White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-04-15

Ahe iniIcatiOuS Oi fncr5ssiuy prosperity
Tor onr State the coming year are nnsx-
smple'i in its history. Already tide of
immigration heretofore unqusllsi in
numbers. and unsxcelled in ell the best
qualifications th.t make O? the successful
pioneer. is crossing onr eastern and nor
thern horder. and sehling down all over
onr broad praiIies. Towns spring mp "a
1t ny magic. and grow into cities which
count their population BY thousands.
The farmer. the mechanic aud trsdssm an
alike are Hooking into Kansas az they
never hsVe before into snv- State so
ynnng Those who come Gu. Prospecting
retnrn only TO get their families and tell
their reighhors of the unparalleled ad.
vsntages which Kansas offers to all the
industrial classes. Or immigration is
not confined to the little trains Of four or
ive, or half dozen wagons. with as
many families. 1t comes Ly colonies.
On the Kickapoo Reserve . colouy Of
Swsaes has lately settled. having pur-
chased large tract Of land which they
selected after looking oil over the West
for location thst would snit them.
There is lsrgs colony Of Norweei ms
on the Solomon Rivier, where they will
soon develop into wealthy and pros
perous community.
The Ohio Emigration Society. com
posed Of the best AMI most substantial
men on the Western Reserve, has located
one hundred and fifty families in Saline
County. where large tract of land has
been purcha ell. They are all men Of
sterling worth. and such as make ew
countries "hlossom a. the ROSE"
On the Sac and Fox Reservation a
settlement is grown mp which for thrift,
AMI progress is not exceiled.
A heavy column of settlers is constantly
on The move to the Usage Reservation and
Ch'rokee Nentra! Lands. which are being
filled mp by class Of population of the
most terp'isiug character. AMI who will
develop that section into one Of the finest
farming communities in the entire West.
THUS ia our Sac filing mp. while the
rapid bnilhiug Of railroads is daily I'D.
ding to the nafnral attractions of the
State the desirable advantages of couve.
niert markets.
The Kansas Pacific r ,lroal will be
completed 10 Denver this year.
The Neo .ho Valley road, which il to
run through Qua Of the finest valleys on
earth. will be pushed toward as rapidly
ss possible. fE ass-ls sHis.zi = ;
The Laavenworth, Atchison and
Northwestern road is under contract, and
will be finished to White Cloud by the
first Of September.
A roal i, being built hon Top ka to
Burlingame. Osase County. AMI will be
pnshed toward ss fast as m )ney and en- :
'erprise ran urge it.
The Leavenworih. Lawrence and G H.
ves'on Rrilroah will probably be com
p'eted to Humboldt this season, AMI ,he
thnus s,nds of settlers who have already
selected homes on The fertile lands along
IT. line will soon have paying market
at their verv doors.
A. least Sl.650.000 will be expended
IN Kansas this year in the building of
railroads. developing resources which
can scarcely be estim sted. ani afford ng
markets easy of access to all the leading
points in the State. Tie increase in
the va'us Of property cngen'iered By these
great works will OF conisa be v,ry large.
end place many settlers Of lim;tei cir.
cnmstauces in position to eulsrgs and
extend their improvements. A much
greater breal b of all kinds of gr.in il
being sown then ever before in the State
and with fair season all kinds of bnsi
ness will receive vigorous acceleration
from the inroma Of b"unteouS harvest.
Every body is hopeful sud couGient, and
men of means ere investing heavily in
promising industrial enterprises Of all
kinds. The State is being constantly
traversed bv capitalists from the East.
looking mp fields Of profitable invest uent.
and they seldom fail 10 sui, themsalves.
Kansas is just on the ,Lreshhold of a
unessmpled. and our Eastern
friends are finding it cut -Learenworth
Conservative.