People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-01
SOUTHERN KANSAS.
A Brief Description Of the Best County
in the State.
STANDS FIRST IN THE UNITED
STATES IN THE NUMBER OF
ACRES AND BUSHELS WHEAT.

HSnGO HiN6 0O STlELO WITH u
Sumner county, Kansas, is situated
1873 miles west of the Missouri state
line and borders on the Indian terri,
tory. It's one of the most prOduc-
tive and best watered counties, not
only in this state, but Ofany territory
of like extent in the Union. Organ
lied as a county in September, 1871,
with a population of 80 souls, today,
20 years later, it has 30,461 inhabit-
ants, with an assessed valuation Of
property reaching into the millions,
lS,054, 923)the assessment being taken
at One-quarteri its actual value. Elev-
en- years ago the first line of railroad
entered the county from the east, and
today we have 249 miles, not includ-
ing side tracks, and still there is more
TO follow. By glance at the map
you will see that you cannot get a
point in the county that is farther
than 6 miles from railroad, thus
giving a market almost at your own
door for all that the agriCulturiSt may
wish to dispose Of. Water of the pur-
est and best quality can be obtained
in'unlimited quantities by digging or
boring 10 to 80 feet below the surface.
The Arkansas river, crossing the
northeast corner of the county and
Skirting its entire eastern border, has
its rise in the far-away Rocky noun
tainS and brings down a volume of
pure water from their sEOw-capped
SUBMITS, which, owing to the vast
bed of sand underlying this entire
portion of our state, gives us a Sub-ir-
rigatiOn, which coupled with the pO-
rOus nature of our soil, enables us to
stand more dry weather, and more
wet as well, than many of our sister
counties. We also have the MINES
cab river in the northeast, the Chi
kaskia river in the southwest, with
their numerous tributaries, all of
which are largely fed by springs:
also Slate creek, which runs dag
Onally through the entire county, |
with numerous spring branches run
ming into it from all directions, thus
giving us sufficient amount of wa
tered surface to produce quite an in
fluenCe in the production of rain and
moisture. As it is, we are more for
tunately situated, as before stated, |
and practically the Egypt of every
state west of the Ohio and east of the
Rockies, as the actual output of our
Touring mills, running day and night,
is $50 barrels of flour daily, which is
being consumed in all parts of the
world, train load going a few days
ago to Liverpool. But more largely
is our flour consumed in Iowa and H.
linOis, even as far east as Indiana and
over the southern states. Bya glance
at the books of some of our grain
merchants, we find orders from many
mills in Iowa, Illinois, Mississippi.
Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas, and
in addition to this Sumner county
Turkey wheat commands two cents
per bushel more, wherever a high
grade Of flour is manufactured, than
any other wheat and today is quoted
thus on st. Louis and New Orleans
markets.
All kinds of fruits reach degree of
perfection here that is not surpassed
and seldom eQualed in any country.
Apples, peaches, pears, plums, april
cots, nectarineS, cherries, grapes and
all varieties of small fruits, in which
there has been no such thing as a
failure known since trees were old
enough to bear.
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