The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-07-14
ALLEN COUNTY,
KANSAS.
ITS ADVANTAGES
HOME FOR THE IMMIGRANT

Land ct piansr Prices Without any
Of The privatians Of Pioneer Life!
AMONG the many localities in Kansas
which Offer peculiar advantages to the
Home-Seeker, Allen County, as regards
Location, Soil, Water, Timber, Cheap
Land, Convenience to Market, Facilities
for Transportation, Towns, Settlements
and Society, stands second to no other in
the State, - q brief reference to the above
mentioned particulars will show;
LOCATION.
This county i second from the East
and third from the South line Of the
State. 1t is one hundred miles south
east from Topeka, seventy-fve miles
south from Lawrence, one hundred south
west Of Kansas City and twenty-five
miles west from Fl. Scott and lies mainly
within the celebrated Neosho valley.
SO14Is
The soil of the uplands is a black or
dark red calcareous loan of great depth
and inexhaustable fertility, while that
Of the bottoms is the black alluyial de-
posits usually found in such localities,
and varying from four to ten feet in
depth. No better soils for the successful
production of all the grains, grasses,
fruits and vegetables of this latitude can
be found in the State.
WATER.
The county is watered BY tie Neosho
river, which flows through it from N.
w. to s. E., aud by its tributaries in the
middle and western portion and by the
Marmaton and Usage in the east. Each
Of these streams is skirted by belt of
excellent timber and flows through fine
alluvial bottoms from half mile to a
mile in width. Water for domestic pur-
poses is found in springs and wells OF
moderate depth.
BUILDING. FENCING
AND FUEL.
One Of the special advantages which
this county possesses over the treeless
plains of Western Kansas is found in
its timber, coal and stone. The average
width of timber belts is half mile or
more, and the quality is excellent, fur
nishing reasonable supply for all prac.
that the price of good hard wood in the
towns seldom exceeds s.. so per cord. In
the eastern and less timbered portion OF
the county coal of fair quality is mined
i'll quantities sufficient for domestic
purposes, and will no doubt be devel-
nped As the wants of the county require.
For building and fencing stone Of An
excellent quality abounds in many local
tiles, yet 81 disposed as to interfere but
little with the cultivation of the SOIL
PRODUCTS.
AS elsewhere stated this county is we'll
suited To all the productions of this
latitude, but is especially adapted to the
grOwing Of wheat, corn, fruit, and to
stock raising; all of which succeed adj
mirably, and particularly the last. The
inexhaustable supply of native grassea-
both for pasturing and for hay-offers to
the stock raiser Il most inviting field, and
makes this one of the most certain and
remunerative branches of husbandry
that any one can engage in.
RAILROADS AND MAR.
KETS.
The Lcnvenw0rth, Lawrence & Gal
weston railroad traverses the county
from north to south. passing through the
towns Of lola and Humboldt, and affords
1sro.k ,y:t
Leavenworth in Kansas and Kansas City
in Missouri. This last is one of the best
markets in the country and is but six
hours from lola, the county seat.
The NJ. X. & T. passes through the
5. W. corner of the county, touching at
Humboldt, and affords an outlet to the
mining regi Dns of the west, and south to
Texas and the Gulf.
CHEAP LANDS.
Notwithstanding the county has been
settled for many years and contains .
population of over 1000, large bodies of
unimproved lands are yet for sale. These
lands belong to the l.. L. & g. and n.
K. & 7. railroad companies, and are
offered for sale cheaper than such lands
can be bought any where in the United
States where equal advantages exist.
Land capable Of producing twenty to
twenty-five bushels of wheat or so tots
bushels of corn per acre is sold at $500
per acre for cash, or 400 on time. Al
most any year, after being reduced to
q single crop will pay tho
entire cost Of the land.
During last season many parties in
this county with less then helf th>;.