Grainfield Republican du lieu suivant : Grainfield, Kansas • 1

INFIEM) REPUBLICAN. VOLUME I. GRAINFIELD, GOVE COUNTY, KANSAS. JANUARY 28 1883. NUMBER 1 AMID AIX THEtIB BWAOTWU.

KAXNAN SKVIJt XMUT TO CiROW. Web. Wilder. GRA his will, having his photograph taken POETRY. OCCIDENTAL Hint and kc ilos and will doubtless form the nasi of an important industry NATURAL MOIITAR of good quality, suitable for rock work is found along the various streams.

CORN. Messrs. Steele and Holton, 21-2 miles from Grainfield, each raised a crop of corn which averaged 30 bushels to the acre. Some other fields were raised from which we have no statistics. WHEAT.

A little wheat was raised in the eastern part of the county list year and I BEAL DRYER, GRAINFIELD, KANS. and kissing lus wife good bye, he landed in tho wilderness. The first thing he did was to kill an antelope and the next thing was to eat it. (Mr. B.

by the way is a terrible eater.) Then he dug a hole in the ground and persuaded Mr. Dryer to help him pile rock around it and sticks on top of that, and tho first tiling they knew they lvid the finest Hotel between Sahna and Denver at a cost of ten thousand dollars. So he tore up his will, burnt his photographs and sent for his wife and gave her back her Wsses. And that is how Grainfield started. Meanwhile Mr.

Hummell, hearing music in the air loaded up about 3,000 worth of truck on ft hand cart and pushed it up roun Abilene. The K. P. Rail way erected a very fine depot and side track and dug a we ll and put up a wind pump for the benefit of the infant city for it began no to bo understood that a young Chicago hail come into the world. From then till now, six whols months, settlers have been pouring in until the town boasts 150 residents, and the county twelve hundred.

The list arrival is the Republican, who takes off its little cap, pulls down its little jacket and makes its little bow to -day. The town cuLo 160 acres. The streets are a hundred feet wiJo andtha cross streets 80 feet. Seven thousand trees will be planted in the spring lining the streets. The business lots are 25x125 ft.

the residence lots 50x160. There arc no fourteen business hous es in to wn and about the same number of residences. A complete directory oar business men will be found in our advertising columns. They are all do ing a good business as the settlers fjr forty milos north and south make thin their shipping point. BUFFALO.

Rev. Mr. Weller who promised to write up the town of Buffalo has not handed in his manuscript. The Kmuas Wheat Land Company. The Kansas Wheat Land Company is a company organized for the purpose of raising wheat along the line of the Kansas Pacific R.

Mr. Wemyss is the generid superintendent. The company have 2803 acres in Clay county; They also have 800 acres in Gove, one section of which corners with the Grainfield town site. Mr. John Lewis of the firm of Lewis Shadinger is the manager here.

Their wheat gives at this dtte a promise of a large yield. They expect to harvest 18 bs. or upwards per acre. This wheat is put in on sod, of course, as is all in the county. The work last summer was all done by contract, at tho following prices: Breaking sod pr.

acre $2,00 Harrowing with screw harrow 40 Harrowing and sowing, screw harrow with seeder attached Seed 1 1-2 bushels per acre It will bo harvested with a header, and with stacking, -will 1 AXD cost per acre Making a total cost in stack of 5,5. Tins, it is to be remembered, is the cost of taking the raw land and working it without allo wing the sod to rot or freeze. The next crop will be put in at the same cost, less the breaking or at the rate of 3,55 pr. acre. The screw harrow is not well known in the eastern states, or eastern Kansas, at least the first one we ever saw was at Grainfield.

It is in generid appearance something like an old fashioned roller about 8 feet long, and 2 1-2" feet in diameter. The roller part, how ever, consists of steel knives bent like the threads of a screw forming a cylinder. The knives are about 6 inches apart and the maclnne is drawn over the broken sod which is thus completely pulverized. The knives not cutting Straight down but slanting and turning the soil over something like a plowshare, to a depth of an inch below the breaking or ur inches below the sur-fice. It requires a team of six good horses or moles but one man can harrow IS acres a day.

There is also A casing or cover for these knives with which it can be used a roller. TVK l'E. AXDT1IK 7 PUKNN. TtffAeath the rule of men entirely ureal. Jhv iR'ii Is militicr than the word." 8(i wrote the aug yet the discerning mind, While it admit.

Hie Mreiigiht iied aiiotln jf.ii My look beyond it, and perceive with A miglit mtdiipliuK if It' and wi. hl-f OVr ull the globe a latency ko vast For dttiiiieH. that ue'er a May lioje to nutuh or reckon it, though hi' HhJl be the litu-st for the living scroll, That power superlative the Piumkrs Am C-W-tl inAve, an nye-lnereusing one, To which others Low, uud due allegL ance yield, Or (-ink to nai before its Jast disdain. GOVE COUNTY, With the first issue of the uepplican we beg leave to introduce oar county to the public. LOCATION.

Gove County is located on the line of the Kansas Piicinc Rail in the nortli part of the btate being GO miles south of the line of t.ie state and 83 iiile.i eiust of the west Colorado line. It is taerefjre just at the junction of the rich inning lands of Kansas and tae grazing nlope of Colorado. 8TKTAM9. The county is traversed by the Saline river near the north line, Hack-berry creek near the center and the Smoky Hill river in tlw southern part of the county. All these streams floiv east and finally unite to form the river.

Tnese rivers are supplied by numerous creeks and springs making a network of water coursen us complete as could be desired. TUG FACE OF THE COVSTKY. is gently undulating, neither hilly nor level but rolling enough to please the eye and render arming pleasant and profitlle. The general trend is to the boath and East, but individual sections and quarter sections may be jund sloping iu any direction. THE SOIL on the up-lands is two and a half jet deep, a beautiful rich sandy loam.

It has every appearance of being very productive, and is certainly very easily worked. Tne sub soil to the depth of thirty feet is a sandy clay and this clay rests on gravel which has not been penetrated. GRASSES. The bottoms ol the various creeks are covered with the ordinary prairie grass well known in eastern Kansas, which reaches the height of two Let be fore going to seed, and which uridines the natural hay of this country. The uplands support a vigorous growth of the miqus Buffalo grass which, drying upon the ground, furnishes excellent pasture to the numberless cattle herded here the entire year, and fit for market at any time.

TIMBER. There is no native timber in the county, the setlers hauling firewood the south fork of the Solomon river, below the county line. Not less than 100 timber claims have been taken, ho vever, since ust June and ten acres of each claim will be planted in the spring. Probably not less than 500 timber claims will be taken this year and planted next, so that in a short time there will be plenty timber- COAL. a Very good indcations of coal have been discovered and the citizens of Grainfield are now prospecting along the valley of Hackberry creek.

The K. P. Railway supplies the dealers here so they can retail it at $5,75 a too. The most beutiful magneaan limestone in the world are found along the vally of the Hackberry. This rock is sawed into brick and sold in Grain-field at per thousand.

This stone is white as chalk perfectly free from Hnvirg fitted up the OCCIDENTAL HOTEL with especial reference to the wants of Guests desire first class entertainment, we respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. Our houee whs liult in the summer and fill of 1879 at a cost of Ten Thousand Dollars and we Matter oursdves that our accommodations will commend themselves to any who may visit ns. Cur luikling contains 25 ROOMS for guests, besides Parlors, "Waiting Rooms kc, all COMPLETELY irrNltllED. The -view from our Observatory is very charming, embracing a radius of Twenty Miles, fiem the olcnon liver en the i.orth, to the fnoly Hill on the south and an equal elistauce east and wefct, cnArucing the villages of Griimell and Buffalo. The rarity of the air nt this altitude renders this place one of the best for invalids seeking health frrorg the ountiu'ns ef Colorado, to accustom themselves to the rarified air of high altitudes before goirg at orce to the higher level of Denver.

Accordingly, our house is arranged with regard to the tecettities cf tueh To parties desiring the ftwination of the chase, we can offer the grandest hunting ground on the continent. Buffalo, Deer, Antelope, "Wolves, Coyotes and Jack Rabbit? alound, and a few hours ride always elkcloEcs game worthy of an enperor. We furnish guide, horses, hounds and guns if desired. The purity of our atmosphere and our freedom from drizzling, disagreeable weather, makes this one cf the oft detirtlle retorts in the west for parties in delicate health or those seeking enjoyment Driving or riding over these beautiful praries is very invigorating. Teiig lceatfd rear the L'nits cf the agricultural portion of the state and within easy reach of the innate giazirg Ids cf western Kansas parties wishing to engage in stock raiding will find this an excellcLt joint to establish their headquarter-s while their cattle range the prairies.

Located in one of the nicest towns in Kansas, in the midst of an intelligent and industrious popu laticn, with good schools and churches, we extend a cordial invitation to the people of the world. harvested with scythes there Ix-ing no reaper or header in the county consequently the amount saved was light, about 7 1-2 bushels per acre; There is sowed not less than 330 acres this fill within the of Grainfield which bills lir at this writing to make a good crop. The amount here sowed, suggested the name of the town. WELL WATER has been found away from the streams at depths ranging from 16 to U2 feet as llo ws. Mr.

Pei-eraon 3 miles of Grainfield 70 Mr. Steele 21-2 Mr. Wright 6 Mr. Sullivan Mr. 6 S.

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w. Mr. Locket 8 Tiiese are all the well we know of in the county, the settlers idong the streams being supplied by numerous springs that can be found almost any place along the banks. Tne quality of 'the water is equal to any in the world being perfectly pure and free from mineral of any kind. TOWNS.

There are three towns in the coun ty, all the north part of the county and on the line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Grinnell in the est Grain-field in the center "nd Buffalo in the eastern part of the county. GRINNELL. The following letter iom Grinnell cxpl lins itself. Editor Reiculican: Tninking a few lines from here might be desirable, I avail myself of the opportunity to send this.

This pi ice wi settled and laid out ist summer on t'ua lovliost site on the K. P. Hail Way. There are hotoh, two stores Poit Office, one Wagon, Plow, and Repair Shop, a good Livery Stable, Butcher Shop, and an extensive Lumber Establishment, all of which are doing well A large amount of wheat has been sown, anil the prospects for a full crop are excellent, Farmers are now preparing ground for spring crops and getting ready to build permanent homes in the spring, The Saline river is two miles north and Hackberry, seven miles south. Good well water is easily obtained, and there are numerous springs of purest soft water.

Fisn abound in all the streams, and in the spring, ducks and geese are plenty, as our Grain-fiield friends will vouch, as we often see them this way with gun and well filled game bags. There is no local news of note here, as mo3t people try to mind their own business. Hoping your paper will prosper, and your town flourish, I am yours truly, Subscriber. GRAINFIELD 355 miles from Kansas City 283 miles from Denver, is one of the wonders of the rapidly settling west. Last June nothing disturbed the morning nap of the lizy buffalo or the timid antelope except the passing of the freqnent trains on the K.

P. road. The passengers looked oat of the car windows and wondered at the beauty of the landscape and asked each other why such splendid lands remained unoccupied. Providence had ordained before the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock that this country should wait for Mr. BeaL to finish up his business in Abilene and come here and give this place a boom.

Last July after making it REAL ESTATE AGENCY BEAL DRYER, We have for sale upwards of ONE MILLION ACRES OF THE CHOICEST LANDS, OP belonging to the P. R. Consisting of K. It RICH ALLUVIAL BOTTOM LANDS, FERTILE UNDULATING UPLANDS 'J AND LUXURIANT GRAZING LANDS, In GOVE, SHERIDAN, WALLACE and THOMAS COUSIIES. BEAUTIFULLY LOCATED, AND AT PRICES RANGING FROM $1.50 TO $5.00 PER ACRE 1.