The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-25
PROPHECY IS TRUE.
Captain Waters Predicted Big
Future for Atwood, Kan.
Home of Fred Robertson Full
fills Topeka Lawyers Dream.

Atwood, May 25.-Captain Joseph
G. Waters, the noted Topeka attorney,
has visited Atwood and Rawlins coun-
ty for the first time. If he ever Wis
its Cheyenne county he has visited
every county in the state. OF his trip
TO Rawlins county and Atwood he
says: LAS I saw Rawlins county on
my first trip, it was a fulfillment of
my prophecy of forty years as TO a
part of that great plateau in western
kansas which had existed in the
great American desert since chaos
first started in business, and that
prophecy was, and continues to be,
that this part of northwest Kansas
will be the worlds garden and Or
chard.
From Colby to Atwood over a per-
feet road, in the very center of plain
that seemed carpeted with velvet,
soil unmatched, and a morning drive
through an ozone that would rejoice
any one to breathe it, 1 went the 33
miles in an hour and fifteen minutes
Everywhere you smelled prosperity,
and the crops are perfect. Everybody
is good humored. money in banks, and
the war is a far away circumstance
in the lives of the people here. My
prophecy is half a fact when land is
valuable and crops giant, where there
is no catching or staying disease.
where in altitude they can see heaven
1t is my prayer and wish that all the
families of the world could be dumped
onto the splendid portion of Kansas
1 have just been across"
The State Journal correspondent
has been visiting this northwest Kan
sas section 35 years. and can verify
the truth of the statements Captain
Waters makes regarding this garden
spot of northwest Kansas.
One of the auto agents in Atwood
says that he has orders ahead and
has already sold for immediate deliv-
cry 26 cars, and hasn't one on hand,
nor does he know when he can get
them. And there are three different
agencies in Atwood. Two commodiOus
cement and brick garages. modern in
equipment, are being erected at a cost
of about $4,000 each.
Every part of Rawlins county re-
ports the best prospects for crops
Between three and four inches of rain
in the past few days has put the
ground in the best condition. The
county, as it now shows up, will raise
the largest all-round crops in her his
tory. The ground is thoroughly
soaked to a great depth. With crops
almost assured, Atwood and Rawlins
county would be doubly thankful if
they had an east and west railroad
outlet on some through line. As it is
there is poor train service on the B.
& NJ. branch. The auto mail line
from here to Colby, over 80 miles.
makes better connection with the Rock
Island.
ATWOOD Is the county seat OF raw
Inns county. 1t enjoys steady growth
and more so this year than in several
years gone by. Good crops last year,
and promising one this year, have a
good effect on the business men. No
mercantile failures to report, and some
changes in the business houses result
in satisfaction among all and they are
glad they have stayed here and helped
build up a prosperous, healthy county
seat and trade center.
The town has a convenient, modern
court house. fine system of schools.
and several churches. Many of the
farmers come to trade in autos, and
bring their produce with them.
One who has made this section so
many years, from its pioneer days to
the present, as has the State journal
correspondent, can always see many
good things which have made Atwood
one of the best county seat towns in
northwest Kansas. Many of the old
settlers have passed on, while S. H.
Tindall, Cy. Anderson, NJ. A. Wilson,
Jonas Nichols, J. c. Bone, J. H. Cham
berS and others are here to tell the
story of Atwood's pioneer history and
the younger crowd will bring it down
to date.
Some day B. & NJ railroad will be
good to the Atwood people and move
than a mile away. And here is the
home of Fred Robertson, United
States attorney, and R. S. Hendricks,
member of the legislature from Raw
Inns county
Five miles west was the former town
of Brakeman, which gave Atwood a
lively chase for county seat honors
1t is now almost forgotten. The town
will keep on growing for it is sur
rounded by a fine farming country,
and developing rapidly. There is