The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-07-07
A Sherman County Town That Is Doing
Quite Nicely, Thank Yea.
Shows Enterprise in Business, Edu-
cation and Religion Fourth
Of July Day.


valleys There is something poetic
about them But one people long ac-
customed to hills and valleys and an
other to the broad expanse Of plains,
form different ideas Of beauty. Both
conceptions are true, and the inhab-
itants OF both regions happy.
= That was the thought that struck
the reporter Of this paper most dur
ing his visit Tuesday at KanOradOs
and among the people Of western
Kansas there assembled on Independ-
ence day.
Unlike the sequestered valleys Of
some eastern states, memories OF
which surround Lhe=earEer lives OF
our settlers, KanOrado is situated in
the midst Of a generous plain In al
most every direction the land falls
away into the distance until it strikes
against the sky. The green Of the
prairie, here and there dotted with
cattle grazing; the occasional fields
Of ripening grain and a farmhouse
near BY, are the radu OF the circular
picture, with the town in the center
Bounded by the horizon, il seems like
a little world As one stands and sur
veys it, the scene Of this open prairie
life is beautiful, and there is some
thing poetic about it, too. The sparCe
the thousands Of acres practically IN
touched and the deep rich soil IN
der it, begets a companion thought
that tOmOrrOw-the future Of these
plains-wilI be so grand in the full Wig
or OF an old civilization as to make the
liveIiest Imagination halt and fall be-
hind.
KanOradO will be seventeen years
old this fall, and like the majority Of
little towns in western Kansas it
sprung into existence when the trunk
line Of the Rock Island was built
through Sherman county in 1886, and
from all appearances the town and
the railroad didn't have any fuss in
the beginning, for the track and the
depot are conveniently located, with
reference to the business portion Of
the town The only thing on which
the townspeople and therailrOad were
divided, was the name, KanOradO
being the name designated by the
railroad company while LambOrn was
long the corporate name, which drop
ped out Of usage a year or two ago.
The Rock Island now maintains
there and has for years, a rOOmy sta
ton and depot building, stock pens,
plenty OF side track and a pumping
station. Besides the agent q night
YatOr is owned and operated by J. W.
Germann. These things, combined
with the satisfactory train service Of
the Rock Island, make this little Sher-
man county town on the western Dor
der Of Kansas, a lively country place
There are also two general merchan-
disc stores, a VIM being proprietor
OF one and J. W. Germann OF the
other Business men handling other
lines Of stock are Henry Hsrtstine,
hardware. William Hartstine, imple-
ments- C. H Briggs recently built a
livery barn and keeps an equipment
and Mr. Whitman is the village black
smith One Of the important things
to the farmers is the creamery sta
ton Of the Continental Creamery
company, which has been receiving
a large supply Of cream from the sur
rounding territory ever since it was
established several years ago. The Op-
orator Of the plant Mr.. Briggs, said
that the station has about thirty
three patrons, and that for the month
OF June, he paid out $500 in cash for
cream.
The good people Of RanOrado and
vicinity are Just completing a church,
OF which W c. Harrison is builder, at
a cost Of S1,4OO, and when dedicated
in the near future, it viii be free from
incumberance or fndebtedness-the
money having been paid in by pop
ular subscription. This edifice VIII
seat 225 people; will have fancy metal
ceiling, pews, pulpit furniture; ana
better than all IT has a Jealous mem
bership and a prospecting young peO-
pies society.
The educational interests Of Kan
OradO have been we'll fostered- a
twO-stOry brick school building, hav-
ing two large rooms, in each Of. which
a teacher is employed every year, is
the proof that this district has been
maintaining one Of the greatest things
possible in any community good
school Last year James P. Phillips,
who, at the last election, was elected
county superintendent Of schools of
Sherman county, was principal Of the
KanOradO school and Miss Amy Jones
served in the capacity as assistant to
EIr. Philips. The course Of study in
cludes work from the primary up to
ana including the ninth grade, which
gives a graduate Of that school a
years advanced standing in the Sher-
man county high school
There are several pretty little resid-
ences in KanOradO, nearly every one
OF which is sheltered more or less
from the hot summer sun by thrifty
young trees and climbing vines The
homes Of William Hartstine, Walter
VIM, James McNeaI and Henry
Hartstine are attractive, and repre-
ent not only the comforts that are en-
joyed upon the plains, but show &
touch Of beauty
Distance has been annihilated in
KanOradO just the same as in much
larger places-that is, the town has
telephone system and a central,
which gives connection TO the farm
houses round about.
The Fourth Of July was made {
day Of genuine celebration there thil
year. Early in the forenoon tn,
farmers, for miles around, we're seer
driving to toWR-not with the equip
msnt that marked them in days goni
by. Then people were poor. time
we're hard, and the outcome Of tki
country regarded as uncertain. tn
finest rig they could muster was
hard-iooking lumber wagon, draw
BY ordinary farm plugs, with harnes
and other things humbly matching
Time has changed all this. Today on
country people ride to town il singI
and double seated carriages The
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