Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-20

the old well on the south side and
force the water through pipes into a
tank on the north side. The park
could then be seeded to lawn grass
which would not require wedding and
hoeing every year and, in the long
run, would be more economical than
the present system of caring for it
and then having but little to show for
the outlay,
There was well written article in
the Kansas Breeze last week I'VE have
never read a dull article in it, entitled
1.-THE Legend of the Origin of Indian
Corn" We dislike very much to
puncture such pretty story but it
shows on its face that it is not true
and therefore we demur. A single
stock of corn standing in the center
of a forest could not produce an ear
much less two. 1t is fact-a physio-
logical fact if we are permitted to use
that term-that one stalk of corn iso-
lated from other corn cannot continue
its existence by means of producing
seed. The author was entitled to
some poetic license but, since the
creation of Adam and Eve, all animal
and vegetable life has been -propagat-
ed and perpetuated in the same way,
and it is placing too great strain
upon the credulity of the average
man to ask him to believe otherwise.
They tell this story on Bud. Perry
man, of Russell Springs: Bud, is now
guard of the state treasury at Topeka
and among his assets was chattel
mortgage on drove of mules out in
Logan county. Recently when in Lo-
gan county on visit he discovered
that the mules were not looking very
well and attributed it to the scarcity
of water. He told the mOrtgagOr that
he must move down on the blackberry
with those mules, where the water
supply was abundant, or he would
fOreclOSe the mortgage. The mort
gagor didn't want to go and. pleaded
to be allowed to remain where he was,
but Bud. was memorable, and SO the
night the rains came and the floods
descended and beat upon those mules
and carried them down in the Hack
berry drowning every last one of them.
AprOpOs of the high waters and
| floods, which have been devastating
western Kansas for the past two
weeks, the following true tale is re-
lated of couple Of our business men:
They were driving north and came to
the turbulent Saline. To retreat and
come back to town was clear waste
of time and besides they had business
on the other side. To plunge into the
cold rushing waters of the angry
stream might mean certain suicide.
! They had both read of similar in
stances and where the bodies were
not recovered for several days. What
to do was debated long and earnestly
! Neither one could swim stroke and
in case of an emergency, they would
!
to providence. However, having long
been residents of western Kansas
they had we'll learned the lesson OF
trust and finally concluded to chance
it once more. The buggy top was
thrown back and the driver, with
teeth set hard and a look Of determi
nation on his face grasped his whip
firmly in his right hand and the line;
in his left and said gO-and they went
We dislike very much to spoil the plot
for good story but we stated at the
outset that this was not a romance
The water in the deepest place would
not exceed a foot and a half and the
bottom of the stream was as hard a,
the cheek of real estate dealer
When they reached the opposite bank
they glanced at each other, but not {
word was uttered for full twenty min
uteS, when the driver remarked that
it had the appearance of rain, tt
which sentiment the other promptly
concurred. The moral to this is
Never turn back, on account Of water
in western Kansas.