Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
GREAT BEND KANSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH g.

home, saving to our own people all the
benefits of home manufacturers and
home markets?
Kansas is connected with the busi-
ness world by half dozen great lines
of railway leading direct to Chicago,
st. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans,
Galveston, Guaymas, San Diego, San
Francisco and Portland. Nearly every
one of her 106 counties is reached by
one or more railroads. All the princi-
pal towns are in direct communication
with the great cities north, east, south
and west with corresponding advanta-
ges as to freight rates.
The educational advantages of the
state are not excelled anywhere. Be
sides our 200 public school buildings
the state university at Lawrence the
state agricultural college at Manhattan
and the state normal school at EN-
poria, at all of which tuition is abso-
lutely free, and there are a dozen or
more private institutions Of learning
scattered about the state. We are fast
working into graded system, reaching
from the country district school to the
the state university.
Taxes in Kansas are based on 333 per
cent. valuation-about that. In 1886
the rate of taxation in Kansas for state
purposes was exceeded by that of seven
other states; it was Al mills on the dol
lar; for all purposes the aggregate rate
was 1858 per cent.
| Kansas laws are liberal. Women
have equal property rights with men in
all respects. What man may do with
property a woman, under like circum-
stances, may do. A homestead of 100
acres of land in the country or one acre
in town is exempt from forced sale eX-
cept for taxes or in foreclosure of
mortgage legally given. A husband
cannot dispose of his wife's interest in
any kind of property without her con-
sent freely given, nor can he cucumber
it without like consent. AS to property
of every description, man and woman
stand exactly equal before the law. A
large amount of personal property is ex-
empt in possession and use of families -
quite sufficient for the convenience of
any ordinary family, and enough to
conduct all the work about farm as
well as in the house. Mechanics have
liens to the value of their work OF ma
terials, in building OF other permanent
improvement, and a laborer's wages for
three months is exempt from attach
ment, garnishment and execution, for
the benefit of his family.
Kansas climate is favorable to all the
vocations of her citizens. A record of
twenty years kept at the state universi-
| ty shows an annual average of 1913 days
more than months-between severe
frOsts; all average rainfall of 34.66 inch
es; 9 days when the mercury fell to or
below zero; an average mean tempera-
ture of 52.93 deg; an average minimum
temperature Of 1875; average maximum
temperature of 1905; an average of 40
hot days-above 80 degrees. The rec
ord of our achievements in agriculture
and stock raising is conclusive that
our soil resources are unsurpassed, and
the proverbial good health of our peo-
pie is proof of genial climate.
Kansas is state with proud, in
dustrious, persevering people who have
builded wiser than they knew, with
half her area yet to be improved, with
a climate and soil well adapted to ag-
riculture in its brOadest sense, includ-
ing all pursuits whose foundations are
the earth and it's products. She extends
a royal welcome to every honest, sober,
industrious person who comes to
cast his lot with us and help us develop
the state to its utmost capacity. We
have everything here needed to build
an empire. Come, help us do the work
and enjoy fruits of profitable labor.
Educational.
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