The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-07

gent and helpless. In this elegant and
spacious dwelling. for years, was
single pauper, who passed his declin-
ing years in comfort and undisturbed
leisure
That Kansas is only at the begin
ming Of her development there can be
no doubt Every day discloses new re
sources that have lain hidden below
son disclOses new possibilities in the
productiveness of her soil. Her $1,000
square miles of territory are capable
of sustaining in comfort a population
Of ten millions Of people Within
twenty-five years the aggregate value
of property within the borders OF the
state viii be quadruple what it is now
and the person who invests now and
holds on viii find that he made the
most favora bic venture OF his Ire
I'm no state is there a higher gen
eraI average of intelligence, and in
no state is there less excuse for be
ing ignorant
proud of the history of the state
and confident of her future, the Kan
san does not ask the prospective citi-
zen to take any ones word for what
Kansas has been, is, or expects to be.
T,af the stranger come and see.
F. D. Coburn has the most elaborate
article on Kansas agriculture Here
are few paragraphs from his intro
Mr.. Coburn's Figures.
kansas. an agricultural empire,
felicitously termed by John J. ingalls,
the navel of the nation. is the heart
of the territory the purchase OF which
is cOnaunernorated by the universal ex-
position in St. Louis, T. 5. A, in this
year Of our Lord 1904 The area OF
the Louisiana province, bought OF Ma
Doleon in 1903 for 5 100000 IS SI5,-
900 square miles over $4,000 square
miles of this now constitute the state
of Kansas, and in a single year, 1901,
on about one-tenth of her entire area,
according to the United States de-
paTtment of agriculture, there was
produced wheat of value sufficient
! to cover nearly four times the original
cost of the whole Louisiana territory,
or sum amounting to S5S,5O0,OOO-
/ This is the value of but one comm o d.
itv and il of secondary importance
among the standard crops of the state,
as the value of the corn yielded IS
generally the chief asset in her agri-
cultural productions
1.-The area that comprises Kansas
cost. approximately S1,s0O,000, and
+ in 1903 alone there were produced on
/ her fertile prairies farm products and
I live stock worth over 1897, 100000, or
more than s26e for each inha bitant-
Since the signing of the treaty
/ transferring the wilderness Of the
+ Louisiana province to the United
States, 100 years ago. this territory
+ has been in less than half that time
/ transformed as if by magic into the
+ most probably productive agricultural
+ domain IN the WOTlQs ana OF THIS
+ Kansas is the garden spot In the
( Louisiana purchase are the states
which lead in agricultural pursuits
and have become famous for the ex-
+ cellence of their immense productions.
f The development of their resources is
un paralleled in the worlds annals,
and among these Kansas stands pre-
/ eminent in performance: yet her past
/ achievements are but a hint of future
+ posi- bilities. as her present record rep
4 resents only the product OF state the
i development of which has scarcely
i more than begun
ssThe statements herein Will doubtless
! come to the attention OF thousands who
know little or perhaps nothing Of. OF
! have at best but vague ideas OF Kansas
name of a e011rtrs district colony or
province, whether nOrass or mountain
+ whether forest or prairie. a land of pro-
+ ductivity or a barren waste.
! To those VINO would, but DO not know,
/ eeefio- Of country 90 miles vide s1S an
a continent-naidway between the Allan
tic and Pacific oceans. and also equidis-
boundaries Of the United states of Amer
lea. between the 9th and 10th parallels
BY some. her age may be better IN
! derstood from the statement that Kan
sas. practically all arabic. fertile land
is some per cent wider in extent thar
{ England. 50 per cent larger than scotland
I % Ter cent larger than ireland, and sever
er Denmark or Switzerland is little more
than a. fourth as large. and the Neither
lands are not one-fourth. that Belgium
has not one-fourth the area, and Cubs
but four-ffths. while the states Of New
York and Indiana or Maine and Ohio
united or All New England. with Della
ware and Maryland for company, eouiC
find resting room on her ample bosom
Their are articles by Prof G. P Grirus
ley IN the mineral resources Of the state
one on education by Prof a s Ollin ans
art ana wonen's clubs BY Mrs c. r. "
DaSsler.
There viii be 1900 copies issued and i
is certainly a very interesting book
Public Bathing Horrors.