The advocate., 1892-02-17
OUR NARYEIoUs PROSPERITY.

We have received since our las
issue the court docketg for the Feb
ruary term in Norton and Osborne
counties In Norton county there an
118 mortgage foreclosure suits set fol
trial during this month, and thirty
Confrmations of sheriff's sales. Ii
Osborne county there are seventy
two confrmations Of sheriff's sales
and large number of foreclosure
suits set for trial. AS the foreclosure
suits are all classed as "civil actions
without other designation OF the fore
closure suits we are unable to deter
mine just how many Of them are Of
that character. There are 142 of these
''ciVil actions" and as loan and trust
comp nies, insurance companies and
banks figure as plaintiffs in most Of
the cases it is to be presumed that
most Of them are foreclosure suits.
From Cherokee and Crawford
counties-two of the best counties in
the state-we also have reports oi
our increasing prosperity. The fol-
lowing letter speaks for itself:
EDITOR ADvCATE:-Dee IL Of the high
eStimpOreance that the state should be informed
Of the growing prosperity Of the farming COM
munity, will state that Cherokee county farm.
ers are rapidly disposIng of their surplus land
through an agent kindly furnished by the county.
FOrty-fOur releases Of mortgages In few
weeks ig enough to make even the Topeka Capt
tai rejoice. Eeighteen cases were carried over,
but with the general prosperity prevailing, the
occupants can afford to wait little time as they
are assured OF final sale. Crawford county
foreclosures numbered forty at last court. As
the immortal Funston says In answer TO calamity
hOwlers Simpson and Watson, General pros
perlty has set In and Kansas mortgages are
being rapidly released" Cherokee and Craw-
ford counties will compare iaVOrably with the
best counties In the state. With good soil, Inn
mense coal fields, lead and zinc factories, pro-
duclng immense quantities Of small fruits, as
well as apples, peaches, etc., good markets at
home amongst miners and employees, It Is GER
talnly nothing surprising that we are generally
prosperous. Again, another item conducting to
our general prosperity Is our system focal min
Ing. The fool miners want weekly pay, so that
they can buy supplies to the best advantage, for
getting that they would reduce the prosperity Of
the cOmpaDys stores. They are ungenerOus
enough to want the coal weighed on top, full
weight, aud the system OF screening now 10
vogue changed, forgetting the vested rights Of
operators to live luxuriousy Off the sweat Of
their faces. Now cannot some plan be devised
by which we can get the facts before the pub bic
Of these infamous mortgage Topeka Capital
lies? Not very grammatical, but send on The
ADVOCATE as 1 want to walt with my SubScrip-
ton until / get q club. A. r. LEEPER.
A writer in the Clay County Trib-
une tells how mortgages are paid in
Clay County. The seventy-fve fore
closures in that county in the month
of November will make fine show
ing for a Capital report Of snort
cages released" The following is
what this writer says:
The farmers are prosperous, II we believe the
plutOcratlc press and the loan agents, and that
class who live by working their jaws. At the
November term of court In Clay county, Kansas,
seventy-fve foreclosures were made. Out OF
these foreclosures, eighteen farms, mOrtgaged
TO the amount of &S5 562l.1O were sold by the
sheriff for S3,4a.1O, leaving over $4,000 In
judgments against the eighteen men. These
judgments bear l2 per cent. interest per annum.
This is what the hIreling tools Of Wall street
Call prosperity. Property to the value Of at least
$4,000 sacrificed for little over 5000, leaving