The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-08
FINLEY OR HOOvEap

would be hard to imagine time in the
history of any country where so many
things have transpired or are about to
transpire or fail to transpire which holds
every residents attention rivited to the
situation. breathlessly watching the swing
of the wheel of fortune which will make
of us all well-to-dO people or at once
dash to the ground our cup of hope.
Within the ensuing twelve months things
of vital Importance to this county will
have been thoroughly tested and our i'm
mediate release from or continued strug-
gle with poverty will be assured. What
are these interests?
First. irrigation. The retaining of
land which to-day is unsafe as an agri-
cultural resource. and placing it under
system of irrigation which will make the
great valley of the Arkansas second to
none under the sun. Already daring
and enterprising men have undertaken
the solution of this problem. and point
has been reached where just within our
grasp we see the realization of all our
hopes and the salvation of this country
in the procuring of water supply, lin
tied only by the needs of our farmers.
To this important work the hearty sup
port of our people should be given. The
parties interested in this work are asking
nothing from this county. and the prop
erty brought into existence in its pursuit
is now paying tribute to us in the way of
taxes. These enterprises, some of them
being in the hands of Farmers Mutual
companies, should ali be cared for and
protected in manner which will leave
no doubt in the minds of those to whom
we look to develop and carry them
on, respecting the safety of the funds
they have invested in what, at one time.
was considered wild, visionary and i'm
possible scheme. Our representative, if
elected, should be alert to detect and able
to repel any attack upon our system of
! irrigation which would render it impOs-
sibe to proceed with a work which will
increase the value of property in our
county more than one thousand per cent.
Second, our Soldiers Home. Within
the borders of this county great state
institution has been planted. The pro-
portions to which it will grow will de-
pend largely upon whom the people of
this county choose to represent them in
our legislature. Too much importance
cannot be placed upon this home, rs it is
not at all unreasonable to say that under
the proper sort of cultivation Il colony
equal in consuming power to the city of
Dodge City, will be the result. What Il
benefit this will be to our people is not
easy to calculate. Now is the appointed
time; this legislature settles the fate of
our home. Voters. choose wisely. Let
irrigation interests and the Soldiers
Home be frozen out now and both of them
will seek point where benefits conferred
are appreciated and reciprOcated.
Third. our forestry station. Sixteen
hundred thousand trees. strong and
thrifty, distributed free to the farmers of
Kansas. is the record of our forestry sta
ton the past season. What this means
to the farmers of this county can be cas-
lily calculated with very short stub of a
lead pencil. Given a good system of ir-
rigatiOn, it means the furnishing and
growing without trouble or expense. any
quantity of that sort of timber which G.
V. Bartlett, the manager, has tested and
fully determined to be the kind best
suited to our latitude and climate. 1t
means cheap fences and fuel for the cut
ting. 1t means shelter from the billiards.
and the saving of thousands of dollars
from perishing stock. 1t means beautiful
groves. shade trees and orchards. It
means to us IN interest of such vital inn
pOrtance that it with those already men,
toned must never leave our minds until
the last screw is driven that fastens them
here.
These are some of the interests ut
stake in our county, which will be made
during the term of Office of the Repre-
sentative elected the coming November,
and which are of interest to every soul
in our county. Let these interests be
lost and all the other interest we have
here will be very largely diminished and
to some of us totally lost. These inter-
ests secured to us, there are other inter-
ests which should and must be attended
to at once in any event, but which be-
come of overwhelming importance to us
if prosperity, such as will surely follow
the successful establishment of the
above interests here. should be brought
to us. What are they. One of them is |
reduction of the rate of interest on tax
sale certificates from twenty-four to
twelve per cent. per anDum. 1t seems |
the height of nonsense to establish a rate |
of interest at twenty four per cent. when |
the best of security i'm the world is given |