Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1890-04-17
NUMBER u.
GyQEd Old Missouri.

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Interpolation was sparse and seat
tered, with very few settlement
away from the rivers. To-day, Mis-
souri, is IN population the fifth stat
of the union.
With territorial area of 65, ,35
square miles, the population of th
state was in 1921, only 1861, ant
is now 2 2,500,O 900. In 1921, ther,
was not mandatory of any sor
within the state limits, and in 1880
there were S,O92 establishments
with an invested capital Cf sl65,
387, ,3O5.
In 1860, the true value of proper.
ty including slaves, was s137 ,2l7,,
707, and in 1880, 81 $50, 100000.
In 1852, the first mile of railroad
was built in the state, and in 1886,
there were 5,0S8 miles In operation,
with an assessed valuation of S45,-
SO,725,64.
Nothing can so well illustrate the
vast resources and great prosperity
of Missouri as the credit of the state
with capitalists, a class proverbially
cautious and circumspect.
On January 10, 1886, Missouri
bonds bearing 3 II per cent. inter-
est. and amounting to $3.50, 900, sold
for 1862 ,538, or at a premium Of
$12 ,538, and on August 18th, bonds
of the same description, amounting
to 500, 900, sold for $719, ,223, or at
premium of $19,223.
The entire bonded debt of the
state was on January l, 1888, 3d.
974, 200, and without increasing the
present rate of taxation, which
amounts to thirty cents On the hun
dred dollars, this Indebtedness will
be extlnguished in the next eight
years.
If the advance in material wealth
has been rapid, that of education
has been equally wonderful.
The amount arising from various
souEces and dedicated to- -schooL pyr-.
poses is SO, ,561; ;95i .20s whfch- does
not include the state university fund
of s52f,095.08, or the sums given
bIennially to support the three state
normal schools. and the Lincoln in
stItute at the capital for the educa-
ton of colored teachers, the last ap-
preparation for these institutions be-
ing $4,000.
One-third of Il state revenue
lax is annually applied to common
schools, the last apportionment being
800, 100 from this source alone.
1t Will thus be seen that ample
provision has been made for free ed
Ication 10 all the children of the
both white and col
bred.
Situated in the center of the tenn
,erate zone, with ell the predictions
necessary to the support and COM
'ort of human life, Missouri has GER
,ainly no superior and possibly no
'qual amongst the states of the
Inlon in the elements Of material
wealth.
That portion of the. state lying
north of the Missouri river is rolling
prairie, well watered, with fiue tim
Der, and unsurpassed for the pro-
iuctIon of corn, wheat, oats, rye,
obacco and all the grasses and
fruits of the temperate region.
South of the Missouri river can be
'aised in great abundance the cereals
md fruits already named, and iE the
southeastern part of the state cotton
9 cultivated.
Southwest Missouri can be excel
ID nowhere for grazing purposes,
md has q mild, equab!e elm ate,
With no extreme temperature either
n winter or summer.
In both Southwest and Southeast
there are immense depos
It's of zinc, copper, cobalt, nlckle
and maganese.
Lead IS abundant in many locaiT-
ties, but especially IN Jasper and
st. Francois counties, one mine ia
The latter county producing every
twcnty-four hours, with absolute
certainty, one thousand pigs OF Lead
eighty-two pounds each.
The celebrated Iron mountain is
but tine sentinel of the Ozark range,
whose InexhaustIbIe Ho1 deposits
can supply the world.
Fine building stone, granite of the
best quality, every variety of clay
and sand for the manufactu re of
glass, with vast coal fields covering
twenty-five thousand square miles of
territory, are found in Missouri.
Oak, walnut, sycamore, cypress,
ash, hickory and cedar timber is
very abundant, whilst the rain fall
is about thirty-two inches, and the