The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-29
WICHITA GLINBS UP
Will Soon Be Largest City in
the State.
MORE CITES IN KANSAS
Interesting Figures Returned
by Secretary of Agriculture.

Topeka, Kan, August 2S.-Kansas has
ia cities and towns with 100 inhabitants
OF more, according to compilation Of
the assessors and county clerks official
returns for 1902 just completed by the
state Board Of Agriculture. as against III
belonging to such list last year. Seventy
three municipalities have gained 2o934.
Wichita reporting the largest increase,
1851, while 81 others lost 6.ll4, and four
made no returns. Oberlin. Hanover. Alma
and PIeasanton have fallen below the 1000
mark. Goodland, Downs and Lyndon have
again entered the list, and ST. John. with
a gain Of lao; La Harpe, S35; Hoisington,
$50. and Troy, 81, have been added. Nine
cities having 1,000 population or more ag-
gregate 207.3O7 inhabitants, or 1415 per
cent Of the states total. The relative
rank Of the eleven cities leading in popu-
lation remains the same as one year ago,
except Fort Scott goes from eighth to
seventh, changing places with Lawrence.
lola now precedes Arkansas City, Otta-
wa and Galeua, the latter dropping from
twelfth 10 eighteenth place. Salina ad-
vances from sixteenth 10 fourteenth place.
Newton eighteenth to sixteenth, Cofey-
vile twenty-drst to nineteenth, Afanhat-
tan tweuty-seventh TO twenty-sixth. Os-
sawatomie goes from thirty-sixth to
twenty-ninth place. Cherryvale thirty
third 10 thirtieth, Clay Center thirty-fifth
10 thirty-third, Great Bend forty-sixth to
forty second. Some of the other cities
that have shifted their rank are Council
Grove. which rises above Columbus and
Girard; Dodge City, from forty-ninth TO
forty-third place, Caldwell hfty-fourth TO
ffty-first, Harrington ffty-seventh to fifty
second. Neodesha ffty-ninth TO fifty-fifth.
Sabetha passes from seventy-eighth TO
sixty-ffth place, Scammon seventy-sec-
ond to siXty-siXth, Hays seventy-ffth to
sixty-eighth Ellis one hundred and sec
and to seventy-ninth Caney ninety-ffth
to seventy-ffth, Anthony eighty-eighth TO
seventy-third. Blue Rapids now ranks
instead of one hundred and
eighth. Lincoln eighty-fourth instead of
ninety-third. Harper eighty-hrst instead
of ninety-second Norton eighty-hfth in
stead of ninetieth. Horton gained in pop
ulatiOn vet fell down in rank as did Che
topa.' Garrett. Sterling, Seneca, Minneap-
oils. Arkansas City and st. Paul. Hia-
watha and Russell lost in population. but
advanced in rank, the latter three points
Rosedale advances two places in rank this
year, with last years figures. Chanute,
Winfield. Mcpherson, Junction City, Con-
cordia and Smith Center each gained in
the number of their inhabitants. but re-
main unchanged as TO rsnk. Wellington,
Abilene. ottawa and F'redonia lost in pop
ulauon. but retained the same rank as
one year ago. Valley Falls dropped from
TO eighty-eighth place, St
Marys eighty-ffth TO one hundred and
second, Oskaloosa eighty-fourth TO nine
ty-third. Beloit forty-ffth to forty-sev-
onth, Peabody seventeen to eighty-sec-
ond. Empire siXty-ninth to eighty-sev-
enth, Girard forty-first to forty-fourth
Columbus forty-sec0nd to forty-sixth. Ell
Dorado fails down from twenty-ninth to
Holton thirty-second to thir-
ty-ffth, Olathe thirtieth to thirty second.
Paola thirty-frst TO thirty-sixth. Argen-
tine is twentieth instead of nineteenth.
Weir City thirty-ninth instead of thirty
seventh. Burlington forty-ffth instead of
forty-fourth and Sterling ifty-fourth in
stead of hfty-second.
The following table gives the cities and
towns in Kansas having 600 or more in
habtants March ]. 1902, in the order of
t--eir rank and the population of each.
together with its gain or loss: