The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-08-03

Letter from Lawrence, Kan.
Laurence r- Rqilroqds, Population
and Business - Heagy Crops
FTutt-Prjce8 Of Land--Esigra-
ton to Kansas, &c. &c.
LAWRENCE, Kansas, July "a, f8n.
NIB. EDIToR:-ThinkiDg q few
words from this part Of the West
might interest some Of your readers,
and being a Highland boy, 1 will
give you my. opinion Of the State Of
Kansas, and City of Lawrence,
which is the. second in size and pop
ulation in the State. It is beauti-
fullp situated on both sides of the
Kaw River, and is one Of the most
flourishing towns west Of the Mis-
sissippi river. 1t claims a pOpuIa-
ton Of from ten to twelve thousand;
has three railroads in operation,
and another graded from Pleasant
Hill, No, to this place, and will
soon have the cars running on it
This will make the third competing
road East, which VIII give US rea-
sonable rates for travel and freight.
Lawrence has a considerable whole
sale trade, and its streets are
thronged from morning until night,
with farmers bringing in their pro-
duce, of which, by the way, they
have a plentiful supply, as crops
never were better than they are this
year. Corn in this State cannot be
beat, having had plenty of rain
Wheat is also good ;very few excop-
tions; we have had some to go 40
bushels to the acre, Potatoes are
good and. viii be a full crop. Colo
RADIO potato bugs are scarce here,
having emigrated East. The farm
ers are threshing out their grain in
this part Of Kansas.
Fruit is plenty in market. We
have plenty of peaches, so plenty
that some farmers want to engage
them at twenty-five cents per 5uahey
Apples are not quite SO plenty as
other fruit, although there are plen-
ty shipped here from Missouri.
I think this is a great fruit eoun-
try, but the fruit here does not do
so we'll on bottoms as it does on up
land.
Some of your readers may want
to know something about land, and
how it rates in Kansas. Good LAND
may be had in Southwestern Kan
sas at from $3.50 to 50 per acre
Some public land can be had a
$1.25 per acre by pre-empting it
but timber is scarce, yet not SC
much so asin Northwestern Kansas
where good land may also be had
Homesteads may be had by going
to Western Kansas. Good, well
timbered farms can be had close t.
market, rating from $40 to $50 pc
acre.
I think parties coming to tn
West would do we'll to come t,
Lawrence first, as I have seen con
siderable of the State, and I thinI
the country around Lawrence vii
compare with any land in the West
and can be had on reasOnabl
terms.
I would say further, that person
having to rent land &c, would d,
well to come, while others tha
have good farms would do we'll no
to part with them and run the risI
Of coming West, although men will
capital could do we'll here. Their
is an opening in most any kind o
business here if backed by capita
and energy.
There is a large emigration t,
this State. You can see emigran
wagons passing through this cit,
every day. The tide Of emigration
is mostly to Southeastern Kansas
A few are going to Texas and a fey
to Colorado, but the most of then
make Kansas their home, and Kan
sas can hold all that want to fin
a home within her borders.
More anon, W. G. IL.