The Celia Enterprise from Celia, Kansas • 3

i WSk I I tw The Celia Enterprise Motto Accuracy Kaataeas Order Cash or no Go! politico Booming rontier! GEIiIA RAWOT3 GPOTTY KANSAS SATURUAYr SEPTEMBER 4 1333 VOL I to Aj ivood day tt City Bird Bird pew 'EVERETT 4 CHftEE advertise here next week for teach the to the been At wow TRE ElTEKPIPSE RED H'EJIQ EDITOR Try and sometime deck stuck HENDRICKS President Business before the 3 Land Office given attention Contesting a specialty Will practice in the State and ederal Courts CHARLES BULKLEf Kill occupy this Space mt week with a new Ad felt Bird City Kans COMRS Pi op urnishes good Accommodations Horses at Reasonable Prices Thums of SruscuirrioN: One copy one year in advance One copy six months 'topy throe months Those wishing to send this ern frtends can reduced terms: 5lx copies one year Three copies one yesrc Two copies one year Bld you ever bear of Homy dfoske and A Milfosell? Why of oouw nearly everybody goes before them to make final proof and are auecessfnl We were amused md had to laugh ftt the Atwood hit on wipked editor of thereljgioua piipor and the religions editor of the wicked JIannigan let us yingjn Jim as the wicked editor of the wicked Beware or while tlm wds are: fighting the monkey will wt all the McCreery received the follow ing letter a few days ago from the Obqrlin well MbCreery: Sir 7 Will make you the following proposition concerning im arte Jan well at Celia: Will drill the first 200 feet for $200 the next 200 for $250 next 200 for 5300 and so ou down ns far as desired casing the sunm with good pipe Will require end of each 200 feet' If you want a well we will come up make a contract and begin work as soon as the Ober lin well is completed Yours Truly Porter Tuqrnfll Try Bird City Hotel Live fat at Celia Hotel Celia Hotel to the front Gieske Mikesell always bn bill sticker stickers hero Thursday A Bacon is putting in his winter wheat and Cid Blakely is our black smith shop Minich goes out home to live the middloof next week Who will succeed him with Elder Bros is not yd known Jo Coomliew is mail carrier this week Geo Huffman is fryings trick spell not because he wants to but because he lias it to do Andy Elder haq a good claim just west of town and since moving there ho has made things appear quite homelike His crpjis look well fbeurickLaue Jeweler WwtchmaKer ATVyaQD KANSAS Repairing pnnrply done WhitfieldseiCOUNTY ATTORNEY RAWLINS 1 ATWQOD KANSAS STABLE rapidly undergoing changes for the better and that will be of lasting good Much of western Nebraska has lately been settled There are still desirable locations in that state to bo obtained Colorado the 'eastern part though OQmparativeiy empty is beginning to bo settled The Indian Territory is as it has been for yeans watched by many people hoping hat it will bo opened for settloment waiting sb to speak ready to spring like hungry tigers on their prey Throughout all the western states wherever the countryis comparatively new and is the least attractive or desirable wo hoar of great rushes houses dotting the prairies i teams turning oyer the sod railroads push ing their way westward builtin a Thus it is and has it not been so! Since America wm first known the wost has ever been the center of push imd enterprise and toflaywhere orioe a waste of land was roamed by savage men stands a nation strong and true! So much for the booming frontier in general and now we will write NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AS IT IS It is not so good a country as some would make it out to be nor so bad a one as chicken hearted home sick settlers picture it to bo when once they have left it behind and gone to live with their parents or delation in the East It a den of or hind flowing with milk and until some industri ous man pulls his coat and witlr hard muscle makes his little share of it so It is the place for the poor man but 1 not for the lazy one Wo have much use for the former no use for the latter If there was ever a man who expected to live with his arms folded and without lalxr and camo to Kan sas' for that purpose 'badly loft "While people may come as near living here without working as anywhere on earth yt't they cannot expect all ease and pleasure Peachrees yield butter uur cornfields yield cream Roses are seldom found on thistles peaches on pumpkin vines and the man who sits on a cactus is Ixnuid to get stuck Situated as it is in the center of the Union it is only a wonder that this beautiful country did not attract attention long years ago and very natural thatit is rapidly settling up now with people of good qualities and Listing means Immigration is coming from the west as well ns the east and casting their lot with us The climate is agreeable to all lav ing far enough north to miss the scorching heat of the south and suf ficiently uer warmer climates to avoid the cold disagreeable winters experienced in tho iibrthern states Our summers uro of unusual length and are surprisingly temperate to tlwso'wbo expect to find a hot wind whistling every July day Lost sum mer during the entire season thi'ere were only two days that the slighest perception of hot winds could be realized 'On those days it was ex tremely hot throughout th central states and the so called hbt winds wore felt as severely in older st ates as on the frontier We are rwwonably free from storms of every kind Hail seldom falls in damaging quantities this far south An old eastern twist er is to this country a lux ury that has not yet arrived a curiosity that wo care not to see In the springs the wind blows very strong some days as it does in many eastern states but to think it blows every day as some have jrictured it is erroneous Wo sometimes have rain storms in the summer but' they are seldom accompanied with strong wind and so do but little if any dam age Such things as kneo and into the huls" art experienced here The water is quickly" absorbed and a few days after tour heaviest rains roads i are in a bettor condition than' they i ever got in tho wot localities of the east Home market will for many years I be onrbest market for idl that will Iw franklin Physician Surgeon celia KAX8 School begins Monday lining Everett riday Come to dinner every Celia hotel Null sized up Wednesday Elder Richards preached in City Sunday Miss Qarrie Ero in having a house built out home Charles Raymond was to Atwood this week on business Misa Ida Haymaker has gone to Atwood to remain awhile Tho Colia hotel will feed you well and charge you reasonable Miss (Jlara Winger is stopping with Mrs ranklin for a few weeks Graham goes to work Man day putting in our wheat crop The town cisteimis assuming rente ity and is no longer simply a hole ill the ground Gjoske Mikesell are pre pared to attend to your proof than anybody else The jolly Weaver man is plaster ing the town cistern and of ooiutje is doing good work Well neighbor you are going to prove up Take your proof to Gieske Mikesell when you do iv Null present proprietor of of the Celia Hotel wishes to inform his patrons that he will give them the best of accommodations at all times John Elliott? Why yes every body knows Mr Elliott He runs the Bird City hotel and you forget the best house there too Mr A Bacon bought us a load of wheat this week and made better deal than? we' for ourselves Thank you Mr Bacon have a cigar Will you? VanHorn is still unable to be about Come Van can't get along much longer without you put your sickness off till when you go a Miss Clara Shirley will next term of tho Celia school com mencing Monday Miss Shirley comes here well recommended and we may expect a successful school Boyer from Linn Washing ton county was hero Thursday imitating a newspaper reporter He was not foolish enough to think ho would ever make a success ut the business however proper young man many mon would do the world more good and secure a better place in heaven by spliting rails or keeping the chickens out of the gar den than by harassing printers with misplaced adjt ctives and ugly con structed fihrases nobler hi saw wood well than to be an unsuccess ful Governor of Texas or Treasurer of a aid society Good Meals Prices Reasonable BOARD BY THE DAY OR WEEK The Booming rontier! Northwestern Kansas as It is i The West is a subject bn which authors great and small have written and one so deep so broad so fertile thought so replete with i tions curiosities and advantages that exhaust it is a seeming impossi jility Yet there has been so much freely circulut cd in the many western pa huh of instantaneous origin and of equni duration that we who delight in originality falter to even mention the west lest it be concluded hy our readers that we are rehashuig same old Wo shall try to stamp this aS our own however so lore goes for perhaps the one hum dredth description of this frontier: Bnt before we begin we are going to say the following is the truth not ieetmse we think you doubt qur hon esty but because it has become so customary for the western editor to stretch the truth that it is an estab ished rule with his readers to believe what seems plansable and allow the rest for elastic truth well stretched This custom is so good a onethut un less the readore are told otherwise they will suppose quite naturally that the production of tho frontier writer is to bo only partally laid away in the store house as solid tlie rest to lie used as ornaments to deck tho walls of the play house of pleasant imagi nation Truth is mighty and whn applied to the West it is unusually so Northwestern Kansas is not the only rich country in what is known throughout the eastern states "as tho booming frontier and to represent it as sncli is to do injustice ta other countries that are worthy of notice if not so desirable as the one in which we live So let us give duo credit to all the West and wo will still have many advantages that will serve os strong incentives to induce the over westward emigartlon to stopwith us and aid in making this a thickly populated country well tilled and its many resources serving their best purposes When we speak of the frontier wo speak of the on tire west that is' filling up with industrious and energetic people from Alaska to Mexico To treat it all as completely as we desire to qur immediate vicinity would be' a task absurd to undertake in a little paper All eyes are turned toward the country that has so long had its name established as golden harvest of place for the poor man" garden of am kindred some doubt less based ou solid foundationsothers but the freaks of some imaginative pens As to all the west be ing a country of uncommon indtfee mente and one desirable in all i Object: Not Glory but MpneyRTV N0r 33' Yorkr NL Phyicirin Burgeon Atwood Kansas prices we are convenient to other important markets Denver is now a very good one and will be better Railroads are making new openings through tho wost every year and competing linos are 'mincing tho freight expense Kansas City is get ting to bo a noted market place and has even excited comment in the cast The hoalthtulnesa of this country cinuwt be disputed It in often said that tho only way to start a grave yard in northwestern Kansas is by tho process of iissassi nation Sick ness is very rare death is seldom hom'd of doctors cqme tho nonrest dying for want of practise coflins are ornaments grave yards make good calf pastures and grave stones may bo used ns door stops Tho high altitude tho over moving current of pure mountain air the lack of filth and dampness all testify hoalthfiilness of this region The light rainfall has long disadvantage to this country and no doubt many aro staying away for this reason today To such wo want to write that the rain question has boon divided People think that tho rain is following tho settlors and if this country had boon cultivated years ago plenty of rain would have blessed tho efforts of tho industrious But this is only theory and whether it be true or false wo know not Wo do know however that the hist few years there has tJoon sufficient ruin for ull pur poses and this year we had more rain than any locality throughout the en tire east Water is supi9Hed by wme of dur easteru friends le an inferior article hero so shall devote one paragraph to clearing their hoods of this wrong idea Wo know of ior haps a hundred wells ou divides near hen and we have never heard of one that lid not have good water Most of northwestern Kansas is well water ed and Rawlins county is unusually so Three creeks called tho Beavers traverse it nearly diagonally and are never found dry The Driftwood am other cns ks as important but on which wo will not dwell afford much water' uel is (iiite scarce bnt the weather Ixring usually mild riot much is need ed Then is enough timber along the creeks to supply thoif siUTOimd ings Goal can Im had nt the rail i romlijit a nasleraU' price Tho soil of this part of the state is gxxl and produces abundantly Along the large streams it is wome what sandy but produces well and is excellent siAirr Qu he divides tlie soil is of a darker color In its natural state tho grounder is thickly matted with a short fimiU iji'rifw called buffalo grass This L' very nntntJOUfl nnd stock fares quite twill tn it nlnnr TlnfArnT hnmSvuu much full rain this grass wouldbe come cured during the dry hot fall and made excellent feed all winter Since the full rains have increased it is not so good In he winter Contrary to iippenrnnooHthiH sod is not tongbyW but can easily be broken writh a coin mon team It is often remarked that as soon ns 'armors get s'ttlod dqymo fanning tho amount of produce raised bero will bo surprising Sod corn without any cultivation whatever yields from'S brty to sixty bushels per acre Culti 'rf vated corn seldom yeilds less than 50 ami often as high as 70 bushels? There him not boon much wheat Hown this far west bnt wherever it ins b'on tried it has done exceeding well There has been 43' bushels io tho hen grown in Rawlins county Rye millot and sorgum cane aro'! iTnusually successful arih grown Potatoes do moderatelywell and sell at 'a Jiigh price tamo'ip hay or clovers are raised Kere yet except alphalfa which dned started docs well Tame hay is being exper A imented with and will doubtless be grown Bticci'HHfnlly The lay of the land in most locali ties here ivery beautiful On the divides there are monstrous plateaus! that extend many miles either way? Those are usually skirted by gently sloping hills' or rolling landOn thol plateaus there are hundreds tf eeo tionft'sb fowl that a person cun stand on one section corner and see tfie other three As you nyuthe creeks a different sight greets you and level land gives way to many canyons small valleys and steep hills Even1 this rough land is desirable for pas ture Clom along tho creeks there" are pleasant valleys that so far as they are ns level os' the divides Then is still rouin for thousands of Moplo in this largo now' country but those wishing clwap homes must take advantage of the opportunity before many mouths Chmigw six working wonders and ere long this PL country now so new so freehand with such golden ojqiortuiiitieH hold out toL th home hamAmw will lie transformed into a land teeming with thousands of inhabitants each quarter section? ii a a 1 I Will rtjresenv a jhup iuimiuv prairies appear unlimited und to reign supremo modern Jiome and cities wiu bo buut ana mtmyi irolden fields of rriim will wave Land office at Oberlin Kans Aug 13 1886 5312 Notice is hereby given that tho following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof be made before Judge dist court or in his absence the clerk thereof at Atwood Kans on Sept 25 1886 viz: DK Ston DS 2822 for tho hw 4 sec 28 2 R36w He names the following wit nesses to prove his continuous' resi dence ujxm and cultivation of said land viz: Charles Davis Isaac Elliott Ed Johnson AV IL Wilson all of veliiu Kan A Patchin Reg Land office at Oberlin Kans Aug 13 1886 5320 Notice is hereby given that the fol lowing named settler has filed notici of his intention to make final proo in support of his claim and that sail proof will be made before Judge dist court or in his absence the clerk thereof at Atwood Kans on Sept 29 1886 viz: John Milburn HE 2805 for the se sec 10 2 36 He names the following wit nesses to proye his continuous resi dence upon and cultivation of sail land' viz Jabez Collier Zack letcher A McMahon Joshua GejlipiilLoLGladKbHie Kan A Patohin Reg BRANSON Cashier MW CO Rm $5000000 Real Estate Oldest Loans ft Negotiated jlCorreapondents: irst Year JBchemical nat'N'l new yotk IRST NATIONAL Orleans Neb Kans Hclniltz AttoMEY" Atwoqd Kansas $150 75 40 I to send this imper to east obtaln It at the billowing $575 350 instances we are not prepared to producijclhens hen this is supplied vouch Western America however in and no" longer INjiiniiumfo high the WBhlWQTEH W' 6 NULL Prop Published Every Saturday at CELIA RAWLINS CO KANSAS BY The Celia Newspaper Company '4' A LOWERY Attorney at La Rotary public Bird City Kans Land Loan Agent Abstractor Will loiiatn ClainiM huy and sell Lands and claims make Improvements Place Loans niiil write plst of 1'ities I' Sr 1 'I I I I I A I 1 4.