The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-04-07
ALLEN COUNTY.
KANSAS.
ITS ADVANTAGES
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Land at Pioneer Prices Without any
Of the Privations Of Pioneer Life!


Land at Pioneer Prices Without any
Of the Privations 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, as a brief reference to the above
mentioned particulars will show;
LOCATION.
| This county is 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 TT. Scott and lies mainly
within the celebrated Neosho valley.
SGHL.
The soil of the uplands is black or
dark red calcareons loan of great depth
and inexhaustable fertility, while that
of the bottoms is the black alluvial 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
he found in the State.
WATER.
The county is watered by tie Neosho
river, which Aows through it from n.
W. to 5. e., and by its tributaries in the
middle and western portion and by the
Marmaton and Usage in tine east. Each
of these streams is skirted by belt OF
excellent timber and flows through fine
ailuyial bottoms from half mile to q
mile in width. Water for domestic pur-
poses is found in springs and wells OF
moderate depth.
EsJE EsENG. FENCING
AED E'UEz1.
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-
teal purposes, rs is shown by the fact
that the price of good hard wood in the
towns seldom exceeds So. 30 per cord. In
the eastern and less timbered portion OF
the county coal of fair quality is mined
in quantities sufficient for domestic
purposes, and vii no doubt be deve!-
Oped as the wants % The county require.
For building and fencing stone of an
excellent quality abounds in many local.
tiles, yet so disposed as to interfere but
little with the cultivation of the soil.
RR;5BUCTs.
As elsewhere stated this county is we'll
suited 10 all the productions of this
latitude, bat is esne cially adapted to the
growing Of wheat, corn, fruit, ard to
stock raising; all of which succeed adj
and particularly the last. The
supply Of native grasses
both for pasturing and for hay-oliers to
he stock raiser 3 most inviting field, and
makes this one of the most certain and
branches of husbandry
hat any one can engage in.
RAILROADS. AED WAR.
EzEVs.
The LeEvenWorth, Lawrence & Gal
,est0n railroad traverses the county
rom north to south, passing through the
OWNS of lola and Humboldt, and affords
lirect connection with Lawrence and
.eayenworth in Kansas and Kansas City
II Missouri. This last is one OF the best
markets in the country and is but six
louis from lola, the county seat
The NJ. X. & L. passes through the
:. w. cornA of the county, touching at
humboldt, and affords an outlet to the
mining regi ms of the west, and south to
Texas and the Gulf.
CHEAP LAMBS.
notwithstanding the county has been
ettled for many years and contains q
population of over 1000, large bodies Of
lands are yet for sale. These
ands belong to the l.. l.. 81 G. and NJ.
(. q I. railroad companies, and are
ffered for sale cheaper than such lands
an be bought any where in the United
tates where equal advantages exist.
and capable of producing twenty to
twenty-five bushels of wheat or so tots
ushels Of corn per acre is sold at 1920
er acre for cash, or S4.00 on time. AL
lost any year, after being reduced to
single crop will pay the
ntire cost of the land.
During last season many parties in
his county with less than half their
md in cultivation raised corn enough
hen sold at 25c. bushel to pay for the
hole tract Any one looking fora new
,cation can not fail to appreciate this
let, especially considering the fact that
lese lands are surrounded by old set
ements. and are convenient to railroads,
Owns, mills, school houses, churchesa and
II the appliances of civilization. Land
t pioneer prices, without any of the
rivations pioneer life.
These lands are sold by Messrs SCoTT
BowLUs, local agents.
COUNTY SEAT.
lola, the county seat of Allen county,
pleasantly located near the confluence
! Elm Creek and the Neosho River,
nd on the l.. l.. & q. railroad. The
eosho at this point only needs to be
approved to furnish good water power
r mills and manufactures. Good pure
alter can be obtained at depth of from
fteen to twenty-five feet. It has three
lurches, Baptist, Methodist and Pres
vterian, and an excellent school build
e. The different branches of business
I'd the professions are well represented;
Id property can now be purchased at
asonable price which must steadily