Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-13
Cheyenne Lake.

take some stock in our proposed Kan
sas lake, for the reason that it would
develop the greatest FIGURING mill
plant in the whole country. An ar
rangement could be made by which the
farmers who subscribed stock could
have their wheat ground at nominal
cost, and so increase the profits of
wheat raising. At the prevailing prices
of wheat, farmers will be obliged to
manufacture their wheat into -four
themselves and find market with the
consumer; they could very proftably
feed the bran to stock. The Hutchin-
son News lately in an article on. this
subject said that our farmers should
quit selling wheat and begin to sell
-four and keep the bran and shorts to
feed their cows and hogs.
Suppose the capital stock to be $50 a
share, and one share should entitle the
holder to have 500 bushels of wheat
ground each year at cost, two shares a
thousand bushels and so on; would not
that be some Inducement to subscribe
stock?
Then there are the irrigation features
of the proposed plant. If we could
turn an unlimited quantity of water
from the underfiow of the Arkansas
Valley into the Cheyenne basin all the
land from the Walnut to Ellinwood
could be watered and made to produce
fabulous crops. The lake company
should own that land and subdivide it
into small lots and sell it to parties
who should become shareholders in the
concern; that would induce a great
many people to subscribe stock and
thus have a home where they could
raise their own living and have some
thing to sell. There are a great many
stranded people in this western coun-
try; people who have lost all by mort
gaging their homes: but might be able
to collect together en- ough to buy an
ideal home, or the making of it from
some of this land under the levels of
that prospective gem of the plains
the Kansas lake. This is another meth
cd of raising capital stock; it is similar
to the way we raised money to build
our college. When we undertook to
build the Central Normal College we
did not have cent of cash to begin
with. and we looked at each other and
smiled incredulously, wondering where
the money was to come from. reemm
Der that we resolved ourselves into a
ways and means committee of the
whole and finally adopted plan that
worked well. 1t is plain that we might
adopt some of these methods in raising
money to construct our lake; in a
former article in the Tribune ;ntima-
ted how it might be done. In the COL
lege business, we who purchased lots
had no stock in the college, but our
deal ended in our buying lots; the i'm
provement company being the quasi
proprietors, because they went ahead
and bought the college lands on their
own credit and responsibility. In the
great lake project we could organize a
Central Kansas Improvement Compa-
ny composed of most of the present
land owners and as many other pusi-
ness men in the county as possible and
have the surveys, estimates and total
cost determined as nearly as possible
and plat and outline everything in con-
nectiOn with the same and then sell
acre lots, and where the land justified
we could sell still smaller lots; all these
lots and minor subdivisions should be
appraised and sold to any person who
desires to become shareholder in the
lake and all the profits to be made on
the same.
On the north side from Hoisington
to Claflin, would be the summer re.
sorts. Strung along the shores
and bluffs, where the hot winds would
be tempered and cooled, and whereIal
Kansas would love to come and enjoy
a sail on the waters or battle in it's linn.
pid depths. AS health resort it would
be unrivaled, and weak persons, who
generally are wealthy if not healthy
would stop here instead of going to the
mountains. There would be the great.
est of Summer Chautauquas, where
teachers, students and literary people
would come and con their lessons and
receive instruction from superior teach
ers. Sporting men would bring their
horses and try their speed; conventions
of all kinds would meet here; and il
the capital of the state should be re-
moved we would be ahead of Kanopo-
lis with our ''Kansonia" town.
J.. BALDWIN.
Grover has at last been compelled to
call an extra session to patch up his
finance machine.-Claflin Banner.
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