The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-06-25

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TDpeka. Manhattan. JunttioU CITY.
Abilene. HaiDa There ~ 40 mora
beautfni. Or rieher valley "a the
word Sos. alas The GOODS tame.
and truly thsr urought N~i5espreas
ruin and devastation compkfe N0l
pen ean adequately portray the -
lects Or results - that mighty Fng-
ing torrent Ruined homes IN fhs
csties-ruinei ev~eryfhinRin the cOun-
try. There couid - any dexfves
~ ruination I would say that vieit
81 Upon the farmers along The valley
was and h the -worzer.
But ! must not take your agaes 20
talk - that Wiki has been read -
AZ men. Bey0ud she bfl0ws q tar
Kaw. on the had waters q ~ Sa-
line and the Solomon. the GOOD God
did 0tFefgn- Tkere to-day = psoee
and ptenty and comfort and con-
tentDent Iwent out principally 70
look over The lads ~ Corr anf
Sheridan counts. aud 20 Tistt Al
kw days With my partner. + d.
Atkinson. and Other Rates county
good people who have setttd IN
that short grass c0sHtrys and
somewhat q what / saw away cut
thsre-x0 mixes directly west %.
Kansas CITY two counttes hack
from Colorado and one down from
Nebraska. map interest YOUR readers
IL r. a rolling prairie e0Eutry
mostly covered vita baGa3o ETaE-
dcrfsively called short grass I
drove two days in Sheridan and
never saw . rock as big a. a mans
Est, except the government corner
stones. / saw thousands u cattle
herdIng On the short grass, and sin
gular as u mag seem 20 the Missouri
farmer who swears By red clover
and timothy. theseeattie as now A.
fat ss anything the butchers q RIeh
I'm or Butler reduce 10 the block. I
saw hundreds Of acres Of alfalfa that
VIII cut two tons Of hay 20 the acre
FIRST cutting. and whleh win b. cut
twice more this season. Tits worth
$500 a ton on the cars at Grainheidl
Thousands Of acres q corn. sor-
ghum, and Kamv growing. And
beyond anything we eTer saw IN
any state anywhere, was the WaT-
ing fields Of wheat and barley. 1
saw ripe Etrawberrfes in the garden.
and ate new yeas, Iettuee, onions
radishes and potatoes from farmers
tables.
l learned that farmers and stock
men worked less and lived easier.
better and happier HIVES than else
where under the sun. Why over on
AL wyatt's ranch - everybody In
north Bates knows Al Wyatt, the
old lumber man Of Adrian-of over
$500 acres, 1 saw everything indigf-
nous to the soil and some exoficz
He owns two or thrse niles q the
Saline river in which he keeps shoals
and shoals Of fish He don't bother
with them only when he gets ash
hungry. Then he goes out and
angles cut a mess o. channel cats
all the way from oneto three pounds
al angle. In the Saline there are al
manner Of game fish from the beau
tlful gold fish. the speckled noun
tain trout. 20 the lazy eat Isaw
these things. Bat beside these
things. what gave uie the most im-
mediate and spontaneous sport. was
the hittiag 10 and fro 81 the nbigult-
nous Jack rabbits. They were a
slget especially with two well
trained grey hounds Ia close and
eager pursuit. We thought o. what
Marx Twain said 81 them-of theig
ability to put remoteuess between
0emselvss and all pursuers-
Bat here ] go. When / began
couldn't think % a thing 10 write.
and now / am struggling 70 mad
some decent way 10 quit or point al
which 20 stop. I imagine 1 hear the
patient editor saving Cut that Oh.
and the faithful printer grooming.
"Ameni
One thing more and I shall walt
10 ~ II the editor viii ask me q
write any mou-iast anything yor
want AS he put H. II yea ncyel
SO anything more with my name q
the bottom you may fairly conclnds
that be- didn't extend the snvitatiea
Bus TO those "a this country whQ
are not quite wholly satisfied with
lie 80 she 81 here and II likely 20 be,
| would Ike to say 1 saw wheat ans
barley IN Sheridan county that VII
thnesh out from ~ 10 20 beshels q
the acre. adjoining uniDproVel lands
that you can hay Tor from &A1 q
S6N an acre. and those interested
Ia that country aud such lands car
get further information by addnNs
inE = n Atkiusou. AZ 6rainafie
Kansas VERY truly.
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