Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1914-05-29

very latest type Of hospital buildings.
The structure Is two stories above
basement. II Is large, well lighted.
well ventilated rooms with high cell
ngs, affording longing and reading
rooms for patients. business offices,
big dOrmitories that are cool IN the
summer and warm in the winter, and
a mammoth sleeping and rest porch
for the comfort Of the patients when
the sun hits the century mark in the
short grass district. Each Of the fiv
cottages will be Uniform in appear
ance, size and Accommodations. Each
cottage will cost about $4,000.
Not for several years, perhaps, VIII
the state build the new administra-
ton building on the famous Jenkins
hill. But Architect Chandler has al
ready planned for the future, and
stakes mark the site of the building.
The site will command view Of the
Pawnee valley for many miles and
overlooks the original Santa Fe trail
which crosses the Hospital grounds
less than a hundred feet north Of
the irrigation pumping station.
Just a little more work on the irri-
cation bitches and the state will be
able to place 200 acres Of rich, fertile
land under the pumps. Everything is
ready to start. When Governor Hod-
ges visited the Hospital site recent
ly, the pumps were started and he
saw a stream of water thrown into
the irrigation fumes from 12-inch
main. The big main carries 1920
gallons of water a minute, or 252, 1000
gallons of water an hour. Every acre
of available irrigation land on the
farmland it will be possible to trri-
gate 600 to 700 acreS-wiN be mois-
tened daily by the water from the ir-
rigation bitches.
It costs about "a cents an hour to
run the big pumps. Not to exceed
five hours a day will be required to
handle the irrigation, even in the
driest seasons.
Water? There is plenty of it. A
big dam, retaining more than Is feet
Of water, has been built near the ex-
IRENE western boundary of the farm.
1t Is the only reservoir along the
seven miles below the big E. E. Fri
zen dam. The state has projected
its water rights along this entire
seven miles. Today the back water
from the states reservoir extends to
the foot Of the Fri7ell dam and mil
lions Of gallons Of water are available
for use on the 1,O0O-acre farm. And
Pawnee river is a seemingly unfaihne
stream. Pioneers who came to Kan.
sas in the sos and Sos stood on Jen.
kins hill and as they talked to the
Governor and Board of Control called
ON the gods to witness that never in
so years has Pawnee river been a
dry stream.
The plan Of the Board Of Ccntrcl Is
to make the Larned farm a state
demonstration station. There Kansas
will make experiments IN intensified
farming. There the Board expects
to set new records in the raising Of
wheat, corn, alfalfa, potatoes and gar
den truck.
This soil will grow anything,
said a farmer who owns a farm az
most adjoining. Anything that can
be raised in Kansas, viii grow On
this farm
And farm experts declare the Paw.
nee county farmer speaks the truth.
About $50 acres will be put under
irrigation this spring. BY next sum-
mer, the irrigation project will IN
clude the artificial watering Of from
400 to 500 acres Of ground.
But irrigation and farming isn't all.
At Larned the state has laid the
foundation for a new charity that
will endure for generations. One Of
the first moves made by the Board
Of Control was the inStallment Of an
excellent sewer and drainage system.
And today there is scarcely a foot OF
land ON the big farm that Is not per-
fectly drained. This has not only
added to the sanitary conditions CT
the institution, but has increased the
value Of the land.