Freeman's champion., 1857-07-09

spring wit, the large amount Of capital
aud the con-equenJ ri,e Of property, the
foundi & aud building up Of new towns, is
as ,he former perivd wa, unlat
urtl atrfo. ry (, iGaab9,tfI.
All The lands of Eastern Kanzas, for 100
miles back. il soon 10 BE- occupied, not ex-
ccphng ,nany Of the Indian Reservations.
The mania far town property, like aprai-
rie tiic, is now sweeping over the land
MNuy Of ,heee owns, are only9lD have an
eMJcnce ON paper, with perhaps a location
None, however, are 10 be covered by
.swalGpS.Or lakes, az in manN of the new
Sta.ea, Of the West for swamps and lakes
do nor txistin 'Kalizas. 200 &
,llaog Of ,uiote owns arc to possess real
lif and investments madeiwthem are deS
lined TO yield u most bolhtitul return.
These towns are located luditfsrent parts
VI ihe terri ory, and the eye Of !he saga
ciou. Specuator viii soon discover them
WilhShe map Of Kapsas in his hand, he
will ro,.di y decide j. his mind he liues That
are % bsIllegrtat c1hiinecrial arteries Of the
country, through which are 10 ebb and flow
lhe bu, in IS of the country, a. d carry to the
still farther west, . civilization aud set
,tlemtnt that IL now, fywing IN here, o
,yscror PRAIRIE CITY cooasll
Is situated in the new Smta Fe road, for.
ly-fve miles west Of Kanzas City, and tif-
teen miles south oi la renee. The com
merce of New Mexico will soon be carried
through thi, ci y, in wagons, each drawn
by five or sixpair of oxen or mules, carrying
FROM fourto Dix thousand pounds, AID III
trains Of from ten to fifty wagons; making
thel dio,ance Of rihe hundred miles in
drives of iion ten 10 twenty mules ei ch
day Passing through the Town are roads
running faon Lawrence to USawatomie,
Peoria, paola, Ohio City, Stanton, and all
pints III the Neosho and PotaW ,omle
uoun ry, which have an immense travel.
The Location of fRAlRlE Cny slnot equal
4 d--cerlainly no. surpa,sed--by any polnt
on hi, road, al all suitab for a Town. IL
ie oa a Beautiful piece OF land gently
hoping 10 the South, with prominent bluit
oo ,hs,i o,lhem extremity, from which CAN
by secn fora distance Of thirty miles, he
most enchanting scenery Of ihe LAZY Of
America ~ IN up a ing Of which, tie Rev.
John Plcrpoat sadl, d"GodMcnT make n
leYelier country, but iti-, very certain that
he never nAs" .,t 't'v r,r'
Bordering on the northern and southern
eAnemites ofthe town, are branches Of the
Ottawa creek, thus supplying 1t with an
abundance 0 whole, onle water. .Hy5.,tl
Both OF these streams are lined with tim
Der from d quarter to mile in breadth. The
black walhuv and the burr oak are the pre-,
vailing varieties, iuterspersed with black
berry hickory; etc; there is no pine Or
hemlock in Eastern KanEas, This timber
lis all taken by actual settlers, who reside on
the ground. Claims with timber can be
bought at this time, from five to fifteen hun.
dred dollars. og1u IluBy0D sdI ,
gia cl PRAIRIE. AZ olprI
As fine prairie as there is in this country
lles round about in this region. And many
cliim7 can yet be had within three, or ioul
miles Of ,he IOWA. III TX. l,,,.L.l
| ogy EJ TIMBER. HgaoQ pi (
There is sufficient quantity Of timber
70 supply thereaao. able wants Of the farm
els, AID for town purposes, And timber
crows very fast IN this country Ihe Locust
can be grown from The SEED III thee or fOuI
wears. euthcicn,ly large for fence posts.
.4s .,,,,,t,1' '.A,t,
" tENOiNU,
A claim can hardly bs found without
sufficient stone on The same 10 fence
il, and bui dall that il lles rod4-wire fence
can be made at a cost Of about forty cents
rod, This kind of fence would be, W.
1a sna, ine ySs aya,%oetG s 70 stsrs IN on'
Ihla6out four years from tue seed. Ilal
llg In9ft Io,rhNn eilngra edl
olONE. t,a'
We have Tho best Of building stone OF
the lovil Site IN gryaI abundance. Tn,
cosl OF quarfyihg and had ing il about tire,
dollars cord Lime and sand can b. hac
nj cheap Yates. and in any quantities.
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WAlEb'
AIN thisreapect we IN nix, Prairie Oity hal
theadyanlaro, over mauy other towns in III,
country. While wa er, as rule, is abuud
I6na aud Of good quality III lhe Territory
Isill IL is Of a betler quality and more casi
'lly Obtained ia some localities than others
4 Wethink every citizen Can have good wa
|lsrin his yard at an nexpepse Of from ten Y
sSssS Sy lV' "a Ss.id pstu I ci Of greater r. SaIa
than almost any thing elsca II must be
great drawback TO atown, where all th'