The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
LYON COUNTY.
A word TO Home Seekers.

A Word 20 Home Seekers.
There are scores of people here
,very week looking at the country
md hunting homes. We wish to
,sy to all such that Lysn county Of
fers advantages equalled by few
COUNTIES, and surpassed by none.
Our land came into mai ket in 1857,
aud only remained In . few weeks.
There were then but few settlers
here, and comparatively little Of il
was taken. The balance was per
miIted to fall into the hands of non
resident spectators. These non
lands were held, for long
time, at such figures that home
hunters could not or would not buy
them. A few years atterward. the
lands in the south part of the State
were opened up at $1.25 per acre,
and immigration to Southern Kan
sAs all went to these lands. The
railroad lands have also been in mar
ket for several years, and the COM
panies interested have used all their
exertions to take settlers to them
These circumstances have taken i'm
Migration largely beyond us, and
have also had the effect of bringing
down the price of nonresident
lands in this section of the State,
So that it is now q well known fact
that land car be bought cheaper in
Lyon county to-day than in the
counties in the western part of the
State, the government land being
nearly all taken. In many instanc-
es, farms with considerable inn
provements upon them, can be pur-
chased at figures which are now
asked for wild land by the railroad
companies In the west part of the
State.
We have q start also in the matter
of railroads, public improvements,
school houses, etc., which 1t will take
years of time and thousands of mon
ey to get in the new regions. EN-
poria is q town of 5000 or $500 in
habitants, we'll built, aud stocked
with as large . supply of goods 81
any town of its size in the West. II
has advantages for bringing in and
sending out goods possessed by nc
point south or west of il. Goods
are sold here as cheap as at any
point in the State. This is attested
by the tact that people come from a
distance of fifty aud one hundred
miles to make their purchases.
The county has its buildings paid
for; has rs school houses nearly
paid for; has a fine system of bridg
es paid for; Is in the center of the
State north and south, and is il
what will be the center Of popula
ton for 8 great number of years.
In fruit raising it has attained 6
growth and perfection, which al
settlers in the new regions mus
spend q great deal of money to OBJ
tain, and wait for many years. Il
probably shipped more fruit to thu
west last year than any point in thu
State. It is also one of the bes
watered and timbered counties il
the interior of Kansas, being trav
essed by the Cottonwood and Neo
sho rivers and other large streams
all of which are skirted by fin
growths of timber. These are i'm
portant considerations. Nowhere
with all these advantages, and witt
q country almost as far advanced a
great portions of the Eastern States
and with lands actually at a lowe
price than they are being sold at hal
way from here to the mountains, j
it not for the interest Of home seek
ers to settle here, rather than to g
further and fare worse.
The Santa Fe railroad compsn
will not let an immigrant stop her
If they can help it. They wish t
take every one to their lands fa
westo of this. They have right. G
course, to work for their own inter
ests. But immigrants have som
interests at stake in the matter c
choosing q point to settle, and W
advise them to consider the point
we make above, and to consult the
own interests by looking at Lyo
county before making choice (
location.