Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-09-24
MORE ABOUT THE HAY BUSINESS.
CORNING, Iowa, Sept. II, 1892.

| A1bAAOh ANbNos 4A0uooo ~ ~ cAoeN
can well lay claim 10 the honor oil
being one of the best agricultural
states in the Union. The present sea-
soh proves that the wonderful posi-
bilities In the line of agricultural de-
velopmem in Kansas are not really
comprehended by the people. Iwish
10 call the attention OF your readers to
the position your little city occupies as
a hay shipping point rs compared
with other points in the state. Baxter
Springs holds first place as q shipping
point for balcd hay, being seventy-fye
per cent in advance of any other point.
Burns, Kan, holds second place, Pot
win third, Chetopa fourth. Baxter
does not hold first place on account of
hay being any cheaper, but from the
fact that the men who are interested
in the hay business at Baxter have
pushed ii up to first place with all
their energy and business ability.
There are plenty Of places in Kansas
where hay is cheaper and just as close
TO market as at Baxter Springs, but
the business has not been developed.
To owners of prairie hay land in
Cherokee county l wish 10 say, do not
be in hurry TO break il out. Some of
the best Northern Kansas hay ship
ping points are doing no business in
hay at all this year. Every foot of
prairie land that could be spared has
been broken out and goes in wheat
this fall. To show how great figure
this will cut in the southern hay trade
and TO what extent prairie land has
been broken out the present season, |
will give the following names of towns
in Northern and Central Kansas that
will have TO buy bsled hay south this
winter: Salina, Abilene. Junction
City, Manhattan, Concordia. Beloil,
MarySville, Bellvile, Washington,
Seneca. Hiawalha, Holton, Hutchin-
son and Wichita. These towns have
never had TO buy hay away from home
before, to amount to anything. One
firm in Beloit sold eight hundred sod
plows this season. On the 18th day
of last June sod plows could not he
purchased in Kansas City, Mo. Every
wholesale house in Kansas City sold
all il could get, and they went TO Kan
>as and the Indian territory TO break
sod. Prairie hay in Kansas will, in a
short time. br Il thing at the past.
On September 18th | saw Il farmer
in Brown county sell prairie grass for
1880 per acre cash. 1t will sell for
this price around Baxter Springs he
fore many years. On September l.,
paid 1925 for baled hay in Concordia,
Kan. This high price for prairie hay
is caused by all The land being used
for wheat.
The 18th and 18th of This month
were the great days Of the 81. Joseph
fair, where | met most at the whole
sale feed dealers. They were all will
ing to contract hay ahead and every
one thought hay would he worth $40 d
ton 10y Jan. l>t, '93. They wanted TO
know about the wonderful! little hay
town Of Baxter Springs, Kan. | took
in the race track and fair grounds,
saw the peerless Nancy Hanks trot
mile in 2:07ll and the now famous
Lambasco smash The worlds stallion
record, going Il mile in 2:l0si. The
10000 people there seemed to go wild
with joy. Hats. canes AMI umbrellas
went into the air, people pushed each
other about, laughed aud cried because
they felt like II. Soon people begin to
leave for home: street cars are crowd
ed. In one car Young man cries. |
The brakes are broken, jump Il, your
life" Instantly people crowd over
each other getting out of the car.
Some jun pIhrough the windows aud
in very short time many people are
injured aud bleeding in The street, all
OH account of that senseless cry.
Al the union depot al o'clock on
The 18th scene presented itself that is |
hard to describe. The people had for
gotten Tie joy of the races in their
anxiety to &c: home. Ladies' and men
too would walk mp loa passenger di-
, ector and ask the senSeless question. !
''Whem does my train leave? ?" The !
directors would get out of
patience sometimes and talk little !
sIIOTls anu lHlS WOull Vdusc lut IldS- !
senger To express his mind pretty free
" ia regard 10 the railroads and their |
way of doing business. But such is
life. We sph' a {, w hours enjoyment
by worrying over HE faults OF Others,
which really do not exist except in
our own eyes. ". +. DAVIS.
The HomelIest Man in Baxter Springs
As well IT. the hanhsOmrSi, aud others
arc invited To call on anv druggist aud
get free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat ana Lungs, a remedy
that is selling entirely upon It's merits
and is guaranteed 10 relieve and cure
all Chronic aud Acute Coughs. Asthma,
and Consumption. Large
Bottles Soc aud 81.
A shoe that Is uncomfortable from
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