The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-04-10
OUR KANSAS LETTER.
Harvey County.

Ed. PosT.--To meet some Of the fre>
quent aud many inquiries made by
persons wishing to emigfate to this
great Arkansas Valley, we will give
the following facts and figures which
can be relied Upon
Harvey Co. was created by an act OF
Legislation approved Feb, 20, ~ and
was named after Hon. James NJ. Har-
vey at that time Gov. Of the State, TIC
Co. was organized the 10, Of April fol-
lowing, from which 10 townships Of
Sedgwich Co., 5 of MPhereon and Q
from Marion we're procured. In size
Harvey CO., is one Of the smallest in
the State, being Is miles North and
South by so East and West, and con.
tanning $40 square mile or 34o. 600 acres
Of rs fine farming land as ,hefe is any
where TO be found, IL Lies within a
strip ofCountry extending from North
to South which without exaggeration
can be termed the garde n spot
Of the State, we doubt if 10 acres of
untillablc Land can be found in the
county. Face Of Country is 40 per
cent bcttom sc upland 2 per cent, for
est and 80 Prairie. The general sur.
face is rolling Prairie, with rich dark
loan, yielding in large quantities crops
of all kinds, and resisting alike the wet
and dry seasons. The Co., is also well
watered, .. there are 13 creeks lowing
through IL from North to South. The
Population in II was 20OO and in
March '7S was S.l73. Since this last
report there has been an immense en-.
is .ation to this county rom ell parts OF
the East and especially Penn'a., and
with these have been added wealth
and improvements ofnll kinds. About
one third of the Land is now under
state of cultivation. OF 102,Oj5 Acres
in cultivation in rs, Il, ,5il were in
wheat and 50,Sl3 in corn. This Co, is
better provided with Railroads than
any other in this part Of the State hav-
ing ALL miles, of this over "a is of the
A. II. 4 5. +. running East and West
and over . mile ofthe w. & $, w. go
ing South, these roads form Junction
at Newton. There rre also several
stage and mail routes from Newton tC
various neighboring towns oil of the
Il. r. There are SO organized school
districts in the Co.. and 80 school hou-
ses, all of which are good neat and
roomy, and are well furnished, at least
they compare very well with youl
school houses in Snyder Co, (although
| presume Doc. Conard will have somt
fine structures erected within the next
years.. The aggregate valuation o
these houses and school property i.
$1,000. The Newton Public Schoo
Building is the largest and finest schro
Property west of Emporia. 1t is larg,
/ frame structure and there is now q
graded school ofsix departments taught
therein. There Is meeting on Satur'
day to vote 81 900 in Bonds FOR another
scLoo house in Newton and it is badl,
needed. The average salery paid I,
Teachers is SO.
In settling In n new county the iirs
and greatest consideration ia health
This CO., is | l,ii5 f., above the Level o
the sea. The air is pure aud vigorous
it is never damp, 1t is free from nal
ania. There is no slaguant.watpr Th,
nights are always nice aud cool eyeI
after the warmest days, so that on,
rises in the morning refreshed an'
ready fora good days work, Every
thing thrives which can be grown il
this Latitude. Corn on sod yields 3
to so bus. per. acre and on old groun'
40 to so bus--oats and oil kinds Of vel
etablcs and vines are easily grown
wheat succeeds splendid and is tn
coming crop. Cattle and horses fattcI
very rapidly in the Spring shown
. that the prarie grass is very nItrit
Gus.
The City Of Newton is now the larg
est and most nourishing place west c
Emporia on the A. I. & $. I. RR. it i
the County seat of Harvey Co., and ha
. population Of near 1900. Bus,nrs
Of all kinds is represented here an
goods can be bought here as cheap II
East of the Mississippi Freights adde
; We have a $4,000 Opera House, hv
Churches, 0 dry goods stores, abou
the size of Schoch Bros, 13 grocerie
largo Hardware, 4 printing Offices
elevators, 8 drug stores, 4 Lumbe
and 3 coal yards also round house an
, Machine shops. The Emigration thi
Spring exceeds that of last year, as tn
last 1 weeks the increased has avcrag
, ed 1900 per day. Come and see 70
, yourself IL you want to see whothe
these are not facts. HARVEY.
. Only one event in human affair
could have induced Esquire Gilbert I
H.. ........l Ala, i,1l,,,lt uvn,nn,