Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1854-11-18
SETTLE IN KANSAS.

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SETTLE IN KANSAS.
Five hundred lhou> aud seulers can be accomo.
dated with The best lands in The world by locating
immediately in this Territory. The soil is OF the
richest character, varying from eighteen inches TO
five feet in depth the climate is saubrions, the
thermometer rarely or never rising above l05 de-
grees in the shade. In Pennsylvania, where We
resided during the Ias. summer, il stood for days in
succession al lO6 deg. from ten in The forenoon TO
three in the afternoon. The winters are compara-
lively mild with Us, though subject TO frequent
chances on account OF the high altitude OF The
country. The productions oi Missouri, Kentucky
and Ohio grow here i'll great abundance. Apples,
peaches, and pears seem well adapted TO Ihc SOIL
Mr. WALKER, the intelligent provisional Governor
cT he Wysndo, Indians and formerly from north
ero Ohio says lie raises annually the most luscious
Deaches he ever saw Melons grow q! mammoth
proportions
The auricui,urisls who seek new home in the
Yves, should not stop 10 make location until he
has visited dis Territory The organized emlgra'
uon OF lie world is Eow turned towards 1t, aud ii
possesses advantages on this account whca are mol
offered by any western States.
In December last the superintendent OF Indian
alttrs for The Indian Territory, in his ann0ai report
sad in substance, " Aside from the government
a.ea's, troops and missionaries, there are not al
ul> .ime three whue nhabi'antr in all that region
lyms west of the Missouri, and embraced in the
unas OF Kansas and Nebraska" But len months
hAye passed since then, and now, Insread OF pop.
ulaion enumerated ty monosyllabe, there are
many thousand settled all over The county, and
uundreIs are pouring in daily, selecting and siak-
~. out farms, OH which they purpose lcca!lng with
lirir tames.
We confidently predict Ihal in less than year
from his lime, shall number fully one hundred
thousand souls The times indicate H. In al tie
northern Sales udeed, in nearly every county,
there are movements Kansas warj, and frequently
lhe numbers are so great as 10 delerIorale the va
ue of property; particularly real estate. And why
not? Lands in many paris OF the north, NOT tavora
Uly located for d market, or peculiarly productive
command from thiry 10 ii'y and sevenryhve dol
lars per acre.
Here lhe government price Is but cue dollar and
twenty five cents, aud The tile deeds from The
government, hence no question TO their validity.
The cost of turning over the prair"s ranges from
lyo to three dollars an acre The first crop-us,
udy of corn-wIl pay the expenses of culture;
then the farmer wlh his hundred acres of the Tch-
es' land in the world, perfectly subdqed, and caPa-
ble OF raising any species OF vegetation, finds 1t
c0s;ng him from three hundred and serenyhve
to four hundred dollars. II is in a condition which
twenty years of hard labor in Iimbered country
cannot make it aud he finds himself enabled 10
produce luxurian crop of vegetation with merely
one Ihird The labor required on lhe hardPan' sol!
Of most OF The norhern and middle S;ues..
Il is lrue many oflhe convenences OF 4 timber |
eI country are wanting here but these can all be
supplied by the hand oil labor Bat" says the
inquired, . what will be done Tor fences You
have no timber, or not sufficient, 10 be used for
fencing purposes, and ii appears 10 me impossible
10 gel along in such county" In some Of The
western prairie States they have got along very
well without timber, and here, in Kansas, we ex
pecl 10 get along still better The Usage Orange,
which is used tor heJges, grows in three years,
and produces a natural fence capable of turning
aside Ihe largest animals The severity OF the
winter in more northern latiudes makes This use
less TO The prairie farmers OF Iowa and Wisconsin,
bul here il will increase in value from year year
and is worth more than dozen rail fences, winch
cOs's such an immense amount oil labor 10 erect.
i is obiec ted that our market is too lar removed
70 hose who are not at all acquainted with our
position in The Republic, the objection is insupera
bic; bulto hose who have observed that we have
an excellent waller communication with all parts Of
The world and that in two years, al The furheEes
we shall be banded with iron, and rail connecting
Us with Boston and New York. along which the
s'eam horse will be propelled at the rate ci from
Mf'y 10 forty miles per hour, the objection is worth
'ess' Ihe whole valley OF the Mississippi will fur
ash Us Market as will The government trains
which cross the plains 10 New Mexico and the
rocky mountains 10 Utah, California, Oregon and
washington Territory. Besides this, we expect a
large home market; for mechanics have already
commenced, pouring in by thousands, and the nu
meFous articles which are imported into other wes-
Nfn Siaes will be manufactured among u.s. A2n.
cultural implements OF every Species which are
Usually made IN The eastern States, will be con.
sNaeed IN the Kansas Valley. We are already
'S-zns OF our commercial city, which We claim is