The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22
THE NEW PARADISE.
A short SoJOurn I'm she Kansas Gar.
den Of the ssOds--The Undoubtedly
RRlnanAl R4 Haslase.

4 short SoJOuPn I'm the Kansas Gar.
den of the ssOds--The Und0ubtedly
Original Paradise.
KINsLEY, Edwards Co., Kan, Nov. ID.
Ed. TIMEs:-That man was undoubtedly .
inspired who NAMED that portion Of Color ,
ado commonly designated as the Garden Of (,
the God, but We can't give him the credit /
Of having Travelled much, for had he paid /,
a visit to this portion of the State of Kansas
he would have found that Colorado stood
no show at all compared with Edwards
county and that country lying contagious
to it. Colorado furnishes good scenery, but
for the common necessities Of life, a little
corn and wheat is needed to wash it down
with, and the crops raised in the Colorado
Garden Of the Gods don't bring much in the
market. there can't he any doubt about
the fact that this portion of Kansas was the
original Garden OF Eden, although il can't
be denied that but very few OF the traces Of
farming done by Adam now remain.
EDWARDS COUNTY
was organized in August, 1874, and was
named after Nh. ". L. Edwards, of Hutchi-
son, and a member of the firm OF Edw ards
Bros, of kinsley. The first settlement was
made by A. ID. Clute, the present proprietor
of the kinsley House, who vas the first
man to locate with his family in the coun-
ty. The county contains 972 sections of land
or.622 $50 acres, Of which about !, 800 acres
are under cultivation. The county is wa
tered by the Big Coon, Little Coon and Dry
Coon rivers, besides the Arkansas river and
various little streams, affording unsurpassed
facilities for stock growing. Every alter
nate section INSIDE the railroad limits IL
government land, open to any one who de-
sires to take it, about fve-eighths OF
the land in the county belonging to the
United States, the remainder being owned
BY the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road.
Ihe taxes paid by the Santa Fe Company
comprises about 50 per cent. of the levy in
the county, the entire levy being but about
per cent The present population Of the
county is about 800.
KINsLEY,
the county seat, is one of the wonders of
Kansas town which has sprung up as if
by magic, and which acknowledges no COM
petition from its rivals. 1t was laid out in
1872, and from its inception, has gone stead
ily forward, building and pushing its way
toward the front. The grasshopper vista
ton told heavily upon it, and it is due
solely to this fact that it is not, to-day, one
of the largest towns upon the line OF the
Santa Fe road. 1t has, however, its future
before it, a picture which is replete with
prosperity and brightness, and two years
will witness such change in this little bee
hive as will astonish the natives. The real
growth of the town has been within the past
twelve months, during which time some
seventy-fve business houses and residences
have been erected. Kinsley is the point
where the mammoth excursion trains of the
Santa Fe road stop, and will soon be the
end Of the new division which that road
proposes to make. This will bring to this
place a large amount of railroad business,
and an additional permanent population
which will be of great benefit. The busi-
ness men of kinsley are entirely devoted to
their city, and let no opportunity slip to ad-
vance its interests. The leading house
in the town is that OF Edwards
Bros, which in reality comprises a
a small city in itself. The firm OF Edwards
DTO. Euils tue Dduh, tuc iumuSr anu hdiu-
ware house; Edwards Bros manage the dry
goods house, and Flick & Edwards Bro :
have large real estate ,thce, the business
of the three houses in kinsley, averaging
from 81 900 to II 200 per day. Edwards
Bros are also interested largely in Sterling
and Hutchinson, and probably do, in the
various departments in which they are in.
terested, the largest business of any firm IN
the state. E. Wiley is large hardware
dealer here, and has trade which is only
bounded by his facilities for reaching the
surrounding country. Mr.. Z. ii. Niles, one
of the largest property-holders here is one
of the men TO whom the success Of the town
is due, and has further added to his cares
by the acceptance of a L. 5. Deputy Mar,
shalship. Hon. Taylor Flick, the repre-.
sentative in the last legislature 4 this sec.
tion, is also large property-holder here
J. W. Fuller, Esq, the newly-elected sher.
iff of Edwards is also the proprietor Of the
Fuller House, which, together with the
Kinsley House, A. ID. Clute, proprietor, of.
fer superior accommodations for the trav-
eler Edwards county boasts Of two papers
the Leader, edited by Mr. w. I. Bruer, and
the EdHes RepuJlioan, edited by Mr.. Lewis
formerly of the Hutchinson Interior. Mr.
Bruer is the official newspaper representa-
tive of the county, and devotes himself
heart and soul, to the advancement of the
county's interests He was a member o.
the last editorial excursion party, and is an
enthusiast regarding the merits of the me
tropolis, and is loud in his praise of the
hospitality extended by Leavenworth's citi.
zens in June last.
the county seat of Pawnee county, is an
other specimen of Kansas enterprise anC
push, and has grown with surprising rapid
| ty in the last two years. Brick blocks anC
elegant private residences are evidences o.
permanent prosperity, and these Larnet
possesses. The business of Larned has beer
upon the increase steadily, and with ever,
advantage in her favor she will soon stanc
| where she belongs, among the leading citie'
of Southwestern Kansas. The land offic,
here, Judge Gilbert receiver and Capt. c
A. Morris, register, is one Of the busies
places Imaginable and the land being taker
| up daily is both wonderful and surprising
Mr.. Avery Ainsworth, assistant register anC
a man of all work, is one of the livelies
and most energentic young men in this live
section, and the business Of the land office
| could hardly 60 on without him.
Among the business men, W. II. Mitchell
druggist and newsdealer, takes the leading
place, and is crowded to meet the demand.
| of his customers. He has THE TINES, botl
daily and weekly, upon his counters, ant
| is the fount from which the reading people
of Larned draw their intellectual inspira
tion. He has the largest establishment o
its kind in this section and rushes fhinos