The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09
Senators Long and Curtis Have
Houses of Own.
OUR FOREST RESERVE
Plans Under Way to Improve
That at Garden City.
Senator Long Thinks Its ScODe
Should Be Extended.

pers OF congress are now located for
| the winter and ready for the business
| of the session.
Nearly all the Kansans live in what
| is Known as the northwest section of
town, and most of them have houses
for the winter. Three of them how
ever, live near the capitol on what is
known as Capitol hill
Both Senators Long and Curtis have
houses. Senator Long lives where he
mas ever since his election to the SEN
ate I455 Massachusetts, avenue north
west 1t is about midway between the
fashionable section of the northwest
and down town, and about two miles
from the capitol
Senator Curtis lives at 1918 north
west. This is about a dozen squares
beyond Senator Long, and still not ont
in Mount Pleasant where Mr.. Scott
and Mr.. Murdoch live. 1t is in thts
! eectioH that Senator Curtis has lived
SO many years, and nearby the old
nome Of Thomas Ryan. who gave up
nclal residence in Washington.
Representative Anthony is still at
tne Hote! Cochran, adjacent to the
section where Senator Long and Rep
resehtatlVe Campbell live. He has
peen house hunting for the past two
weeks, and may get located by the
time his family reaches here the frst
of the year.
REPRESENTATIVE Scott lives at 1907
irving place, out on Mount Pleasant
about four miles from the capitol. and
III new beautiful, elevated section OF
town. He was able to find a modest
foony mouse which suited him and his
Iamlly, and took it for a year
Representative Campbell lives as he
always has since coming to congress,
at the Cumberland, an aparfrnentf
mouse within a square of Senator
Longs house. 1t is well in toward tbe
heart of the city. =
Representative and Mrs. Miller live
at 5zI5 thirteenth street northwest.
naVing no fear of the predo1nfnance OF
IL in their street address Mr.. and
Mrs. Miller have lived in this housss
for several years ands like the nale7
borhoed. 1t fs not far from the Sootts
and the Murdoeks t.il - = :.
Representative Calderhead. who Is
alone this winter, so far, his sister
Mrs Forter. and his daughters. not
yet arrived, is at Congress Hall, a very
comfortable new hotel just across
from the new house of representa- tjyes
office building and less than a square
from the capitol grounds.
Representative Reeder. who has
quite family, which is here with him.
lives with his brother-in-law. H p
Andrews, and the latter's family, at
13 First northeast. just east of the
capitol and only about two minutes
from it. Mr.. Reeder has always lived
In Capitol hill, or the original Wash
lngton. 1t is quaint and old fashioned
but is handy to the capitol and pleas
ant.
Representative Murdock welcomed
his family few days ago and took
himsef and 1t to live at 1899 Mint
wood place. on Mount Pleasant near
the Scots and Millers. as stated be-
FORE
Representative Madison and family
q Vn a TJo11
at which Representative Calderhead
lives.
The Kansans appear all of them. to
be satisfied with their arrangements
tions that always exist so pleasantly
in the Sunf1ower colony are already
manifest.
1t is probable that the Kansas forest
reserve. located adjacent to Garden
City, may be enlarged or a new one
adjoining created through the efforts
of Senator Long at whose instance the
lished. The Garden City reserve lies on
the south side of the Arkansas river,
in what is known as the sandhill coun-
try. 1t runs along the river through
Finney county and portion of Kear-
ney. 1t comprises many thousand
acres, and the land, on account of the
sand, is unfit for agricultural purposes.
Trees of many varieties may be grown
IL,
etc Young stock has already
been started, planting having occurred
last spring. and will be resumed next
spring. The reserve has been fenced
so as to protect the growing trees and
every care is being taken of them by
the government. The same situation
as to sandy land unfit for agricultural
purposes, even for entry by settlers in
thsee days when nearly all available
land is being taken in southwestern
Kansas, exists south of the Arkansas
river in Hamilton county. When Sem
ater Long visited Syracuse last fall.
Just before leaving for Washington. a
meeting was called, and a petition pre-
sented to him, expressing the desire
that that country be either attached TO
the Garden City reserve, extending its
western boundary to the Colorado line.
DR. else separate reserve created. Sem
ator Long is now at work on the mat
ter. having II up for consideration be-
fore the department of agriculture, and
a decision is shortly expected. In a
vast reserve will make quite a change
In the appearance and the climatic con-
iitions of western Kansas, relieving
what has for years been little but a
barren waste of shifting sand.
Senator Long has made formal ap-
plication to the war department for the
issuance of a revocable license to the
state of Kansas for that portion of the
Fort Riley military reservation on
which is located the old territorial cap
tol building. It is expected that this
will be granted just as soon as the
can be complied with.
though this has already been attended
% so far as possible. Senator Long has