The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-13
Kansas onward March.

On tbs ocsssion of til. rsosnt visit u MAJ.
Nprrill, ofyHtswatha, to Tn,y, ye bad u Piess-
rure sfs1 1eng talk with him. from which Ne gath
cred large amount of valuable Information,
tending not only to confirm the prosperous con-
dition of Kansas, but showing that shs stands
higher in the estimation of Eastern business
mea than has generally been supposed. Maj.
Morrill,, being the head Of large banking house,
has extensive correspondence with bankers and
capitalists all over the country. He also posses
ses- a. wide acapaintancs throughout the East,
and is shrewd and intelligent observer. In al
dition to his banking business, he is the agent
for the sale Of immense quantities of land in this
State. All these things combined, m axe Maj
Morrill, good authority upon matters that he
spoke Of. f-s
The emigration pouring into Kansas Is simply
enormous. A colony. Of four hundred families
will soon settle ON the Central Branch Railroad
lands, chiefly in Marshall ,and Pottawatomie
Counties. This represents about 1000 souls, to
a comparatively small section of land. Maj.
Morll says that he has recently figured up the
amount of lands he has disposed of within the
past four or five months, and it averages just
eight hundred acres per day during that time.
These lands arc all in Northern Kansas, and
mostly sold to persons who intend becoming &C.
tual settlers. The total amount would be 100,
900 acres and represents 80 quarter sections, OF
that number Of heads Of families who are coming
to Kansas to make themselves homes. In other
portions of the State, equal degree Of activity
prevails. Maj. Morrill, thinks (and wo believe
he is cOrrect) that the emigration to Kanszs now
reaches fully 100000 year, and that the census
of 1880 will show this State to have over 1,OO0,-
600 population. ~
Maj. Morrill, says that when he was East, last
summer, he met wealthy man, who had large
amount of money to invest. He said the East
seemed to he going down, and he preferred West
ern securities, where the country was going mp.
He asked Maj. Morrill, if he could not invest .
few thousands for him on Kansas, in real estate
security. The Major agreed to undertake the
investment; and since that time, he has contin-
ued remitting, until he now has about $4,000
invested in Kansas. The hundreds of other cap
italists who are investing in the same way,
would seem pretty conclusive that they regard
Kansas real estate as good security.
Coming down TO single locality, Maj. Morrill,
says that the prosperity of Brown County is
most cheering. The emigration is considerable,
and the crops never were better, notwithstand-
ing the grasshoppers. During the years Of
drought and grasshoppers, it was supposed that
the stock of hogs in Northern Kansas was ex-
hausted, and that farmers would have to purchase
breeders to re-stock their farms; but he says
that there are more hogs in Brown County to-
dny than ever before, and that this Falls crop
will be immense.
We have here given the observations Of one
person. 1t is q fair average of the entire State.
The most enthusiastic Kansan never dreamed
that our State would SO soon be running Iowa
and Missouri so close race. a. ..ss t...,.