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Republican River, which heads in Colorado 

 near, the foot of the mountains, and when it 

 comes into Kansas is about sixty yards wide 

 and is fed by springs. The Republican River 

 has several southern tributaries, many ol 

 which are supplied with waier and skirted 

 with some timber, though not enough to make 

 it a good location for saw mills. The next 

 stream of note as you go south is Solomon 

 River, which in the extreme western part of 

 the State is a small stream and has no watc, 

 but lower down it receives the waters of many 

 large springs and becomes quite a stream. 

 This stream is skirted in places with some 

 small timber and there are some good loca- 

 tions for ranches in this valley. South of 

 Solomon River is Cold Goose Creek, which is 

 fed by springs, and has some timber. There is 

 good mowing in many places and it has a fine 

 valley for ranches. The next stream south is 

 South Smoky River. This has plenty of 



water and some timber. It is a good stream 



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 for ranches, but is nearly all taken up. 



South of the Arkansas River are many 



