The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-14


towns, etc. Prairie land Is all that can
be had anywhere. 1t Is true that in
the more remote counties good land Is
still plenty at $I.2O per acre. But it
must be taken in to account by the
settler, If he goes where there is land
at these prices, that he will have to be
taxed for the erection of school houses,
county buildings, bridges, and other
internal improvements, while in this
county they are mostly made and rGhi
for. We have good school houses In
large majority of the school districts,
which arc entirely paid for, while
many of the others will be IN q very
few years. Our county buildings,
which will last almost q life time, are
paid for. We have In the county three
hne iron bridges aud many built OF
wood which are paid for. OF course
our railroad tax Is q considerable item,
but II the settlers 20 TO- the newer
counties they will want railroad facil-
tiles as soon rs they can get them, and
Will have to pay a tax for them IN
some shape Besides, IL Is expected
that before many years our railroad tax
can be reduced to 4 mere song by the
disposal, in some shape, of the full paid
stock the county owns In the railroads.
Another very important consideration
in favor of buying and locating on the
raw lands in this county: In almost
every neIghbOrhood this land lies close
TO we'll improved farms, which adds
gre tIy to its value. This considera-
ton alone more than makes up the diff
ference in the price of unoccupfed land
here and in the newer counties. This
county has u population OF not less
$4,000 people, 1t has mills, schools,
finely improved farms, ETC., and set
tiers will not be subjected to those prI-
vations which they must suffer for
years in counties without these priv
ileges. We are already raising large
amounts of fruit of all kinds. In q
very few years more we will be as well
on In this respect as the older States.
None but those who have gone through
years of deprivation in this respect,
can apprec late the value of having
orchards that we can soon depend on
for all the fruit we shall want Lyon
county apples, grapes, ETC.. have not
suffered when brought in comparison
with the fruit Of other localities at
fairs. Stone is plenty for fencing
and building purposes. Many of our
farmers have stone houses, which have
cost them comparatively little, because
they have quarried the stone at odd
times when they could not farm, and 1t
is an easy matter to trade labor, pro-
duce, etc., and get the mason work |
done. Hundreds of thousands of acres 4
of this land lies contiguous to the nu-
merous streams of the county, aud fire |
wood can be had at tribe. The best
of cord wood sells in this city at from
a to S5 per cord. And we believe 1t |
to be fact that the area of timber |
land has not decreased, although the |
county has been settled sixteen years. |
Timber grows so rapidly that n man
with sufficient enterprise to set out |
twenty acre forest, will, In very few |
years, have all the timber he wants.
The matter of hedge raising is not an
In travelling over this |
county hundreds of miles OF it may be |
seen. 1t can be made to answer all the |
purposes of good fence In from three
to five years. We have seen plenty of
1t that would turn stock at three years |
Of age. The question of cheap fences
Is no longer u problem. We have two
railroads through the county, one from |
west to east, and the other from north |
east to southwest, so that we are all |
right In the important matter of rail-
road competition.
No portion of the State or the West
Is more healthy. The rank, wild veg
citation OF the newer portions Of Kan
sas has been subdued here by the
plow-share and by the hoofs Of thou
sands of cattle, and the miasmatic dis
eases incident to q new country have, |
70 large extent, disappeared. There |
is no moro healthy country In the West.
Our county seat is one of the best
built and most thriving towns In Kan
sas. 1t has churches and school facil-
tiles equal TO those of any town In the |
West. It is the seat OF the State Nor |
NAL school, which has one of the finest |
and most commodIous educational |
structures In the West. All the |
branches of business are carried on |
here. Our business street Is built up |
with handsome brick houses, and In |
them may be found the most liberal
class of business men to be found any !
where. The town has Q large trade !
Lyon and adjoining coun-
ties. The county Is in the very best
financially, its paper being
almost constantly, for the last ten
years, worth dollar for dollar.
In the matter of water and timber,
no county in the interior OF the State
is more favorably situated. Large
streams traverse the county, all of
which are lined with timber to great
er or less extent, and all of W hich fur
nIsh abundant weter for stock the year
round.
Taking all these things together, and
the cheapness and richness of the soil,
we say to-day that there is no county
In the State that offers better induce
ments or moro facilities for home hunt
ers than are offered right here in Lyon
county. AS an evidence of what the
Industrious and frugal tiliers the soil
can DO here, We ask them TO go among
the farmers OF Lyon county and see
what has been done by many of them
In q very few. years. Look ut the
young orchards, the commodlous white
farm houses, the thrifty hedges, the
herds of fat stock, and they will be
convinced that No class OF people are
doing Better for themselves or tor the
country than the farmers. Weurgent-
" AK all who intend to come to Kan
-. and who may peruse this article, to
come and look at Lyon county before
going farsher, as We feel that they ean
not fare BETS by going past Us.
-x-~-~-SS-
NorIcE.-To the person that took
the piece ef dry g66as from the ffont
OF . store In Commercial street as q
joke, or 0aAsrxlae. L &Sould say, unless
the same RhAll. BE- brought back imme-
St.so1-. mt ..--.a.. -, -.kVs.,..