The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-12-30

In western Kansas, the young men
have begun to see visions and the old men
10 dream dreams. II constitutes an agri-
cultural apocalypse. and our people
who really see, and use their thinkers,
declare that the stone which was re-
jscted VIII become the head Of the cor
ner. And the time IS not farOf either
There's a good tine coming, boys.
a good time coming:
And we shall live TO see the day
OF short grass giistening inlthe ray
OF the good time coming.
Stock and herds may help rs on,
Bat EARNINGS a weapon stronger;
Wen win our battle by It's aid,
And wait but little longer.
Kansas finds herself today in the
midst of a great land sale movement,
and the activity is apparent not so
much in eastern Kansas as in the cen
trai and western part. The great in
fux OF people who desire western land
are from Iowa, southeastern Nebraska
and northeastern Kansas.
Prices IN western Kansas are steadily
advancing, says c. c. wyandt, of Alb
iIene, and to this section are going
many young men who have been renters
IN the older and most pOpuIous centers
Of Kansas. Prices there rauge from s.
to SO per acre, and on this investment
has been yielding great returns during
the past two or three years when sOwn
10 wheat As an instance Of the rapid
rise ii land values in Sherman county,
]. ". Tibbels last week gave a cash
consideration for a two-yeaL option on
the r. L. Peters ranch four miles north
of GoOdland, the purchase price to be
SO per acre to Peters in case Of trans
fer.
Go TO any thrifty farmers place in
this county and you will find plenty of
grain in the gIanary, perhaps a large
amount Of corn, and an abundance of
rough feed for cattle. He has a good
herd Of cattle, and every indication
points to the fact that our western Peo-
pie are on easy street. Their homes
are free from debt, and very few are
borrowers. While land is cheap they
are extending their holdings, which
means big profits IN the rise Of land,
and tomorrow they viii be men Of
greater financial power than their east
ern neighbOrs-
Wherever the Campbell system of ag-
riculture has been employed the success
has scarcely bsen short Of marvellous.
All are agreed that BY the employment
Of better farming methods, good wheat
crops VIII be Certain IN western Kansas.
Hence It is that old timers, who thought
for many years that this is nothing but
a cattle country. have changed their
views; they can see a big agricultural
future for the west
Helen Kimber, president of the Kan
sas Equal Suffrage association, and who
promoted a Kansas agricultural exhibit
IN Chicago last fall second to none ever
placed before the people of the east,
writes: 81 believe that western Kansas
is going to be even more profitable as
an agricultural section than that of the
middle and eastern part Miss Kim
Der has been in GoOdland several times,
and has travelled over western Kansas
enough to support her predictions with
reason. Wherever the Campbell
system is given any sort of a chance, -
she says, cit has more than made good.
TIE farmer who takes the time now to
become acquainted with what the ex-
pertinent stations of this state are doing
for him viii find that his brains vii
save his feet many useless steps and his
time viii become more valuable. al.
though he VIII put less Of it IN grubbing
away as ne did IN the past. Brains
count, and the outcome of scientific
agriculture is making the practical
modern farmer a better and richer
man !"
The farmer Of Sherman county should
get hold Of a sufficient acreage of land
before a sharp rise IN price puts It be
yond his reach, for there's a good time
coming, and be that hat tn shall be made
fat.
DR.. r B. Harvey, dentist. ovei