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1 I -A .•*» .?• :, 1 .:.} I 'I ".'-1 ., v-, 1 cl m^ Pit:. -M «Ef Theee lands areoovered with fui extraordin ary heavy crop of buffalo and bunch grass, gram ma grass and the old fashioned blue joint is gett ing a foothold.. Alfalfa is grown sueoessfully on these uplands: without irrigation. Only a few .years ago it was supposed alfalfa needed to be irr igated, no matter in what country It might be grown. This item of having plenty of good pure wat er is one of the most important one to the- intend* ing homeseeker and we are pleased to be able to allay his fears on that point. CLIMATE Kansas climate is very similar to (Central Illi nois, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio an 'average of 203 days between killing frosts, that is about from last of March to last of October. The average temperature for December, January and Febru ary is about 30 above zero and the average for June, July and August is 76.9 above zero. A state that has a climate that can grow five mil lion peach trees.fund luscious peaches by the train load, water melons galore, street potatoes and crops without end fehould be proof enough that the climateis all thatooieikl her dewCTd^^^?^ RAINFALL Average rainfall for the whole state is 27}4 inohes annually. The western half of the state has an average yearly rainfall of about 21 to~ 83 inches or aboiit the same as eastern Central Neb raska, eastern South and North Dakota and West ern Minnesota. For a number of years following the '"boom." period a series of "dry years were experienced, but now by "scientific*' farming the losses then sustained, axe entirely recovered and that portion of the state is today richer and ou a more sub stantial business basis than ever before. W0RTHINGT0N ADVANCE .^VBUIBID BTBBT PR ID AT. H. HAWLBY. BDITOR RATBS. Subscription per year 6 month# 3 1 $1.60 .75 .40 .15 Advertising, display, per page $10.00 per column, per ineli .10 local, per line .05 local, black lace type, per line .10 AU announcements or advertising from which a revenue is sought, will be charged •for, -Any announcement of meetings from which no revenne.isderived, will be published NOTICE, Kezt week, on accoimt of asum* Ing the duties of the office to which we were elected, the management of the Advance will be entrusted to M. Bosmer. He has been in our employ for several months and has proved himself capable of conduct ing the business in a manner that will be satisfactory to all of our pa trons, in all departments. The as sistanceiof the people, such as eVery paper requires in publishing the in cidents of the week, is solicited. The patronage of all in the subscription, advertising and job departments is also solicited. We know that Mr:" Hosmer will give satisfaction and meet every expectation. All mat ters connected with tbe publication TOU be left entirely under his supsr viMon. The A^v%««a plant is still for Hawley. mmmm *v 'Sk- .--$ j. a^Mfe -r%t- ,•*. -s' v.-wtf$|r. .**• ^y: '*a Of smooth open prairie land, in Greely Coun ty, Kansas, along the Wallace County line. These lands are about midway between the main line of the Union Pacific and.the main line of the Missouri Pacifio Railways. These lands are fine level open prairie abso lutely no stone, fio sand, no gravel, no gumbo, no alkali, no sloughs, no" ravines, no hills, splendid dark loam soil of great depth in fact the top soil shade* so slowly into the subsoil it is difficult to tell Where theone ends and the other begin*-The subsoil is dark yellow porous clay, as capable of raising crops as the top soil, when exposed to the sun and rain. 1 Broma grass Js being tried with^gieat suooess and wdl soon take the place of clover and timothy as it is a hardier grass than either and |nst as rich in nutrition. WATER Is good everywhere, and sure* to 4e obtained by digging or boring wells. There appears to be a solid sheet of water underlying all this section of country at a depth of 100 to 300 feet. No one has ever failed to get water and a windmill can run day and night for a week without diminish ing the flow in the least. Many {gardens and orchards are irrigated ,by a. well and wind mill during the dry period. KANSAS, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Value of wheat and t»rn per capita: KANSAS, 0f J. D. Worthington, Minn. Bob Dunn lost his temper and smashed a newspaper man with his umbrella. VanSant lost his temper —will he smash Clappf We do not believe in ridiculing the action of any of ^our prominent public men but VanSant entering the senatorial contest after he had made speeches on subjects that ap peals to the mansofl and then found *t necessary, if he was to be a candi diate at all he would be obliged to become one without an invitation and in finding a reason,, claims he done so because he was mad. How plausible. The advertising rates, etc. of the Advance are published in full on this page. The same rules of bus iness willjgovern in calculating the cost of any work as is customary in any line of business. That is, a just and proper compensation for ser vice rendered. The plan of charg ing for service by the newspaper, is being more and more generally adopted, why it was not the practice at first We do not know. But we be lieve the gratuitous advertis ing that has been done has been the means of lowering the standard of the hhsiness. One month during the publication of the Daily Ad vance, fretf advertising amounting togpore than anengh to pa^all^ jtte iruponnaif^f the office of 'Wvery na tire, was gtvea iHtieat xeosiviaf .'-«* r?J»r'? 2-^LL." WHEAT TTwnaa& raised seventeen mllion dollars wbrth more wheat and corn in the five years eliding 1900 than any other state. iTynaaa raised forty per oent more wheat each year for the last three years than Minnesota, al though had more acres sown to that geavierMinnesota rain, showing Kansas yield per acre to: be far than Minnesota. .! Value of wheat and corn crop in 1908 Note.—The western, fifteen counties ofKan gas in 1903 produced wheat alone to value "bf 160. 80 per capita, or fifty per oent more than total value per capita of wheat and corn together for Iowa. These fifteen counties in Western Kansas in 1903 produced per 'capita wheat $60.50, other crops $56.00 and Hve stock $38.50: this means the production foi?each man, woman and child ho other state can equal it. Can RawaM raise Corn Well, we should say she can,although she raises more wheat than Min esota or California yet she raises more than twice as wnnh corn as she does wheat and no -corn crop in the State of Kansas was ever caught by "Jack Frost "either. Kansas has stood for more than five years fifth in the ranK of corn-growing states and her average is constantly increasing. "Old King Corn" has been worth $416,873,786 to Kansas in the past ten years—over one billion and five hujulre^ million bushels—and just think of the fatfcogs and steers that com has made I. No wond er iftmaag City where those hogs and cattle are marketed and killed has grown into a city of over two hundred thousand people—for Kansas, has raised in the last ten years almost ohe 'thousand million dollars Worth of live stock. J* OATS AND GRASSES .^i^Qats stand third in value of Kansgg orop. Cortt^bieng firat and wheat seoond. Kans4# hM raised in the past ten years 643,000,000 bqehelfc of oats and 58,000,000 of rye. besides millions of dollars worth of alfalfa, timothy, clover and blU&v£TA8B« In the western third of the state -Iraffaio, .and bunah grass predominate. These grasses by ex penments made at the State Agricultural Colleges of Wisoonsin, Iowa South Doakta and Kansas show digestive elements of 51 to 58 per* cent as against 46 to 48 per cent for red clover—and what is more wonderful these westeni grasses show' by test, to have within one to two per" cent atf much nutrition in January uncut on the For further information concerning' '*r 97,807,368 J. 96,044,916 95,44$,issf 75,378,887 69,700,748 produced in 15H8, 66.15 42 50 23.75 80.00 Iowa, 'j Minnesota, Missouri, And Kansas raised in 1903, seventeen million four hundred thousand dollars' worth more of wheat and corn than Illinois. 1 one cent in return. If the adver tising was of no value to those in terested why ask any one to spend their time and labor. This instance is given as an illustration. Print ers very much dislike to change a custom that has prevailed so long, but every week a paper here and there makes an annoueement similar to this regarding charges for all kinds of advertising intended to bring financial returns. All, as well as ourselves, will cheerfully and willingly publish any and all an noccements not intended for a fl nancial benefit, free. A new reason for entering the po litical arena has been sprung by Gov. VanSant. Heretofore the re luctant candidate went into the con tent at the solicitation of friends. VanSant has gone into the senator ial contest because he, claims he, got mad, ahd this state of mind was the result of the attempted bribery of a legislator. Was VanSant looking for an excuse. "He must have been in a dreadful state for an excuse. We are surprised that Van Sant's men tal condition is such as to bping him under influence of this character, arousing him* to a frena&y that caused him to become a candidate for the senate. Perhaps this is an illustration of the mental condition {^a pst^on ^ho^boinjnits a qgme perary insanity. We believe tiieithe time *k*A ,* WN1 a.^.... vj, 0* prairie as they have when cut and carefully cured in July. Ne wonder western Kansas cattle can go all winter on the prairie without feed or shelter. The Live Stock Industry Kansas has ^3,500,000 Cattle. 945.089 Horses and Mules. 1,770,585 Hqgs. With a total value of $747 is particularly well adapted to the raising of live stook. The rich native grasses in tlTe western counties the abundanoe and purity of .water, the mild winter climate, free dom from flies and mosquitoes, anil noxious weeds and added to all thesis advantages itp near B*ss:to the^fcoond largest live stock market in theworld at Kansaw C^ty and the faot of the great corn belt being between the breeding grounds and the KanwM City marlet, with a deeding in transit rate" gives the Khnsss live stock, breeder and feeder advantages offered by no other state in the union. Kansas did not boild up hiir live stock industry, however, because Kansas City grew into a great live stock hdarket because Kan sas was so near. The stockraisier and especially the small dairy man in western Kansas has so many advantages over the man in the same business in Nebraska, the Dakotas'or any western state that there is no comparison. In the states just mentioned, stock must be fed 3 to 5 months each year. In Kansas no feed ing whatever. In those states, streams and water tanks freeze and so bold stock will not drink when the ice is out open. In Kansas no trouble of that kind whatever. In those statoB stock often drifte away. during winter storms and blizzards. Jn Kansas we have ho blizzards. Western Kansas is lees than 400 miles from the second largest stock market in the world. Just oiie night's ride—and so we could go on giv ing numerous advantages df Kansas over any other state. We particularly recommend western Kasnaa to the man who can buy a section of land. Put on 30 or 40 miteh^cows do a little general farm ing feed a few pigs raise poultry and a'garden. He can very soon be independent and his land will grow in value beside. THE BAIIOT IN®*J§TR| In those states the^Aook mantis a tt oosand miles from Chicago, his best market. Kanssa has 868,738 milch cows, just twice as many as she had twenty yean .ago. Kansas^ cheese output has iHcreasedi389 percent in last ten years. The value of Kansas butter hail increased from $4,375,618 in 1898 to $7,517,331 in 1908 orv about 85 per cent increase in ten years. Cream eries and skimming stations ate found in nearly every little town out there in .Kansas. The num ber of of creameries having increased 69 per cent in last ten years. Office in Nobles County Bank Building. legislators will 'find VanSant was temporarly deranged on the sena torial "question and let him go— back to Winona. He has made a good governor and in our opinion made himself ridiculous in fusing such an excuse to determine his at titude toward Senator Clapp.. Senator Clapp has distinguished himself in Congress and beoome a man of note and influence through out the land. His record shows that he ably,honestly and feithfuly repersents this state on every occa sion. Whenever an issue presents itself h^Up found on the side that will best serve his oountry and peo ple. His record is above reproach and aiistentiiateis the above state met.' -There is no good reason for superseding him by some other man, further than this no man his equal has been named or suggested. If Senator Clapp is to be retired give us some one who is better, more able, or one who can accomplish more. Do not take away from the people what they need and have, replace with inferiority. It is a ser ious matter. The most important legislation*^ the age* is being pro posed and considered. It will re quire men of experience and known ability^to disseminate the proposed so that their colleagues comprehend iHut -itm •«r ?r sy ugly ll1•••!«i»1HM«frtiW of the state wants Senator Clapp re elected. We want the action .of the state convention ratified taj this re spect The people so far as possi ble voiced their sentiments at the convention and no. word of oppo sition was heard. If Clapp is de feated it will be the result of anoth er pi^ce of political trickery and judgement will again be pronounced at the next election. The people of Minnesota spbke loud last' fall And are.still full of piatriotism. ,- You can hardly ftnd home without its Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Parents know what it docs for children: breaks iup a cold in a single night, wards off bronchitis, prevents pneumonia. Physicians ad vise parents to keep it on hand. "The bsst ooruh medietas money esn tray Is AVer's ChmrrHtoitl. For the coughs of ehllona MthlM soold poiMibly be better." tunm Sbdu., Tnroat, AQtKl sS syour Out THere in Kansas* 745 Newspapers and Publications., 664 Banks. $95,000,000 deposits in these 664 Banks. 10,850 Miles of Railways. 533 Flouring Mills. 314 Factories in 18601 7,830 Factoriiw in 1900. $435,408, Value of Manufactured Goods in 1860. $178,189,398, Value, of Manufactured Goods in 1900. $8,538,806, Value of all Mineral Products, 1883. $86,579,605, Value fo all Mineral Products, 1903. 18,000,000 Apple Trees, of which 8,000,000 are in bearing. 5,500^000 Peach Trees._ i*. l,00d,900 Plum Trees.,.""- M6,00ft Acres Of Qrapes. J,000 Acres p^.Baspberries. 3,000 Acres of Strawberries. 5,000 Acres of Blackberries. And Garden Trusk to Beat the Band. Vr 1,487,847 people in 1903^ None in 1850. 818 Qolleges and Academies. 9,lfe0 Free Public Schools. $11,660,470, Value of School Property^ 6,000 Churches $8,000,000, V^ue of Church Property. Saratoga. Ind. on ill $ 'Y* rJ" *1 a iv^-y* vvj^w •ofiS a W "In "jt W*. it* -i WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH 30 COWS You can keep 30 uiilch cows and their in crease'one year on 640 acres of prairie lan^. by putting about 150 acres tooiigh feed, like kaflSr corn, sorghum cane millet and alfalfa. Those cows should make you $80 each per year or $900. Those calves should geU for at least $16 each or $300, making total income of $1,800, without one dollar of expense for garden, and poultry should buy your grooeries and clothing. No hailstorm, no fioat, no drought, no wet season can spoil your dairy income. Yon have no wor ries, no cold weather—why don't you go and milk cows* raise chickens, and feed pigs! Where the western counties alone ih ,$nly ten years have aocumolated a wealth per cajrita of $1800, while New York State hafe been nearly three hundred years accumulating a per oapita wealth of $1,430. MINERALS Kansas produoed one xntllion barrete of oil in 1903, and will produce fully seven million barrels in 1904, rivalling the great oil fields of Pennsyl vania. Kansas has two hundred and fifty coal mines, with enough coal to last her two thou sand years. has rock "salt beds |300 feet thick, has great zinc and lead mines, great beds of gypsum and potters' day and oement, stone. quarries and natural gas wells. The largest oil refinery in the world is now being built by the Standard Oil Co. at Kansas City, Kansas is a good "all around state." --i V*i if Im mi,/ /h 1905 The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac. The Bev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac for 1908 is now ready, being flaa fia est edition ever issued. Thissplsa did and costly book of 200 peges iaJa^ complete study of astronomy aad^v. storm and weather for -1905. It ia^.^1 too. well Irnown to need comment. See it and yon w^l.so deuddei "The^|| pric^ postpaid to any address, lsv]| ^Oo. per oopy. The Lev. 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