The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-11-08
RAILROAD LANDS.

70 call the attention of those desiring
homes To- the lands held hy The Un.on Pa
ci6c., Southern Braach road, bat the un-
certainty thus far about throwing these
lands open for settlement has deferred rs
But as tbe conpaetors Tor building The
road fully appreciate the necessity of hav-
ing the lauds occupied and IN cultivation.
we propose TO day to reler 10 them
briefly: o
ooe tupdred and twsnty- rboasand
acres OF these lands we're s,ier;sd by
State Commissioners ia 1851 2 and
were intended TO be. aud weie 81 the best
then surveyed and open to settlement n
the State. This IS their Character: r ey
are among the very best agricultural lands
OF Kansas, large part OF them being
upplied with timber, water ana sIOne,
and ia ms Of the very 6rst character can
be made upon them as cheapIy as upon
any lands of the west.
In the selection of these lands the com
missioners had an eye 10 the future of
railroads, aud an examination of the p!als
will show that the lands we're we'll and
judiciously eelecled. Ali of them are
convenient TO railroads now being. or
certain soon TO be built.
The residue of the lands of the South
ern Branch psny. comprising a full
half million acres, lie within twenty miles
on each side Of their road. The grant
of these lands was originally made in
March, 1868, aud the withdra val OF them
from market was made the succeeding
May. The grant covers all the odd sc.
tons of land unentered in 1868 aud en-
braces some of the very 6oe-I OF the N
osho VALLEY aud it, tributaries. than which
he sun ehires upon none more be4uu;ul
or fertile.
OF the Neosbo River we have spoken
repeatedly, and our estimate of II is we'll
known TO our readers. 1t takes it's rise
within ten miles oS the Kansas; its head
branches interlockipg with tributaries OF
the last named river. It's general course
is southeast to the southern line of the
STATE, distance of ia miles and nearly
due south thence to the Arkansas river
100 miles. That portion of the Neosho
Tying within the State drains the richest
lands 10. the State. The Valley varies
from four 10 ten miles IN width, and the
stream is we'll skirted with timber. such
as oak, Walnu,. locust, blackberry, syca
more, ceffeebesn, elm aui Cottonwood. !
At every few miles the Neosho receives, |
from both sides, creeks of very consider
able sizs, which have q constant flow 81
water; and are well supplied with timber
In all these valleys, tha bottom lands are
as fertile as the main valley itself. The
uplands between them are the rich black
loan rolling parties, destined, in ouI judg>
man., in few years TO rank as the best
farming and fIuit lands ia the S ate
Along these valleys and on thess upiauds
lie the lands of the u P. R, Southern
Branch, comprising hall million acres ol
as good land as can be fouod, unoccupied
in the west.
Asa mill stream the Ns1shn las no
superior in the west The Mann, aud
the Mad rIver. in On,U. have heretofore
ranked highest ~ mill sr'esms In the wes:
T.ey will sand no comparison with the
Nsusho, either IN number Z ent u;
tails or the supply of wat-r. F., m Cuan
Gil Grove 10 It's mouth eve J lev miles -
the river is ma ked by descent or \ laIl.
destined. IN due i'm, 90 b. the ss4'
of manufacture, OF come description
The capabIldy of the soil tor the produr
tion OF grain. and the immen-e motive
power Of the river, indicate. unmI~taka
bly,, that the Neosho is 20 become the
great Bread Valley of tie States. and
from this source the miners of the west
aud the markets of the east will draw
their largest supplies of the 'staff of
liGe." But great as will be the sup
plies of of breadstuff, from these
these lands it will not ''be from bread
alone" that wealth will come to those
who may occupy the Neosho. The soil
will produce any OF the fruits or vegets
iIles cultivated in the northern or western
Suatss, IN the greatest perfection ard
greatest protus'On. aud these will eontri
butte their proportion 10 the future growth
ADD wealth OF the county and the emily
meuI OF the people
! Bat iG stock raising the lands are sec
"ud to no other TIE native asses of our
upland p:sInes produce he finest beet in
the world Fhls ia,t Is demonstrated by
experience No man has engaged svs
emaacaily, Ior five years "a stock raising,
"hu Las not realized largely theTeirom
Even carelessness and in,iitf@re mt attention
has been amply paid To Owsners by rapid
decrease. No one Gao pass over these
lands and look AZ the fat. sleek herds feed
log thereon. wihOul admitting thai Kan
sas is tue very paradise OF neat cattle
lAnd In which all their waats a,s fnliY
-aPYFsa Equally veil adapted are iF,sse
!sucs 70 tie I~issCg Of she, o. horses and
mule. In shore 10 persons desiring stock
tafm7, the sands e IKE Union Pacific
R1l~ay, SouJheru Branch, are The bes,
to be mad Ia Kansas
These lands are now open for settle
ment, as we understand il, upon about
tbe following terms: The lands are to be
appraised; any settler desiring 10 settle
upon tract can file lis spol.eation for it.
and on the pay ment OF a fling Zee. the com
: pany will execute It's bond 10 convey the
same TO him, on bis payment Of the sp
= praised value. III four annual instaImsuts,
after the company have secured title o.
The Government.
For particulars. apply at the Office Of
, the company. on Sixth street next door &C
P. T. Taylor, or to Colonel H P. Hale
Washington slTset.-JunctiOn Gin UJ,io,
Is Capt. Lsmuel Cox, OF East Hartford
N,nuarti.uf "a HI