The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-05-11

! %'-IH CAOSS iIFluS nefes VINO nave IN
vestments here.
What the Campaign VIII Show
Taking up some individual tpoic
/ each week, when the campaign is
completed it viii show every phase Of
industrial life and business activity
and viii be the first complete indus
trial survey that has ever been gotten
out IN the history of Ellis county.
The stocIraising industry will be
taken up, showing the number of
cattle in the trade territory, their
value, beef cattle, hides produced,
dairying, poultry production, etc.
Schools, retail and financial cOndi-
tons, construction work, real estate
and realty values, agriculture show
ing the acreage under cultivation,
class of crop products raised, soil
analysis and the Hays experiment
station and state normal school, until
every phase of industrial life and
business activity has been thoroughly
covered.
The capital of Ellis county, Hays,
like a gem in a crown is, resplendent
in its physical panorama, the metro
polls of this section of Western Kan
sas, surrounded on every hand by
rich treasures of agricultural, un-
bounded opportunities for stock rails
ing, the city sits as a mistress of a
vast territory of wonderful resources.
On her lap is poured, with a prodigal-
fty that knows no ending, the >enOr-
nous output of all this section. The
sturdy farmer seeks this city to find a
market for his produce; the stock
man gravitates this way as naturally
as the rivers flow to the sounding
seas, progressive business men find
Hays to be their logical abiding hab-
itat.
Nowhere in the boundless west IS
there a city of finer environments
and more progressive forces which
make for a good living and perma-
nent prosperity. Hays is distinctly
citv of substantial business blocks
and residences. of excellent schools, !
of good business men, and loyal
citizens. It's streets and avenues are
clean, we'll paved, with system OF
waterwor;zs, with its excellent light |
ing system, public institutions and
general good conditions, here is
found thriving and growing city.
Possesses Enduring Wealth (
It's past without peer and its
future without a fear, with the i'm
measurable extensive agricultural !
possibilities which nature has placed
around Hays, is blessed with a source
of wealth as enduring as the eternal
hills and as susceptible of conversion
into cash as any treasure that yields
to the magic touch of men and
machinery.
From social standpoint the city
is filled with a class of God fearing
people. Churches of all denomina-
tions have been established and enjoy
an extensive membership. The various
congregations work faithfully for
the raising of the stanard of moral
influences. Various clubs and auxil-
iary church organizations are diligent
in their efforts to assist in providing
good clean amusements and enter
tainments. Beautiful homes and
clean environments are contributory
forces which make for good clean
living in Hays.
Agricultural possibilities in Ellis
county will attract the younger farm
ers of the more congested sections,
looking for new fields to conquer.
Much land is open for development
which will grow any of the products
of the temperate zone. Adequate
markets are maintained, climatic con-
litions and soil content is conducive
Of success along this line and every
possible advantage is offered the
skilled farmer for success.
The largest experiment station in
he world is maintained here by the !
state. The principal object of this
experiment. farm, which contains sew
sral thousands of acres is to main.
ain experimental projects, to answer ]
questions on crop and livestock pro-
iuction that are asked by farmers,
md those following agricultural pur-
suits in Ellis county have the advan-
age of first hand information along
his line. This is taken up in detail
n another article of this series.
The stockraising industry IS
mother of Importance and while this
has gone through a process
# reorganization, eliminating the