The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-24

To one who has travelled thousands of miles ln tne territories, the sight presented on Iowa, is truly charming Admit that the Garden of Eden was locA cAted on this con inent. then can trace its location. for nowhere else dences of It's probable loc ltlou as nere in Lyon County. Beautiful praIries. gently m. dulating. regular net work of pTre, rapid numerous varieties of the anny tribe. thickly dotted with farms under e nigh state of ouf tvatlon, each with its beautiful grove of hard And soIt maple. box alder. ash, cotton wood and lAroh, with the hundreds of miles Of well kept willow hedges, all seems to designate lt as the workable Garden of Eden. Alter Co so many successive failures Of crops in the West. and then to sec these evidences of tnrlf. nere tn north western Iowa, was at . los. 70 account Tor the continued emigration to the territories. especially when the proc Pectivc settlers must cross this favored sec ton to reach thetT destination. But upon h. qutry round the key to he found in the fact thst the railways tTaversing g this section have tner terminals tn Dakota, and trains passing q through this much favored region tn the night cellenctes thereof. Let the prospective emigrAnt adopt the motto of the Lyon County Inder. "This shall be your west border, and in our Judgment they will not err. for am told by farmers who have bee n here Tor the past sixtoen years, that in all that time there has never been a failure of crops. from climatic causes. and can readily believe lts Tor notwithstanding the fact, that this ts the third consecutive year of com posite drought. which has afflicted so many other localities so disastrously. the cropa are good, indeed wheat aud corn are excellent, many fields of the former promising as high as tnirg sos nse ,S SnseeIs per acre, wh,e late flax. \ thousand bushelsl was never better. Do not bc m,sled by the willy land agent. or ot hers tS1e,eed eoTptrS m iP .e.,srE given portion of the try, for am convinced alter . thorough In. vestigaiion. that no portion of the great corn ns pet more tnre ot crop than this portion of hay. an abu uda nt yield is as red as is the providence of God. It naturally foilows, then. Una. ms ls not only good grain oountry, but pre- eeminently . stock country as we'll.
 As Lyon county occupies the greatest alti- tude m the state, SO is she over and above her neIghoors in most other things. Rock R pids, her seat of government. is . beautiful little city of some two thous nd hAhitants, situ. ated on Rock river Inyan Rekah). and is sure future. It has eighty places of business. two nrst-ciass banks, two weekly newspapers. wagon and carriage manufactory. cigar fac tory, tow mill, using 0.O 900 tons flax straw per wear, a nrst-clAss creamery. two nne roller nouring mills, two hotels. one, the Lyon house. belrg heated by steam and supplied with electric bells, hot and cold baths-in fact, all the modern con V enlences ofa strictly first class house. three railroads, the C St. F.. M O., B, c. R: N. and the Illinois Central, in the midst of the most beautiful AgTicultu- rAl country. sparsciy settled as yet. though Inown sSs, shc.s % s1 lands. % oo 70 SharmnsiT .i.n ated, eau be purchas cd at fourteen to sixteen dollars per acre.
 On every hand arc 10 be found evidences Of thrift some of the most su be tantial aud beau tifnl buildings to be found anywhere in the west are to be found here. among which might mention the First National Bank build. ing. Hastings & Bradley's new wholesale and retail brick store, the Hathaway block, the Lyon house and the Lyon County Bank block, beautiful three story and basement block. butt of pressed brick. with Bayh sand. atone trimmings, the thiri story of which is to Do occupied by the Masonic order and Knights of PythiAs- Her church and school facilities are unsurpassed by any city of her size in tho west, her citizens courteous aud thrifty her business men obliging and fully awake to the interests of their town. Among those who extend especial oourtesies are Messrs. Miller q Thompson, proprietors of the Lyon County Bank. residents Of the county for sixteen years. with whom Governor Lar rabee is associated as . partner. and Messrs. Pierce & Coe, wko. though busy with their abstracg and loan business. found time te assist