Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19
A TRIP TO ARKANSAW.
Kansas Democratic Edit0rS
Hnd What They Saw.
"a FAVORED LAND. FULL OF PROM.
Use AND PROSPERITY.
SOUTHEAST Kansas and South Mis-
souri, At Flying Glance.


souri, At Flying Glance.
Could the penned-up, cramped and
cranky dwellers of the east who appear
to think that the sun was made only to
get up in the morning out of the waters
of the Atlantic and salute them and
make Obesience agaiR, as he goes to his
bed in the Pacific at night as if giving
thanks to them alone that he was per
mitted to shine upon them for time,
could get on board one of the trains
that daily. traverse the territory of
9 southwest Missouri and southeast
Kansas, some of these bright spring
days, they might be made to realize
that old Sol has something else to do
than just to smile for them and their
stingy little truck patches alone. They
might also be brought to realize that
there is rapidly growing up in the west
a sentiment in favor of ceasing longer
to pay unjust tribute to the older man
ayers of politics and finances in the
east, and that if they-the down-easters
desire toSbe "iIDthe push" IN future
years theyShad best pay attention to
the wants of the best and most enter
prisng people of our nation represented
by the broad west and the populous
south. 0
The editor of this paper boarded the
Mo. p train at Kansas City last Thurs
day, bound south. Skirting the Mis-
souri, river for an hour or less there
was nothing of a particular noticeable
nature except vast acres of rich bottom
I lands, some under cultivation, but
mostly in native timber. Pulling away
4 from the Missouri river bottoms we
were soon speeding through the pro-
d ductive9 beautiful, rolling prairie lands
of western Missouri, than which God
never laid out moreOpleasing or in
every way properly constructed country
for agricultural pursuits, stock raising,
horticulture, etc.
There appears to be nothing low or
plodding about the people of that part
of Missouri at least. The towns and
cities even have "high" names, such as
Spring Hill, Lees Summit, Mount
Washington, Rich Hill, etc. Ali the
towns look prosperous; from the rail
road trains could be seen new roofs
in every direction; and when people
can proceed with building during the
great superabundance of Lack of con-
fidenee" that we are told has got our,
country by the neck, you may know
that such people are supplied with cash
whether they have confidence" or not
The whole of this section of Missouri
is one continuous orchard, and the
country is known as The land Of the
big red apple Their papers state,
and give individual farmers as their
authority. that nothing in the fruit
line is killed except peaches, and unless
some unforeseen calamity befalls there
will be larger fruit supply this year
than ever.
The thriving city of Nevada, where
we were laid off one afternoon and
nigh to make connection, is in the
heart of Missouri's best farming and
fruit section. 1t is a democratic city,
in democratic county, in democratic
state, and is one of the incest cities we
have seen for many day. 1t has not
Kansas prohibition, yet We saw fewer
drunken men on the streets of this
Missori city Of 5000 souls than can be
seen most any day on the. streets of
Great Bend with less than half that
- ~ III mo
noticed in Nevada, and that was a lack
of homely women-the natural out
growth, beyond doubt, of reigning
democracy. Kansas young men grow
ing up to voting age should stick a
pin here and govern themselves accord
ingly Nevada has two daily newspa-
pers, both democratic, the Mail and Post,
and they are credit to the city and the
profession, especially are the publishers
of the Evening Mail enterprising gen :
tlemen and western "hustlers."
Leaving Nevada Friday morning we
were carried west through more beau
tiful country just spripging into Ma
lures awakening; wheat fields and
m6auOWS showing d OcduGlIuI green {,
trees of the forest budding aud swelling
in preparation for the magnificent
splendor soon to clothe them; while the
birds were singing and the air was red
olent with fragrance from plumb and
cherry and apple bloom. The imagin
ary line that divides the two states
Kansas and Missouri, was crossed
about 9:10a. m, but there was no per-
ceptible difference in the topography of
the country at that point. ALI that
could be said OF the beauties of the
vicinity of Nevada Missouri will apply
also to the vicinity of Fort Scott, Kan
sas, only that the latter locality is a
little the finest-beeause it is KANSAS,
you know-and NOTHING can get away
with Kansas.
We soon, however, got into the min
ing country in the neighborhood of
Pittsburg, and then the scene changed