The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-03-21

III tueSe mitiS 10 mnr-
keted Ia the East and Texas. The
city has perhaps the best system OF
water works in the state outside the
cities Of ST. Louis and Kansas City.
The system was completed about six
years ago at a cost of $l49, 200.
The water is drawn from the Missouri
and is filtered and when used has been
settled and so cleared that all trace
of sand has been removed. The city
is also well supplied with an excel.
lently organized fire department.
The pressure from the water tower
enables the city to fight fires without
engines, a stream can be thrown one
hundred feet and over by the tower
and direct pressure from the water
works.
The government of the United
States has recently improved the river
and narrowed the channel so that
navigation is very much improved
which gives Jefferson City the Mis-
souri, river as a competitive freight
point. The amount expended on the
river here recently is over $500, 900.
The government has also recently
appropriated 5000 900 for locks and
dams on the Usage twelve miles east
of Jefferson City, which will add to
the material wealth and prosperity of
the farming country surrounding the
city.
Cole county has n population of
about $4,000. 1t has an area of
POO, 900 acres. The taxable wealth
of the county is 81, 900 900 and the
rate of taxation for county, school,
and other purposes is a little over
one mill. The county and city are
we'll supplied with churches every
denomination being represented .
The Catholics, Baptists, L~utherans,
Methodists, and Presbyterians all
have magnificent church buildings.
The principal crops raised in the
county are wheat, corn and oats.
Quite n large number of cattle, hogs
and mules are also marketed. The
soil produces most excellent quality
of wheat in fact, it can not be sur
passed by any other county in the
state, it yields from twenty five TO
thirty.two bushels per acre. TIE
uplands produce fine blue grass for
grazing purposes. 1t is the home
of the blue grass. The county also
has an excellent reputation for fruits
such as apples, peaches, pears etc.
The NJ issouri runs along the entire
length of the county. The Usage one
OF the most beautiful and romantic
streams IN the county, sweeps along
1t on the east for forty miles. The
bottom lands are the most productive
in the world regardless Of seasons,
tile crop never falls. There is also
an abundance Of hard timber through
out the county consisting of walnut,
oak, hickory etc.
Portions of the county are iulaid
coal, lead and zinc. A few
coal mines havs ben worked with
profit, but the coal and zinc mines
are practically undeveloped. In the
county there are several prosperous
villages, Ccntretown being probably
lie largest. The others are Russell
vile, Hickory Hill, Brszilo, Decatur.
Usage City, Usage Bluff
Marion, St. Thomas, Teal and Lob.
man. All persons seeking homes and
sho desire to cast iheir lot With an
Industrious, thrifty people, in n de.
locality, where are 10 be
'ound as many Of the 81. menls OF
wealth, prosperity and health
elsewhere in lhis country.
Ind who desire to invest their
in property that will doubly
Increase in value, are cordially in.
viisd to visit Jefferson Citv and roIa