The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-25
RICHEST TOWN IN THE COUNTRY
Cadi4, O., Is Little, wealthy, Contented
and Consequently Happy.
Especial CORRESPOND ence1
5peeial Correspondence. ]

CaciAz, o. Is Little, Wealthy, Contented
and Consequently Happy
Especial Correspondence
PITTsBURG, Dec. Got was a com
the subject of his remarks was the little
town Of Cadiz, O.
There is not another town like it in
the world, - he declared, with enthusi-
assn. Its population is only about
1,SOO, less rather than more, I should
say, but it has four banks with an az
gregate capital Of $500, 600 and a sur
plus of $l75, 600 Mind you, Cadiz is
not a suburb of any big city. 1t is an in
dependent place by itself, not located
on trunk line railroad and reached
from the outside world only by means
of a short line, of which it is one ter
minus, and the only other station is the
other terminus, Cadiz Junction.
1T is years since the place has grown
any, for it Is not a manufacturing town
far from it-and the black, pall-like
clouds Of smoke that hang over so many
western towns are conspicuous there be-
cause Of their absence. In fact, there
may be some falling off in population.
but the Cadiz people do not worry about
that They feel contented in the belief
that they are secure from financial un-
certainty for years to come, for they
say there Is greater per capita wealth
held IL Cadiz than in any other town
in the United States or possibly IN the
world. OF course there are some sum
mer settlements and suburbs no larger
than Cadiz where there is greater wealth
per capita, but 1 doubt if there IS a
place of independent existence where
the Inhabitants are SO uniformly we'll
off. And surely there is no great city
that can show any such general prosper
ity as Cadiz- At least half Of the fami-
lies are rich, and no one is actually poor,
except perhaps some Of the darkies, who
comprise probably One-Quarter Of the
population.
'How did Cadiz come to be so pros
perOus2 Well, the town is located IN the
heart of the best wool producing region
in the United States. So favorable are
the conditions for sheep growing ia that
vicinity that it has always been profit
able there. The Cadizers are cOnserva-
tive, temperate and proud Of their place
and the prominent men they have sent
out into the big world. While I was
there I talked with the landlord of the
hotel a good DEAL and he pointed out TO
me the law Office occupied, when a
young man. by Edwin NJ. Stanton, after
ward Lincoln secretary of war. The
lduu1OIQ also 1I1IJIIu5U me lnab OOuSi5SS-
man John H Bingham was originally
from Cadiz, and that Cy Young and
both the Bill Watsons Gather and SOM
began life within the borders of the
town. I do not know who Cy Young
and the Bill Watsons are, but I did not
tell the landlord SO, and he, mistaking
my look of uncertainty as to their iden-
THY for one Of admiration, no doubt,
wound up his enthusiastic catalogue of
the notabIes Cadiz has furnished to the
world by pointing out two men that had
Just entered.
$ Them fellers, he said proudly,
played in the band with Buffalo Bill
all summer. Cadiz is little, but some of
her folks is in it in most everything
worth while on this footstool. =
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