The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-03-22
BATES OF ADVERTISING,
AMERICUS.


II The following article was writ
ten by Major Dovis, editor of the
Topeka Commonwealth, and pub
lished in that paper in May last.
/ Coming from so eminent a source,
and one entirely disinterested, it
is high compliment to the town
and country:
AMERICUs.
A short time since we took &C.
casion to visit the upper Neosho.
This renowned valley is now trav-
ersed by the NJ, K. & T. railway,
and at convenient points, villages
and cities are springing up, and
the valley itself has become one of
the most thick1y settled portions
of Kansas. OF its beauty and fer
tility a great deal has been written.
To eur mind that part north ofthe
junction of the Cottonwood river
is as beautiful and fertile as any
part of this great valley. From
Emporia to Americas the distance
is nine miles, and at this season Of
the year the sight from the car
windows is magnificent. Ameri-
Gus is splendidly located on a gen.
tly rising prairie, and has around
it some of the finest lands on this
continent. Its proximity to the
Kaw reservation has hitherto re-
'tarded its growth, but fhe pros
poets for the town and country i'm
mediately surrounding were never
better than at present. It has q
new depot and 3 new grist mill Is
about to be erected near by. conve-
nient for receiving and shipping
grain and -four. In approaching
the town the most prominent
building that attracts the atten-
ton is its splendidly finished
school house. model of archi
tectural beauty, which looms up in
elegant proportions. The taste OF
the community is manifested in
this school building, and it must
be q great attraction to those who
desire the advantages of good
schools when looking for homes.
Here is also located 9 large cheese
factory, which daily receives the
milk from over two hundred cows.
and which has already, though but
two years old, achieved the repu-
tation of making cheese as good
in quality as the celebrated prod
ucts of the Herkimer diaries in
New York. Another advantage
which this town possesses Is its
pure water, which can readily be
obtained at a depth of from 20 to
80 feet. This is an advantage not
by all towns or cities in
the state, and is certainly worthy
of tho attention of settler. There
is also in process of erection a new
church for the use of the United
which when COM
pleted, will be fine addition to the
town. Other buildings are also
ander way, not few of which are
Iirst-class residences and business
houses. The fact that the reser-
Vation before alluded to, is soon
be open to settlement brightens
the prospect for this town. Our
Did friend and brother typo, r. w.
Randall, is q fixture here. He
ieals In real estate and insurance,
md, Notwithstanding all the dis
which have hitherto
the growth of this place,
he has firm faith in its glorious fu-
lure, and in this faith we are also
inclined to share. With churches,
one railroad and the pros
pect of another, surrounded by
some Of the finest farming lands
IN the west, healthy location and
In intelligent and prosperous peo-
pie, Americas is certainly destined
20 have steady and permanent
growth. There are openings and
for all kinds of bus
mess there, and our friend Ran
1all will be happy to answer all
inquiries. To those who desire
cheap lands with the advantages
Of an old settled community, We
would commend them to this place
md the region of country around
It, satisfied from personal observa-
ion that its advantages are great
lAd its attractions many. We
have said thus much Of Americas
because we believe in the town,
md think the facts connected with
t should be made known.