The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-20
SEEING KANSAS.
Enoch c. Peck Writes Interestingly Of
His Observations in the Sun.
flower State.
VISITED FRANK ROcKHrELLERs RANCH

Mr.. Enoch Q. Peck, a native OF
Belfast township. tins county,
who with his daughter Miss Min
ME, spent several weeks last
summer visiting among relatives
and old tune friends IN this coun-
ty, went to Kansas several years
ago, and is now one of the Sun
Hover States prosperous citi-
zen IS. lie Is now making trip
through the southwestern part
of his State, and incidentally dip
ping down into Oklahoma. Mr..
Peck is close observer, and
writes interestingly of condi-
tions as he sees them.
But, we will let him talk tor
himself
"G left my home in Kingman
the latter part of October, went
west as far as Pratt on the A. IT.
a. S. h. railroad, staid there all
night, and next day went over
the Rock Island railroad toPlains,
Kas., where spent about week.
Then | returned to Minneola,
thence across the country by liv.
cry team thirty miles to Ashland,
the cour ty seat of Clark county,
IN four hours, at cost OF So. 20.
From Ashland, | went west on
the Sante Fe to Englewood. a
town IN the southwestern part of
the State, which Is the ter minus
of the road. After a stay of a
week at Englewood, went south
into Beaver county, Oklahoma,
where got into a furious snow
storm; but l saw lots of nice land,
and some that was not so nice,
but all covered with grass, and
hundreds of cattle grazing many
with no other feed, and few
with little Kaffir corn. Year
lig steers are worth $50 and
two year olds, $50. They are be.
ing shipped away to city markets
by the train load.
"My next stop was at Coldwa-
ter, where | spent nearly three
weeks. Here one sees nice level
country. 1t is inclined to be a
little sandy and gravelly; and by
some persons, the soil is not con-
sidered very good. The price OF
1t, however, ranges from "a 80 to
$25 an acre; and the tracts run
from 40 to 10000 acres. There
are some beautiful streams ol
water flowing through 1t from
the size of Licking Creek down tc
the. ordinary spring run. The
streams are generally very sandy
in the b ,ttom, and have low sandy
banks-the sand very light col
or. The "bottom" land a fe1
feet from the str cam, although
very sandy, is generally product
i've.
"Plains, Kansas, is up on {
high table land, and is so lcve
that the water stands in ponds
covering from few rods to fif
teen acres IN wet time; but it II
not often that water stands very
lorg at a time. Plans is a grea
wheat country. Three men il
Plains each own about $4,000
acres, and they are aiming Il
have it all put INTO wheat as sool
as they can get 1t rlowed. The,
raise from Is to q bus. per acre
and get from 65 to so cents pc
bu. The land Is black, heavy
clayey soil, and cost them, two o
three years ago, about 50 80 O
SO 0C an acre; now 1t is wortl
$25 to $50, or more, but is no
for sale; so you see how Ian,
speculation goes here Som
quarters of 100 acres each, sol
for 5000, that are now selling TO
$1,000 TO $4,000. Many peopl
are going from Klngman county
They sell at from $50 to $50 a
acre, and buy in Western Kansa
aud Eastern Colorado at fror
$l.25 to $l.S7l an acre, and som
are Homesteading claims-go'
ernment lard--to be paid for ln
years at $1.25 per acre.