The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-01-05

AiCA LCSAOA AnOUA dS OouGuWe6CcTL
Kansas. These facts and figures are
taken from the Kansas agricultural
report, and may be regarded as relia.
bic:
LYON COUNTY.
Square miles. 95S; population in 1875
,542; county seat, .Enporia. General sur.
face of the country, uAdulating; forest,
per cent; bottom lands. 10 per cent.
Streams, NeOsho and Cottonwood rivers,
with several tributaries. County we'll
watered. Superior farming lands. Blue
and white limestone and some coal.
Railroads, Atchison, Topeka Il Santa Fe
and Missouri, Kansas G Texas, intersect-
ing ut Emporia. No. of acres, 549, 100;
taxable acres. 446,05I; under cultivation,
IS, 1923. Good water powers on the
Cottonwood and Neosho, several of which
are utilized. Water aud steam power
manufactures and mills at Emporia and
other localities. Newspapers, NEWS and
Ledger, Emporia. Organized school dis
tricts, SO; school houses, 80; value of
school property, S74,669. The State Nor
NAL school rs located at EmpoIia. Pres
byterian, Baptist. Congregational, United
Presbyterian, Methodist, Episcopal, Cath
Ollie, Lutheran, Christian, Friends and
Welsh churches. Price Of vacant lands
from 81 80 to 81.
List OF oficers-CommiSsion D. s.
Gilmore, chairman. L. A. Wood, [. A.
Taylor; sheriff, Hiram Conner; treasurer,
Joseph Ernst; county clerk, j. S. Craig /;
register of deeds, +. r. Page; county at
torDey. T. n. Sedgwick; probate judge,
E. w. Cunningham; clerk district court,
&. w. Frederick; superintendent of pub
lie instruction, o. 3. Wharton; coroner,
E. II. Chittenden.
BUTLER COUNTY.
Square miles, LAPS; population in
1875, 9,S52 county seat, Eldorado.
Face of the Country.-BOttom land
Is per cent; upland, So per cent. !;
forest, 3 per ceRt. prairie, 75 per cent.
General surface of the country, undu-
lating. Average width of bottom, one
and three-qaarter miles.
Timber.-AVersge width of timber
belts, one-quarter mile. Varieties,
walnut, oak, blackberry, hickory, syc-
amore and elm.
Principal Streams.-Walnut and
White water; tributaries of the former.
Little Walnut, Hickory, Tarkey, Rock
Creek, etc. There are many smaller
streams and an abun lance of fine
springs; good well water obtained at 4
depth of about thirty feet.
Building Stone, etc.-Plenty of stone
is found of various qualities. It is
stated that lead has been discovered,
but to what extent no Information is
is at hand. Gypsum has also been
discovered on the Whitewater.
Agricultural Statistics.-Acres in
the county, 913,92O; taxable acres,
547 ,24l under cultivation, 80, 1923.
Water Powers and Manufactories.-
There are several good water powers
in the county, some of which have
been utilized. There are mills at Edo
RADIO, Tewanda, Augusta, Douglas and
Spring townships.
NewsPapers.-There are two weekly
newspapers, the Walnut Valley Times.
at Eldorado, and the Southern Kansas
Gazette. at Augusta.
Schools, etc.-Organized school dis
tricts, 1924; number of school no uses,
90; value OF school buildings and
grounds, furniture and apparatus, $780,
500.
Churches.-Presbyteri Baptist,
lists, United Presbyte-
rians, Methsdists and Catholics.
Land.-There is large amount OF
unsOld lands in the county.
CHASE COUNTY.
Square miles, $50; population in
1875, BIG; county seat, Cottonwood
Fall, 81 miles in an air line from To-
peka, in a south westernly direction.
Face of the Country.-BOttOm land
II per cent; upland, 50 per cent; for
est, 5 per cent; prairie. 50 per cent
The general surface of the country
except ia the bottoms, is sundulating
with.a considerable extent of bluffs
adjoining the valleys of the streams.
Timber.-Average width of timber
belts, three-eights of mile; varieties
walHur, barr oak, blackberry, hicko-
~, sycamore and cottonwood.
Streams.-The Cottonwood river is
the principal stream with several trib-
utarieS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Bap-
fists, United Pres5yterians, Method
lists, Episcopalians and Catholics.
Lands.-Prices of vacant land from
$3.50 to IS per acre.
List of Oflicers.-Ccmmissio Fl.
n. Simmons, E. Stotts, G. w. Rogier
Sheriff, William Norton; Treasurer
j. S. Doolittle; County Clerk, S. A
Breese; Register of Deeds, A. p. Can
dy; County Attorney, Fl. 5. Shook
PROBATE Judge, C.. e. Whitson; Clerk
District Court, z. j. Norton; Supt
of Pub, Instruction, F. B. Hunt; Cor.
Oner, Z. Is. McCabe.
CoWLEY COUNTY.
Square miles, Lip; population in
1876, 1858; county seat, Winfield, Ia
miles southwest from Topeka.
Face of the CountEy.-Bottom lands,
50 per cent. a1plaRds6 per cent. forest
6 per cent. prairie, % per cent. Az
GRACE width OF bottoms, miles; gen.
eral surface of the county west of the
Walnut, smooth and level; eastern
part, udulating, and along the streams
bluffy. Average width of timber on e.
ii filth of mile
Observation-Disclosures and Walnut
rivers, with numerous tributaries.
Springs plenty, ard well water obtain
ed every where.
StoHe.-1neXhaastible quantities of
he best quality of magnetism lime
stone are found east of the Arkansas.
observation-disclosures, 71S,0S0; tax
able acres, 35S, 1923; under cultivation,
l01 1903 SO,
Water Powers.-Exeellent water
powers on the Walnut, which fur
nishes power for several mills.
Newspapers.--Courier and Tele-
gram, Winfield; Traveller, Arkansas
City. ii
chools.-Organized Scools Districts,
l0S; school houses So; value of scheol
&C., $50, 476.
Enthusiastically terians, Congre-
gationalists, Baptists, Methodists and
Lands.-vacant lands from s1.5O' to
Sc per acre. :.
List of Officers. Commissioners, r.
F. Borden, w. NJ. Sleeth. William
White; Sheriff, r. l.. Walker; Treas
nrer, L. r. Bryant; County Clerk, NJ.
G.. Troup; Register of Deeds, e. P.
Kennie; County, Attorney, James
Probate Judge III. D.
GRIns; Clerk District Court, e Bedili-
an; Superintendent of Public Instrac-
ton, X c Story; Coroner, Head
rick.
MARION COUNTY.
Square miles, 954; population in
1879, 5,907 county seat, Marion Gen.
tire. Timber, per cent; bottom land,
i6 per cent; Streams, Cottonwood riv-
or and tributaries. Springs abundant
and wells plenty. Magnetism lime
stone, hydraulic cement, mineral
paint, fire and potters clay and gyp-
sum. Good farming and pastoral
laRds. Railroad, Atehison, Topeka &
Santa Fe. Acres, 610,566; taxable
aaraa AdC S0Q. a1n1or c.,ir;uakfo- Of.