The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-09-17
The Golden Season.

With September comes the COO
clear, delightful nights. AS the su
creeps behind the hills the warm
dry, hot zephyrs that assist tn
scorching sun of the day to turn th
grain, the meadow and the fores
into that golden hue, changes into
cool invigorstjng breeze OF sweet mes
perfumed with the odOr Of natures
choicest ripened grain.
What Is more beautiful than {
Kanass fall? Look ont over the
great pastures and see the large herds
of horses, cattle and sheep feastlne
on the new sweet, tender grass the
fall rains bring forth. Gaze upon
the fine fields OF corn that stand ma
jestically and grapdly with their
large ears hanging down on each
stalk. The yellow stubble tells the
story of a large wheat crop, while
the meadow is closely dotted all over
with NEW stacks Of bright, new hay.
The hand of no painter can picture
the scene of the fall of the year in
Kansas. No writer has yet ever been
able to describe the glorious,
picturesque scene. 1t is one that
nature alone provides a nd is pretter,
grander and more artistic than either
pen or brush can describe.
We are told of the nice, sweet, In
MIGRATING climate Of other countries
OF the great scenes and many other
things that make them attractive,
but Aone equal the great Suuflower
state.
No place has more natural ad-
vantages than Kansas. 1t is the
glittering, perfect diamond Of all
states, centrally located and sur
rounded with emeralds that only
assist In adding to her briliency.
Only a child in age, yet the leader
OF the mother and sister Of states that
20 to make up the grandest, brightest,
richest nation of the earth. Like q
pearl, with all It's richness, Kansas
leads in every progressive movement
Of merit and goodness. Her states
men are brilliant, her men are intelli-
gent, bright, honest AID will rank
with those of any state or country
on the globe. Her women are the
peer OF all others-are leaders both
intellectually and socially and possess
she highest aud purest Of the best
thoughts Of the time. 1t Is to these
noble souls that today prohibition
law is on the statute books OF Kansas
that has forever driven the dead fall
of humanity-the saloon-frem this
state, and the absence Of the blear-
eyed and red-faced, debiliated man
hood of the eastern states Is not seen
In our midst.
Illiteracy is almost unknown here
The church aud school and college Is
cons picuous wherever one goes. The
little girl or boy with his bright.
honest face, that was born In Kansas,
II emily five or six years OLD, can read.
The very atmosphere In which they
are reared is permeated with an
aroma that smells OF Intellect auo
education.
Why not feel proud Of what was
once described in the Biographies as
the "Great American Desert" when
today it is the brightest star OF ali
that appear 10 the constellation? And
when you see the grand old flag
unfurled In the breeze and notice the
blue corner 10 which appears a star
for each state, remember that Of
them all, the one that represents
Kansas 10 the brightest, the grandest
and the most brilliant, and throws
out light as brilliant to the world
as does the sun at nOontide.
Grand, noble Kansas, Bhe ideal
state of this Union.
LEM A. WOODS,
Chanute, Kan, Aug. 80, 1909.
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