Show fo 1711 T IF DESERT NOT TUE DESERT OF TODAY TO DAY dayo OUT BUT OP OF YEARS CONE GONE DY BY it to 1 tir tile hot lint 11 venil inda and fot not lack luck of iraln that dri dra t troy toy tit the C roll i of abot 11 oot ern ilow to orrl cut coto 11 thrill in I 1 engaged w ith a now defunct comp company tny hoso headquarters wro in chicago to go into kansas making headquarters nt tit bodga city for tho the purpose of bu bit ing and selling lands for tho the c sa a a v riter hi lit tho the chicago herald I 1 spent tho the boath of march dilding dally north south cast und wl boat dt in joarch of I dirgo argo irgo bodies of hind land well rood good eoll soil and na as well i mi a tho the murtry coultry our try sly moot ito friend u vis a the signal ion ton ico lea agent tit anat place I 1 cry soon daom at ed d that I 1 wart wm in lit it countey counti y not only ouy raph ally hally h gran grand d and belliti fill to behold not only tile moat climate ulim nto but unit that tho the nun hone shone u without a aoud to hide lido ills his blazing fuco face thirty da dae s in ottell n with it h no now w and then tin an exception when whon it did ruin rain it altoe ILI pound down in mighty torrents tharo MM u wj no illinois or iowa iou a drizzling about it somo onto time in augua 1880 with mr I hilnic of agni ciha a ill I 1 matched a durk dark cloud hang hanging ing ocr 0 or acres of land ono one mile distant pom down ite its watery conic contents tits on that particular tract for about ono one half hour until there waa was not a perceptible vapor loft left it happened that ebore u it no wind lit tit that time tho winds of kansas aro are blessings of the people ON oon on if attended with cursor a at tho the samo same time tho the wind i 1 aleo also jhb great enemy aau tho the only enemy to that countr country 3 congressmen may inay claret laws mako appropriations for ditch sun 03 e and fire cannons at nn an expense of but tho the sun will shine tho the samo same and nice little thou hot bottore tore arsu will ill como come and go as a tho the i ha 0 for 5 car past I 1 it will take too much space to say I 1 what I 1 desire as to li it rl atlon without 1 water vater and espe cadIN 1 conc concerning eining tho the ditches abroad already nt at dodo dodge city and go Gli dan city kan hut but hoto is my own scheme there f h 3 rainfall sulli clent in thai that country of tho the merl meridian dian which is ono one mile from dodge city for all purposes taking throe 3 cara cars thero w s bo be no timo time in any season but that crops j could bo be grown and gonei ally wonderful crops of wheat heat 1 millet and and small fruits it not for tho the hot winds tho u caubo of hot winds I 1 cin bo removed if tho the united sta states t os ment will expend what u hat it anticipates in experimenting in a proper direction tho the will 6 oon bo be i realized and thousand of our people rejoice hot ilot winds aro are local they arc are not geographical C latitudinal nor longitudinal tu they aro are not elements in mexico and texas they exist from tho the south lino line of no mans land or neutral strip about I 1 fifty miles westward to tho the foothill of tho the rocky mountains Moun taini end and northward to tho the poa poo o alons esons thoy they tan can como come from tho the north from tho the south ind from tho the u west ost and if it wo aro are far enough west wo we find them produce 3 by tho the buffalo grass sod and tho the grass it bolf solf aided ba a sand hills and magri magnesia cala lime limo bre iks to together mether with tho the aridity of atmosphere they never exist until j tho the grass has matured and ripened i and tho the amo iamo i would olst in the country south of chicago under tho the same conditions the broad fields of dakota covered I 1 with oats and u wheat heat stubble will croato create a hot wind destructive to tender vegetation in july from the ath to the ath 1887 nt at dodge cita cit the hot winds blew bleir about 12 ra in while whilo I 1 drove oi or tho the with three gentlemen from indiana the fara hot rind i was felt it waa was a general heat but I 1 not uniform now and then a current I 1 would fairly scorch our faces in a fow minutes tho the current was different then anither hot blast two or three day days woud out d end it 1 11 I made a practice pro caico of having ano landlord inita ln ltd acry 0 cry man that would ame mme in to all at ray my omco when ho he was knop kno P to havo have come direct from texas those these i ory cry d 13 8 of which I 1 ia w ritten those men v call taco would alwa a d 8 17 that the wind blow them along from oglethorpe orpo county texas and that their lorn was ten feet high and full cared that tho winds m ands warm but not hot that tho the first botho hero here of dam damigo ago was after they came across acres s tile neutral 11 r strip trip lino in 0 into kansas thu reason Is that in tho pan I 1 faidlo they ha 0 a r jiff z z t Q is and some timber chou this aholo country is brokel bi okee u 11 M 1 as neuis avi practicable simultaneous oun d tho the whole problem will ar I 1 holved i matters no not whether cultivated or not tho growth of weeds wl 11 I 1 1 I joint jollit gra grass will ebado shade tho the eath ea cn th at i teula e turc hlll bo be retained and tha tho w m inda in d s will never gt g t to a tempora turo tura to kill any green plant |