The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-03-26
CHASE COUNTY.
Advantages to Settlers-Impl Owe
memts-COttOnwO Falls.
CoTToNwooD FALLS. Kas.,
March 20. 1869.

March ~, 1909.
DEAR News: AS we residents of
Chase county and Cottonwood Falls
believe in our county as being one'of
the very best in Southwestern Kansas, |
and as Offering superior inducements
to bona fide settlers seeking homes, we
don't wish to be left out of your immi-
grafton paper, but to blow our trumpet
with the rest, and turn Il current from
the flood of immigrants hither, to buy
our vacant lands, make farms, start the
different sorts of business here, and
help to build up all the institutions
which together transform new 'front.'
Ter county into rich, civilized com
munity.
The whole of Southwestern Kansas
is a good country. The general feat
ures of the several counties there sit
uate are the same, and the description
which applies to Lyon county will APP
ply equally to Chase. We have the
same character of rich valleys, the same
rolling country, though the latter may
be rather more rolling, which is no dis
advantage to those who wish locations
on the streams with pasture ground,
(for at least generation,) on govern
ment, railroad, and spectators lands.
! The county is divided into two nearly
equal portions by the Cottonwood riv-
| er, which flows i'll northeasterly d.
rection through the county, and which,
with its larger ati1uents, the Buckeye,
| Pcvton, Fox, Diamond, Middle, and
Cedar creeks and the South Branch,
furnish as large, or larger proportion
OF rich valley land as Lyon county pos
sesses. All these streams are from ten
to forty .miles in length, and have, as
do all the streams in Southwestern Kan
sas. a belt of timber nearly their entire
length.
Among the advantages offered by
Chase county are cheap lands, good
mills, and a prospect of soon being
within striking distance of railroads.
The sudden imitation of prices which Is
already felt in other counties has not
vet reached Chase. Farms are still for
sale cheap, and wild land is very low /:
from government price up to ten dol
lars an acre; land with considerable
timber to be got for the latter price,
and good bottom land without timber
for half of that.
We have i'll this county three good
water mills, conveniently situated on
|
an excellent Touring mill, and both the
others will soon have facilities for
grinding and making flour in connec-
ton with the saw mills they now have
in operation. On both Diamond creek
and the South branch there are steam
saw mills.
The county lies on the projected lines
of the Atchisou, Topeka Santa re
railroad and of the Kansas City, Otta
Il 4I.n nn
sho Valley railroad at Empofla Will bt
but eleven miles from the eastern line
of the county and twenty two from the
county seat; so that even If the project
ed lines should not be built, the roao
which is q certainty will furnish u'
with means to reach market, and bring
US nearer to the great throbbing hear
of the busy world.
Cottonwood Falls, the county seat o
Chase county, is situated on the RICH
bank of the Cottonwood river, little
to the north and east of the geograPh
ical center of the county, put about th'
center of population. The town sit
sIopes gently to the north and cas-
toward the river, and has very prett,
location. 1t contains two good stores
where all the articles usually for salt
in country town are to be obtained;
grocery store, hardware store, and ;
drug store, with the prospect of DIR,
goods store, to come in shortly. Th'
mill here is one of the best water mill
in Kansas, and is doing most excel
lent business. The town contains prob
ABLY two hundred and fifty inhabitants
and is growing quite rapidly. Durln:
the past year some fifteen or invent.
buildings were erected, including a.
excellent two story stone store by j.
Doolittle, and the new mill. This yea
the prospect is that two churches, sew
eral residences and one or two store
will be built. With the growth o
Chase county, Cottonwood Falls vii
improve, and we invite all seeking 10
cations TO examine Chase county befor
looking further.
Yonrs truly, w. X. BROWN.