The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-08-27
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trsScterb Que meeB nov on tne
trains, and those Of four and Ave
years ago when I first came TO Kan
sas. Then people were eager 10 In
vest their money In booming towns
and good paying farms with pros
poets Of realizing fortunes In . short
time, led on oy the snowy advertise
ments and smooth talk Of real estate
agents and boomers. Now they are
out locking for fragments Of those
same Investments which the calam-
ity hos lers tell them are In absolute
danger Of total ioss. IL was my good
fortune 10 meet Col. A. q. Stacy
chaperuning Q party Of the latter
class today on the Santa Fe train 60
ing west, and l was pleased to learn
that they we're agreeably disappoint-
ed In their visit, and their only re-
gret was that they had not larger In
vestments In Kansas mortgages. I
left them at this place, and they are
still going westward. Having been
to the extreme western part Of the
state myself, I anu sure their good
opinion of the state will suffer no set
back, for IL II o continuous success
sion Of good crops and prosperity all
the way across. The gentlemen are
capitalists from Pennsylvania, and
this will do them lots OF good, and
will be no loss to the state Of Kansas.
They can safely trust to their own
eyes for Information as to the re-
sources Of the state, and Col. Stacy
can be trusted to furnish them In
formation In regard 20 political, So
cial and educational matters, and
he'll see TO it that these gentlemen
are not misled by failing into the
company Of such men as simpson,
PETER, Harrison Kelly or Col. Kalls-
ham and kindred calamItyists and
turncoats. Their personal observa-
ton will confirm the previous good
opinion OF the state.
Right In this connection ! want to
speak Of . matter that learned Of
to-day from the lips Of . citizen Of
this place. There IL O farmer living
three miles from Klnsley Who owns
. good quarter section Of land which
he wanted to sell last fall for o., 900.
He had become discouraged, and AZ
ter sowing 40 acres Of wheat, tried
TO get . purchaser ct the above p rice.
He had two prospective buyers, but
they became frightened, - well ~
himself, aud neither dared to risk
that amount Of money. The farm had
improvements costing about 500.
but the owner was compelled 10 keep
Il and remain on Il, and he has now
$500 bushels Of wheat. an average Of
20 bushels per acre. He Is now hug
Riug himself that he failed to sell,
and two other parties are kicking
themselves for not buying . good
farm and 200 bushels Of wheat for
$500. The moral IL 90 plain that
need not state it. ] believe there are
hundreds Of farms In this part Of
Kansas that will make As good Q
showing a. the one above mentioned,
and they will certainly be In de-
mand within Q year, and with re-
stored confidence In eastern money
circles, wealth and prosperity will
surely be the common lot OF all who
cast their fortune In this favored To-
cality.
All along this line Of road to The
border Of the state crops are looking
well, hay IL plentiful. corn IL matur-
ing, snd IL being cut and shocked. 1 |
never saw finer shocks Of wheat In
any state, aud fruit IL abundant.
Parties - far out a. Hartland are
shipping peaches and apricots to
Denver.
Speaking Of Hartland would say
that I spent . pleasant evening with
Prof. Scott and his estimAbIe wife
out there. The professor has become
Q summer fixture In that locality. |
He Ii closing his third institute for
the season, and this IL his third year
Of that kind Of work. Mrs. Scott has
had classes In music at each place,
and the public have had splendid OPP
portunitles Ia educational and musI-
cal lines. Prof. Scott couldn't be
happy very long without . contest Of
some kind on his hands, and had o
pressing Invitation 10 attend one
given by members Of the Normal on
Wednesday evening. for which the
professor had been drilling them, but
I could not stay. After the professor
had gotten out his specimens Of GEN.
tipedes, tarantulas and 'snaIx' that
he had been collecting for the Wes-
leyan museum, and had shown me
his badger. stuffed and mounted, I
left for my hotel. Although the col
lection 10 like Artemus Wards show,
''hily moril," and perfectly harm
less, i wouldn't want 10 sleep in the
same room with the "amoosIn' little
I'd be afraid they might
pull the corks and get out Of the
bottles, or pull the wires out Of their
legs and make trouble. Every year
the number Of school ma'ams In
crease here and the number Of 'snaix'
etc., grows less, and II 10 keeps on
much longer 1t will be . delightful
place 10 travel In. Prof. Scott may
be depended upon to do bis duty In
he bringing about Of this happy
tate Of affairs, for he Is already en-
ragged for three Institutes and ten
lectures next year.
When I run across Q hotel like the
Alamo, Of this place, I can't help
pesking Of Il. An experienced tFav-
Ter knows the kind Of . hotel man
10 has to deal with when he hrst
meet landlord wstrous. He Il pleas
mt, but 10 not elusive, and makes
ne feel st home. Gives him Q clean
oom and bed, . well cooked meal.
nd the dining room service IL fault
ess. when your order n taken you