Wichita eagle., 1886-08-22
Strong Company Of Capital and In
fuence Building Strong Town.
Rare Inducements for Business Men
and Investment Of Capital of Pres
ent Golden Opportunities
are Grasped.

| Special Cor. to the Daily Eagle.
The growth, development and achieve
ments of Kansas in general, and South
west Kansas in particular, is the wonder of
the world Here the tourist, doubling
Thomas though he may be- finds that sub
stantia cities have sprung up as it were in
day, and individuals whose main stock
in trade is energy and good Judgment, alb
solutely making independent fortunes.
The subject of our sketch is the newest,
biggest and best opening for business or in
vestment that your correspondent has found
in recent ramblcs over large territory.
ingalls,, named in honor of our distin-
guished Kansas senator, is situated in al
most an exact geographical center of Plumb
county, named in honor of our other dis
tinguished Kansas senator. Plumb county
is twenty four by thirty six miles in size,
was originally set off as Gray county, after
wards attached to Ford and Finney coun-
ties for judicial purposes, but there is now
no question but that the old lines, with the
balance of southwest Kansas, will be re-
established at the coming session of the
legislature next winter, under the name of
Plumb county, when ingalls, with her great
prestige boom. growth and central locality,
will have the pole that will be said to pluck
the county seat persimmons. The town
company represent over
ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS.
and is composed OF the Arkansas Valley
Town Co., the company that built all of
the Santa Fe railroad towns, assisted by
such men rs Judge Strang, Senator Rush
Edwards. of Larned, Mayor Webster DR..
Mccartney, Dr. c. w Milton and Dr.. G..
A Milton, of Dodge City, Ed Art, NJ G.
Null and others of Cimarron Kansas. The
names cf these men is sufficient guaranty of
the success. reliability and responsibility of
the Town Co. To demonstrate their conf
dence in the enterprise the Town Co. have
put in a
FREE BRIDGE
across the Arkansas river, one Of the best in
the state, and invested in sufficient sur
rounding lands to the amount of over $25,-
600.
ingalls, is situated on the A, I. & 5. F.
railroad, between Dodge and Garden City,
which points are fifty miles apart on the
banks of the Arkansas river, giving it to
start on unsurpassed railroad and water IA
cilities. a big boon to any city The sur
rounding country is unsurpassed by none
in the west. The soil is deep.
dark and rich sandy loam. well adapted to
the growth of all the cereal, hay. fruit, and
vegetable crops The country is new, hav-
ing received its first settlement boom in the
spring of 1885.
GOOD DECIDED LANDS
Near ingalls, can be secured al from three
TO seven dollars Per acre in any quantity de
sired Claim accomplishments can be pre-
cured al from one to three hundred dollars
each So YOU will observe that here Is the
place for the businez. man, specula.or. far
mer. and stock raiser. Room and induce
ments for all
Ingalls, will have !; vast trade territory,
both north and s3uth. almost unlimited
This has been ycaF & bountiful rains and
big crops, here. while The east has been
burning up with droa,h. The result will
be great immigration boom this fall Civ
ing the Ingalls, hoosn