The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16

or,Ie of empIoyment the solid farm 1T element that is behind Kansas Cfty's prosperity mas so sustained trade that not a single com mercial failure has come that can De at- tributed to the unprecedented conditions that have convilsed the nation during the past summer.
 'tUnrivaled growth in the past, stability in the present, and the brightest outlook for the future invite the serious consideration of all who are looking for an investing point"
 This much for Kansas City as a point of consideration for investors. What we look to to-day Is Kansas City as a point for the consideration of dealers who de- sire a place where they get the best and quickest returns from their orders for goods. As wholesale center this city of- fers such advantages to the small retailer or the jcbber in smaller cities as cannot be equaled by any of the Eastern cities
 which are asking for consideration. There
 is nothing that may be desired that can | not be furnished by the wholesale houses | of Kansas City, and there is no better SUD-
 ply depot taking all things into considera-
 tion, than the Gate City of the Great West.
 Well Built and Beautiful.
 Kansas City is a large and well built l city which has outgrown the nebulous, ill.,
 balanced conditions of its village days.
 and has now become orderly, cohesive
 municipality, where street after street is
 lined with lofty, handsome whole
 sale business blocks, indicative of
 the dignified and substantial char
 acter of a commercial center which
 realizes the important place it fills in the
 life of the nation, and is prepared to wear with honor any responsibility that may pc thrust upon it. The large, well lighted
 retail store buildings, possessing consider ] able architectural beauty, testify in unnis- fO nal existence and one which is in perfect ! harmony with the city as prosperous
 whole. Other evidence of the materia
 wealth of the city Is found in the many factories. where busy mechanics are en- . gagged in fashioning objects of utility anc : beauty from the raw material furnished os
 field forest or mine. Mammoth structures . devoted exclusively to offices, and the hur = ried throngs passing in and out the stree = entrances betoken population Of indus , trious people manfully performing the com = Dlex duties of the modern business world. 2 Handsome residences by ths hundred = and thousands face the many miles Q . hsautifuI streets and boulevarded avenue :. for which Kansas City is famous ant 7 sIimnses of luxurious interiors prove tha
 tha successful efforts of the working hour " hear glorious fruit in happy homes wher
 relaxation is made pleasant and the ton ' ers are surrounded by those comforts whic
 x,tnister to mans eSthetlc nature ald eIn u ,-asize the truth that there Is a certai n nn Charm and beauty in living. The thorough se lv equipped school buildings, scattered her 's and there through the resident districts D. are stone and brick monuments of tn lg ait,,,s appreciation of intellectual attain Y. eynts and the educational advantage " ,,inn if possesses After viewing tn le nhhooIs the reasons for Kansas Citys hig in standine in the honor list of educa tioni ,d n1ers are apparent The elegant and al - Sfranrtate temples of worship that aboun ae Pr Pa Every side point with their spires tn k aorai that the people are not absorbed CT in t1ral, in the acquisition of material wealtl in sh evidences of which are to be see .. s.ervwhere but in the midst of prosperii W WNo tney remember the hand from which flow st sny nsyv aood and perfect gift and that the
 r,ftixafe their spiritual natures as well do sta tntsIlectual and physical.
 rrhara ia no more beautiful city in il ss world The rugged picturesqueness of u ne htness oo which she is built contrast wi of tha dreamy expanse of Kansas prairies e ed tnnaing westward while to the east, nor Q S south lie the fertile Missouri valle.
 Sn,ed fhe world over for their productiv
 as From the bluffs to the north al to msst are unsurpassed views of scenery tn of- ehant fine eye and bring to mind q Iae rroahecv of the great statesman Stan '4" popon pi ,he bluff across the Kaw in Kans 'o- S rsSSy Kas and looking eastward over t lar vgfda expanse of the bottoms the spectac ip- "a as wonderful as 1t is oeautitui. II pm rnediately below the preciptous piuH-7