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The Kendall Gazette from Kendall, Kansas • 4

The Kendall Gazette from Kendall, Kansas • 4

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RfllttiT'V t- It i Last 't we give a sfcHch if nu i lerclriuts and their business, Th'-y athfi'tisc judiciously ai'd aiv tlniving and li.l! iiiiTi- H'l ia 1" i wliih- l'l tl.i-tiu'ic wax yiviK-flv any. t-r: si at laiiv. Its AilvauUc.s JniimrUiilD, 1. W. Mt I.DA.V.

A lirunut Uo general law, PUtllNKt'tl. Tin M.u'Yi fwi (Iu rsl. A City that bun rromisins Future. land and. loan business.

They are agents for ii corporation that has Healthy uxi.uxito loan on deeded lands or to Homos A Climate. We s.iy In all piwlV-i tlHn'uiti'j; of locating lu Hamilton n'l let this rain question bother yon at all. Thousands of settlers are willing to rise up and strengthen the testimony of nature, that it does rain here. V-ur crops give evidence of the fact. The altitude of the country is such as to insure healthfulness.

This is a clear, pure and invigorating climate. Hundreds of people from the east, afflicted with various diseases, come here for relief, knowing that they will find it, if prove up pre-einption3 or commuted homesteads. These gentlemen came to Kendall one year ago from Labette A Sketch of Its Business Interests. The County Beins Settled county, this state. Mr, Milliken was elected county attorney last fall, a Kapiilly, Kendall is situated on the north bank not a permanent cure, hverythtng is! particularly favorable to health.

Of of the Arkansas river, and is mir- The motto of Kansas, "ad nstta per cournu, we do not mean to nave me aspera," may seem ambitious and high sounding, for it strikes at the stars. reader infer that people here are never position that lie has filled in a manner that commands the respect and commendation of the older members of the bar. lie Is a young gentleman of ability, and although ono tf the young' est members of the proft'Ssiob, hs ajl advocate and counsellor, ho has tshowi himself lo possess that metal of which out best lawyers are made. Mr. Brandt is a notary public and is held in high esteem as a gentleman of business sick, but the idea wri wish to convey Is rounded by as fine a farming and stock raising land art ever the sun shone upon.

It upon the line of Ahe Atchison, To-peka ik Santa Ye Railroad, and is -130 miles from Kansas Oily. The first house was built on the present towu Kansas is aspiring, but her destiny is to reach the highest possible attainment that the very smallest proportion of disease is dm1 extraneous causes, or without claiming to direct, as does her northeastern sister. Dirigo, Bays Maine, J. Y.Mcrifield, Editor and Prop. Subscription, 81.50 per your, in advance.

KENDALL, KAX, MAKC1I SO, 1KS7. KALtTATOKY. "With this Issm? vu begin the publication of The Kendall Oazkttf, a paper for the people of Kendall and Hamilton county. We believe there is a Hold here for a good, live, energetic par, Mid we will make every effort to give the people 6itch journal It is onr intention to malt Tin: Gazette th best paper published In this cotinty, and to have it Compare, in every respect, with tlk best weekly papers of this state. Titfc Gazette will be" a Journal for thfe merchant, farmer and mechanic, tuul Mill Contain the latest and best news of every description.

We will interest ourselves, particularly, in the advancement and building up of our city, nn4 will herald to the world the -advantage of Hamilton, the banner county hi the Southwest. We are a Democrat, and will publish a Democratic paper, but in all instances of indecency, rascality an4 trims, Tite ('Ai'tftTE will invariably" lute td the line in tiie intefetrt of the public, regardless causes peculiar to location or climate, over which the patient may have no site in 1ST1.) by J. N. Ilamsey. For the control.

but she directs in nothing; to the stars, says Kansas, and manfully leads' the way through storms and tempest, and worth and integrity. Of the weather here, too much can One of the oldest and ntbst prominent not bo said in praiso. In the summer the roughest difficulties. Whatever may months the theinoiueter never reaches bo the fate and fortune of others, it Is law firms is that of Johnson Cuthp These gentlemen have been in southwestern Kansas for a number of years, and by closo attention to, alid cltj-efiil the destiny of Kansas to lead and the altitude attained in the eastern states, and even when ut the highest, the heat is never oppressive, owing to direct. Her growth and progress have management of the business entrunted the clearness and pureness" of the at mosphere.

The nights arc cool, thus to them, have earned a good reputation and secured a lucrative practice in all the coutts. Both gentlemen are forciJ past few years the town has had a slow-growth, owing to the fact that there has been but little or no immigration, and the broad prairies have been inhabited only by cattle men and cow-boys. Hut now that emigration has set in, Kendall is booming, and will continue to. To-day tim city has a population of over and if iiilU'easing. Every day witnesses the arrival of dosens of strangers, ami each oli0 of thelu invariably bring with them a car-load of goods.

All of these hew Copiei'3 are intelligent and industrious, and receive a hearty welcome upon their arrival. We desire td say to thoe who contemplate coming to this Country, to come at chce. Oaimfj can be found at enabling one to retire and enjoy a good been phenominal, marvelous and miraculous, and the story is becoming like an olden fairy tale thrice told, but oppressed and starving thousands in the Old "World delight to hear again the wonderous reproduction. To them it will nevef groV old nor sound like the night's rest. In the winter months, if the present srason can be taken as a criterian, it.

can be truly said that garullity of an aged" storm-beaten and "winter's as pleasant as May There have not been more than three or four cold none Of which lasted more tempest-tossed pionee'r Of the Western plain-- than tVo days, While at no time did the thennomRto fall lower than 8 degrees below zero. The farmer has worked nearly ah winter in the field and the Miih pfOsscn tht Jn-uli'its, A old our MtliPiH criiSd tW "To make the ns they the East, Tlx; linnu stead of the ttn'i Yi tTenty-six years of age, and has on million and half of in no great distance from this city, but every day the huriibi-r is growing less, and before many months there will be of who the chips may strike; or in other words, it will not allow party fealty to stand in the way of exposing political childfen Waved out-dooro. The atmos phere has been clear, pure alid dry with none to be had, except by purchase, none of the blustef so comihon to wrongs, crop out where tticy may, when To poor men needing homes, willing to Twenty-seven years ago the first pound of if oh was laid on Kansas eastern states. In fact the past winter ble speakers, men of good address, and always "ready for the fray in the cause of right." M. G.

Kelso studied law arid was admitted tO practice in Hlllibla, ami ciinrj to this country several years ago. lie1 is a studious, unassuming gentleman, who by industry and careful management of the business placed in hia hands, has acquired a good roptitatlbii both f.s a lawyer and a citizen. The land office of the old rcliablo real estate agenf( H. A. W.

Coriield, is not idle looking now, to judge from the number cf slrangefi Join in and out there, ilr. ('orfleld hits his hands full locating new settlors, but found timp yesterday to say that he has every con-ii'leiiee in Kendall; that the emigration to Hamilton cotinty thia spring will Kt! enormous and tlt hi a short time all the jjoveramhitlaitd will be taken. Mr. i'orneii! is local agent rcr the Aiv kansas Valicy land aJul Town company and iils'j represents seven-fl yisuriince companies. Ik 1st a hard Horkinp autt the interests of the public are at stake.

And ntf cBH-mii3 shall always be open has been ail that could be Wished. soil. "We rkw hVe nearly miles of railway falfied at the enormous for discussion on all questions, and work and to put up with the inconveniences of pioneer life, the time is toe fof dclaV. We desire to mislead no one, but HdHse all home-seekers to come and see fob' thefriSclves. There is a belief in the east that we figure of or more than four time th assented value of the entire property of the state, when admitted both sWj shall have a fair show'.

Hoping for the patronage of the peo 6 ft Kendall and Hamilton Comity, There arc hundreds of Betters In Hamilton county to-day lyho Would not exchange five acres of their land for ten in the eastern states. Many may ask, why? In the first place, here a settler hii no trees to cut down, pile up and burn before an acre can be grown. roots or stumps orbxush to into the Union twenty-fcis years ago. nave no nan in mis country, we The great crops of 188(5, exceeding rtiu. ill llu have over two fest of rain every year, and if it would hot rim off or soak in.

those previous years ill uniform J. W. Mr.r.:rfELD.- cellcnce, have once more turned the we could rim stfcarr.lioata all over onr eyes of the farmers Kansasward, and level, high vt" fa ovef the Let the people give us their Support the emigration to the great f.otithwcs bottom limits. It rims off whore- the and we will furnish them with tin? best will he enormous. To a great extent the grdat Santa Fo railroad c'otSpany is land is cohered v.

ilh a thick, close sod of buffalo ghsGR, nS it would riui from a paper in Hamilton cotmtyj Wrwfri 'm0mm the direct cause of thi. Th6 officers of corporation h.ri'e' mrjtle the' desert to. blotisom afVl Lfoon? the rose. They have bnire cltioJf arid caused broad acres to b.fi-Ro afAiritlant harvests, energetic man and id il'Aiig a great (Idtt for our town. I.

V. Guy A is lrnil firm that deserves mention. MM ger.tlc'ii.en make a specially of loca'ing and ebuiors will do wed to place their business in thtfr as! tiitf iieaf make a nlistaKe in lot-htiug and know the country thoroughly. Guy Co. XfttotroTt of thtf state has )fefi op-preyed or impcvtrishcl by ttictn', al: be cleared, No roc to be ting up and hauled oil, at to around.

All is clean ready foi' the plow. In the neft plae', life CboU not t'oed to go to the great fxpttw if fencing. The laV makef the CnTy feifc'e feu-thousands of our famiers lor the first few year's, av.it in those first lew years hedges can he grown 6r trees a. rod apart sfcrvo for fence posts to which barb wire is and barb wi is cheap In comparison to rails, even if timber cost nothing. Then tlu hind, which' as it is, is an j-fbsoluie free gift from the jof ernnieift if A man chooses to g'o ttliero government lnd can he had or if iie prefers to lieaVi.r he town'? fllreiidy estabh4Hii6cl h6 buy land dieap.

What lumbrr lie neeiis fiiv thS lrrtt bnikiiuRs conies already matched and planned, so twtt a- have teeh eiVteheci hd ti'le'ssed this tin roof, and that ia the mcVm that this has been a dry country. Ihtt here comes the with his plow, and behold the change. The s-'oil works up and nuliow as the finest garden, and dvery drop of that falls upon it is soaked in and absorbed, as if by a ami tlvrre is gypsum enough, in this wonderful soil fo hold this moisture spite of sun and until it is culled for and taken up by the roofs of the corn or other crops. We have lair, very j'ear if wc but take the. proper lr.eiua to save it.

Adjoining city c-h itorilt. r.vo' extensive ftteiie. from widen coni'TiTin'v. Ifamiitcni covfnty is 6ik othe largest so deal in railroad lands, deeded hinds. fttfthtiesi hi thefsftatf; is 5f? hils'J long buy and sell timber claims, anil 27? vfide' ft e'mNracc nilccoirtaifrt tZtiflU acres of 'i hi surface i1 gently undulating, Mytox is' the wain of a neV'towri in Kearney fedutfity, north o-JLakin.

It fft 5siiii(lutP for' bOtmy seat frc-iforS; Till-? UiirUf bill, which gbea'Mtt) effect April 1st. cancels all iilit which druggists arp now selling Hrpiorsi and chances ardtlrhjjjj; 'ytj'll be foitgh work to Urr the fcfNihjia of t'he lltfv I'lVK hundred extra -'cbptes Tmr, are issued tliiaweejr," three, hundred of which will beUUtributerl 'on west trains leaving Kansas City. Those desiring extra copies to send east tan have them by culling at this office. c-Ve give our readers in this issue a "write up" of the county and city. "We ask uic people, to' read it and verify us in saying tifai fv'tty word of it is true.

There is' in cterMm? th fact that Hamilton cCrm wii! be the banner county of the acutlwestf and IveWdalf the chief fi'v rni-i tra'to cirtr; anil intti hills along the softth aid- and pre-eniptiens. They also n-prcseiitf several of the? leading Insurance companies. Tiie. geiiLIuUitii are men of iiitepiity and honesty, urd an enviable reputation in this ccmniunily. They have done e.veryUiiiip: for the hj-vancenient and erowth of of th" Avkauaas riv f.

Ninety-nine per cniit'ef tlicland is tfllabh) and for rich- iretar.tu some or r.nc3t uur.e.n'g nen a'd proactive qfifdilies, it cannot stone that is to be found in the west. b'e rrr any part of the state, his stone is in Inexhaustable quanti Wherrift trc Wilrnoui, tiie kuoAvn Whortfr, rye, barley, millet, ties, and larga amounts of it is being real estate men, have been the busiest cane, Mfoom corn, potatoes, vegetables hipped to all parts of the state. ('. J. of men during the past three weeks.

Their oflice has been cfowfled with pur- of all Ohm, aifSIfa arJd orchard grass, Jones, of Garden City; last week order grow in abundance. While com wil good crfinfortable house can be built in a Aveek, or a smaflef' otio iif a lay. Under such fat-nation's it coimfy is settled a fw nipnths. JlarniTton county is covered witli farms and thriving birsy fWivs of from' 1(X to 4GO inhabitants in each. The cities are built because they are needed for the aco'rmuo-dation' of the' Imn settlers.

Tiiey are not nuishfboni towns, but real ones, and will continue to grow with the ihas'ers for real and ptrtis de- not produce itt abundantly in the' ed one hundi-ed car ioaiis of this stone to be hipped to Garden City. These quarries ate of immense benefit to our bottom lanxh fff I Wiana or some nor siiilig to' be lOeiiteii Mr. Wilmoth has had years' experience in locating, and tions of still the yield is large city, giving employment to many men. and satisfactory. Oats produce a larger With these names, the new Hamilton county.

These gentlemen yield than in any of the eastern states, school house, the new road south, and the numerous buildings to be bii 'It-- are doing much to make Kendall, and the immense business they are doing iff growth of the seWioinent around them. and of much' beur and heavier grain Uroovn corn grows Wetter, of finer qual Oood fanners make good farms, and which will give labor to hundreds 6f a success that is well deserved. fine work makes good crops. Such men (not to mention the fact of our farmers will succeed anywhere. We tavhig the county seat) the building THE KXCIIANGK BANK." Otir city has but one banking lrmse, I'fiBvAxT Aixii, Ci the Union Fa-' cilic, says passes to the Vftrrffe' o't have beeir used euclf yfca'r on Ids road.

The mter-stato' commerce law will save at least one-third' of this amount to company. The remaining two-thirds will represent the element with whom free passes are the main induce.nVerito travel; tip of a large towu here ii no difficult matter. want them here becmi.se this is the field promising tile largest returns for their alid the ejrioyrrient of long the Kendall Exchange Bank' wnii T. Irwin president and Our real estate agents and; Jpcator's lave been kept very busy for tfie past ife, in a healthful and Invigorating at month showing and selling lanct to (hose who want to purchases. Every branch ler; paid up capital, The gentlemen connected witli this institution' came here about one year go, and there are few men, if any that dfe" fiiore prominently identified with the grpwth mosphere find climate.

Here will find4 no swamps to fill hia system with rheifmatiei diseases and no mud hoM to ity and larger yield than Jfi tluJ east, and. the snrne is true of all small grains. As for vegetables, wil can beat the world. Alfalfa grows three c'uttbigs a season and will average eh'i'rin'g the season from four to six ioiik pe? acre. Pumpkins', squashes, melon.4" cucumbers, turnips, pop corn, field corn, falgkc cane and all kiud3 of vegetables, would do credit to any county in the state quality.

The products Of southweft-ern Kansas displayed at the expos'ltioA held at Garden City last fall, were the rAoat wonderful of anything ever produced on virgin soil before. Las! season whef fever grain was sown We' give ccmsidersble space tlrfs wreJI of business has been reaping a rich to mention of out enterprising nief harvest, for all strangers, before going vollow thtougli with Ids team. Ham chants and pnblw-irpirited men. The to their claims, remain hi town two or ilton county lias unquestionably the and prosperity of the city and cotinty than they. The' tank makes -a specialty Of loaning m6ney on good security, review goes to show what claw's of citizens we have here.

Strangers' Woking three days. antl wlnHi tifey leave take with them a wivgon load of goods each. finest natural roads in the world, and in slimmer or winter they are alike easy for a town Winch' td lo'cale, generally to Kansas hoi'uesteaAerfi feel that their Our merchantit are; Smiling find happy, and say their business will double next month. And we doii't doubt it, for the select a place where ther are good, in- austnou3 and law-abiding people. Ken fortunes depends Upoif their' own exertions, and that a warrantee deed in trfll Is such a pla'cu arid we" want tho emigration b'e tremendous.

Hamilton- county me yieiu was fee simple awaits thetii at the end of The city has as tine a class of busi abundant. Our were far better the most sanguine expiWd. ness men as' jai' be found in the west. five years. What better incentive can Everything goes to ihdicate that we ifre a man have to spur him forward than a riiywic'iAis's'.

Dr. M. lfrp'adfopt has opened ial a stock of drugs and medicines next eloor te Jset'land. The Dr. is a graduate of the Medical College of Columbus of the oldest in the West, established in 1842 and although lie has been here but a shorf time, yet he has built up a large and lucrati ve practice, and established a reputation as a gentleman and a scholar, Dr.

McKenzie has been hero one month, having came from But They are kind and courteous to strangers, and in ait matters of public en gofng to haye one of the best and fur home ail hiff own, where lie caii rear his family In comfort, educate them in our 'Vorld to know it It is announced that Mr. Thomas A'. I famines will mn-against. Lla'yor Neely the mayoralty of This 'is a foolish move on tjje of Mr. nrrigws.

He i good citizCir ftilct Gisiness man, kit he can't down 2kya Net'ly has done more for est agricultural and fruit producing terprise t'ney are generous to a fault, makilig the city a most desirable place localitloff hi the country. We have an frne schools, and train tlicnt tip for life of active usefulness and independ abuhdance of wild grasses, such as blue to locale. The climate can- scarcely be exagger stem, buffalo. All kindff ence Kansas offers great prizes to ated in words. The weather never cots speculators who bring a shrewd brain of wintfr stock can be kept in good t'e'iidition ori these grasses Without exWmeiy hot or cold, and the nights and plenty of 1110110; to batik it, but she other fw'fl.

are always cool and pleasant. To all also o'feri a capital prize to the hones ler county, this state. He is a irradiiaf In the' slates it is the o'eh'ef qf the Eilinbunr. Scotland. who desire building who brings only his hard hands accustomed to work, a good team and that southwestern Kansas is barren locatfom or a pleasant abiding place s'chool, has gained a good practice Leavenworth than any former mayor? is fi41.

of energy And push. He has never 'taken hold of tin euterpris'a'biU ho carried it -to s-tacesi. The present cbn-adion of that city is largely due to his efforts of the past four yjtrs. If -the people of Leavenwcrth know what they desert, where vain, is almost unknown, his household goods with wife and we say come; at any rate come and see since Ins arrival. and eVery stranger arriving here in children.

For such men Hamilton Dr. J. E. Spencer is, Kendall's, piortee thysieian and is known al over the) phys variably asks, "Does' it ever rain he-re?" county has a hearty welcome and hap for yourself. We receive all new ei'ff with open arms and extend tlieia hearty welcomo to the jTiirden spV -tf the This is all noncsense.

Several years ex county. He has' a py tree-sliaued nonies in tan good' j'lne-fW 8rtr d'n'iirt they will re-elect Mayor Xeely. many fVinLs, peiience has proven that we have uf.

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1887-1887