The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-03-09

county is we'll supplied with springs, and
good we'll water 10 obtained anywhere ct
depth of from 20 to 80 feet. The prin.
cipal streams are the Neosho, Little
Osage and Marmaton rivers The Neo-
sho river il fed by Indian, Martins. Deer,
Elm, and other creekA The Neosho
affords excellent water powers, many of
which have been improved. Veins Of
coal, about three feet below the surface,
have been found ON the Little Osage
river, but not in paying quantities. Blue
and red limestone and red sandstone, of
good quality, abound throughout the
county.
INDUSTRIES.
The number of acres in the county is
322, $50, of which 298,771 are taxable,
and 72,340.69 are under cultivation.
The percentage of cultivated to taxable
scres is 24.2l The increase of cultivated
acres during the year was ], 1914. The
crop statistics for 1876 are rs follows:
Winter wheat q, 275 bushels, l ,6S5 acres,
value $22, 747.50; rye 1922 bushels. 294
acres, value $2,646; spring wheat 48O
bushels, 60 acres, value 1884; corn ], 2S3,.
800 bushels. 80, S45 acres, value $30S, $50 !;
oats, las, 312 bushels, 4,54l acres, value
$36, 1928; buckwheat, 4,729.5O bushels,
262.75 acres, value "a, 256.55 Irish pota-
toes Il, 929 60 bushels, 767. SO acres, value
$50, 49, 80; sweet potatoes 8. 619.5 so bush.
els, 24.l3 acres, value $3,6195O; sor.
ghum $3.50 gallons, 239 acres, value
$40, SIG; castor beans 6,8S0.5O bushels,
764.50 acre., value 81, 29O; cotton {, 1868
pounds, 1915 acres, value $686,SO fax
$3.50 bushels, 945 acres, value IS, 45O !;
hemp 400 pounds, 2 acres, value 81 /;
tobacco 10, 12S pounds, 1888 acres, value
s1,Ol2S0; broom corn zoe, 400 pounds,
ESQ., so acres, value 81, 521.25; miilet and
Hungarian 2,779.5O tons, 1858 acres,
value $13,S97. so; timothy meadow II
tons, IL acres, value $S4; clover meadow
253 tons, 1850 acres, value $1,77l ;
prairie meadow (fenced) 2O,427 tons,
20, 427 acres, value ISL, 067.50. The in
crease in the yield Of winter wheat dur
ing the year was 2O,301 bushels; in rye
692 bushels in potatoes, 2l.67O.60 BUSH
els. The decrease in corn was BIB
bushels. The number of pounds of cheese
produced in 1875 was 7,114; in 1876,
1852; increase, 7,418. The number OF
pounds of butter produced in 1875 was
40, 269; in 1876, IA, 900; increase,
1851. The number of horses in 1875
WAS 1925; in 1876, 1907; decrease, 3lS.
The number of mules and asses in 1875
was $50; in 1876, 299; decrease, 81.
The number of cattle in 1875 was 49,.
7l6; in 1876, 1881; decrease, 1,769.
The number of sheep in 1875 was 1928 /;
in 1876, 843; increase, Is. The number
of swine in 1875 was 47l9; in 1876,
4, 461; decrease, 25S. The mum Der OF
pounds of wool produced during the
year was 2,OSS. The number of stands
of bees in 1876 was 1874, which produced
LOO pounds of honey, and Al pounds of
wax. In 1875 there were 2,424.13 acres
in orrhards, 20.12 acres in nurseries and
4251 acres in vineyards. The total cost
of the fences of the county in 1875 was
$3.50, S1722. Of manufactures, lola
township has horsepower sugar mill
and pan, with q capital of $500; one
steam grist and saw mill, with a capital
$40, 900; one water power mill, with a
capital Of $4,000. At Humboldt there
is one cigar factory, two steam Touring
mills, one steam furniture factory and
one paper mill. At Geneva there is a
steam saw and grist mill, and each of
the townships of Usage and Deer Greek
has q steam saw and grist mill. There
are also two cheese factories in the
county.
EDUCATION AL AND LITERARY
OF churches, the Presbyterians have 7
organizations, with q membership of $50,
and 4 church edi6ces valued at SIC, $50.
The Congregationalists have one orgsni-
cation with . membership of so, and one
church edifice valued at 5000. TIE
Baptists have organizations with q
membership of ITO, and two edifices
valued at $4,000. The Methodists have
Is organizations, $50 members, and two
edifices and . parsonage valued at $11,.
600: The Episcopalians have one organ
ization, IL members and church prop
erty valued at 500 dollars. The Catho-
lies have 4 organizations, membership
of 400, and 2 churches valued at 1900
dollars. There are So school houses in
the county, and the value of the build
luSo 8uO SiOuuuos luIulkuIC ouu oppoI6s
tus, is $4s, 1913. There are two newspapers
in the county-the Humboldt Union, at
Hun boldt, published by w. T. McEl-
roy, and The lola REGISTER, at lola, pub
lished by G. D. Ingersoll and H. A. Per-
kins.
MISCELLANEOUS.
lola is the county seat, 70 miles south
of Topeka. At this point is an artesian
we'll which affords mineral water much
valued in some diseases, and an inf1am-
mable gas which would supply . large
town with fuel and illumination, if prop
erly utilized. The county is traversed
by two lines of railroad-the Leaven-
worth, Lawrence and Galveston and the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas. The coun.
ty was named in honor of Hon. VIM.
Allen, ex- Governor of Ohio. The boun.
daries of the county were designated by
the Territorial Legislature Of 1855, and
the organization was perfected in 1856.
The county contains 5O4 square miles,
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