The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-19
A Brief and Rapid Glance at the Far
ard Fertile Region Enclo:ed
Within its Limits.
Garns.f, the County Seat, AID Her
Fuurs-Ihs Extension of
the Missouri Pac fic and
What Viii Fo low
Anderson IS a Stock Growing Scc.
t;on-Timbsr-CnsI That
P,ize Corn The Gen.
tsHHisI Exposition,
Manufactures INN grafton School.
-PopuIation-Tte Couhty's
Towns-A Word of
Explanation.

1t will have a great effect upon the busi-
ness of Garnett, in fact it has already had,
when the Missouri Pacific is finally COM
pleted from Csawatomie TO this point
which will he in sixty days at the least.
Garnett has been picking up wonderfully
within the past six months, ard that she
has increased in population within that
time may y determined from the fact that
a. the preseA time there is
NOT A VACANT HoUsE IL THE CITY,
while many families are accuPyiug tenn
porary quarters waiting for dwellings to be
erected. The population Of Garne,t is
hardly lees than seventeen hundred, al.
though some Of those who are more enthu.
siastic in regard to the town claim t~o
thousand, but it is probable that the iormeI
figure comes nearer the truth. Her po9u
lation has baen considerably swelled durins
the past spring, when the immigration into
the southern portion of the State poured il
quite rapidly. 1t is anticipated that dur
ing the coming fall the Influx into tn,
southern counties will be very large, anC
certainly it should be, for greater induce
ments than this section Of the county offer
for settlement the immigrant couldn't hav,
cheap lands, good markets, railroads, wa
terry timber everything. There are
/ A GREAT MANY UNoCCUPIED ACRES
of the choicest land to be found in tn,
State waiting here in Anderson county fol
| the settler, and as it will not always be thai
way the man who wants a good hom,
should hurry up and take advantage of.th'
good offer made him. Garnett, which ii
the county sest OF Anderson county, is very
pleasantly situated, being somewhat to tn,
northeast OF the center Of the county. 1t il
one of the most prominent stations on tn,
| line OF the Leavenworth, Lawrence IL Gal
weston road, ard does quite heavy bust
ness in the matter of the shipment Of grair
and other farm products. The town has
steam elevator, which
| HANDLES MANY THOUSAND BUSHELS OF
GRAIN
during the year, a steam saw mill, a wagol
factory and cheese factory, all of whicl
industries are doing well. The prospect
for the towns future are now very bright
and there ia no reason to doubt that tn
an,icipations OF prosperous time in tn
coming year Will be realized. The town j
surrounded by magnificent farming com
munity, another railroad will coon he run
nIng into the city, the county il settling VI
with satisfactory rapidity, :he prospects 70
the fall immigration couldn't be better
/ ,ab oltorathzr tharo 70 ha
good reason why any body should feel blu
or gloomy. But the gloomy time for Gar
net is past, and every body has
| AWAKENED TO REALIZING SENSE
that the good time is about here, and the
are about correct. There is no reaso
whatever why Gsrnett should not grow
and the city itself, having become impreg
mated with the came idea, is preparing L
GO straight ahead and build up. There il II
city in the State which can make bette
showing, fiuancislly. for she is out OF deb
and has nearly $500 in the treasury che j
the county seat, and SO the comfy grows
which, as natural consequence, it mus
the town will grow, TOO the county is set
tied with an intelligent and thrifty clas.
and the business men Of the town are soli
and reliable, so that, taking all things int
consideration, things
LOOK ABOUT As BRIGHT FOR GARNETT
and Anderson county rs any other city an
county in the State. The town has splen
did public school building, erected at cos
OF S2S 900. which is beautiful structur
and the pride and ornament of the city; th
residences are OF good class, many o
them very handsome and, taken as whole
neat and homelike; the business houses, a
a rule, are well built and substantial, an
each firm we'll stocked. Garnett has goo
hotels ard all the accommod atiOns neces
sary for the Iecuperaticn OF the tired ant
dusty traveller. She has several good churc
bui dings and a representation OF nearl
every religious denomination. In an
around the town there are many haDdaom
suburban residences, with fine orchards
nurseries and spiaries, combining at ono
the advantages of both country and tow
life-living in the country and at the sam
time being near enough to town to epjp
the advantages it offers.
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC EyrENsroN.
The Missouri Pacific road is reaching ou
into this section of the country, and befor
long will have two branches completed
one through Ottawa to Topeka, the capita
of the State, aod the other through Gar
nett, and from there southwestwardly dowI
into Woodson county, Neosho Falls being th'
objective point. This Missouri Pacif,
branch now extends from Holden, Mo, Il
Paola, and from there, or rather from Osa
wa.omie, short distance this side, the roaC
will branch, one lire going to Ottawa anc
Topeka, and the other to Garnett. Every
| Al 4 G.. al Al
road, for the bonds have been voted, th'
right Of way secured, the line located ard
in fact, active work has commenced. Ths
Garnett branch will be built first, although
it will be but very short time following
until the other branch is completed TO Otts
wa. Franklin county has promised to Sc
cure TO the road the right OF way
for the branch TO Ottawa, and as 8
consequence there may be some
little delay but it will not amount to any:
thing. The depot Is to be located nexl
week, and with work already commenced
and no excuse or reason for delay, but, on
the contrary, every reason for celebrity, il
will not be long until the people OF Ander-
son county will have a through and direct
| line to the Future Great President Garri-
son, of the Missouri Pacific, liz personally
experimenting the construction of the line,
| and having no contr actors the work is done
under his own eyes and BY his directions;
he pays the men of himself, and having
his car at the end of the line he is always
at the front and looking at everything; he
| lives in his car, has his own cook, and goes
out upoL the extension every day. These
two branch lines to Ottawa and Garnett
will be built in q superior IN amer, the ties
being unusually heavy and large, laid close
together, the rails to be used to be steel, in
stead of the old iron ones. Everything
| will be done in first class style, and the
| branches will soon be as smooth running as
the main line. The intrusion, if it can be
| called, Of the Missouri Paci6c in this sec-
tion Of the country will be big thing for
ST. Louis, az it will divert to her mer-
chants a vast amount of trade which now
goes to Kansas City, and also have the ten
dency to bring down treights. 1t will give
many sections of this part Of the State,
| which are very fertile and productive,
market advantages they have never had
before, and will be the means, also, Of
| building up numerous email towns along
the lire which will afford near trading
points for the farming community. The
directions to be taken after the line Is COM
pleted to Neosho Falls, in Woodson county,
has not yet been determined upon, or if it
has, has not yet been made public This
part of the State will soon be fairly honey
combed with iron trails, but the more the
merrier and the better prospect for low
fare and freights.
ANoERsoN COUNTY.
Anderson i one Of ths oldsst counties in