The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-03-23
THE UPS AND DOWNS IN WEST
ERN KANSAS TOWNS
Curious HissOry Of KaROPoIis, Center
Of the United States and Once
q Future Great.
From salina Journal.
The tragedy Of a town.

by Jack Ashley Of Ellsworth, who re-
Gently sent the Journal a copy Of the
KanOpoIis Journal, dated Thursday,
July p, 1887. The editor Of the Jour
nal, R. V. Morgan, certainly did his
part in making KanOpolis the cen
ter Of the commercial world His pa
per breathes OF life and every line is a
boost It is well printed and there
are few papers in this part OF the
state that show up better, and there
are mary that are not in the same
class
Others have sent this office copies
Of RanapOlis papers recently. There
is on file here a copy Of the KanapO-
lis Herald published the summer Of
1852, and it is a fair competitor OF
its rival.
The KanopOIis Journal Of July q,
1887, says that beside many other
industries KanOpOIis has wooden
mills, iron factories, carriage works,
-four mills, wholesale houses, banks,
a drug store and an opera house, doc
tors and machine shops.
Nearly all the valuable woods are
found in great abundance in Missouri,
Arkansas and other southern states
connected with KanOpOlis by rail.
KanopOlis is not One-half the distance
from a limitless supply Of walnut,
oak, ash, poplar and all lumber need
ed in the manufacture Of furniture
as is Grand Rapids. Mich, which
owes its prosperity to the furniture
business Grand Rapids buys large
quantities Of it's lumber from south
western Missouri and Arkansas and
is four times as far as KanOpolis from
this lumber region. We want furni
ture factories in KanOpOlis and the
land companies viii give land and ex-
tend other aid to induce them to come
to our city. Furniture can be made
as cheap at KanOpOIis as at any other
place in the union and it will sell for
far more money. The market viii
be the entire state Of Kansas and the
entire west The furniture house that
comes to KanOpOlis viii reap a rich
harvest
What is KanOpOlis- This is a
question which forty years ago might
have been asked Of Chicago. The
answer in reference to the latter
might have been: 1t is a new city,
at the southern extremity Of Lake
Michigan, which in forty years viii
contain a half million Of inhabitants,
and be the metropolis Of the great
northwest. The answer in regard to
RanOpolis may reasonably be- 1t is
the new city founded in the very heart
OF the state of Kansas, and which in
a few years viii surpass all other CT
ties in that mighty commonwealth,
and in the year 1900 viii contain 3d.
900 souls.
Within 100 miles Of Kanopolis
81, 100000 bushels Of wheat and a.
100000 bushels Of corn were raised
in one year, yet some people doubt
the ability Of this section to support
a large city. Such people should ex-
anime statistics and learn that the
city Of Minneapolis, Mimi, used in
1880 only 100000 bushels. Four
times as much wheat was raised with
in 100 miles Of KanOpOlis in one year
as Minneapolis used in the same time.
If One-half OF the wheat and corn
raised within 100 miles Of KanOpO-
lis can be concentrated here a city
OF 100000 people would rise up.
There IS no doubt Of its becoming
in the near future the grandest and
the largest city in Kansas.
There are no shanties in Kano-
polls. Every building is strong and
substantial and we'll built, with its
many handsome business blocks, fac
tories, mills elevators, etc.
TN less than one year KanOpolis
has grown as pOpulOus as Cincinnati
did in eleven years or Cleveland did
in thirty years
The making Of pottery has not yet
commenced owing to delays in mach
inery. The making Of crOckery will
be commenced about August l.
That Ranopolis is the coming city
no one will doubt who has travelled
the state and examined the situation
thoroughly. The superior location Of
Nd
prospects far greater than those Of
any other place in the state KanO-
polls will not wait for years for a
natural increase in population as 9th
er cities have done She is destined
TO be the future metropolis Of the
grandest state in the union and she
intends that the world shall know it
Almost any kind Of q factory can do
well here Factories may do well in
the crowded east, but better in Kan
opOiis. We want them here.
The Kanopolis Brewing company
IS q new industry which has recently
opened The company is doing an
immense business but is not yet
running TO its fun capacity, ass all
the necessary machinery has not ar
rived, but when in good working or
der the capacity OF the plant viii be
above 5000 per day.
"a look at the fine cuts which en-
belIish the pages OF the KanopOlis
Journal ought to convince the most
skeptical that our city has buildings.
Now is the time for purchasing lots
in KanopOlfs, before the new railroad
arrives in September. The Santa Fe
trail. a good wagon road from Mis-
souri, and extending through to New
Mexico, was established in 1925.
"It has recently been discovered
that the region around KanOpolis is
the Eden from which Grandfather
Adam and Grandmother Eve were
driven for fOOling with the good
mans winesaps- The stump OF the
identical tree under which Mrs Adam
was beguiIed is Just south OF the river
in Hamilton county The flaming
sword that guarded the tree Of life
has been stolen by the Indians, but
the fig tree IS there from which Mrs.
Adam manufactured her fashionable
but somewhat scanty wearing apparel
1t is dead now-probably winter kill
ed-buf Ike our fag IL Is stfn there