The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-30
HASKELL COUNTY.

To the Editor Of the EAGLE.
had an occasion the fore part of the
week to visit some of the counties of the
southwestern part of the state, and more
especially Haskell county. / was in the
county last June and everybody then
was quite jubilant over the fine prospect
for good crops. Since that time the
hopes of the most sanguine have been
fully realized by the maturing of the
finest crop the county has ever had.
Wheat, oats, rye and barley are very
good and the yield is far beyond the
highest estimates. The farmers are busy
threshing and preparing the ground for
another crop.
Wheat is worth IS cents per bu5hel
and finds a ready market. Local buyers
purchase the bulk of wheat that is Of
fered This is a great convenience to
the farmers, especially so when we take
into consideration CHAT the nearest rail-
road station, Moutzuma, is twenty. five
miles distant from Santa Fe, the county
seat of Haskell county. Among the
heaviest buyers of grain in this county
is Messrs. Kern and Rosenthal, of the
Kern G. Rosenthal Investment company.
and / cannot here refrain from noticing
this monied institution of southwestern
Kansas. This company was incorpor-
ated in 1888 under the laws of the state
Of Kansas for the purpose of loaning
money and dealing in real estate and
other securities. 1t is now backed
bv some of the best finan-
ciers Of the nation. It's Of
ficers are among the best business
men Of this state. J. +. Kern, the presi-
dent, is a young man. but has acquired
quite reputation as a business man.
Besides being president Of this company
he holds the important position Of
cashier of the Haskell County bank, Of
Santa Fe, Kan. ami vice president Of the
Flnnev County National bank, Of Gar
den City, Kan. The company's secretary
is Joseph Rosentbai, who also holds the
position OF secretary of the Haskell
County bank. 4hese gentlemen are
very conservative, careful and prudent
men, and investors can find no better aT
safer place leave their money for inTest-
ment than with this company.
On Monday night / drove out 70 the
farm of Hon. J. T. NARROW, four miles
south Of Santa Fe This year Mr.. II.
had 600 acres in wheat. besides q large
acreage Of rye and; sorghum. His crop
VIII Weld from tel 10 twelve thousand
bushels Of grain. think Of that From
fifteen % twenty bushels OF wheat per
acre, on land that is only worth 500 10
$500 per quarter section hr. NARROW j.
now busy getting the ground ready for
next years wheat crop. he is arrang-
ing 70 SOW 500 acres this fail he has
made success Of EARNING IA this part q
the state; but " hztal has done hundreds
Of Others are doing Ia TINS county, only
on a smaller scale
/ am informed that J. ". SEartz. Of
the county commissioners. had. this last
season, 80 acres o. wheat that viii make
him near 500 buEhels- The same =
true Of J. g. Hichaels. the cOGnfF treas
urer. aud many others whose crops viii /
run up into the Thousands of bushels 4
Surely what xas Bat desert a few I
years ago has become ike unto the Car 4
den Of Eden Haskell coupfy IS GER /
falnly abe hammer county Il the state for 4
y heat according 10 rs population. for 4
they have between go and 80 bushels
o. wheat for every man. woman and
child IN the county. Many feds Of cf,rn
s a. good as ne coTu q Sedzwick
county
The business IA the towns Is rapidly