The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-05-08
CLAY COUNTY.

One of the Pre-emincntIy Favored
Towns Of kansas-The Advantages
Afforded by n Prolific Soil. n Genial
Climate and Associations With n
Thriving. Pushin. Class Of Citizens
Correspondence TIMEs.I
CLAY CENTER, May Clay county
pre-eminently one of the favored counties
in Kansas, for several reasons, not the least
among which is her location her soil is
| magnificent one, her territory is well
wa,ered, she has the best OF railroad and
market facilitie', she is settled up by the
best class of Eastern immigrants, the eli
mate is all that could be wished, her towns
are live, prosperous and pushing. She is
receiving large additions TO her population
every day, and those who are coming in are
of that class which has some ready cash to
live on even if the first years crops
shouldn't happen to meet expectations; her
taxes are light and her debts she is abund-
antly able 10 pay. She
HAS GREAT NATURAL ADVANTAGES,
which her neople are utilizing and making
the best Of; che has good society and her
schools are her pride; her churches make
as good a showing in every way 80 any
county 10 the State-in fact, there are sew
eral other reasons for making the remark
with which this article is begun, which can
| be omitted simply because the reasons al
| ready given are sufficient. Clay il one OF
the second tier from the Southern Nebrasks
line, in latitude. about midway between 50
deg. and 40 deg, and is eighty miles or 90
northwest OF the center of population, &C.
| cording to the census of 1873. The county
was organized in 1866, but it is from con
siderably later day than that that her
GREAT DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
can be fixed, for Immediately after organic
alton was not the time when she began her
| rapid progress. From 1870 she went
straight abe ad, increased rapidly in popu-
lation, the vacant farming land was taken
up and improved, money was invested 10
| manufacturer, and from that time to this
| all branches Of trade, all industries and the
farming community prospered beyond the
| most sanguine and enthusiastic expectations
In 1870 the population of the county vss
. 962;; in 1875 it had risen to 600; in 1878
| the census rolls showed 800, while at the
present time, making an estimate upon the
returns made by several of the towns hips,
it is
HARDLY LESS THAN TWELVE THOUSAND.
People are pouring to the county from eve
~ part OF the country, and both farming
and city property are in great demand, al
though both, in eligible locations, can be
obtained at reasonable prices. The surface
of the land of the county lie gently undu-
lating, the soil being q rich, black vegetable
mold. OF the four hundred and thirty-tv
thousand acres In the county, over ninety
per cent. are tillable, none being waste, but
all capable of being utilized. There are
some magnificent grazing sections in this
county, and indeed, considerable attention
is nov being paid to the raising of cattle,
fine breeds not BY any means being neg
lected.
MANY OF THE FARNERe
hsve short-horn herds, and we'll bred cattle
will soon Be the universal rule instead Of, q
u The case = . matter of nsusaity, in every
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