| Show IN KANSAS interesting communication about this state from elder J E booth editor ct the if each of us knew what all of us do we would be a good deal wiser that desired object being beyond our reach we have to take that which we can make use of to accomplish the object and among the most potent is a newspaper so I 1 avail myself of that opportunity the naturel appearance and facilities of this country are very much superior to that of utah in many respects all the land is tillable the soil is excellent glass abounds where not interfered with and crops are abundant this year I 1 am told is an exceptionally good one as rains have been plenteous which is far from ansual st john is the county seat of stafford county and has I 1 judge from 1000 to 1000 inhabitants it possesses posse ses a schoolhouse as good as the central schoolhouse and a courthouse court bouse better than the one in provo with an ornament attached to each in the shape of a mortgage equaling nearly their worth the county is much in debt on that account and also for a house given to the railroad company amounting to this town was boomed about three years ago and when the boom left atit was a sicly locking place it is not well yet it is the exception rather than the rule to find a piece of land without incumbrance on it interest is charged here at the rate of 7 per cent and commission the result of it is that property is very low and little prospect of it raisins as much of the land is going for the debt arney is shy of investing in property that has to pay 7 per cent interest and 6 per cent tax or about the selling price if our people are wise will avoid a boom and will not mortgage the theory here was to build extravagant public buildings and leave future generations erat ions to pay for them but a miscalculation cu was made in the fact that the present generation have to pay for them aa well as the future I 1 have heard it estimated here several times that the real property in this county would not pay off the mortgages if sold at sheriff sale the people are generally poor and cannot use the property here to advantage of acres are going to waste because the people have not stock to eat the grass there seems to be a combination of men and circumstances here against poor people if crops are abundant produce is so low that men arc not remunerated for their labor if present prospects of corn are realized the price will probably be from 10 to 12 cents per bushel farmers generally have not cattle and hogs to feed and the profits go to speculators politics and prohibition ilmy next BOOTH ST JOHN kansas july |
