The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28


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Yours In F. G. & L,
K. G. HOPPER.
ALLEN COUNTY.
Ftsn he ''Esasss Book isssed By he Stste iRat-
grsiton Society.
LOCATION: Located In the second
tier of counties from the east line Of
the State and in the fourth tier from
the south line, Allen county ID
one of the most easily access.
ible to visitors from the east Of
any in Kansas. 1t is only four hours
from Kansas City, with which It IL
connected by the Southern Kansas and
the NJ, K, & T. railroads, and but
fourteen hours from st. Louis, over
the Missouri Pacific. while by all three
of these roads 1t has direct connection
with Texas and with the North and
West.
PHYeICAL FEATURES: The great.
er part Of Allen county lies within the
Neosho Valley, conceded to be one Of
the richest in the State. The NeOsho
river flows through the county from
northwest to southeast and receives
within its bounds numerous large trib.
utaries by which the county 10 well
watered. 1t has large proportion OF
bottom land. The banks of the streams
are we'll wooded SO that fuel is abund-
ant and cheap. Away from the streams
the country is gently rolling, present.
ing q beautiful landscape, all but an
Insignificant proportion Of which Is
susceptible of cultivation. The soil on
the uplands is deep and rich. Water
is easily reached every where and there
il hardly q quarter section on which a
stock pond cannot be constructed ai
very slight expense.
v PRoDUcTs: Corn is of course the
great staple, although wheat Ii su0.
cessfully raised In the bottoms. But
all the crops adapted to this latitude,
oats, rye, dax, broom corn, castol
beans, potatoes, etc, -are successfully
raised here. Flax may be mentioned
% specially successful and profitable
crop, averaging last year not less than
IL bushels, and some fields going %
high as 18 bushels per acre. In the
line Of fruits Allen county has . spec
tally proud record, having won the
gold medal for the finest display OF
apples at the New Orleans Exposition
10 1885, and having taken the first
premium at four successive State Fairs
There has never been total failure in
fruit since our orchards were old enough
to bear, and for several years past we
have shipped large surplus to west.
ern markets.
Towns: lola, the county seat, IL sit.
uated at the crossing of the Southern
Kansas and Missouri Pacific railroads.
1t has splendid echools, a diploma
from which entities its holder to ad-
mission to the Freshman class of the
State University, several commodious
churches, and large number Of hand
some residences. The "Iola Carriage
and Omnibus Works" are located here,
aud occupy q capacious building.
There are two large Touring mills and
other smaller manufacturing establish.
ments. Natural gas is now being util-
lied for fuel in private houses, while a
company with large capital are enga&-
ed in drilling additional wells. The
thing that lola moot blanks on, how.
ever, is her marble quarry. It has
been recently discovered that the
whole city is underlaid with an mex
haustible bed Of stone which expert.
enced men, such as Townsend Bros, of
Ohio, and Anderson, of Michigan, pro-
nounce superior in beauty, strength
and durability tn any marble found
elsewhere in the United States. Three
companies have already been organized
to develop these quarries and there IL
every prospect that q great industry
will soon be built up here. Humboldt
and Moran are the other incorporated
cities of. the county, aud both are
pleasant and doufishing towns.
CHEAP LAND: Owing to the fact
that the title to q large body Of land
In the county was in controversy for .
number Of years, Allen county Is not
nearly 30 thickly settled az 1t would
otherwise have been, and farms can
now be bought here at q much lower
price than prevails in other parts of
the State for lands of the eame grade
and similarly located. The contro-
versy alluded to is now happily ended,
purchasers may have no fear but that
their deed will convey q perfect title,
and the result will inevitably be .
rapid advance in prices. Land il low.
er now In Allen county than 1t will
ever be agaiu. It is at least so per
cent lower than 1t will be In Ave
years.
CONE Now while you may etill &C.
quire . home at price that will make
it the most fortunate investment Of
your life.
RENEMDER that 10 comiug to Allen
county you come to . county where 80.
ciety IL already settled, where church.
es and school houses are already built,
where there are railroads, newspapers
veniences of civilization. We can't
fall L. I'll . eln~lo ,,~1o hssk oosvn~