The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-25
LErrER PROM A KANSAS FRIEND

LETTER FROM A KANSAS FRIEND.
"a letter written to the Lititz, Pa, Record by
Miss Sadie Walter, daughter Of 5. E. Walt er.
one of our most prosperous farmers, and pub
hshed by requestO
lola, Kansas, Dec. 20, 1894.
Dear Editor and Eastern Friends:
You will please permit me to state
that we still live in the west. We
had the pleasure of attending Christ
mas entertainments, the same as you
eastern people. The western people
are not like the heather, but as So
ciable and agreeable as the eastern
folks. We have churches in lola,
also high grade schools and numer-
Gus furnishing orders and societies.
lola is at a crossing of two trunk lines
of railway; has two natural gas wells
which yield 1S,OOO,OO0 cubic feet a
day, and is the center of the Kansas
natural gas field. This gas will be
furnished free to any ia Glory that will
locate here. lola is the best place in
the west for the location of enterpris-
es which draw their raw material
from tho farm. If any of you eastern
people would like to have any further
information, write to the secretary of
the Commercial Club. lola has a
fine marble quarry, also quarry of
the finest building stone in the west,
(9S per cent pure carbonate of lime)
and is in operation. The supply Of
stone suitable for the purest white
lime is unlimited.
l believe.it would be to their advan-
tage IL some of the eastern people
would come west and now is the time
to come, not wait few years longer.
The register of deeds has reported
this week in an lola paper that more
land has been sold in Allen county
this year, than for three or four years
previous.
L suppose a great many of you
eastern people think the west is a
wilderness, but let me tell you that
that is not the case; it is prettier
country than the greater part of the
eastern country. Not so much timber
but more level land. The roads arc
very nice all the year round. L wish
you could drive mile of eastern roads
in the winter. then a mile of our west
ern roads. You would then think
you were in paradise. L am sure ifyOu
would come to Kansas and then re-
turn to the east again you would say
the grandest expedition you ever
knew of is ended. A great many east
ern people speak evil about the west.
l know L was told great many things
before 1 came here, but did not find
half as was told. We are happy
to say that we have come west and
experienced all ourselves. We still
receive the RECORD every Mon day
noon, and we can truly say it is COM
fort to the family, and we would not
do without that good paper for three
times the amount it costs,
There are several other crops raised
in Kansas that are not in the east,
such as kiffir corn, sorgum and flax;
other crops are raised same as east,
except tobacco is not raised at all. A
great many eastern families came to
Allen county this fall. 1 would be
please if would be able to say next
spring that some of the eastern people
are ENJOYING Kansas life with us. L
have heard some of the eastern people
say that Kansas is the sun flower
state. No doubt that is the truth,
but it is a real good sign that if sun
flowers grow any thing else will grow
too. The crops have all been abund-
ant this summer.
We have read that some of the peO-
pie who had been west got homesick
and had to 60 east again, and when
they got back said that nothing would
grow in Kansas. That was pretty
good excuse, but if nothing would
grow how could we live? No doubt
the crops are better some years than
9th ers, but there is always enough
here. We would like to see some of
theClay,township folks come here and
try to make lola one of the best cities
in Kansas. 1t is the best place to
come to if you have any idea of COM
ing west to live, which believe would
be to their advantage. We are the
happy western people and roman.
Yours truly, SADIE WALTER.