The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-04-01
AN ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK


present, therefore. offers an excellent OPP
portunitY for congress to act"
AN ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK.
The indications, So far as our oppor-
tunities for observation have served Us,
and in the light of such intelligence as
we have been able to gain from others,
all point TO a season of more than ordin-
airy promise in Lyon county. NotWith-
standing the almost unprecedented Sc
verify of the winter, the wheat is devel-
oping gratifying evidences of vigor un-
der the auspices Of the more favorable
weaiher Of the past few weeks, and the
prospects for satisfactory crop have
not hsen so good for q number of years.
The livestock men report an unusual
" heathful condition as prevailing
among cattle, hogs and sheep, and pro
noance the past winter one of the best
for feeding ever known in the history of
the county. There have been some
isolated cases where farmers and stock
growers have suffered loss by reason of
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storms of the winter, but these instances
are exceptions to the general rule, and if
they but inculcate lessons Of providence
and forethOught in the future, the expe-
rience will more than compensate for
the present embarrassment, suffered in
the cases referred to.
The earlier fruits have doubtless been
injured, but apples. which, after all, are
the main dependence of the horticultar-
list. have not yet been damaged, and
hopes are entertained of good crop.
In addition to these natural conditions
of prosperity there are other evidences
of a boom in our favored section of
the state, that cannot be mistaken.
The disastrous experience of settlers ia
the frontier counties, have stayed the
tide of emigration which has been wont
to sweep past the productive portions of
Kansas, aliured to her remoter borders
by the Misrepresentation Of interested
corporations, and the very perceptible
manner in which real estate is looking
up in this vicinity, affords cheerful
proof, that the agricultural and grazing
facilities of the country in the vicinity
of Emporia are coming to be duly re-
cognized.
During the winter a considerable
number of well-to-do parties from the
east as we'll as some from Colorado, have
moved into Lyon county with their
hocks and herds, and others are on the
way. The handsome success which has
been attained by many of our prominent
stock men have opened the eyes OF cap
italists seeking investments, to the
boundless treasure which stands confess
ed in the nutritious grass which covers the
limitless range of pasture on every hand.
This, added to climatic conditions
which are, in themselves, almost guar
antee against disease, renders Lyon
county the object of attention that can
not fail to contribute to her material
prosperity.
Aud then, there is the solidity which
is the inevitable result of years of growth
and of accumulation on the part of
those who were the pioneers in the work
of her development. The men who
came to this country twenty years ago
with nothing but brave hearts and strong
hands, have, by patient toll and heroic
endurance, been given to taste Of the
fruit of their endeavors, and the poor
emigrants of a quarter of century ago
have developed into the solid men OF the
county, who, as the years glide by, are
surrounding themselves with more and
more of comfort, and by improving their
farms and identifying their homes, are
promoting all those interests whose
growth is pushing Lyon county to the
front, where she hopes to speedily take
rank with her more prctentious rivals.
We hail all of these gratifying tokens
as being especially significant in their
bearing upon the growth and prosperity
of Emporia, which, as the natural COM
mercial center Of large scope of sur
rounding country, must inevitably par
take of the impetus which has been i'm
parted to its tributary territory. Our citi-
zens may do much to confirm the auspi-
cious omens which seem to herald q
splendid future for our town, and by the
proper employment of local capital, fos-
ter labor, thereby sustaining our present
large population, and invite further &C.
cessions to our census. Let the long-ag-
itated question of establishing manufac-
| turing interests of some sort in this
place be pushed this season to q success
| full termination, and it will be but few
years till Emporia will be entered upon
| the list of first-class cities.