The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-06-22
Sawlog Valley Items.

vino mnl pumps tnat OTeW tne Wdtet IIOu
the we'll. They said they couldn'tse an.
difference between dry weather and we
weather. The vegetables grew just q
we'll when dry weather as with plenty o
rain.
MIR. j. Il. Kennedy has a fine gardeI
cared for by his wind mill.
The writer has been along the Sawlol
creek and finds water from twenty to thir
ty feet deep from the surface to the water
with an underflow sufficient to irr.gate al
the land along the creek. The bottom
land averages abou: mile wide, and i:
the very best of soil for any crop.
We will have some wheat. MIR. Wise
man has some very fair wheat. He also
has large acreage of spring crops thai
look we'll, and his wind mill pump has
furnished him a fine garden.
MIR. S. L. Cornell says he has the best
wheat Oh the creek, and the best corn.
Mr.. Thomas Miller went back east and
was gone about ten days. He says he
only saw one republican while he was
gone. l think that Thomas was asleep
while he was gone. Thomas, wake up,
and take your medicine. You had just as
we'll take your medicine now as next fall.
The writer took little ride over the
country few days ago, and it made him
shed tears to zee 60 many nice tracts of
land vacant that were dotted four years ago
with nice little houses and clever looking
people. He ca st his eye over towards Mr..
Prather's farm, that was improved by
MIR. Bradley and son, the nice grove Of fruit
and forest trees that was put out and cared
for by that faithful old friend, Joseph
Bradley and Naylor, and then back towards
the Mr.. Hugh LOckman Improvements,
now belonging to MIR. Bader, of Dodge
City. There are fine fruit and forest trees
growing on this farm with very little care.
Another thought came to my mind. We
will suppose that every family was on
those claims today as they were four years
ago, and had made the same improvements
that are on these farms. We would have
the most beautiful country in the world,
and the healthiest, and we wouldn't be
troubled with hot winds. These trees
would have a tendency to change the cur
rent of the wind and throw the wind up
and out of its level, Interchangeable course.
Another thought came into my mind. A
long, long time ago, when l was boy, 1
took trip in Indiana. Carroll county,
Rlckirick township southeast from MIR.
Mullendere's mill about seven miles
through the heavy, wet timber land, and
dotted all over with log nuts, with little
spot cleared out for the sun to shine in on
the black, rich soil. There they had lit.
tie corn and potatoes planted, and the old
spinning wheel was heard from almost
every home. Those people never thought
of mortgaging their homes and leasing
them. Who were they? Our fathers and
mothers who had pluck to say, "This is
my home and am going to stay with it,"
twenty-five years after this took trip
through that country again, and saw with
my own eyes fine brick, frame and well
painted houses and barns and orchards and
tile factories all through that country, and
happy. happy homes.
Another thought was what did it cost to
make home in that country? This land
cost those farmers about ten dollars per
acre; clearing, twenty dollars; thing. ten
dollars, and a whole life time to get rid of
stnmps. Now back to Ford and Hodgeman
We will suppose the farmers were as
energetic as they were in that country, and
stuck to their claims and put up windmills
and pumps at the cost Of seventy five dol
lars. and utilized the water for watering
their gardens, and tiled one acre of this
fine land, free of stumps, and let this water
run through this tile and soak out into the
soil, and think that by using the water
this way there can be ten acres of land
watersd at very small expense.
Mr.. Mullendore was in the Arkansas
river bottom preparing ground for alfalfa.
Mr.. Marley, T. Cornell and J. H. Null
lendore entered the farm of Mr.. Marley
and in two hours had a we'll dug, a pump
in and fine flow of water, and then went
to breaking the fine, rich bottom land Of
Mr.. Markley. MIR. Markley intends to seed
this ground to alfalfa
]. H. Mullendore moved to the farm Of
DR.. McCarty and contracted to prepare 100
acres for alfalfa. The time is close at hand
when this Arkansas Valley will be one
green field of alfalfa.
The perfection harrow is the best harrow
to prepare the ground for alfalfa.
Miss Tinny Wiseman was in Dodge City
taking music lessons last week. They say
Tinny is getting along well in music.