The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-04

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UPS and Downs" and to such an ex-
tent that the "Sunflower State mas
won for itself a place of prominence.
No great man has ever won fame
without passing through the stage OF
ridicule. no great invention has been
brought TO the notice of the public and
proyed itself practical or made itself
generally a success, without first be-
ing looked upon with suspicion, not
because il lacked merit but because
the public did not know the real good
there was in 1t, but Time" tells its
own story.
Likewise with the State Of Kansas.
Years ago the farmer who was am
! bilious and without sufficient funds to
: purchase high priced land in Illinois
and other States. took up with Hor-
ace GreeIey's advice ITO go West
young man, Go West" and many a
man. with his family housed in a COW
cred wagon, which was also capable Of
sheltering his entire earthly posses
sions, set out for Kansas The Far
: West" as it was considered then.
/ Many of these same people who had
the necessary ambition, but lacked the
{ "stick-to-it-tiveness" were seen return
ing to their former Eastern home
States, with the inscription on their
wagons, slightly reversed. whereas on
their outward journey to make a home
and fortune it read. kansas or Bust"
on the return trip 1t read From Kan
sas Busted"
But those who remained. perhaps
from choice or compulsion, have
weathered the storm, and today the
citizens of Kansas are generally well
TO do, and many are independently
rich.
! II has taken time. as it does in all
/ things. to learn the virtues Of the
ground. but it must be remembered
that Providence did not place a foot
of ground on this Earth. but for a pur-
pose and n value, and il is not the
Wise man." who condemns the Rock
1 Pile" or the desert" for he knows
! that it has handsome value but DOS
sibly science has not proven its worth
at the time.
But a few years ago ConIy five
yearsl South Eastern Kansas was
valued for it's farm land, which aver
ageI from $500 to $4,000 per acre,
/ 6dt during the past five years TIite I
different measure of value has been
placed upon this farm land, owing TO
. the fact that this section OF the coun-
! try has been visited. not by a rain OF
: insects which destroys and discOur-
ages. but by men who had capital and
were willing to back up their judg-
ment with money, in the belief that
! Kansas. if properly prospected. would
bring fortunes to them from the deyel-
Opment of Oil and Gas.
Evidences of their CgOOd) judgment
is to be seen today on every hand,
and thousands of monuments have
been raised to their honor and fort
une. in the shape of oil derricks, for
oil wells are more numerous in South
Eastern Kansas than grasshoppers
used to be. and the roar of Gas Wells
would make former Kansas cyclones
seem as but playthings.
The Kansas-Indian Territory Oil
field is today producing $4,000 bar
rels of oil per day, or an average of
44165. 900 barrels per 365 days.
The revenue derived from this
source alone is making fortunes for
many, every year.
1t would be next to impossible 10
estimate the value of revenue being
derived from Gas Wells.
All of the Cities from Cleveland,
Okla. to st. Joseph. Mo-, are today
burning Natural Gas.
In drilling for Oil and Gas in Kan
sas. it was discovered that almost on
top of the ground, material was To
be found which was most suitable for
the manufacture Of glass, brick, tile
and cement, and with Natural Gas as
fuel, which was in abundance and,
consequently very cheap, huge plants
and factories have been built, costing
many millions of dollars and employ,
ing thousands of men.
Towns and cities averaging in popu'
lation from 1000 to $4,000 people have
been built throughout the Gas fields
during this short period of five years
and yet but a small proportion Of the
gas produced in Kansas is consumed
by the many manufacturing plants
bat is purchased by the Kansas Natur.
al Gas Company. which have invested
upwards of $4,000. 10000 in the gas
business and are today furnishing al
Of the larger clues of Eastern Kan
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