Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-26

Special Washington correspondence:
Letters received by members OF Con-
gress, officials of the various depart
ments of the Government and newspa-
per men here indicate the very general
return OF prosperity to nearly oil Sec
tions of the country. All OF these are
good reading in these times Of calamity
cries, and permission has been given to
present extracts from few OF the
most interesting. They are as follows:
W.. Il. Voc of Independence, Kan:
"There is a general increase in business
here. Our wheat crop is q million bush
els in this county and the price is 30 per
cent above year ago. Kansas Will share
in the returning prosperity"
l.. p. Bissell, Charlotte, Mich: Farm
ers have harvested excellent crops OF
wheat and hay, with fair prospects on
other cereals. The greater part or the
depression here was due to poor prices ON
agricultural products, and as fair returns
in both quantity and quality and in price
are now assured we have reason to hope
that better times are on the verge OF the
wall surrounding u.s."
w. III. Goetzinger, Elbow Lake, Mimi:
'There is marked and substantial EVIL
dence of return to better times. Farmers
have done more building this spring than
for n number of years past and have
bought more buggies and windmills than
ever before. Merchants carry larger
stocks, tramps are fewer in number and
In general better feeling prevails"
Il. Il. Adams, Mansfield, Mo-: "The
most noticeable Improvement here is in
the price and demand for sheep. For this
stock the price has almost doubled and the
demand at the higher price trebled, which
means prosperity for many farmers. The
demand for horses and mules has been
good and the price higher than for several
years. Price of wheat here has almost
doubled, benefitting many of our farmers.
From the statements Of our county banks
the deposits of many Of them have dou-
bled, showing that there is more money
In the country than ever before. Cattle
are high and farmers have sold more cat
tie, sheep, horses and mules than ever be-
fore in the history of the county. 1t looks
to me as though renewal of activity has
certainly come or is about to come to
our community"
j. A. Doty, Southwest City, No.: 1.-TWO
industries here, -four milling and distili-
ing, after two years of idleness, opened
for business July 1, and other business
enterprises that have been under n strain
to keep going have taken on new life and
are employing additional help. There is
a marked improvement not only in this
place, but in surrounding towns and coun-
try"
Allen G. Bragg, editor and general man
ager of the Gazette Publishing Co., kcuo,
New: 1.-THE outlook is encourage ng here
and better feeling is undoubtedly about
in the State. The live stock interest, beef
and mutton are looking up, wool is :, or 4
cents a pound higher, gold mining has
taken on new life and much prospecting is
being done with degree of success that
Is encouraging. Take il all in all, the ill
dications are excellent for a revival OF
business. Nevada is not manufacturing
State, but l regard the outlook for live
stock and mining as brighter than it has
been in the past ten years.
j. Dawson, Eutaw, Ala: "Our town
has just completed electric lights and
water works, and the great talk now is
the building of n cotton factory. Bust
ness is improving daily"
]. w. Baker, Columbia City, Ind:
Farmers have gathered a fairly good
wheat crop, bountiful hay crop and
good oat crop, which indicate renewed
prosperity for them. A new factory has
just been erected here with capacity Of
300 employees, and large new lumber
company has just started. Our idle men
are now generally employed, some nc in
creased wages, some at prices formerly
paid"
w. A. Smith Of the Decatur County
Abstract Company, Oberlin, KAN: II
have lived in northwest Kansas for over
thirteen years and we are now i'm o more
prosperous condition than We have been
ut any time during that period. We have
had boom times wherein business was
greater and more people were engaged,
but, like most booms, the bottom dropped
out. We are now on q solid basis. There
are more farmers working on their own
capital in this county than ever before TO
my knowledge. Our wheat crop has been
very fine and the corn will undoubtedly
be as heavy yield as we have ever lad.
Alfalfa culture is being introduced: also
the Campbell method of cultivation with
good effect. The machinery ro- a full
creamery has been ordered and win be i'm
full operation by September. Since Jan
uary Oberlin has shipped forty.two car
loads of cattle and 122 of hogs. Many
mortgages will be paid"
A. Il. CARSON.