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was impressed one day by the beauty and obvious 

 fertility of a tract of land converging near the sur- 

 vey for the line as it skirted the north bank of the 

 Kansas River some 25 miles west of Kansas City. 

 He took out his notebook and made a memo- 

 randum as to its location. Months passed. The 

 rails were going down and trains were put in ser- 

 vice. A capable man was wanted to take charge 

 of the sale of the railway's land holdings that were 

 a part of the Government's subsidy to the builders 

 of the road. HARRIS was chosen and went to the 

 beautiful little city of Lawrence to make his home 

 and headquarters. The entry in his notebook had 

 not been forgotten. The tract of land afterwards 

 to acquire fame under his control was purchased, 

 and as rapidly as funds could be spared for the 

 purpose, purebred Shorthorns were accumulated and 

 put upon what COBURN always fondly called "the 

 sunny slopes of Linwood." 



Several busy years then supervened, and the 

 first great campaign for settling up the dry lands 

 of west Kansas was inaugurated. For awhile 

 HARRIS handled it; but as the criminal character, 

 from his standpoint, of the proceeding of enticing 

 "butchers and bakers and candlestick makers" away 

 from comfortable homes farther east, and luring 



