The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-06
cARRoLLTON, MO.

deed, anywhere in the west present happier
 union of the practical and Ideal than Carroll
 ton. the beautiful and prosperous capital of Carroll county, Missouri. Itis situated sixty.
 Ave miles east of Kansas City in the very gar. den of tho Missouri valley. and from its proud position upon the wooded hills. commands one
 Of the most extended and delightful views in the western country. The broad Missouri
 bottoms. resplendent with the glory of the
 matchless corn and wheat fields, reaches away to the southeast and west like peace. full sea. Beyond this broad eXpanse of low | lying bottoms, winds tho great river. in the | shadows of the picturesque bluns of Saline and Lafayette. To the northwArd roll leagues on leagues of graceful. b.llowy prairie. plated
 with finely cultivated farms and embellished
 with orchards, groves, hedgerows and pretty
 rural homes that give the country the sem blanoe ofA vast and beautiful park. Tn the
 midst of this garden land. bloom, beauty and
 fruitlon, Is the solid, prosperous, advancing city whose 1000 people are solving the prob
 lem of life" under local conditions that larger town might envy. Beyond It's pictur. esque and attractive location, this fortunate city boasts of doEen churches. two daily and
 three weekly newspapers. admirable public
 schools. with two handsome school buildings " N full representation of the leading fraternities. ample and admirable water.works and elee-
 tric light systems; cigar and furniture facto- ries. two foundries, two hourng mills, three grain elevators; a pork paek king house and
 several minor industries, and more than half hundred business houses. with a total
 yearly trade of ss,O1OOoo. The city abounds I in elegant homes and charming drives. fs cm-
 lowered in delightful native groves Of elm. oak. walnut and linden. and with it's superior schools. enjoyable social order. growing trade and industries. costly public works. and three trunk railway lines, has the further fortune of sagacious municipal government, low taxes, | freedom from debt and the highest credit. The | industries already founded are soon to be supplemented with fruit and vegetable can. ming works, a straw paper mill and other mAnu featuring works, and with it's central location. the ample railway facilities afforded by the Wabash, santa Fe and Burlington sys. tems; the near outlying coal fields: the mex
 haustible quarries Of the famous Carroll sand
 stones and the moral and material backing Of one of the richest agricultural counties in the Missouri valley. it is not unlikely to become a great bee hIve of industry with 1000 prosper
 ous and contented people. IL represents a county with 5000 people and 67l square miles of territory as rich as Flemish gArden-A county that has ss.t tOo.OOO of taxable wealth, light taxes and no pubic debt, and ranks the thIrd among the stock growing counties of the common wealth. county that annually grows more corn than the states of Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire. Connecticut, Massachusetts, oregon. Nevada and the terri tories of Arizona. Idaho. Montana and Wash. ington combined, and more wheat than the combined states of New Hampshire, Massa- chusetts, Connecticut and Nev ada, and more oats than Rhode Island. Colorado. Delaware and Wyoming. county with lsO free public schools, an enrolment of $. 500 school children and an inalienable school fund of t00.O00. 4 county whose soils are rich as the African Nile, and whose productive capabilities arc equal to the sustenance of 100000 people. That Carrollton, with such A tributary coun- try and splendid railway system is Q solid, thrifty and growing city never boOms but is always growing. is destined to the grAnder estate of a bright, busy, buoyant, bustling manufacturing city of 10000 souls, is to my
 woman's eyes as clear aud certain as the sun shine and tides. She has a faultless and enYi- able location; a matchless country of magnin- cent resources, and above all a brave, courte- ous and cultivated people whose business. professional and official sentatives, with a single rude exception. reminded me of the chivalrous gentlemen of my own beautiful Virginia, and I forecast for them and the fair city of their creation, a bright future. In one of the genial coming summer days may see and write more of Carrollton, and take occa- sion to thank Mir. Dan R. Brand and the genial editor of the Daily Democrat and the hospita-
 ble and courteous manager of the elegant Hotel Jacobs for kind offices worth remember