The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-12-28
FARMIYeroNs MALEGNERS.

competing Tor tue a%l lum toSaiiou
railing against the Commissioners who
had that duty 10 perform, because there
il . phase Of human nature that falls
out with anything that disappoinls a
cherished desire or ambition and Is
most unreasonable In attribuling Inn
aginnry aud false motives. Bul we
have been surprised nj the misrepfe-
scnlaIions that have been 50 freely In
dul ged in 10y them at the expense Of
the good name Of our town, the land
selected for the site, iis accessibility
by rail, etc. We are charitable enough
to lay some oi thi, nj the door Of X
nurancc, but we fear that much Of Il
Is prompted 10y the malice which de-
feat cngcndcts in NARROW minds.
Not ono Of the writer's who have so
recklc.sly slandcrcd the soil aud to-
Biography Of the land selected has ever
been over It or speaks from personal
knowledge A large part Of 1t Is OK
ccllcni soil IN a good state OF culliya-
ton; another portion is finely tim
bercd aud has an elevation peculiarly
adapted for a site Tor the building ;
the drainage 10 the 81. Francois river,
less than mile distant from the build.
ing site, is all that could be desired,
and tic distance from The railroad sta.
ton is only between a half and three,
quarters Of a mile, instead Of Two oil
three miles ~ some Of the kickers vii
have Il. There Il a small amount o
white soil land on the tract, which
produces good grass, and nothing re
semJling craw.hsh land" whicl
some Of these papers, dealing more 1t
brazen fiction than IN q desire to tel
tho truth, have shamelossiy asserted /
TO be.
We say we are surprised that the,
should Indulge in such gross misrcpre
senlalion Of single portion Of a sec
ton of the Stale IN the development
Of which all should feel an interest
for it does not help TO attract capita
or desirable enterprises to their towns
but has a contrary influence, aud moth
Ing they may say, however false an
disparaging, Of Pennington and 1t
surroundings, will change the decisio
OF the Commissioners, which was mad
after they had been over all the site
offered by competing towns, and eS
rrything, even the price to be paid f.
the land, was carefully weighed an
considered.
Huntington Is a wide awake, pre-
gressiyo aud growing town, evidence
Of which are 80 patent that they d
not even have 10 be pointed out
yisilors-ihcy can be seen aud the
speak for themselves. Ii is naturj
that land in H. vicinity should con
mand better prices than land aroun
towns that have shown no signs Of III
and growth for decade Or more. Th
price paid by the State we believe
an average Of 10000 an acre; and ye
only week before last MIR. J. Il. Pei
kins, n practical young farmer, pal
$500 an acre for 80 acres Of uuiu
proved land adjacent to our town, an
thinks be got it at bargain. Ii
not mineral land either, nor was
bought by him rs a matter OF spec'
lation, bu; for purposes Of improyu
J meat and cultivation.
/ The question Of location was mo-
imporlan, in the estimation of ii
/ Commissioners than few thousar
, dollars more or less in the price Of Il
, land. They were not appointed at
, sent out for the purpose Of buying Il
! low priced land near some sleepy o
town in order to wake It up aud sta
boom for it. Pennington wants Il
asylum. else il would never have ask,
, for 1t, but !, does not need State 4
slilulion TO insure It's growth and C.
/ terprise. These we have already NJ
, they will stay with us. So will Il
asylum.
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