The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-03-05
ouR AMERICAS LETTER.


OUR AMERICUS LETTER.
AMERICUs, March I'd, 1869.
John Gibson is receiving lot of new goods.
The steam sawsmill at this place, after long
suspension started up again to-day. The roads
have been so bad that no logs have been hauled
for several weeks till now. Yesterday quite
q number were unloaded at the mill.
L. c. Campbell has introduced new thing
the metallic clothes line-in this section. He
is putting it up for a number of our citizens.
Nicholas 10y, who recently sold his farm adj
Joining town, after pretty general look over
the country south and southwest of Lyon, has
finally come to the conclusion that this is just
about as good point to live at as any and has
rented his brother Samueps farm below town
for the season, while the latter, with his fami-
ly, is going to Minnesota for summers visit.
Mr.. John Gilfillan. Of Warrensburg, No.,
and formerly from Mercer county, Penn, has
been stopping in this place few days. to ex-
anime some land which he owns near town,
and to ascertain what kind of country we
have, etc. Having taught in schools some ten
years. his first step was to visit some of our
schools here, in order 10 judge of the spirit of
Kansas people in educational interests. be-
lieve Mr.. G. does not intend staying in Kansas
ut present, but think he may return and locate
mere at sOLlc future IiIne
From present indications, the Americas
cheese factory will do very much greater
amount of business the coming season than
during any former one. Several new parties
have collected quite large lots of cows for the
purpose, and Americas bids fair to become a
cheese manufacturing town of no small i'm
portanee.
Several transfers OF real estate have occurred
here since my last-mainly of town lots.
A number Of our farpners, and others, have
been picking up the unimproved tracts about
them, seeing the demand for land increasing SO
rapidly, and believing that this section Of coun-
try is destined to come up, now that the rail-
road is coming, and the attention of those seek
ing homes is being turned in this direction.
Among those who have thus bought are p. B.
Plumb, Isaac Wright, A. 6. Edmiston, John
Butler, and James Brown. Having been about
the country considerably of late, am led to
believe that no better bargains can be had by
those in quest of good and cheap farms than
are offered here. Others who have Travelled a
good deal through this and adjoining counties.
say the same thing.
have been trying to find man within the
patronage of This post Office who does not take
The NEWS, in order that 1 might increase
your subscription list here, but it appears that
you tlc4 dOOuI diIs OuCc III ~
while one will subscribe for friend in the
East, and if good many more would send
THE NEWS to such friends they would not on
ly do the paper benefit, but Southwestern
Kansas would also be profited thereby. The
| large number of letters am continually re-
ceiving from many different States, asking in
formation about land, ETC., in Kansas, almost
invariably begin with ~ see in the EMPORIA
NEWS" ETC., showing that the paper is doing
a great work for our young State, and when
consider that no other county in Kansas can
| send out newspaper that will command
greater respect, or be more relied upon in its
statements, than ours, Fam surprised that more
copies of it are not sent abroad
Very frequently hear man inquiring, "Do
! You know any person who wishes to buy a
horse?' or ga span of horses 'sa good cow
etc. Now if every such person would put a
few lines in THE NEWS, offering such property
for sale, they would certainly be surprised to
see how quick they would ffnd purchasers, and
be convinced that the dollar or two thus spent
| in advertising is of no consequence compared
with the time and trouble that would other
wise be required to dispose of their property.
recollect of advertising small farm for sale
| in THE NEWS, year or so since, and the next
! day it brought me a customer who lived in the
farthest part of the county formerly ard who
had never been in this neis hborhood before
Not long age a friend of mine wanted to rent a
farm, and after trying in vain for some time, /
put short advertisement in THE NEWS,
which was the means of his having the choice
of three or four farms in a short time. one OF
which he has taken. A plenty of such instances
could mention, and if those who have prop
erty Of any kind to sell, any for rent, or any
thing of the sort, will try the experiment, they
will find that it pays themselves, helps sup
| port the paper, and is an accommodation to
those in quest of such bargains.
MessrS. Hill C Ruggles have bought port
able steam saw mill, capable of turning out
from 1000 to 5000 feet of lumber per day, which
they will put up on their farm, lately bought
from Mr.. Stubs, three miles south of town, as
soon as the roads are settled sufficient to allow
Of its being hauled here. 1 understand they
intend to do all the custom work brought "a
them, besides saving the timber on their own
place r.