The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-10-11
Several Questions Answered.
LEXINGTON, MO-, Sept. q, '7S.
MEssRs. sToTLER & GRAHAM, Emporia,
Kansas.

LEXINGTON, MO-, sept. z, rs.
MEssRs. SToTLER 81 GRAHAM, Emporia,
Kansas.
Having seen q copy Of the Land Buyer
supplement OF August II, notice in IL q
great many houses and lots for sale. The
reading Of these advertisements has In
duced me TO look into the matter 8 little
further, as / want TO buy some land in
Kansas. Now, IL you Will be so obliging
as to describe to me
Ist The lay of these lands and the gen.
eraI lay Of the country around your town.
I'd. Whether high and rolling, or nat and
level.
Sd. How it IS watered: by springs, or do
you have to dig to get water.
4th. How you are of for coal and wood,
and what IL il worth per bushel and cord.
9Th. What is the general custom OF rent
ing land-grain or cash rent-and what
portion Of the crop, or how much cash per
acre?
9th. How are rents In the town? what
can q house with three or four good rooms
be rented at outside the business part OF
the city?
It'll. What are -four, corn, oats and pOta-
toes worth?
9Th. What is an ordinary miIch cow
worth?
9th. Is there anything to do in the win
ter in the way Of teaming, that man with
good team could get to do?
the country?
18th. have been out in Kansas, along
the line OF the Santa Fe road, to Fort Lar
ned. How is this country around Empo-
ria, by the side Of the country around
Topekal
18th. Is there a railroad from Lawrence
down to your town?
18th. What States are the settlers in
your town and country mostly from?
Give me all the Information you can
about your town and country, its adVan-
nd dfaoduanf
Write soon. and send me copy of your
Iate paper. Yours truly, T. W.
The above letter is a sample OF many
but as it contains an unusual number of
queries, we answer it through our col
umns, IN order that others like the writer
may also get the information he desires.
Our business men here will please note
that immigration is largely Influenced by
the Land Buyer, as well as by THE NEWS
and other papers published in the county.
We reply to tn e letter as follows:
1. Emporia, lies between the Neosho
and Cottonwood rivers, and about six
miles from their junction, land between il
and the junction IS mostly bottom land,
and the richest eff soil. The town site is
well elevated and we'll drained second
DOLLOIn, reaching INTO uplanu.
I'd. Land is gently rolling and well
drained all over Lyon county.
3D.. Lyon county is eXcel1ently watered
by the NeoshO and Cottonwood rivers, and
u large number Of creeks, many Of the m
we'll timbered, and the upland Is general
ly we'll supplied with springs. There is
no better watered county in Kansas.
Walla ha had Of e.
40 feet deep, according to the lay of the
land, and always improve as they become
older.
4th. Plenty Of coal on the east line of the
county, at IL cents per bushel in the
bank, and 9 to 8 cents on the surface,
ready to load. The farmers there bring 1t
to town in their wagons, making from 81
to 50 per trip. We have plenty of land
with coal on it, and near to coal, at So to
80 per acre. Coal is brought here by rail
from the Indian Territory, Fort Scott,
Usage City, and Colorado. 1t averages
"a so to 81 so per ton, according to quality
and season. Wood is plenty at all times
Of the year. at "a to So per cord, delivered
in the city.
9th. Farms are generally rented from
March to March, one third of the crops
going to the owner. Cash rents depend
on the farms. No. 81 on our list, for sale
at $4,000, rents for $4OO for cash in ad-
vance, which is equivalent to about $3.50
cash per year.
9th. Houses to rent are in great de m and
IN Emporia and in every town in the
county. A house here, with four rooms =,
comfortable yard, etc., rents for So to &10
per month. OF six rooms, $40 to SIS per
month, according to location.
9th. Prices Of produce now are very low
here, as all over the country, and not to be
taken as standard. Flour is "a to So per
barrel: No. 2 wheat go cents; corn IS to
20 cents; oats 10 to 1s cents; potatoes 40
80 cents per bushel. These prices, except
flour, are wholesale.
9Th. Ordinary mich cows are S25 to $50,
fresh.
9th. Industrious men of good habits do
not suffer here for want of work, with or
without teams. Men who want light
work and good pay are idle good deal of
their valuable time.
10th. The school facilities in city and
county are first class, and ample in all
respects. The State Normal School at
Emporia furnishes free tuition, and is very
ably conducted, in a splendid building.
18th. The land is little more rolling
than near Topeka.
18th. The A. T. & s. F. railroad is the
stralghtest line from Lawrence to Emporia
18th. Our population has repre- sentatives
from every State in the Union, and proba-
bly, from most of the civilized countries in
the world. The people are as industri-
GUS, intelligent, law abiding, moral, en-
terprising, progressive and prosp srous as
in any community we know of.
Finally. There IS no better county in
Kansas, and very few as good, in stock,
fruit, and general farming. We have
enough business men in town, and plenty
of first.class stores. Farmers are what we
want. There is unlimited range for cattle
and other live stock all over our county,
with fertile land at from 81 so to $40 per
acre, and land buyers who fail to look at
| Lyon County make q mistake.
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