The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-12-07
SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
Pertinent Facts Relating to Stoae and
Tdney Counties.

AFTER reading descriptions Of Stone
and fancy counties, dozens Of men will
write letter after letter 10 ak qyes-
tions which TO Us who live here 7sem
almost silly. They cannot for Z mo
ment realize how We, by which / mean
the 10000 or 1900 people who live nd
prosper In each county. can pos. Dly
live-or al least hOE wc can obtain
an honest liviug-and in their CORES
pOndence they appear determined to
ferret out the modes and methods by
which We get di-hores. one.
They are often quite modest ia their
demands also. Oue man in letter
just in hand asks me to send him the
exact height Of the hills on tract Of
land. an analysis Of the soil and he
ratio OF the humus To the mari. He
wishes 20 know how We stcrilizc drink.
ing-water: whether the wild land
offered for sale has been imprcgua' ed
for alfalfa, and il 30 by what proc, IS.
vet or ury, etcclera. We'll, A. to .lcl
men, We do hot need them.
| know Of men who have come here.
worn out the patience Of hall do, oL
real estate men, looked all the De. ir.
able land over within u radiu. o' q
score OF miles, and finally taken up H. sir
abode in some deserted cabin 10 say
Tor two or three months % lrirr
whether they can stand IL To live here
or not; whether society, (which is IT,
all probability better than any Il cy
have ever been 10 before. j. civilized
enough for them 10 exist in tho midst
q IL. Poor Babes in the Woo"
They will never do any good here or
cIscwheye.
Then VIC encounter the -pecuIat 80
class, who look, examine, criticise, bca,
down on all that Is shown them. II en
20 home ~ see If by any mean. tfcy
can persuade their families u cone
and put up with the terrible state oi
affairs that exists here. Careful in
quiry 10 the place they come from v i'll
develop the fact that they are not
worth % cents. When they get hone
they tell big taller and try TO borrow
money 10 buy some Of the cheap lal ds
they have seen in order TO have soue-
thing on which 10 speculate. All Of
these classes wc meet and more: we do
not need any Of them. They will do us
no good.
Well, the question naturally arises,
what kind Of people do We need: That
question Is easy 10 answer. We need
men who have minds Of their own. and
have them made up, that they want
homes Of their own. where they can
live and make living that il all their
own. Men who come determined 70
take things as they find them, TO ke
the country, 10 be pleased with the
chances they rec TO get a living. 70
patiently and by hard work Obtain a
home and livelihood and become in.
dependent. Such men make the bet
of all things. Such men succeed here.
Such men live well and help others 10
live well. Such men help pay taxes.
help build school houses and churches.
help make good roads. and form very
desirable element in any community.
Such men are not hard 10 please, be.
cause they know good thing when
they see IL, and because they know
their success depends upon their OWE
efforts and not upon the romantic fads
and fancies Of ideal spots on the earth
where men can live and grow rich
without work, mental or physical.
Yet 1t Is reasonable for man 10 DC.
sire 10 know how we get a living here.
and the object Of this writing Is 70 tell
In general way how We do il. We
know that men, and large numbers Of
men, get living on the prairies,
where the wind blows two-tbirds 10
three-iourths Of the time; where there
is not q stick Of wood TO burn, nor 10
make rail or post, or a house or barn,
or building Of any kind; where they
have TO dig deep for water that is often
poor after they find it: where every
thing they use 10 build With has 10 be
bought and hauled miles and miles,
and everything they burn for fuel has
70 be obtained at a distance, paid for
at . high rate and hauled 10 the place:
and where, once settled and startld,
they raise grass, corn, wheat oats and
have sickly truck patch In which
they raise few vegetables, and every
hog, sheep, goat, horse Or mule, COW or
steer has TO be kept 10 an enclosure and
fed from five 10 seven months In each
year.
Men make living, some get rich
and make passable homes in such
places. We pity them and sympathize
with them, yet We are proud that there
are such men. Let us give few ideas
10 regard 70 how We obtain q living
here:
WOOD AND WATER.