The daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1884, 1884-05-22
SUNNY KANSAS.


EAGLE, we wish to call the attention of its
many readers to the inducements offered to the
immigrant to Wichita and Sedgwick county We
assume il as a fact that the great Arkansas val
ley is favored spot, that nature has showered
her blessings with lavish hand, that our fu-
ture is full of promise, but a word of detail may
be Of interest TO the many contemplating a
move to the West. The visitor will readily see
that in this and the adjoining counties we have
the largest body Of bottom or valley land in the
west, and it may be said that ii is not valley
hclged in by precipitous cliffs, making large
percentage of waste land but the margin is
only marked by gradual slope, every acre of
which may be titled proltably. Our soil is a
rich sandy loan, well adapted TO a great varie-
ty of crops The sub-soil is a deep deposit Of
sand, aiIoriing a free passage Of water from
the river, and by constant evaporation nourish-
es the crop during the dryest season. The visi-
tor to our Forest City, will see the effect OF
this by the freshness and vigorous growth of
trees and vegetation, even in mid summer.
To attempt n showing of statistics, or our
products of late years is not our purpose,
though il may be of interest to know that the
Assessor report for the year lsS3 shows re-
turn of so, go bushels of corn raised in Sedge-
wick county alone, from which it will be seen
that the IL, 900 bushels donated to the sufferers
from the Ohio food was but a drop from the
bucket. The crop of wheat, oats and other
grain, the number of cattle, sheep and hogs
shipped during the year were each in proper
ton to the corn product The rich, nutritious
grasses, the mild winters and short feeding
season, afford peculiar advantages to the stock
raiser, and the story of our success in this
branch Of industry has spread beyond the lin
its ofour State. Last year we negotiated the sale
of 100 acres Of land in the western part of the
county to parties from Buffalo, n. Y, to be
known the 'Jewett horse farm The pur-
pose is TO breed and raise thoroughbred horses,
and the location was selected particularly with
reference to all the necessary conditions, after
having visited many portions of the west in
search of a location. Men may theorize and
speculate, but the investment of money tells.
For every variety of fruit suited to the eli
mate, there seems to be but one condition to a
sure crop-the planting of trees. Our farmers
and fruit growers are already realizing large
profits from this crop, which will increase with
the growth of orchards. Our grand exhibit at
the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in
80 will long be remembered by the thousands
who there learned with wonder what we had
achieved in the way of fruit raising.
The growth of our city within the last few
years has been phenomenal. From the trackless
prairie ofl2 years ago she has bloomed into city
of as many thousand Inhabitants. From the
building of gas and water works, street rail-
way, and, by actual count, 573 new houses last
year it may he inferred that our condition to
say the least, is healthy. With our six banks,
with an aggregate capital of over $500, 900, our
five OF six nourshing newspapers, to which we
can now welcome the DAILY EAGLE, with the
associate press dispatches, our five railroad
lines, our supremacy in size and thrift to all
points, we may claim for Wichita
a rapid growth for years to come. Our geo.
graphical position is sufficiently remote from
larger cities to make it available distribute |
ing point This condition is duly attested by |
the building of rival lines of railroad, giving us
the advantage of competition in freights, and
as naturally results follow causes our mer- |
chants are turning their attention to the job
bling trade, the first venture of the kind being |
a wholesale grocery house, with a capital of
800 900 The field is yet unoccupied in many
branches of trade A pork packing house, a |
wooden factory, starch works and a canning
factory, are few Of the things greatly needed. |
ne material anu tue market are mere SiVc Dy |
side strikingly illustrated in the folly of ship
ping the live hog to Kansas City or Chicago to
be killed and returned to us in the form of fan
cy brands of hams and breakfast bacon at still |
more fancy prices to the consumer In addition
10 our home market we may always depend on
a ready sale for our surplus to our neighbors in
the non-producing regions of the Rocky noun
tains, saying nothing of the great markets fur
Their east. In the money ccnters of the country
there are millions of unemployed capital which
might find safe and profitable employment in
our young and growing state. New industries
are springing up on every hand; our cities and
towns are growing; the product of the field and
farm are increasing; values are tending upward,
backed by the productions of the country, and
the bone and tissue and energy OF the people, for
tunes have been made in the legitimate increase
Of values, and with the impetus now moving
is there are fine opportunities for quick returns
10 money properly invested.
From our partial list, which is but an index
purchaser can be suited in any class Of real es-
.ate Improved farms and wild lands, stock
ranches and city property can be shown in great
variety. Any Information sought with view
% purchases in our section, will be cheerfully
given, and a circular containing map of
sedgwick county, with an extended list of
property will be mailed on application to
n r. NIEpERLANpER, Wichita, Kansas.