The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-02-15

seeming to prefer making but few changes
10 existing laws. Something will be-
done in the way Of encouraging immi-
grafton, and all the STATE Institutions will
be generously provided for. The session
will, of course. last the full fifty days
1t might have closed sooner but for the
excitement of the Two weeks Senatorial
contest which impeded business very
much.
COME TO SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
1t IS an undeniabe fact that Southwest.
ern Kansas-incIuding more particularly
the counties of Lyon, Chase. Greenwood,
Morris. NJ ,rioD and BuLIer-ncw afford
better inducements to those looking 10.
a settlement in Kansas, than any other
portion of the S ate. except 10 the matter
of Railroad facilities. In this repect of
course the country lying along the line
of he Union Pacific R,ilroaI is ahead
of any portion of the State. We address
ourself more particularly to men of mod
crate means. Unimproved land is cheap
er and much more abundant, and the
chances of getting cheap stock and agri-
cultural farms greater. These counties
are all we'll supplied with streams which
afford stock water the year round. and
the wide ranges of unoccupied up land.
covered with luxuriaut and uutrit OTIS
grasses, make them especially desirable
for focks and herds. In all the natural
advantages such as the broad extent of
its bottom lands, the abundance of tim
Der, the adaptablily OF lis soil to fruit
culture, the abundance o. stone and wa
ter, the healthlulness of its climate, the
beauty of lis landscapes. this portion of
Kansas is not surpassed. In the counties
along the Missouri timber is more plen Y,
and corn is a surer crop. though plenty of
corn is raised here. For whea', oats, rye.
sorghum, sweet AMI Irish potatoes. and
the common cereals, these counties are as
good as any in the State. and better than
most others For all the purposes of
stock rai-ing, which is Acknowledged to be
tie great thing IN Kansas. the Southwest
is not surpassed aud hardly eQualed in the
State. Three years since the settlement
of this country wheat hss averaged thr,
ty bushels to the acre, and all the other
seasons, with one exception, has been
a good crop.
Lyon county possesses these adYanta-
ges to an eminent degree. Perhaps no
county in the State is so even in surface
taken as a whole, or so we'll supplied with
streams. The Cottonwood aud Neosho
traverse its entire width from west and
northwest. forming a junction near its
eastern border These have many tribu-
taries In the northern part OF the coun
ty are Elm aud One bundled and Forty
two Creeks. with several tributaries.
These many streams furnish well dis
tributed supply of water and timber In all
portions Of the county. In the rich val
leys of these streams are large tracts of
very productive lands. All crops usual
ly grown in the Western States, are grown
here with equal certainty of an abundant
yield. Unlike many counties in Kansas.
Lyon is gently rolling and free from. those
insurmountable, abrupt breaks and bluff,
which are frequently met with in other
portions of the State. Lime and sand
stone can be had, in any part Of the coun
,y. for fencing or building. with very lit
tie or no labor in quarrying. The farmer,
mechanic, professional man. lradesmsu
and capitalist will now 6nd, 10 Lyon
county, opportunities for belteriDg his
condition which few other counties in
Kansas afford. Three railroad lines, with
a grant Of land, made by act of Congress
to each line. run into aud through the
center of the county. L, will be but a
few years before one, or all these roads.
will be constructed. M couu,y, of the
Kansas river. has better railroad prospects
than Lyon. Now is tire time TO settle here
to reap the advantages ola rise in proper
~. Lands, with some improvement on
them. can be bought at slight advance
oa Government price. Most of the in
conveniences Of an earlier day have been
removed. No portion Of the country can
be more healthy. beautiful, or likely TO
afford the means o. living with less labor.
Cattle live aud do we'll. the year round,
+ with but little prepared feed.
In educational matters Lyon county
occupies the front rank. as her many
substantial stone school houses abundant
y testify. 10 this respect she is ahead
r Of some PortiOnsof the older States that
nave been settled four times as long.
Besides EmpOria there are four other
4 thriving villages in the county Har,.