Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-09-16

Should you so desire you may insert
the following in your next issue.
This scribbling may be of no import
ance, but as / am an old residenter OF
Trego county, perhaps some of the
inhabitants thereof would care to
know my whereabouts, etc.
/ have spent the last forty days in
travelling, and like the Missourian,
have decided that if this world is as
big the other way as it is this way it
must be whopper. 1 have Journey
ed about 1900 miles and have not
come to the jumping off place yet,
nor can L hear of such a place, al
though there is one advantage 1 have
gained, that is, 1 have lived through
two hours more of daylight than you
ave. 1 have a watch that is noted
for its correct time-keeping, because
heretofore it has regulated the sun,
moon and stars and told the price of
butter and eggs in Chicago, there
fore it must be .. K, and ii registers
the time at just two hours ahead of
the Spokane sun time just to the
minute. This is surely proof of the
theological statement that the sun
ariseth and the sun goeth down. The
Bible says that the sun ariSeth and
the sun Setteth and returned to the
place where he arose; this settled
fact beyond doubt with me now for
L have travelled on the earth and to-
wards the sunset and have kept in
sight of the sun 120 minutes longer
than you have; but if you still believe
that the earth turns over you have
right to your opinion. That is the
reason that certain political parties
exist, is because you can't compel a
man to disperse of fictitious ideas
founded devoid of basis, but as am
not writing up biblical or political
topic but simply giving a geographical
sketch L will proceed by stating that
L spent few hours in Denver, and
while there had personal interview
with A. NJ Beam who resides at No
1919 west 3Sth street, and was inform
ed that TregO county contains valua-
BILE deposits of rich mineral beyond
doubt. Mr.. Beam run the ore through
his mill at Florence, Colo, that was
shipped by Prof. Wheaton. He said
he was requested not to give the de-
tails of the mill run. but he advised
me to hold to what land 1 have there
and acquire more if possible. A man
named Jackson is erecting a mill in
Denver for testing a new process on
Trego-ElliS earth. The estimated
cost of said building is $4,000.
From Denver L went along the
eastern side of the Rocky mountains
to Cheyenne, Wyo., nothing of much
interest interviewed except irrigation
bitches and snow banks in the Rock
les. Snow still remains In the high
mountains all through Colorado, Wy
omIng, Utah, Idaho and Montana,
and nearly all vegetation in these
states is raised by irrigation. An ir-
rigation ditch generally contains
stream of inexhaustible water about
Is inches deep and SO inches across,
sometimes being II miles in length in
order to get the proper slant for the
water to run. After seeing the irri-
CATION fields and soil d person soon
abandons the idea of irrigation ever
existing in western Kansas.
From Cheyenne 1 started about
a. m. for journey across the noun
tains thinking by studying geography
that L would have 25 or 80 miles ride
over them, but instead the mountains
lasted for about HOO miles. L ad-
mired the sight of the mountains for
the first 200 miles and then it became
monotonous passing high hills, small
railroad stations, mountain gulches,
tunnels, high bridges, etc. Coyotes
abound in large numbers through the
mountains, and / could see some an
telope and deer from the train. Noun
tain lion and bear are in some divi-
sions also: 1 had the opportunity of
seeing one lion at large. 1 and an
other young man were driving to
town a distance of about 9 miles,
when about half way there we saw
lion about half grown crossing the
valley diagonally from U.S. We hur-
ried up in pursuit, and the brute SIM
ply kept up his dog-trot pace swing
ing his head to either side and gazing
back. When we got within 15O yards
of him he stopped, and 1 presume he
wanted to transact some business,
but it being Sunday, and US without
substantial weapons, 1t was against
our religious principles to break the
Sabbath day, so we stopped too, re-