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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-06
SHERMAN COUNTY
A True Picture of Conditions as They
Exist Today in One of the Best
Counties in Kansas.
Crops Grown of Wheat Rye. Corn, Barley etc. Equal
Those Raised on Vastly More High Priced Lands
Read the Letters and Know What Our Farm
ers Have Done for Years.

T exceed s., 900 from all sources. do
not farm to any great extent, only raise
forage for winter feed for my horses
and cattle during brief storms, which
rarely last more than two OF three days
at a time Sometimes we do not feed
a single day during January. Some of
my neighbors who farm small grain
have done quite we'll They have
grown excellent barley, wheat and corn,
and IT is quite frequent one man will
thresh from 1000 to 5000 bushels of
grain.
Some time IN the future we will be
raising sugar beets. Am satisfied that
20 tons per acre can be grown on this
land when irrigated. But the country
must settle up first to furnish the
thousands of laborers which are re-
quired to carry on this industry When
we have advanced to this stage of ag-
riculture and when all irrigated land
yields its owner 500 per acre, then
land viii raise in value to $50 to 500
per acre, paying its owner a good in
terest on those prices. Then viii many
realize that they have lost a great op-
POrtunity by not investing in these
lands when they could have been Pur-
chased for $500, $500 and 5000 per
acre. Hoping that many will see It is
to their interest to establish their homes
here, and help to develop the resources
Of the county AID finally in the end
reap an abundant reward for their
labor. remain,
Very truly yours,
r. E. HALL
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entry was a team and 800 in money.
had wife and four boys. the two old
est children being partly grown.
I have farmed every year and raised
crops every year since coming here, ez-
.cept in the year OF 1894 when the crops
were very light. Have also raised a
fine garden every year. At this time
we own two sections Of land with three
sets Of Improvements, two of my boys
having married and settled on this $50
acre tract With me, and both of them
have well improved places Have
raised wheat that made 20 to Is bushels
per acre, oats 80 to 40 bushels and bar
ley from 80 to so bushels per acre and
have raised good corn a majority of the
years and have good corn this year
We have the ], 28O acres all fenced and
well improved Have placed a new
s., 800 barn and granarY on my home
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$50 acres of land IN addition to the $50
acres first entered, a total of I, 40 acres,
with good improvements, and clear
title. never left the county but once
in 1889 I went to Illinois and got a
wife and was gone about months
then.
We milk from IS to 20 COWS, and
have a 500 cream separator which
turns out about $40 per month cash. I
continue to farm the same as ever and
It always pays for the rOughness yearly
for stock and generally there is a sur
plus of grain to market besides.
I have enlarged my buildings until
they almost cover an acre. Have all
kinds of farm machinery, and have
also a blacksmith and wood shop com
plete. Our 100 chickens lay three dozen
eggs per day-at p cents per dozen
s.. 81 per week.
Since have lived here stock has not
had to be fed hay or grain over ten
days on an average through the winter,
buffalo grass Is their whole diet and
do better on It than on the best of hay.
We also raise hogs and horses and also
enough grain to feed them. In fact
more money can be made and with less
labor here than either Iowa or Illinois,
where spent the greater part of my
life and the opportunities are greater
now than ever before, if a man can
get a few hundred dollars to start with,
in land and cattle. I have been here
Is years and It would raise the sweat
beneath my hat-band If 1 was Of
cred ten thousand dollars for all
my holdings here today, to know
whether to take It or not; for
don't owe one dollar to any one, and
know I can make more out Of It as it is
than with ten thousand in cash.
Yours very truly,
JAMES B. MOORE
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the past four years have mixed on an
average Of "A head Of COWS which has
netted me over 81 500 worth of butter.
Last year from I2O hens 1 sold over 500
worth Of eggs
This year my corn has made nearly
80 bushels per acre and my barley 81
bushels.
1 now have 800 acres of decided land,
90 head of cattle, 10 head of horses, 20
head of hogs. with my place well i'm
proved and all kinds of farm imple-
ments and don't owe a dollar.
/ believe this Is the home of the poor
man and the opportunities for getting a
start are much better at this time than
when / came here.
Yours very truly,
WILLIAM KURT.
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Brewster, Kansas, Dec. y, 1904
Mr.. G. L. CALVERT,
Local immigration Agent,
c. r. I. & P. R. R
GOodland, Kansas
Dear Sir: I settled in Sherman
county, Kansas, October %, 1885.
came here from Bloomfield, Davis
county, Iowa, and since coming here
have devoted my time to farming and
stock raising, principally horses and
cattle.
came to this county with practically
nothing, and now own good farm
with good improvements and have the
place well stocked. 1 have been sue
cessful in the raising of thoroughbred
shOrt-hOrn cattle. have raised as high
as so bushels of corn and 80 bushels of
wheat per acre and have never failed
to raise plenty of grain to do me each
season. I have farmed in Illinois, In
diana, Iowa and Missouri, but since
coming to Kansas I have made more
money and did it easier than than 1
NOA4lA III any "a AAAOS- S-a-LSo-
As a friend Of the farmer and the
poor man who are looking for lOca-
ton, or who wish to better their
present condition, I would advise them
to carefully investigate the situation
and possibilities of northwest Kansas,
as I feel sure there is no better opPortu-
nifty for farming and stock raising with
. a limited means than Sherman county
offers at this time.
Anyone wishing TO correspond with
me relative to this section Of the country
may address me at Brewster, Kansas,
and viii gladly furnish them and fur
I ther information that I can along this
/ line. Yours very truly,
EMMETT LISTER.
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It barley and corn.

raised excellent barley and corn
A few years ago my brother came out
here and we now have a fine ranch Of
), I2O acres, go head Of cattle, few
horses, all kinds of farm implements,
our place well improved and are out of
debt. Our place IS all fenced and cross
fenced.
For the man who does not own a
home, this is the place to get one 1
have farmed IN Iowa and other states,
but have made more money and made
It easier here than anywhere else I have
been. Yours very truly,
NJ L. CHANDLER.
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GoOdland. Kansas, Dec. 20. 1901

GOOdland, Kansas, Dec. 20, 1904
Mr. @. l. CALVERT,
Local Immigration Agent,
c. r. L & P R r.
GOOdIand, kansas.
Dear Sir: Inasmuch as you have
done our real estate business for rs
since coming to this county, take
pleasure in stating the degree Of success
we have had since coming TO the
county
You VIII remember that in the spring
Of 1887 you placed my homestead pa
pers on nv homestead three miles
southwest of Ruleton, which was our
first quarter of land. I came direct
from Knox county, No, at that time
All we had at the time Of making this
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that all my holdings were made right
here in Sherman county, out Of nothing
as you see by my having to commence
second time with nothing. My corn for
1904 viii go IS bushels per acre, wheat
eight bushels per acre, barley 20 to Is
bushels per acre. am milking FIVE
new mich cows at present If there are
any who wish to correspond with me
will give them all the information 1 can.
Respectfully yours,
]. NJ. LEONARD.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-06
sHERNIAN coUllTY 20 sCHooL BUILDnsc.

record It wiz be hard to give things as
correct as they should be.
I came 70 Sherman county, Kansas,
IN 1sS8, from WOodford county, Illinois,
and when landed IN Sherman county,
I had i've dollars In money, a team OF
horses, one COW, One-half dozen chick
ems, one old cook stove, two chairs, a
pine table, an old bed-steads an old
lister. The third year my wife was Ia
ken sick and after SIX weeks lines
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let-weIl, some Of them in every year
before and since. The good activity Of
the soil cannot be questioned. We have
raised as fine potatoes, wheat and oats
as ever saw in any country
Fruit is bound to be a success here
On our farm we have raised as fine
apples, cherries, pIums and peaches as
as can be grown in any part Of the state
During the season just past apples aud
cherries did especially vel. an that is
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-06
GOOdland, Kansas, Dec. ., 1901
Mr.. g. L. CALVERT,
immigration Agent,
c. r. l. & P. r. r.
ours very truly
s. B. MIDDLETON.

u X l. & r X X
GOOdland, Kansas.
Dear Sir. In April 1886 I came here
the first actual settler of Mcpherson
township. came from Iowa. owned
a team and wagon and some $1,000
worth of goods and other resources,
and within a year they were cleared up
and I found myself in debt FIVE hun
dred dollars. was IN a worse cOndi-
ton then than were those that came
with less and stayed out of debt.
The next ten years tried farming
and with one excePtiOn-in 1S94-had a
fair crop of small grain to thresh every
year that paid interest and other ez-
penses. had 80 bushels of barley per
acre, three of those ten years and so
bushels Of oats two of them, and in
1892 nv small grain crop was all wheat,
and averaged 20 bushels to the acre;
had five car loads of wheat that year,
and four other years 1 raised Is bushels
per acre OF wheat, and never raised less
than three bushels per acre Of wheat
any year
In 1897 was out Of debt and had a
few head Of COWS and heifers-about II
in all. Since then I have kept all the
female cattle and increased my herd till
If now numbers IS head. I now Own
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section ?, in TT, r 81, which still
own and operate as a part of my farm
consistingOf ,12O acres Of decided land
Not having sufficient means to keep ny
family a year, I was compelled to go
east for work, which was very scarce.
I sold my team of horses and invested
IN a pair of COWS, which put under
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Goodland, Kansas, Dec. y, 1904.
/ Mr.. o. L. CALVERT,
Local immigration Agent,
c. &P.R.R.
GoOdland, Kansas.
Dear Sir:-I arrived IN Sherman
county on the eighth day of May, 1886.
Preempted a claim and lived on it six
months. Went into the general mer-
chandise business at voItaire, in
Sherman county, Kansas, November p,
1886.
Ny business relations with the people
enabled me to keep in close touch with
those engaged in all occupations: bust
ness, stock raising and farming
have observed that three classes of Peo-
pie have Prospered from the start:
conservative business men; those who
held a fair bunch of cattle, sowed small
grain and raised forage for their stock,
and the man who kept a few cattle and
MIXED cows and Persevered in diversi-
fed farming, but never on large scale.
Our soil is a rich, light loan, free Of
sand, and It is demonstrated beyond
question that wheat, corn and various
crops can be raised successfully with
less moisture than IN eastern states. Of
course, It requires careful farming here
as well as elsewhere, and our farmers
are fast catching on to the proper
methods TO successfully raise crops IN
this climate. Some of our farmers
have not failed to raise crops every
year for Is years.
Our people are now all prosperous
and well to do, and for intelligence and
good citizenship, rank as high as ny
county in any state in the union. I no
longer have any doubts about the future
Of this country. Its rapid growth and
development is manifested on all sides
and in every field of industry.
Yours very truly,
C. NJ MILLISACK.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-06

GOOdland, Kansas, Dec. %, 1901.
The following IS letter from Mr.. 1.
Warner, who has been county treasurer
of Sherman county for the past five
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-06
G. L. CALVERT,

G. L. CALVERT,
immigration Agent, c. R L & P
Dear SIR In regard to your request
for an honest statement Of my expert
ence IN Sherman county as a farmer,
wiz cheerfully make this statement:
I located here from Howard, Clay
county, Nebraska, in August, 1855, and
homesteaded the northwest quarter Of
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-06

KanOradO. Kansas, Dec. 5, 1904
G. L CALVERT, GOOdland, Kansas
Dear Sir:-YOurs received and con-
tents noted. Would say, not keePinG
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required to made fruit growing success
IS careful attention and that IS required
IN any country.
On our farm We also have a large
reservoir stocked with fish, some of
which measure two and One-half feet IN
length.
I am perfectly satisfied with the COM
Try and intend to stay. I. WARNER.
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CROP RECORDS
Story of What Our Farmers Have
Done and Are Doing--=A Re
narkable Tale.

Farmers Starting With No Means Have in a Few Years
Placed Themselves in Easy Circumstances--In-
comes from DairYing, Cattle and Grain Crops More
Than Equal to Income from Rich Eastern Farms.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-06

GoOdland, Kansas, Dec. 70, 1904.
Mr.. @. L. CALVERT,
Local immigration Agent,
c. RI & P. RI,
Goodland, Kansas.
Dear Sir:-I came to Sherman county
from Adams county, Nebraska, during
the spring of 1885 and hOmesteaded. I
came here with my wife and three
children and 5000 in money, but moth
ing else, not even a team.
Since coming here, have raised
something every year, and the last FIVE
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-06

Much vas made Of the wassail bowl
at this season It was carried from
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iOnged to the man Of the house.
There were no indications, however.
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munity," he tens Us, vs.. uelus.-u
with cherry brandy, pure HOlla35
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the yoke and drove back 20 miles,
where my wife, in a tent and nine miles
from postofice, awaited me-
Since that time I haYe been a con-
tinuous resident of Sherman county,
Kansas, where 1 have decided the above
farm, own It in fee simple, have It
well stocked with cattle, horses and
hogs Have it rented so as to bring me
in safe and profitable income. At
present I am located in Manhattan,
Kansas, Commercial hotel, No 200,
where am taking the farmers course
in agriculture at the Agricultural col.
lege. When I am through shall take
up scientific agriculture in Sherman
county, Kansas. Until that time I shall
manage my Sherman county farm on
scientific lines from the college.
1 have been successful IN agriculture
and stock raising so far, and I believe
with a firm belief that under good sci
entifc farming, the once desert shall
blossom as the rose Will give sub
stantial information to any actual home
seeker upon receipt of stamp
E. ". ALBRIGHT.
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having no direct connecuOn WIN rne
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-06
MADE A FINE RECORD
SPLENDID WORK OF DISTRICT
ATTORNEY EARLE BREWER
Crime Was Rampant in the District When He Took
Charge, and Has Been Materially Reduced
Through Official Neck-Breaking

Tess task. BY fearless and persistent
work, however, the calendar was
cleared, and at the last court term in
Coahoma only sixteen indictments
were shown. A similar decrease in
crime has been brought about in every
county in the district.
Mr.. Brewer believes in capital pun
ishment as the most effective method
OF checking the murder mania so
alarmingly manifested in many coun-
ties OF the state, and he sent six men
to the gallowS in the Eleventh district
within period of seventy days. He
has had no less than a dozen hang
ingS to his credit during his term of
office, and the effect of these neck
breakings has been most Salutary.
The example set might we'll be follow
ed with profit in some Of the other
circuit court districts of the state
where crime has been rampant and
murder has grown so common as to
be scarcely more than a disturbance
Of the peace. jackson Evening News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-06

Hon. Earle Brewer Of Clarksdale,
district attorney Of the Eleventh cir
cult court district, who was in the
city last evening on supreme court
business, states that lively crusade
against vagrantS has been launched
in Quitman county, and at the recent
court term in Belen thirty-eight per-
sons were arrested on this charge.
The court officials are determined to
get rid OF the idle and loafing class of
the population, which consists largely
of negro crapShooterS and worthless
whites who infest the blind tigers and
low gambling dives, and it is believed
that the prosecutions will have a
wholesome effect in the county.
During his career as district attOr-
ney in the Eleventh district Mr.. Brew
er has made remarkable record for
enforcing the law. At his first court
term in CoahOma county, for instance,
there were fully 800 indictments on
the docket, and the disposal Of the
criminal business looked like a hope
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-06
The Death of Mrs. Levin Lake.

Mrs. Harriet A. Lake, wife of Mr.
Levin Lake, died at her home in Ok
ford, Miss, on April % after a pro-
tracted illness, in the eighty second
year of her age. She was married to
Mr.. Lake in Maryland in 1910, and
they Immediately moved to Grenada
and made their home here for twenty
eight years. Much of the history of
Grenada would be incomplete without
the name and kindly deeds OF Mrs.
Harriet A. Lake connected with it,.
She came from a notable ancestry,
and while she was proud of this fact,
she realized that ones life was meas
ured Ey its own making-by the
threads woven into it day by day and
by the flowers planted by it on the
highway of life to give fragrance and
joy to the oft weary traveller and to
cheer the ones SO often found in the
valley of despair.
Mrs. Lake was truly noble woman,
one that taught the Christ-life and
added to the sweetness and happiness
of the world by having lived i'm IT.
She had been a member Of the Meth
OdiSt church for years and was loyal
to it and all of its teachings. Truly
it is hard to estimate the ministry of
one like her when we consider that
she has been sowing good deeds for
more than four score years.
Besides her husband who is SO years
of age, she leaves one son and three
daughters, one of whom resides in
Grenada, Mrs. L. L. Owens, besides
of grandchildren and great
grandchildren TO mourn her death.
To one and all The Sentinel extends
Blessed are they who
lie in the Lord
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Strictly Genuine.

Most of the patent medicine testi-
mOnialS are probable genuine. The
following notice recently appeared in
the AtchiSOn (kan.) Globe: Joe Tack,
well known engineer, running on the
Missouri Pacific between Wichita and
Kiowa, lately appeared in Il big one
with picture, and when he was in
this Office today, we asked him about
it. He says he bad terrific pains in
his stomach, and thought he had can
Ger. His druggist recommended Kodol
and he says it cured him. tie recon-
mended it to others, who were also
cured" KOdol Dyspepsia Cure digeStS
what you eat and cures all stomach
troubles. Just as surely as the sun
shines your stomach can be brought
back to its originally pure condition
and life Sweetened by this lasting and
truly the greatest digeStant known.
Sold by The Second Glass Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-06
THE S0UTHW EST
A Grand Country For Home
seekers and Investors.
EXCURSION RATES TWICE A MONrx

Arkansas. Louisiana anf TTexSs
offer the greatest induceEsaats for
persons desiring to own theis- 'homes.
Cheap land, producing al1sost any
thing that can be grewn anywhere.
mild climate, good scheolS, good water.
healthful surroundings, and growing,
country are some OF the advantages.
Unexcelled for raising fruits and
vegetables for early markets. Lane
that can be bought for SIS to $40 per
acre can be made to yield s1OO to 5000
per acre in orchard aud truck farm.
First and third Tuesdays of each
month we sell homeseekers' tickets
from Memphis and Cairo at one sfare
plus 81 for the round trip.
April 4th and 18th special low round
trip rates-less than one way fare
s15 and less from Memphis and Cairo.
to points in Texas. Low rates in prt,-
portion from points east of Memphis
and Cairo.
Literature descriptive of above
country and information about rates
will be mailed upon request.
w. G. PEELER, ID. p. A..
Cotton Belt Route, Memphis, Tenn.
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Exposure

Too cold draughts of air, too keen and
cutting winds, sudden changes of tenn
perature, scanty clothing, undue ex-
posure of the neck and throat after
public speaking or singing, bring on
coughs and colds. Ballard IS Horeheund
Syrup is the best cure. Mrs. A. Iiarr,
Houston, Texas, writes, January 81,
1902: lone bottle of Ballard Is Hore-
hound Syrup cured me of very bad
cough. and is very pleasant to take. !"
25c, soc, 81 at Second Glass Drug
Store.