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$1.50 "Pro bono publico." $1.50 JOHNSON CITY, STANTON KANSAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1892. Volume VI. Number 42. 1 i 1 1 1 1 Ses Reeves for insurance. The proceedings of the Board of PROSPERITY! ROAXOKE ITEMS.

Farmers have about finished plant' ing. A good rain visited this part of the county Wedue.sd.iy evening. Some damage was done to crops by hail. Harvesting will begin the first of the coming week. Several of our farmers are at the road this week after their new binders Hun.

A. S. Beeler, of Stevens county was the guest of T. C. Walters and family A prairie schooner from Sherman Texas, passed through here Some smut is reported in the wheat.

A. C. Wilson, of Richfield, passed through here Monday on his way lo attend the peoples convention held at Wichita this week. Our Singing Society will meet at E. L.

VanSickle's house next Sunday at 2 p. m. -John Dagle is at Syracuse this week. New potatoes have made their Several of our people are expecting to attend the play at Liverpool Saturday evening. Farmer Hugo.

There are 266 acres in forest trees in the county and some very fine artificial groves are to be found throughout the county. Cottonwood and locust seem the best adapted to our soil and climate and these varieties make a wonderful growth during a single season. Russian mulberry, maple and walnut, while not considered as sure a variety, often do well and there are about 150 acres to these trees in the county. Nothing adds more to the beauty of this prairie country than growing timber and in a few years the whole country will be well shaded by numerous groves of timber. POULTRY.

The raising of poultry in our county promises munh to those in that business. Chickens and turkeys do especially well and no diseases of any kind seldom ever interfere with the raising of fowls. Over 4,000 chickens was shipped fromourcoun-ty last year and the number will be doubled during the coming season. BUTTER. Over 14,500 worth of butter was manufactured and sold by our farmers last year.

The milk from the cows, pastured on the prairie grasses, is very rich and butter is easily made. Nearly 30,000 pounds of butter was made last year which does not include the amount used by the formers and others engaged in dairy work. LIVE STOCK. There are about 4,000 head of live stock iu the county which includes 731 work horses and mules. Last year the value of slaughtered animals sold in the county amounted to nearly $12,000.

To feed the stock thronghthe winter 20,000 tons of tamo grasses were put up last year and there are 10,000 acres fenced to protect the crops of the county. When we consider that the majority of the farmers of the county came here a few years ago with only a few dollars above the amount required to get settled we think this is a showing to be proud of and one of which few counties can boast. The plucky sons of toil are being rewarded for their perseverance and in a few years they can laugh at their eastern friends who predicted fail by coming to Kansas for many are worth more now by coming to the Sun Flower state than they would have been in a life time if they had remained ou rented farms in the eastern states. There are yet golden opportunities here for those who have small means and desire a home for their families and Stanton county will give a cordial welcome to all homeseekers who come within her borders." Stanton County isin the Lead and she Welcomes all new Comers. Her Soil is rich, Her Farms are Cheap and Her Citizens Prosperous.

A Record of Hard Work Rewarded by a Princely Harvest of Plenty. Beautiful Groves of Timber dot our County adding Beauty to our Homes. PEACE. PLENTY, PROSPERITY REIGNS. Last week we gave our readers a summary of the grain acreage of the county and the future outlook of our development in that line.

In order to realize the increase of gram over last year we find that at least 50 uew harvesting machines have been purchased by our farmers to take care of the crop. This number is not considered sufficient by many to save the grain unless the harvesting season should last a month or longer. It is not in the raising of grain alone that our farmers have been employed during the last four or five years as will be seen upon investigation. FRUIT TREES. For a country so young in development we doubt if any of the famous fruit countries excell ours.

Fruit trees of all kinds can be successfully raised here with proper care. There are nearly 3,000 apple treed some bearing at the third and fourth year's growth. About 100 pear trees are growing in the county and it is believed a good quality of fruit can be grown here. Kansas ts a great peach state and Stanton is destined to be one of the leading counties of the state' in this production and we find there are now nearly 100,000 TEACH in a fine state of growth in our county. Some trees at! the age of two and three yeafs have a fine lot of frnit.

Besides the apple, pear and peach trees of the county we find there are over 1,700 plum trees and over 1,000 therry trees some of which have had considerable fruit upon them. i small ravvtC Small fruits such as blackberries, gooseberries, grapes aj) strawber ries all do excellent on our soil and in a few years we expect to produce all of these in abundance There are at present several hundred bearing grape vines and the fruit is rich and sweet. There are eleven acres to blackberries, fifteen acres to strawberries and eight acres to grapes in Equalization will be found in another column of this paper. E. S.

Woods of Liverpool was in the City Thursday. He reports crops in a very good condition and wheat excellent. R. W. Davis, A.

A. Finley and A. L. Henley from Texas arrived in the city this week and will remain to help with our wheat harvest. Inter Ocean, the leading Repub lican newspaper of the west, will be sent six months for 30 cents.

Leave your orders at the Jocrxai. office. M. A. Gordon left us some fine samples of his wheat last Tuesday.

Mr. Gordon has 190 acres to wheat and thinks he will have 3,000 bushels. Would you like to have a set in ten volumes, library binding, of the Americanized Encyclopedia Britan-nica? We will sell you a set very cheap. R. T.

Cummins of Effingham, 111. surprised his Johnson friends by his presence on Thursday's stage. "Jim" is well pleased with our outlook in Stanton. The Journal is clubbed with all the leading weeklies published and we can save yoa from 10 to 50 per cent on subscription. Call and get our terms.

Are you going to Syracuse soon? If so you will find the Grand Opera Hotel a first class place to stop. Stanton county people are given special rates. George Sellers keeps a complete stock of groceries and dry goods. He asks you to call and get his prices when in the city. Goods exchanged for country produce.

A good rain visited the county last Wednesday afternoon. Considerable hail fell in different localities but little damage except in a few cases is reported. David Schroll has eleven acres of barley which promises from 50 to GO bushels per acre. The seed was shipped this spring from Salt Lake City and it is the California variety. Mr.

Schroll left us a sample of the barley this week which is very fine-Six rows of grain are found on every head of barley and the kernels are larger than grains of wheat. J. P. Messenger, of Madison county, N. Y.

visited our county last week. Mr. Messenger is owner of a number of farms in New York and has interests in various parts of the west. He was well pleased with our county and 6aid he was convinced that this was a fine farming country and that on his return home he would recommend Stanton county to his friends, whether rich or poor, as being a safe place in which to invest. A new illustrated history of our country, under the title of "Columbus and Columbia, the Man and the Nation," is announced elsewhere in this paper.

It is published by the Historical Company, of St. Louis, four books in one Jvolume, under the combined authorship of Hon. Jas. G. Blaine, Sec.

of State, J. W. Buel, the celebrated author, John Clarke Ridpath, the famous historian, and Hon. Benj. Butter- wortb, Secretary and Solicitor-Gen-j era! of the World's Fair The publishers announce it is the greatest book of the greatest century and a new history of our country with Mr.

Blaine as one of the authors is certainly an event in literature worth considering. See advertise ment elsewhere. 1 heat harvest will begin next week. J. A.

Collier made a flying trip to Syracuse this week. A full line of crockery, china and glass ware at Randall's. Miss Viola'Davenport is staying with Mrs. A. B.

Reeves. Nice heavy glass tumblers for 5 cents each at Randall's. Many of our farmers will begin wheat harvest next week. T. C.

Dodd moved a building for W. II. Bartleson Tuesday. Ihe "Danger Signal" at town hall, Liverpool, to-night. Robert Young left us some fine samples of barley this week.

Miss Lydia Schnect, ot Hatton, is staying with Mrs. T. S. Elder. Ladies' and childrens' under vests at 10 cents each at Randall's.

Miss Mary Thompson assisted at the case yesterday iu our office. J. B. Culbertson, of Reno county, as in the city the first of the week. The crops of the county were greatly benefitted by the rains this week.

Earnest Wilson is mail carrier from Johnson to Richfield this week. John Durfee reports stage traveling much better during the last month. Farmers are so busy of late that the town is almost deserted by their absence. E. E.

Earp, of Findlay, Illinois, sends us a remittance for the Journal. Sheriff Mackey and N. W. Fisher were in Ulysses Wednesday on business. Oil painting free with 25 dollars in cash trade.

Ask for a ticket at Randall's. W. Mc. D. Rowan of Garden City made merchantile calls in the city Wednesday.

A couple from Colorado were made happy by Judge Hannaman last Tuesday. The Peoples' Party held an enthusiastic meeting at the court house last Saturday. Buy your dry goods, boots and shoes at Randall's and get an Oil Painting free. The western part of the county was visited by a good rain last Tuesday night. Wm.

Scoville will make final proof before Judge Hannaman on August 10th, 1892. George Sellers attended the People's Party State convention at Wichita this week. H. L. Wolf, of Garden City, takes good photographs.

Visit his gallery when in Garden City. R. F. Robinson attended the Republican Congressional convention at Kingman this week. D.T.

Little, Register of Deeds, Morton county, was a pleasant caller at our office last Tuesday. Messrs. Bartleson, Riley and Hannaman were at Syracuse this week to receive their orders for headers and binders. Do you want a daily paper? We will send the Chicago Daily News two weeks for two cent. Call and leave yonr order.

D. W. Thomas has one of the fincst'gardens in the county. He is furnishing our merchants with vege Uble of almost all kinds. 1IOOSIER VALLEY ITEMS.

Weather warm and windy. Health in general is very good. John Adams who has been very sick for the past two months is again able to oversee his farm. Thompson and Davenport are cutting District Clerk Henson's rye with the new header they bought of R. T.

Goans. Geo. Stout built an addition to Ira Wilsons house this wvek. W. O.

Montgomery and family, were visiting at C. W. Hoover's Sunday. The social held at John Wyss' on the evening of June 11th was a joyous event. E.

F. Uht ill soon begin harvesting with his header. Miss Anna Adams will prove up her homestead before she returns to Las Anniraas where she has been enployed in the public school for the last two years. Miss Cora Wilson spent Sunday with Miss Cora Adams Miss Cor. nelia Hoover tfas in Johnson Thursday.

-T. C. Dodd moved several houses this week. George Stout will visit relatives in Minn, this summer, then return to Stanton county where he will make his home. Miss Maud Adams accompanied Mr.

and Mrs. E. F. Uht to Liverpool Sunday. Earnest and Albert Culver Sun-dayed with Claud Emmet Adams and Albert Green are getting to be quite nimrods.

We ere afraid they will bankrupt the county with rabbit sculps. Miss Mary Thompson was visiting friends in the val-lev recently. K. T. Did.

Look! We are now offering to the public the celebrated J. B. Sickle's harness, saddles, and horse's furnishing goods in general, at the lowest prices. We can save you the freight on all goods. Call and get our prices before purchasing elsewhere.

W. A. GatKW, WEST LIXK ITEMS. Mr. Ewitor: I have been so busy for sometime plowing and planting that I haven't had time to write or come to town, but will drop you a few items form this part of the county this week.

Farmers are about through planting spring crops and will soon commence harvesting their grain. Mr. Eph Osborn has rye tbat measures 5 ft. 8 in. Who can beat it? He also has rye that has two heads on a stalk.

We are not sure where the seed originated but suppose it sprang fiom the California seven headed wheat Mrs. Shively is very sick at present- -W. H. Curtis moved two dwell ing houses from Ooolidge this week. You K.vow.

Notice to Farmers. I am agent for the light running" Piano binder and Phno Randolph header. I will sell these machines on trial with a written guarantee. 1 will warrant them to be lighter and to ruu lighter than any other machine in this market. I will further guarantee that owing to, simplicity of structure and extra quality of material that they are equal in durability to any other machine offered.

My terms for either cash or on 2 years time will be just a little lower than the lowest. Call before purchasing elsewhere and ice sample header and binder and save money. R. T. Goans, Johnson City, Kan.

the county. We have seen some of the finest strawberries jgrown here that we ever saw and the yield can be relied upon. FOBEtiT TXEES, Subscribe for the Jouuxau It.