The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-07-26

Allen county is in the second tiel
of counties from the east line of the
State and in the third tier from the
south line. 1t is therefore safely
within lie Iainhcli and crops are just
Is cUt...iu .ere as they are in any o.
the central or eastern States. There
has never been total failure here
and taking one year with another the
returns from the farms have been
such that the men who own and oc-
cupy them, although coming here
poor almost without exception, are
now in comfortable circumstances,
with good houses and barns, plenty
of stock and an assured competence.
| Oflate years the orchards of Allen
county have been the source of very
considerable income, as this has prov
en- to be one of the finest of fruit
countries. Allen county apples took
the gold medal at the New Orleans
Exposition in 1855, and our fruit grow
ers have taken innumerable premiums
at Kansas and Missouri fairs. Small
fruits are no less successful than the
larger varieties. One truck farmer
near lola cleared over $500 from an
acre of strawberries. This year we
have fine crops of peaches and apples,
and large evaporator is being erect
ed at lola To furnish market for the
surplus.
Allen county is within easy reach
of all the great western markets.
five hours from Kansas City, sixteen
hours from st. Louis, twenty-fOur
hours from Chicago. Three compet-
ing lines of railroad, the Santa Fe,
the Mo. Pac., and the NJ. X. d T., run
frequent trains 10 each of these points
and bring daily mails to every post
office in the county.
Since my last price list was printed
additional wells of natural gas have
been opened at lola, and the town
now has daily production Of twenty
million cubic feet of gas, equivalent in
heating power to 1000 tons of coal.
This gas is piped all over the town
aud is used to heat and light business
houses and dwellings, thus furnish
ing the people with the most conven-
lent and the cheapest fuel in the
world. The town is a delightful
place of residence, having splendid
schools, prosperous churches, enter
prising business men, and cultivated
and progressive people. AS a place
to engage in a manufacturing enter
prise of any kind, lola Offers an in
ducement of prosperous surtOund-
ing country, competing railroads,
and practically free fuel, while as a
place to live and bring up a family it
is uneXcelled.
The following are only few of the
many pieces of property that we have
on our list for sale or exchange. The
most satisfactory way TO trade, of
course is by personal inspection, and
so we are always glad to receive visi-
tors and show them the property they
are thinking of buying. But cores
p 'ndence is solicited and all letters of
inquiry about the country generally
or about any particular piece of prop
erty will be promptly answered. Adj
dress as above.
No. A.-S30,O0 to S35, 900 stock ofgen-
eral merchandise. One half cash,
balance land or good rental city prop
erty. All good goods now on shelves
and doing COED business. Write us.
FOR EXCHANGE-GRocE STOCK.
No. B.-We have a nice little GRO
Gerry stock of about $500 tn $4,000 10
exchange for a good small farm;
stock nearly new and all first class;
would like nice so. acre farm. Send
me full description of it in first let
ter and save time and postage.
FOR EXCHANGE-FARM.
No. CA nice 160-acre farm, II
miles from nice town on railroad,
Allen county, Kansas; all fenced and
cross-fenced; 100 acres in cultivation;
40 acres pasture; good house; large
orchard; plenty of water; barn, cat
tie lots, pens, etc.; all clear, limestone
coil good. Want nice small farm in
Missouri or Illinois, not too far from
town. Send us a full description of
what you have to offer.
FOR EXCHANGED FINE PROPERTY.
No. D.-The best chance for a can
ming factory, hOminy and starch fac
tory ever offered. 1t is located at a
county seat in Eastern Kansas, city
of about 1000 population, two rail-
roads one running north and south,
the other east and west, city is sur
rounded by the best farming land in
the State, large amount of it being
bottom land. The building is large |
stone structure. The main building |
is fifty by $50 feet, two stories, five |
rooms and office below, and six rooms |
above; also engine and boiler room 80 |
by 40 feet, all complete and in good |
condition. There are also walls I
built and ready for roofing for room /
40 by 200 feet, one story; there is also |
a fine brick smoke stack about 100 feet |
high. A fine nearly new 40-horse |
power engine and 50-hOrse power
boiler, and IL acres of land go with
the building; plenty of never failing |
water; price of building. land, engine
and boiler, all complete and in good
running order, SIS, 090; clear of en-
will exchange for real es-
tate or city property; raw or timber
land preferred; must be free of encum-
brance.
About 5000 worth of the finest kind
Of machinery, NEARLY new) for manu-