Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-10-30

the roual, TO investigate the tfaln. Ld.se
stream ra are swung co the sides OF the
cars Huuouu..us that ID is .Ge lllHs1s Ai'l-
Ion club. ana iaiuircrs are told tH1t the
excursion IS taken 30 interest people Who
are hunting homes, iu the merits OF The
state .n the hope Of inel,u. las the popuIH-
t.on 10 l,1opJJ souls IN The mex; four years,
II IS a happy lei and is heiue support. d
by the people Ul the comm. .AWtatN N.th
that hearty good Will that Is rEarActerls-
The train ieft the city at o'clock last
evening over The Santa Fe road and VIII
remain IN MAJ. cline. Mo. to-day. lue
trip is 70 be made to IhcuEo ". ih riDeu
stops of "a day each, and thea rhe products
ure TO De- exhibited at the lrmory ut the
windy city for ten days They are whom
used as an advertisement for the state, 70
b. turned over 90 the may or OK the cl'y,
sold, ana the proceeds used tor iha iglsf
OF the poor ana suffering iu thl; city Ihls
IS the thank5uor.nE from the state for the
prompt response of the EHog people ot
that city last winter when there was -uf-
fering IN the western portion OF Nnsa
The stops for the train are shown IN the
following official schedule
Marcellno, Mo-, October 80.
La Plata, Mo, November l.
Fort Madison .s,,,. ia lyoy5ba2 M9ysbmPer
Galesburg, H., November ..
Princevllle, i'll. November g.
Chlllicothe, ILL., November Z
streator, III, November ..
Joliet, ILL., November II.
Lockport, H., November l2.
Lamont H. November l3
Chicago, H.. November 1919.
The contents Of the cars VIII not fail 10
excite comment and insure pra!Se wherey-
er the train may stop IL SHOWS more
plainly than can be told Ia words the
wonderful fertility Of the soil Of that por-
ton of the country once known as the
great American desert. The soil, however
that grew blue stem that was twelve feet
high, is quite as responsive and gen
hon a
alfalfa or corn or any other crop that may
be planted. The man who has loaned cash
on Kansas lands and heard the security
was poor can step in the car and see
peach trees one year old that are fourteen
feet high. He can see the fourth crop u
alfalfa in one season that Is tWeuty-elEht
inches high He can see apples that are
prize winners at any contest plueked from
trees rooted deep in the sandy son OF the
Sunhower kingdom, There are pictures of
growing crops taken from life, grander IN
conception than was ever dreamed OF by
the widest dreamer or land a. -ent from the
West There are onions tnat grow ny
thousands on the soil at Hutchinson that
weigh four and I've pounds; there are
watermelons that make a load for a mani
II is this heWldeuuu aggregation Of ce-
reals and vegetables shown 10 the home
seeker and producer that the representa-
tiVes expect TO use In Couyluclns the peQ-
ION in the state would be homes in pleasant
places. whore The hCunuiul stores OF nature
light, and where The greatest yield comes
70 reward the faithful toll Of the husband-
minds as the sight Of those crops will, and
y ls certain 70 be- one OF the most novel
and successful advertising schemes ever
The idca or.ama,ed with Mr. i. Jainisou,
OF LeaNenWOrtn and was taken up with
eager haste by t4e people all over ihe
little effort Leading men saw the value
o o.
70 completion Along with the eNhihiiT5 are
courteous and polite gentlemen, Who have
ter and Iea4y % do anything 10 advance
the, interests of tae state from which they
The train rs Do Charge or Mayor j. A.
Hook, ot Loov.nworth. lio is assisted by
yam9iTtqn qi LfayG,q"@E'G,4. D. G E9.a H.
peI.a, W. o. Bourne of scott county; ~.
J.. Hil, Of $40. tteHi if. N; APpiegute, Of
Governor MOTril came down on the
train, from Loayenworth, but returned 20
Topeka on ths evening train. me train
sIourr Frost. of ths Sruia ~. ana j. IT,
DuHham. Of the Million CLUB and Secre-
The first car IN Che train is from Hutch
inson, and S. IN charge ot A. D. Camr1"..
fully aud faithfully ser forth 10 those who
visit the uaiu durge .ue trp. In tie
cation plant, fully rg-aI ana actaaIly ls
operation, showing just how Qltchts are
reservoir The water rs pumped NF a rElu-
iHture wind engine run IS small electric
motor.
THE front end Cf r'sc CHr ts GIio1 with a
lhoioe assortment at grrInE from IfUfnh-
nsyu. and also has prominently al-DlaECl
. pumpkin weighing uuegy-two uOults
md ri aaLIag. v.aivhIrg sixteen and once
lalf pounds trimmed of the coarse leaves.
is "a whale Of r. cabbage ANA is couutel /
i as Worl2-boateT.
The middle portion - the car is nnoi
yiEh tho display from iIurrN county. with
many splendid views trurl rl, Garden city
air showing the fruits all vegetables,
iish potatoes turnils, ana hnnasoma
torn and cane, n was designed by Pro-
lessor Worrcll, OF Topeka
Reno county has any assortment % ap-
pies, fifteen varieties being shown. There
II also picture oI 'Erre-agre melon
patch near Sterling i'm WH.rh there We're
grown more than 1900 melons, weighing
over nfty pounds eaoh There ia mW F..
large and perfectly developed, Iue iHtt
was cut from tree gears old tn a..
city Of Hutchinson There la hunE an jit
hi4e Ol this .lr, as q curiosity. q hrrgul'-
club eouru hil}-i4bF lHches lI ltiEIN-
There ~ Hl~p IN m" car "a lifrr lah4D piled
high "itA ihr large white Spanish onions
grown IN liu'rh'Hs9h ana near 'dll"H
i've samples OF sWa4l flNn from lhr ,r.
ana farms OF iae AfrlH-ts valley IA,r
never "eT" seen hh't ,aEs' wheat Mas
and scores or giNer stihE'.-
The corn Is thr long .H.l ON n hlNs 81
and me pas{ srar2q | I-, l''eIg 4I.