressman. In the matter
! of postOfices, he listens very attent-
lively to all sides. During the past
week he visited several of the towns
where there are big fights on hand,
notably at Smith Center and Phil
lipsburg. at the former place
the editors Of the Bulletin
and Pioneer are after the post
Office. Either of them is competent,
and would make a good postmaster.
at the latter place Ed f. Korns, OF
the HERALD, and Judge FL G. Spauld-