, 1870-02-18
KANSAS.
The Real Character of the State
The Kaw Va1ley-Eastern Counties
-Heutral Lands-Osage Lands
and Neosho Valley.
influence or Railroads.
cvrr<Honifnes ~ 7hs Chicago Tribune
HEMBo1pT, Feb. u.

Cvr1s4ten3enes " Ihs Chicago Tribune
HEMBo1pr, Feb. IA.
kAxEss Asria.
= B!eedicg KRtsxs Ia. been better Advertised.
ne:icr Interviewed, More abused, moro oErrfased
tt8u Haa ever any Few State or Territory In thu
rnuntIJ; aro, a. result. tntss Is ROW sct1os a
s1esteF tide Of Emigration tran ever fo.ed tn
enc d1i1c:loc-coGing Ike great fttl4l TaFS.
borne along with che general fnpulse-the de-
SIC 10 1eaca kansea ns the haren Of rest aad the
rltce where everyone will have 1o1a given
lin. There ia ! sreat iacE Of truthful intcrtna-
uoa atous the Kansas lands, h0uestesas. t:,
Acl a g:e4s surplus Of exaggerated, dies psive,
aal WLdJ el+1at aG Ac. c.rcu.a.s aLu LAID laa7ra
everywhere c1.Ge-t May t6.rcs. on,!-l:, Tt1
has rode IN . Trl1uan car up The Eaw Valley, a1d
no. seer mic Of country sttner Hide, Aaa writ
ten gioWi1g lelsefa II praise Of ta.s "g11deu
st-.e OF TIE Tts.o, caae H.. tae Be.E5 tmS:a1t
VIII tld 10 rts sos:av Is dcE0n. 20 hin. xbo -
lockrg for Asme IA re West, On Which 70 s1c:t
lis DAYS foar tttcss scc11 Etiu:Sits. y.x, G;.ot
| sof, sued cl.E.:e, gocd wa;sr, good n1tss CT
! cnu. TsOtao:y SGatscsc ElEs13 las tcese ts11f-
s.:es cn "a aver1gs eQ1ai u aEy coc0sry IL the
word. TIE Sol. IS 60. as rich as 1H'nc:s. :As va
Ter Is tctier AID E,:tc atEltaa:, and The cc..te
| b&ttaf.
| III: vita: rar te ss:. c: scc:.o.= 0. Ssast:ea Of
tie S:s,t II 20. :.ac Ct TIE w.o!., TIE Oil seos-
i
! G.eas Arne1ean D-se.t.' And large pos:toc q
1t Is, a-d a ust ercr :eratn, ba.ren.waste. 1d3
1o. llns III: post.oIs sicg Yea: o. iice tuactzs
rc1:a nd toc'c snro5sn JaEcs:oa c.sJ Will erer
be worth settling 90 NOT taink
| tic co1rtry l5lc9 Forth Of the
| kGH Rifer as al desirable ltr tNGs.
e.eett a.1n7 :he s..enns; aE5, Ct III i11ts II TIC
! o;c.,a:.o, aId Tic most proaEccSe o. honcs.ck
Et&:.t:a
| TIE kAw VALLEY
! Z, oetocd quesr.cE, Itch, ,sai HUI, c1a every
Hay ces:.ab;c, anu naA Settled Up ike Eag:c.
DC: the eo-l lalds are as h'ga as In tbs oder
Se:es 0: f.M-nls ard Ohio NC ocules:ssd Sr pre-
entti.n tts::.r LeeI !cos here.
| EiSIEnS CticST1E5,
embracing bcjy Of laat s:zty niles vile floc1
Mlssoru, azd tuIased socth from Ka.saJ CITY
to Fort Scott Gse rtch. and haze all the requisite
I quil.ites Iot aessn5:e hoEea-Enod deep SOL
| c1esr rrIciuE s;reacl; so0e timber; a5utd.1t
coal rear tne su:!aee; excellent counfrJ for frltt
Bu, ttefa IL 10 government lact here. Et!n,.
| psose.1 land Ia worth from aaveu aad nau to
| Twelve dcllAra per acre; farEs from t*enly te
fasty.
tic toErs IN tais fecno1 are e1c.ed::S!,
! .htl!ty and prosperous. Fer. Scat, Ntln apopu
l,,io1 Of d,Lee, EnPCris, Ot:a~n, Faoa, eact
Win atout .s~o, are making fapia strides. 1t
tie Railroad sta.,l1k here arc G1oHHE LIE Has.i
Into towna.
NEUTRAL LANDS
| are the three co2utles IN thu soaLhsast corner @
the aIate--Houraoo, C-aafori, AID Cherokee
ThHfe Is.cl KtGc p2rcalstt II body hy NJ ] y
ard the goSetx meat r1t:t.d the ftca.y on co1di
; t.oa tbs: he world bu.a Il ra.tcoat through then
which = IaW ccEp'e:ee rcaI;5 10 tce suu:hes
Init. Tstrc has lceu rast anloans Of isoutl
, ECre f,oln misunderstanding CT the s.;Ge.s Ell:
| Egaars tnsted In nnd sctttei an the lands as taa
ns roe tcd:ars rasyti on, cGrec::.g to rtc'csds
. or tUEe.tead as fooa as they caNe tn
| EatLtt. Bnt the gtvsflEent hes no. owrca az
ct :lr.c lslcb sirce .sas. Nhen ioe} ~e:e ccIe
b tt. att to tic CpcruEce Etd:ans, and a5 ;hecl
:. NJ Jcs Ii 1879, ard the set.!ers mast paI biz.
= | neve I'll Tscsc 1acGs sra probably eq1a.
nG!tse:2ec:s o aay IA E1e s,a:e, Mt! 6le bell
s5irn- :tr Eve 10 :ea del. rs 6. l52X ilur, 81: !
:. .c.:! : sali.E n:stesetcc-
y esAGE LlADs
: nse OF tie hcsIc: Of tee 1.,isaa Satont vet
" I LsL.l*. ist nd stI!., thirty niles w1tie-4t
~at.s1 AID Gnetrc:, aud y*:. :.a. Aa.e Il
:. | LaEta. The tTes.7 81 tbs Kali Is auaaR Il
= "rrt.ts.ti b1slsc<s'' G: tho Suy=Fasnea;. II
. rclroata Il ay Sc. the odd aecs!n-s, acd th: cs,
| tL.cI. kcil isc etea s|e:t1ni 20 act1z. Let -!
), -: e. acse. sc:;!ss1- are cut1s ii 1.t.e
- 1-:sc 11-nsrs. rAkl.g clains, uiisi1G 10 p
r tI.ct tic voffs-n,c-s OF r7.a.o1f, lcf1 tn
-, tie, - veil t.vc ao.;sr. per acs. Il IA sl-'
~
=. ila two I'D 4 L.. call /. the HoEesnilcEt
+ 1uE aAH kESEEyE
{, IL E1.'c BODY of land, fourteen Et!e7 lo1:
=, ec1eo v!te, sfar EEpOf.e, or tie stcSht E.s
n+Lsd ~ tsc:.. sas.A halSkta wts.:si: ss, !.
"a Ea- II t:aIk,--1he las. OF tEt:t ;site, e,-~lJ "a
:. The enrL!5HcEt tor csr:ns.sa-y. a1d !oe.r IL.
II Will 1iaIc cserT occ u teeta r.cs. T.'s :ract
>. S-L.ttr1 Ef:-Ca f.oal s.k3 III, at1 It v - or
a. 20 ac,-at settet7.
I T}>N IN n Et% Sr7s,
h. | CT tl!rtE 1.f!cs vide 5oH a bu1dred ard SCI
", losE Is TIE u-st p.1ut'tul tact of IaEI h,
uv e7tr seer in aEs eoaosrJ. In,. .seosao Kres I
~ loEt1y s'reacl Of G:css, Inna.pK wattr, W1cd
stcrE itA rocky bed. uver rap.ds a1f fll-, turc
~ ,rg water pu.cr equal to Roc. Rstr.
l.lrots--Ec1e lks the Rtrrars 0f East
ro. s:.lea than hpy Lave Meo. The Sol
s-- ci2 Dsszc1 ii The Pac:Gc 1to4I ORES
IN this ya1cy aaoat n milton and
~ ae:es Of ,ard. Mu:e of II, the r:ca bo':ou, lsc'
~ EcH stiIE tioG 81 10 s. On te1 ytsr,' 1ine
he the governments oTus IL much f.oIe, all the c
,.c tee..o.s, which Il sdctee: 20 11cs.-atd cr
W. cEJ::er. Witnoa: any sStc:.oo for The ra.lrt
In OF interest IN the.r soih7, mus: IN: tha, +
,,c pot tecn anywhere q nose desrst;e r'a:s,
l.. thILFs cotEttttd, ftf ho,nc, 1rau IN thus yAi
AID .A,caSS 1nan VIZ lie t,aasana s:s,..Ars IL .
n"h stse, ctnco; ~ 70 te t.ca t.. Gc;e1 fu1:
re Will wors.
RstlaoAps-
1krGw there Il E..iesV-t al ffe!.s 6 nf latY'
;iou tia; CoDs.ets should have giver zA5
tE-lueEsc tcdes Ct vlluab c lat!s 10 ta=.e |
= ~ y. cro!:rs-aca wh;'c tLo0 there I'll. htsa Il
~. ts.e<sng ard ct7:un"oa n pe:u1g taetc-a
eLe Een harto2 msde lnaHtuse fott1re>.--Jet ,,s
N ~ the aggregate good to the "Ssate
poa eou1try II :uE 4seaser tnan to
,s kcp. the lards fer retlic7s without
~; soad'. The 1otde nre torS for thss s.aie
what tho IrEo1s Central dt1 far ltll1o!4.
50 l:eve there h 70. ~ acre IN the 5.a:e g.ren
eus Ea!'trta IT: Ehat the a4to:ri51 acre Is *esih
80. tnr5 tsat!", ard 2aEy ter-fo.a It's totan,
aou the :A:irsaaE ttat literally Rs1kes ts.z vida;
M ~. "pl1sscm az tte rcse ~
now 70 EA1GaaIE 70 EissA9.
-, CcCc IL cCle.ies; IA H;t.c aeixItorosct cai
w. Do &c. B:art out a1nc, 70: Eao1.7g wae1e
49,. Of wrat to Do, aat tl:et.v raaH &c Es.aac. .
afcs' lie. bsa tTect eEcu-1 10 h17 az st;'h:y
10: i1 .fase:1itE aitCLd hut.ttE for . Epsse:
- e!.yu, atd then gene Eoase s.Hs.e.I- G.
=, seffe. etff: Ct TN q ;=ts:; E.Ga @hp vi
,.. c-me. Then & :cc. tsUe ele CT two 70 coz,
ss s.d e1am.1c The isrd, Cat tEo 9: tarce sec
, / istrF tnrctner; aad thea nj come OF. tos
II. T;ta I'll Esed!ul su2EMe, cd Joc w!I 10: Il
~, l.. .. E.
TIE ILLINOIS CENTRAL SgV
oa PR CEET FUND.