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w mSaL' $.' rM '?& "S'E.iaXj- SITBSCBIPTIOIJ, $2.00. EIGHTH YEAB. STATE FORESTRY. A correspondent in our horticultural department, this week, refers to a matter of great importance State forestry The Kansas Farmer has presented the same subject at different times, and now we make the communication of our corres pondent a text for further observations on the subject. Trees are needed every where on the prairies; every farm ought to have a good supply of forest trees. That amounts to a great work, so great, that unless the state takes hold of the matter, it will never be accomplished, nor anything approaching it. A great many persons would set out trees if they could obtain them readily and at little expense. The state could furnish them at a cost so trifling that every land owner could afford to put one-tenth of his land into forest. A state agency could grow the trees from seed and furnish young trees by the hundred or thousand to all persons that would apply for them and pay the ex pense of transportation and agree to set them out and take care of them. The agents would send to the persons order ing trees printed suggestions and instruc tions concerning the nature of the trees, and trie work necessary in transplanting them and taking care of them after wards. One, two or three forestry farms might be established in different parts of the state so as to be close to the people. The agents would study the soil and cli matic characteristics, growing such trees only as would do well in that division of the state. Their experience and observa tions from year to year as to growth, culture, insect enemies, etc., would be of great benefit to the farmers, of the state. A very small outlay of money would suf fice. The additional tax would be insig nificant. The farmers pay most of the taxes anyway, and as this would be for their benefit, the whole state would be enriched by the proceeding. The subject is well worth careful consideration by the legislature. The money unlawfully -authorized to be expended at every session of the legislature would run two large, well equipped forestry farms continuous ly. Kansas Farmer. The Farmer takes its text from a com munication in that journal from Mrs. Clara F. Smith, of Pottawatomie county, Kansas. Between Pottawatomie county and the Missouri river are only three counties. Mrs. Smith can not fail to do the eastern portion of the state a great service by showing to its people that they ure in need of a much more general growth of timber. We shall not try to finish this article without copying liberally froni Mrs. Smith's contribution. She cays: "Studying over the moderating effect of forests and their power in breaking the wind, I thought, what would Kansas be if all the waste places were covered with trees? Very little has been done by the oldest " inhabitant in the way of forest tree planting, probably from the fact that nearly all of them took claims on which P-wiis already plenty of timber; so, instead I it "setting out trees, they have been cut r iihwD? them down. Therefore, on the 'poor KAwjF.homesteader' as heavily the task of re r. claiming the 'Great American Desert' ?. i'lfc .will be slow work. I am afraid, as most SsC Ipf them need their time and money for i ' Yrcher rmmoses. fi "UouldJ. possess .tne magic power by vwhich the genii of the Arabian Nights lw. rvrirfrirnr!i1 fTiAir r?fw?R. T wnnld Tint,. HIta ffy , $bey did, build splendid palaces studded Jft.'V'witn diamonds and dazzling gems, but si t would plant a Deautirui lorescot an Rinas Kin'Snf tnona nn on nil firvmPGfAJlf? r'fif nil tVilQ ?r ' . 1 v a ; t 1 3ft 'vanf. rvrinn. Thifi wonld not onlv ben- M$t efit individuals, but everybody. "It really seemB as tnougn tne state rksnisrht furnish these settlers with trees, pV-f -they will take care of them. Appropri- g a mouB nave ueoxi iuuuo tin tut iooo juipui- r - tant things. .Nothing else will make a perfect wind-break on these unprotected h prairies. A stone fence and sheds only serve to catch the snow, as we found out to our sorrow often when the stock had flto be shoveled out after a, severe snow- afcdrm. si' "Four years ago last spring we planted f . about an acre to trees box, elder, soft maple alanthus, catalpa, and wild black .Vjoherry -n thenorth of our improve- tmwitSt and with-very, little cultivation, :" -they had grown so that- last winter tney ;lield the enow and kept it from drifting ia. nponis, and were also some protec ' tiMi from the wind." flin. Smith, we happen to know, has fniadm in eastern Kansaswho coincide in l. - karriews on the question of state fores- J tnaa. ia genueman wno uves m joney 1 obonty stated to us last summer that oeaatern Kansas needed the advantages to ba dived from these state forestries. 3ax our judgement united effort on the , Stffc of people throughout the state, who already pronounced in ,their views in j " faibr. cf the establishment of state for- 4fltiM, will secure the passage of a bill tbe coming winter,'6 whose effects will be j ;40Rgkwbiii compared with the jlrag- ' mnjr developments in nmoer -growing Jkryt ik TTila? heretofore .- l. WA subject at different times." What we want is results. The praise can be relied upon to lodge where it belongs. It is a fact well known to all who have cared to read this paper that the idea of any thing like a comprehensive system of state for estries in Kansas originated with the World in January, 1881. Ever since then, at intervals Very short, we have kept up the discussion. Last September, as a delegate to the National Forestry Congress in Denver, we introduced the thirteenth resolution, which, after some discussion; was adopted. This resolution reads: Thirteenth That it is the sense of this Forestry congress that the legislature of the state should provide for the establish ment and maintainance of experimental timber culture stations, to the end that there may Jbe secured a knowledge of the highest adaptability of different varieties of timber to the different soils, and that the taxable wealth of the state may be increased, to the material lessening of the rate of taxation. . In the course of his remarks in favor of state legislation in assisting the early and general planting of timber on our Kansas plains, Mr. Tilton said, in substance: He would have the legislature establish and maintain two experimental stations one on the K. D. of the U. P. railway the other on the Santa Fe both to be on or very near the one hundredth meridian; he would have the management of these stations purely scientific; he would aim. to have at least three strata of ground in each of the stations valley, bench land and up land; he would have each of these strata planted in the class es of timber which naturally flourish there better than in any other stratum; he would have the prdducts of these sta tions free to every Kansan; he would have the applicant answer a set of properly-prepared questions concern ning the stratum of ground in which he wishes to plant the trees, the cultivation he has given the ground, and then the manager of the nursery should dictate what trees, if any, he should have, and the applicant's abusing his pledge in any event should prevent his sharing further the gratuity of the station. Mr. Tilton claimed that by the inteligent, business-like co-operation of the state with the people of the plains in the direc tion of growing timber, more groves could be shown in western Kansas within five years than can be shown in twenty- I five years under the present lack of sys tem, and that the people of central and eastern Kansas would be re-imbursed ten fold by the increased taxable value of these lands for the taxes which they would pay in the operating of these sta tions. We shall introduce a bill at the coming session of the legislature for the estab lishment of these forestries. We shall be glad to incorporate in its provisions that one or more be located in central or eastern Kansas, if the sentiment of the members from those sections warrants the step. We make the modest claim that a measure of this kind will do more .toward dotting the homesteads of Kansas with timber within the next five years than the present lack of system will bring about in twenty-five years. Back of all this will be the well-supported proposi tion that the increase in the value of real estate will result in western Kansas paying more than enough extra taxes to recompense the central and eastern por tions for their share of the taxes in sus taining these forestries. Last week's .Kansas Farmer has an editorial which, as nearly as we can make out, supposes the Kansas legislature to have been in session twenty-one days, having accomplished the passage of four bills and a resolution to congress, and being entitled to sit for pay only nine days more. It may not refer to the Kan sas legislature; it does not say. The Kansas legislature, we believe, would, with the twenty-one-days-spent contingency as a basis, be entitled to pay for twenty-nine days more. Just the point the Farmer would make in this article does not in trude itself with much force. It is safe to say that very many of its readers will see the point in .the intimation ,that more than two-thirds of the legislative session has actually been spent. The legislature of Vermont has rjasS6a a w Dninshinffwith fine and im- prfsonment any one weariMflr a.G.'ILBL- uaage wno -is jnoc enuuear ioj&m aw- tinctiotf. hPAimkmrjr - -'AftrpM; Tai stock: -A-znninsTG- the - KEE1STET, KA1STSAS, SATURDAY, JA1STUABY 8, DON'T GET SCAEED! The matter of moving the United States land office from Wa-Keoney to Wallace is being agitated, and it is claimed that the representative in congress from that district, Hon. E. J. Turner, is pledged to use his influence to that end. Such a removal at this time would work a great hardship to the people of Ness and Rush counties. It will not be many years until the land in this county will be taken and proved up 'on, but in the meantime the office, where it is, accommodates more people than it would if moved to Wal lace. We think it would be much better to make an effort to secure a new office there, as the Wa-Keeney office has more business than it can conveniently attend to. Ness City News. We are grateful to the News for its manly declaration in behalf of letting well enough alone Several papers in this land district have what might be termed land-office-removal distemper in a harmless form The last week's Hays Free Press informs us that the program mapped out by the powers that be or some such an outfit is to have tho Salina land office removed to Hays City, and the Wa-Keeney land office to Wallace. This move, according to the Free Press, and old Madam Ru mor to boot, is to have the pitch-in-to-win backing of Congressman-elect Tur ner. Now, with this panorama of action in the focus, and the fact that Wallace and Hays City are interested up to their eyes in this deal, the World will state whafc appears just as good to us as a few facts in this case, with the view of calming the troubled waters, so to speak: In the ab sence of a called session of congress, Mr. -Turner will not take his seat in congress untilextDecember. We do not believe for a moment that Mr. Turner has com mitted himself to the labor of seeing the land office removed from Wa-Keeney to Wallace. H e perhaps has signified his willingness possibly his intention of introducing a bill to locate a land office at Wallace, without any reference to inter fering with the one at Wa-Keeney. If he has, this is quite another thing from taking the office from Wa-Keeney to Wallace. The centrality and accessibility of Wa-Keeuey as the headquarters of the land district can not be assailed with any fairness. No one man will do all this removing anyway! The friends of Wa Keeney should stand together in a quiet manner, with their perceptive faculties in constant trim, and a determination to hold the fort while a man remains. We ex pect to see them hold it without a reason able cause for calling out the reserves. PRETTY GOOD. The Free Press says that $15,000 have been expended for buildings in Hays during the past year. Ellis can go $60,000 better and proposes to double it next year. Ellis Review. Boys, those figures are pretty good considering. Of course, up here at Wa-Keeney, where the expenditures for improvements have exceeded $103,000 the last year, there may be a disposition to think that Hays and Ellis are not very rapid towns. We are here, however, to back the proposi tion that they have done firstrate con sidering. MONEY TO LOANHIIIilli ON DEEDED LANDS And for paying out on Final Proof, -A.t tli Branch 'OfHoe v , OF THE JAEVIS-CONELIN Mortgage Trust Company, Parties desiring loans will find, it to their advantage to deal with us, as our action is final no delay of sending east for papers and money. Make your ap plications in time for us to see your land. Office in Verbeck's building, east side of Franklin St WA-KEENEY, KANSA& c. f. Mcknight, LaRd Attorney and Notary Public. MONEY ON LAND at lowest rates of interest. Makes Final Proofs, attends to Contests, and is agent for S. XC lands mm fe? 134&S.-. QOm fir door fc of U. S. Ld 0p, basis oie1 ott:e& nsriDTrsTisiES y4 H. BLAIR, Land Attorney and Real Estate Agent. CONTESTS -A SPECIALTY. Wa-Keeney -. - Kansas, JOHN A. NELSON, Attorney at law AND Loan Agent. U. P. Land Agent for- Trego, Gra ham and Ness bounties, WA-KEENEY. - KANSAS. Stock Banehes a Specialty. Parties meaning business request ed to write me. A. J. HARLAN. SAM H. KELLEY. HARLAN & KELLEY, ATtOENEYS - AT - LAW. Practice m all State & Federal Courts. A. J. HARLAN, Real Estate & Land Agent. Business before the Land Olfice Promptly Attended to. OFFICE UP STAIKS IN WOKLD BUILDING, WA-KEENEY, KANSAS. HOLLISTER & BIGGER, ATT0ENEYS - AT - LAW. All legal business entrusfedto care will be attended to . promptly. our Office on Russell Avenue, east of Franklin Street. WA-KEENEY, - KANSAS. Frank Danford, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW And Real Estate Dealer. Buys and sells Keal Estate, secures Homesteads and Timber-claims for those wanting gov't land. Will practice in all State Courts and be fore the Gov't Land Office. Business solicited. Office in McClaren Building, WA.ECBElSrETr SLA. -.SAS- J. WORD CARSON, .NOTARY PUBLIC, Purchasing Selling and Locating LAND AGENT &ATTSY. Makes Soldiers' Homestead Declaratory .Entries, 'limber Jmings, rre-emptions, Homesteads, Final Proofs. Attends to Contests in all phases, etc. Promptness and fair dealing. All work guaranteed. Office in Basement of eeney Block, UNDER U. S. LkND OFFICE. WM. SPICER THE- MERCHANT TAILOR, Keeps' the choicest assortment of FALL WINTER GOODS In the City. Employs only First Class Workmen, and Warrants a Perfect Fit or No Salt. Shop third door1 south of Westebk Kansas Wobjjd Office. niTY DELIVERY. Headquarters at Verbeck's Store. DAVID AURUCKLE. DINING- HALL, By BAKER & BUSH, At the old Bcker frtrnni A SQUARE MEAL FOR 25 CTS. WsilsslniTSoa hand all kiadsrof Oo- 7 ; wwiwmiT. iiwn, aa,xoamoK i wiTf T" !''! r -"K . J fB17 J- - J " Kg.-gwd1--.-!" aad Groosries.K ? t 1887. C. O. BESTOB, Deeded, Railroad,: S School Lands, Homesteads, Pre-emptions and Timber Claims. GENERAL REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. Money Loaned on Deeded Property. ITo. 1SB 2ri.axiiJ.lxx Street, Wa-Keeney, Kansas. B. J. F. HANNA. D.B. KETiliEY. Hanna & Kelley, LAND ATTORNEYS, Wa-Keeney, - Kansas. Prompt and careful attention given to any and all business before the United States Land Office. S. R. CCTWTCK, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW All legal business entrusted to my care will receive prompt and careful attention. Office with Wheeler Bros. WA-KEENEY, KAN CO WICK & WHEELER BROS, will give special attention to final proofs and contests. JOHN RONNQTJIST, PAINTER, Sign Writer, Grainer, Kalsominer, Paper Hanger. . WA-KEENEY, SAN. GEO. BARRETT, CARPENTER, ' BUILDER !J And Contractor. Plans and Specifications PEEPAKED TO ORDER. Shop on north aide of Russell avenue, second building west of Opera' House. COME TO KERSHAW'S NEW FEED & BOARDING STABLE, f JUST WEST OF OPEEA BLOCK, -7WREH You Want your Horses Fed & Boarded. o Special care given to Animals entrusted to my keeping. . COOK BOOM AND TEED MTXiIi ATTACHED. Corn, Oats, & Ground Feed FOB SAX'S, IN LAEGE OE SMALL QUANTITIES AT LOWEST CASH PRICES. I have lately put in a Horse Power Feed Mill and will do Custom -:- Grinding. H. S. DAVIS, At Kershaw's Livery Stable M. H. FARMER, PHYSICIAN&SURGEON, DISEASES Of the Ep, Ear iti Ttrtit i Specialty. A full line of Spectacles on hand. OfteeiQlteria'aDng Store, WA-KEENEY, - - KANSAS. D& H, E. WIL00X, inmaic penis Vr. - 1 V ?"""""'T" 5C. .... V, : siisra-iiS'Poir, 5 t 1 u yjsr' j -a? -.- ISTOIBER 46. S. M. HUTZElt, ' Attorney at Law, U. S. Land Attsrnty AND SEAL ESTATE AQINT. . t Special Attention given to Contests and Final Proofa, Office west side Franklin 8treet, WA-KEENEY, - - KANSAS. A. E. MICKBL, Dri I -ALSO AGENT TOR'THE "" PERKINS WINBSrfLL, All work and mills guaranteed satisftc. tory. Mills and pumps always " on hand. . WA-KEENEY, KANSAS. INSURE YOUR LIVE STOCK Against Death from any cause what ever, and against Theft, in the Atchison Livt Stock Insurance Gi,,. OF ATCHISON, KANSAS. , W.'S. McGlNNIS, Agt Wa-Ketaey, Ks,. Office with John A. Nelson. J. R. WILSON, COUNTY SURVEYOR AND LAND LOCATOR, WA-KEEHEY, - - - KAKIA1, FRICK'SLrVERX. Opposite the Oakes House, WA-KEElfET, XAVMf LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE. Best of Bigs at the Most Reasonable Rates, A. C FBICE, Prop. A. E. SIGLER. Carpenter iKfflfc Builder Special attention given to buildings of modern styles. Shop north of Keeney Block, WA-KEENEY, ... KANSAS. 0, D. STEWART, Proprietors of rn 1 sjimim; parlor. First doorpouth of Lille's drugstore. Everything in First Class Stylt. WA-KJSENEY, KANSAS. r CITY BAKEBY. 'seduction IX BREAD; CAKES; And all kinds. of Goods.' Stores at Lawrence &-Hall's; also in south room of Sawtelle Auction Block; also at 41 Washington St., Wa-K jsiotbt, - k - Kaxsai; " 373 J- HEGKBNBlL HOTEL ! HOTtLI YOU WILL EDJD QKOTBBt..- ATIHBr- . ;, WHITE -:- HOTJM WALIiACZ, KANSAS, Always ready to, attend to tb ACCOMMODATIONS GOOD PRICES. Only $1.00 Pw Bty. --k 7 ? 5OOP0MtMi &r ."SV&7 Ll : JAS. K. aBOYXE,lMK A. B. JONES, B?, TJ.l'-i- Physiciu .at-2 xfrlrp !4S - f"Mi ; -, crw ;jd mmm ".!, J." . i)i. a- i - F ? i . ' Ji x ! 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