The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-11-09

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from the Cincinnati Enquirer, . letter
from one or NcCune's cillzcnf. and re.
|Qucsls us 70 publish the following ex.
tracts, ~ reply 70 numerous inquiries
made Of him:
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i Nh. EDIToR: Kansas Il large State
land has variety Of climate and coil ID
i are very rich, fertile lands, and very
)Ip0or, rough, stony lands. Asa ruIo The
best lands are aIl taken, and much or the
!etony, broken lands will furnish free pas
'|turasc for the present generation.
\ Among the thousands that throng 10 this
State every year We get some Of the
\ rough. ignorant classes, but the proper
tion Of this class il not 50 great here af
Iin the East. Tho Intelligent. honest,
,Ienergetic, industrious, law-IoviDg and
law-abiding class is largely In the as-
|cendancy, and We have room for and
welcome this class. III this tide or emf
'gration come, also. numerous "Mr
Browns who remains one or two years
and manage 20 get back East and pour
lout their abuse Of the Stale. without Civ
ling any facts.
Plenty 0f men come to Kansas and are
Il failure but most such men were fail.
lure where they came from, and will con-
|tinue failures wherever they "a. Again.
|e0mc who have succeeded East come
here and change their vocation, entering
into business they are ignorant OF, aud
amid surroundings new 70 them but
this class frequently weary along until
they learn, and ultimately succeed
4fr1x< Lnr<< a. ~.
taken pains 70 learn from old settlers the
history Of this locality from the days oil
John brown and Jim Lane 60 the pres
|ent time. have studied the successful
men cf this section, and find that those
who came here eight, ten or twelve years
ago, and remained and worked, are now
AL we'll fixed, many OF them wealthy.
The man who asserts that this State II
mot farming country, and good one.
needs no one 10 Fefute his statements.
for the crop and market reports OF the
country are the best evidence on this
point. Af>er the immense amount Of
corn marketed last year our farmers held
In cribs i've million bushels, and this
years crop will be i've million bushels |
il excess Of last year.
Southeastern Kansas u claimed "a Inc |
beet part o. the State for general acrl
culture, 20 much 90 that Il has been call |
ed "lhe garden spot The soil and cli- I
mate ere such that II produces an abun-
dant crop of corn, oats, wheat. rye. clo-
yer, timothy, &c. also, aIlvegeisblcs are
grown IN this latitude. The land il roll. |
ing and well drnined; no slagnantI
sIoughs, ponds or lakes. In this locali-
~ there 4 good supply Of native ,im-
Der along The Ne0sho RIVER and Light
ming Greek. We have good, pure water.
hard. and an abundance OF good COAL
The climate is mild, bus changeable hiQhI
winds ID epring and fall; good brcczes|
al summer; nights cool and pleasant.
We have no Iow-prjccd lands: land
can b bought IN Illinois or Indiana for|
much less than you can buy land ia this
county. There ere farms for sale all
from SIS 10 so per acre also farms that
would bring 500 per acre, but arc not|
for sale. We have good markets, direct
communication with Kansas City. Mo-. |,
md Memphis, Tenn. We have good |,
schools and church buildings.
Nov, "lfr. Brown take walk over
his town and zee what you think Of en-
erprise. Two years ego Il bad about
hree hundred population and dozen
)Osiness houses; now &c has about one
h0ueand population and over flfty busi-
lcss houses. Il also has steam flou ring
niIls, steam elevators, three church,
two hotels, two banks. &c.
Over 250 houses have been built III the
ct year; elk stone and brick business
louses and . stone livery stable are now
D course OF construction. A coal SHAFT
! being sunk. There e not avacant| s,
l0use IN town, and demand for houses
aster than they can Be built. -Four
eachers aro employed for The winter
cbool.
We have fivc grain dealers, and one oil ,
hem informed me that IN The month OIL I
November last year be bought fifty thou
aud bushels Of corn, while each or the 1
thers got : fair share. Our stock deal
r. are also busy chipping all tho time. 4
their shipments have reached as high as
5000 day. Our business men are !
making moncy-no failures. Tho town.
! far behind tho country. Now. Il will \
3 seen that % build up & trade ccntcrI
|ko this IN 90 short time n . purely 4
gricultural district the land must Be n
God and the farmers prosperous. liz
night add that in the time seven addi- 7
Ions % tho town have been plated, and
early al Of the lots sold. or course, /.
10 have : newspaper; no town Ia Kan \
u a without one. But can not con-
|nuo 20 give details. This season has
cen excellent; the rainfall well dis
ribulod "A through The growing season
2 severe slorms no epidemic amongI .