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REGISTER MNFRS.
United States Register Co, Kansas City, Mo. 651
RENTALS.
Hamilton A & Co, Kansas City .. 551 RESTAURANTS.
Silver Moon Restaurant, Kansas
City,
645
Vienna Cafe The, Kansas City, Mo 135
ROOFERS.
Carey Philip Co The, Kansas City,
Mo
.left top lines
RUBBER STAMP MNFRS.
Alrich A G, Lawrence.
881
Darling J C Co The, Topeka. . .. 1727
Hollway
Stencil
Shop,
Kansas
City, Mo.
141
Liepsner H C & Co, Kansas City, Mo 141
Scotford Stamp and Stationery Co,
Kansas City, Mo ...
142
Topeka Stamp Co, Topeka.
1225
RUBBER AND BELTING.
Kansas City Rubber & Belting Co,
Kansas City, Mo ...
627
RUG MNFRS.
Star Carpet Cleaning and Rug
Mnfg Co, Kansas City, Mo ..... 647
Wyandotte Rug Mnfg and Steam
Carpet
Cieaning
Co,
Kansas
City
1727
SAFE MNFRS.
Lindberg J R, Kansas City, Mo ... 633
Mosler Safe Co The, Kansas City,
Mo
142
SALT MNFRS.
Ellsworth Salt Co, Ellsworth. right bottom lines
SANITARIUMS.
Cole's Dr Sanitarium, Lincoln ....
919
Evergreen Place, Leavenworth ...
right bottom lines
Loan
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KANSAS STATE GAZETTEER.
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Hoch-Wald Ranch Open Air Sana-
torium, Topeka
1191
Missouri
Sanatorium,
Leaven-
.
worth
1732
Ralph B B, Kansas City, Mo .... 1646 SASH DOORS AND BLINDS. Remly Lumber Co, Topeka. left bottom lines SCALE MNFRS.
Kansas City Scale and Supply Co, Kansas City, Mo. ... .left top lines SCENERY MNFRS. Kansas City Scenic Co, Kansas City, Mo. .1757 SCHOOLS-DRAMATIC ART.
Dillenbeck
School
of Oratory,
Physical Culture and Dramatic
. Art, Kansas City, Mo ..
611
Fontaine Martha Maury, Kansas
City, Mo
613
SCHOOLS-PHYSICAL CULTURE.
Dillenbeck
School of
Oratory,
Physical Culture and Dramatic
Art,' Kansas City, Mo ......
...
SCHOOLS OF TELEGRAPHY.
611
Garden School of Telegraphy and
Commercial
College,
Garden
City
415
SCRAP PAPER.
Kansas
City
Waste
Paper
Co,
Kansas City, Mo
1733
SECRET SERVICE.
Kansas
City Investigating
Co.
Kansas City, Mo ...... left top lines
SEEDS.
Mangelsdorf Bros Co, Atchison .. 183 SELF-PLAYING PIPE ORGAN MNFRS. Christmann Alexander, Kansas City, Mo. 609
SHEET METAL WORKERS. Butler H R, Wichita. 1323
Kansas City Cornice Works, Kan-
sas City, Mo.
.. left top lines
Major Bros, Kansas City ..
551
Missouri Boiler Works Co, Kansas
City
549
SHINGLE MNFRS-MICA.
Guy Charles L, Iola ..
126
SHIRT MNFRS.
Pioneer Shirt Co, Wichita.
1317
SHOW CASE MNFRS.
Jackson A R, Kansas City Show Case Works Co, Kansas City Co 1741 Quincy Show Case Works, Wich-
ita 1319
SIGNS.
Fetting Sign & Advertising Co,
Kansas City, Mo ..
613
Kaw Sign and. Mnfg Co, Kansas
City, Mo. . ..
left top lines
Millard A B, Wichita.
.. 1315
Pelchman F C, Kansas City, Mo .. 643
Weeks F G, Kansas City, Mo ..
.. 653
SKYLIGHTS.
Kansas City Cornice Works, Kan-
sas City, Mo.
.left top lines
SMOKE STACK MNFRS.
Topeka Steam Boiler Works, To-
peka
1189
Varney
Heating
and Mnfg
Co,
Leavenworth
opp 892
SOAP MNFRS.
National Soap Co, Leavenworth .. 893 SPRING MNFRS.
Kansas City Furniture & Bedding
Mnfy, Kansas City, Mo ..
587
STATIONERS-MNFG.
Allen Chas C, Kansas City, Mo ... 1396 STATIONERY.
Boyles Fred J, Lawrence.
883
Crane & Co, Topeka ...... top and
bottom lines, backbone and opp
72
Riddle A P, Minneapolis
981
Zercher Book and Stationery Co,
Topeka
1215
STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING. Kansas City Steam & Hot Water Heating Co, Kansas City, Mo .. 589 Malony J T & Co, Garden City. .. 415 STEEL. Jacques Steel Co, Kansas City, Mo .1743 STEEL BRIDGE MNFRS.
American Bridge Co of New York,
Kansas City. Mo.
599
Bartlett Jno L Structural Steel Co,
Kansas City, Mo.
603
Kansas City Structural Steel Co,
Argentine
589
STEREOPTICONS.
Stebbins Chas M, Kansas City, Mo 647
STONE CONTRACTORS-CUT.
Sutermeister A Stone Co, Kansas
. City, Mo ..
127
STONE CUTTERS' TOOLS.
Vogl Tool Co, Kansas City, Mo ... 635
STORAGE.
Hastings
Transfer and Storage
Co, Coffeyville.
293
STORE FIXTURES.
Western Cabinet and Fixture Mfg
Co, Kansas City, Mo.
..
.1461
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STRUCTURAL IRON WORKS. Merwin B E Supply & Construc- tion Co, Kansas City, Mo ...... 635 STRUCTURAL STEEL WORKS. Bartlett Jno L Structural Steel Co, Kansas City, Mo. 603
TAXIDERMISTS.
Kriete Rudolph, Kansas City, Mo. 143 TEAS, COFFEES AND SPICES. American Tea Co, Coffeyville .. 293 TELEGRAPH COLLEGES. Wichita Telegraph College, Wich- ita . .. 1307 TENT AND AWNING MNFRS.
American Tent
Awning
Co,
Kansas City, Mo ..
601
Painter Geo H, Atchison.
185
TILE MNFRS.
Hansen Jeppe, Kansas City, Mo. . 1417 TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON WORKERS.
Eagle Cornice Works, Pittsburg .. 143
Van Dorp Louis, Topeka ..
...
1190
TOILET ARTICLE MNFRS.
Ellisian Manufacturing Co, Kan-
sas City, Mo.
583
TOOL MNFRS.
Pleasanton Foundry and Machine
Co, Pleasanton ..
.137 and 144
Western Drilling Tool and Sup-
ply Co, Chanute ..
259
TRANSFER COMPANIES.
Browning Charles, Stafford .. 1169
Hastings Transfer and Storage Company, Coffeyville. 293
O K Line Carriage and Transfer
Service, Coffeyville.
295
Topeka Transfer and Storage Co,
Topeka
1213
TYPEWRITERS.
Pago
Thompson Will S, Hutchinson.
507
TYPEWRITERS AND TYPEWRITERS'
SUPPLIES.
Typewriter
Exchange,
Kansas
City, Mo.
649
TYPEWRITTEN LETTERS.
Process Letter Co, Topeka, left
bottom lines and.
.1763 .
UMBRELLA MNFRS.
Kansas City Umbrella
Factory,
Kansas City, Mo.
.left top lines
UNDERTAKERS.
Penwell L M, Topeka
1221
UNDERWARE MNFRS.
Steiert & Co, Wichita.
1327
UPHOLSTERERS.
Painter Geo H, Atchison ...
185
VETERINARY COLLEGES.
Kansas City Veterinary College,
Kansas City, Mo ..
right top lines and
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VETERINARY HOSPITALS.
Anthony Veterinary Hospital, An-
thony
103
WALL PAPER.
Muchenberger Bros, Kansas City,
Mo.
637
WALL AND BULLETIN ADVER-
TISING
Fetting Sign
Advertising Co,
Kansas City, Mo.
613
WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING.
Western Oiled Clothing Co, Kan-
sas
City, Mo.
1663
X-RAY THERAPEUTICS.
Barnes Dr Ida Charlotte, Topeka .. 1219
LISTS
ANY BUSINESS ANY LOCALITY
UP-TO-DATE ACCURATE
FURNISHED BY R. L. POLK & CO., DETROIT, MICH. and CHICAGO, ILL.
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KANSAS STATE GAZETTEER.
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS
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HEADQUARTERS, 89 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK ORGANIZED NOVEMBER, 1898
OFFICERS
President, WILSON H. LEE, New Haven
First Vice-President, A. V. WILLIAMS, Cincinnati
Second Vice-President, R. H. DONNELLEY, Chicago Secretary, W. H. BATES, New York Treasurer, J. L. HILI., Richmond, Va.
TRUSTEES
W. H. LEE, New Haven W. H. BATES, New York
WM. E. MURDOCK, Boston A. V. WILLIAMS, Cincinnati
R. L. POLK, Detroit J. L. HILL, Richmond
R. H. DONNELLEY, Chicago E. M. GOULD, St. Louis
W. G. TORCHIANA, Philadelphia
THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE AS FOLLOWS :
FIRST : To improve the directory business by the interchange of ideas, and by the exchange of competent employees.
SECOND: To protect the public against fraudulent adver- tising schemes, operated under the name of directories, and to drive the promoters of such out of the business.
THIRD : To provide permanent and continuous employment for honest and faithful directory canvassers.
FOURTH : For the mutual advancement of the established and prospective interests of all who may become members of the association.
$100 REWARD
The Association of American Directory Publishers will pay the above reward for the arrest and conviction of any one soliciting or collecting money on Fraudulent Directories, pro- vided the conviction results in imprisonment of not less than 6 months. In case of arrest immediately telegraph W. H. Bates, Sec'y, 89 Third Ave., New York.
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R. L. POLK & CO.'S
POLK'S
Real Estate Register OF THE
UNITED STATES AND CANADA
CONTAINS COMPLETE LISTS OF
REAL ESTATE DEALERS
AND ABSTRACTERS OF LAND TITLES
ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY STATES AND CITIES.
SPECIAL LISTS OF
Appraisers of Real Estate Miniog Brokers
Agents for Mineral Lands
Loan Brokers
Agents for Timber Lands
Commissioners of Deeds
Other Bonds
Agents for Farm Lands
Real Estate Lawyers
Investment Brokers
Agents for Pine Lands
Mortgage Bankers
Investment Companies
Land Companies
Mortgage Loans
Architects
AND OTHER ALLIED INTERESTS
DIGEST OF LAWS OF EACH STATE
PERTAINING TO
REAL ESTATE, DEEDS, MORTGAGES, LIENS, EXEMPTIONS, ETC.
FULL DESCRIPTION OF EACH STATE WITH COUNTY OFFICERS, LAND DISTRICTS, ETC.
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers DETROIT, MICHIGAN
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Promoters Dealers in Municipal and
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KANSAS.
The name Kansas is of Indian origin and means "Smoky Water." The State is a part of that great tract of country. purchased by the United States from France in 1803, known as the Louisiana Purchase. Prior to 1854 it was held by various Indian tribes, some native and others which had been removed from the older states. It was organized and opened for set- tlement as a territory by act of Con- press in May, 1854. Kansas came into the Union as a State in January, 1861.
The State lies between 94 degrees 38 minutes and 102 degrees 2 minutes west longitude and 27 degrees and 40 degrees north latitude, rising from an average elevation of about 850 feet above sea level at the eastern end to an altitude of 3,650 feet at the west- ern, averaging seven feet per mile. It constitutes an essential part of the great plains that form the eastern slope of the Rocky, Mountains: Kan- sas is properly spoken of as the cen- tral state, being nearly equal distances from the east and west coasts of the United States as it is from the north and south boundaries. Although gen- tly undulating, the surface is probably best described as rolling prairie and, with its numerous hills and valleys and streams, there is presented a va- ried and pleasing landscape, which in many respects is rarely surpassed in America. The general surface prob- ably is not so uniformly level as is popularly supposed, but there are no mountains, marshes or swamps. The area is 82,144 square miles, extending 400 miles from east to west and 208 miles from north to south. The area is twice as large as that of Ohio and greater than that of all the New Eng- land states combined. with Delaware Maryland added, Pennsylvania and Indiana united or New York and Maine together are less in extent, and England is 40 per cent smaller. The water surface is 384 square miles, leaving a land area of 81,700 square miles, or 52,326,400 acres, practically all arable. The land surface may be divided in general into what are usually known as the "bottoms" or
valleys, the slopes, and beyond and higher, the uplands, all of great fer- tility. The soil ranges from the deep black loam of the limestone land, gen- eral in the eastern half or two-thirds to the sandier formations further west, containing large proportions of decaying vegetable matter, and hence is very productive. Alluvial deposits in the valleys often exceed depths of 20 feet, while their depth of available fertility is not so great, the slopes and uplands in many instances yield nearly as abundantly, and for certain crops are preferred by some.
The climate, as would be expected in such a zone and along such paral- lels, is mild, without either tropic heat or Arctic cold, and is everywhere healthful. The air is dry, invigorat- ing, and wholesome, and, particularly in the higher altitudes of western Kansas is especially beneficial to per- sons with a tendency to pulmonary diseases. The vital statistics of 1905, a typical year, show a death rate per thousand of but 7.5 in Kansas, as against 13 to 23 in more eastern states. It is noteworthy, too, that the largest number of deaths that year occurring between any given period of ages was between 60 and 70 years, an evidence that the salubrious, health-giving cli- mate, together with the wholesome habits of, life of the majority of the people of Kansas make for longevity. Extremes in weather that occur are of short duration, and by far the major- ity of the days are fair and sunny. Owing to its situation the state es- capes the rigors of long northern win- ters and the debilitating and enervat- ing heat of the summers farther south. Some winters have scarcely any se- vere weather. Both summers and winters are several degrees warmer in the southern than in the northern portions of the state. In the former snow quickly disappears, and in the north the temperature is seldom con- tinuously low enough to hold it for more than a few days. The average temperature of the three winter months-December, January and Feb- ruary-for twenty years has been 31
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deg., F .; of the three summer months 74 deg., F., with cool refreshing nights following the warmest days, and the annual average is 53 deg., F.
The State's watershed is formed by a low ridge, or lateral offshoot of the continental divide, extending eastward from Pike's Peak, and divides the .State almost equally, separating the Arkansas and Kansas river systems, which, respectively, water and drain the southern and northern portions of the State. These two main rivers and the Missouri, which forms the natural boundary of the northeast corner, with their tributaries. all belong to the Mis- sissippi system. Aside from these, the more prominent of the Kansas rivers are the Republican, Solomon, Blue, Smoky Hill, Marais des Cygnes (called the Osage in Missouri), Saline, Ne- osho, Verdigris and Cimarron. All are non-navigable, and course through many hundred miles of rich valleys, some of them miles in width and others quite narrow. The timber growth follows the waterways, and every variety known in the western forest is found, including, among others, black walnut, elm, oak, soft and hard maple, sycamore, cottonwood, white ash, hackberry, locust, cherry. and hickory. The eastern part of the State is quite liberally provided with timber, the supply gradually decreas- ing to the westward, where some parts are almost destitute of natural tree growth. Artificial plantings, however, are being constantly made. Owing to the inclination of the land's surface the streams usually have considerable current and furnish valuable water power utilized at ' numerous points. Throughout the State inexhaustible supplies of pure water are available from wells of varying depth. Numer- ous springs also furnish an excellent water supply, and in general it may be said there is no considerable tract in any part of Kansas without streams or sweet wholesome water in springs or spring-fed pools or readily obtainable from wells. Many streams are fed from seeps and living springs, so that they carry never-failing water and a flow is maintained in the dryest years. The western portions of the State, however, are not so abundantly watered, and in the earlier years were considered chiefly adapted for grazing,
but now the immense ranges and pas- tures are being subdivided into farms, and a diversified farming, without irri- gation, is becoming common. The de- velopments there in recent years have attracted large numbers of both in- vestors and settlers, and of the latter class particularly, owing to the vacant government lands that have been available for homestead entry. Those lands not yet entered upon by settlers are mainly west of the one hundredth meridian and there are about 750,000 acres still open for entry.
Kansas is pre-eminently adapted to agriculture, and this, including live stock husbandry, is the state's prin- cipal industry. The rich strong lands produce in luxuriance grains, grasses, vegetables and fruits, and live stock of high quality are reared inexpensively on nearly every farm. The yearly value of farm products is over $225,- 000,000, or about $75,000,000 in excess of the aggregate coining value of all the gold and silver mined annually in the United States. The value of farm products in 1907 was about $250.000,- 000, and with that of the live stock on hand added aggregated $425,000,000.
Kansas has no large supply of tim- ber suitable for manufacturing and no iron; hence its principal manufactures are the conversion of farm products into marketable commodities, such as meat, butter and flour and these are most important and extensive indus- tries. Over one-half of the value of the State's total manufactures, or ap- proximately $100,000,000 per annum, is represented in the animal slaughtering and meat packing business. The re- turns from dairying materially swell the total of animal products, and what is said to be the largest creamery in the world is at Topeka. The output of the flour and grist mills rank second in value among the State's manufac- tures, and in 1905 amounted to more than $42,000,000, over three-fourths of which was represented by wheat flour, for the excellence of which Kansas is famous. The value of bread and bakery products amounts to about $2,000,000 annually. The abundance of natural gas, recently made available, has greatly encouraged many new lines of manufacturing. This is shown markedly in the growth of the glass- making industry, in which Kansas
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seems destined to become famous, if not foremost. In 1900 the State had no glass factories; in 1906 Montgom- ery County alone had seventeen, making window glass, bottles, table and other glassware. Gas is used to great advantage in making glass, and, aside from the unlimited supplies of this fuel, the necessary elements for glass are abundantly available in the gas-bearing territory. Zinc smelting is · another industry that owes a rapid growth to the gas fields in southeast- ern Kansas, to which section zinc smelting is limited. The 1906 output in Kansas of "spelter," by which name the refined product of zinc ore is known, was worth $16,000,000. Other manufactures in the southeastern part of the State that are constantly as- suming larger proportions are cement and brickmaking. Of
the State's minerals the first to attract attention was coal, and its mining has greatly increased in later years, the annual optput now amounting in value to up- ward of $10,000,000. It is bituminous or soft coal and found mostly in the more easterly counties. Like the coal, but seemingly restricted to a more lim- ited area, the oil and gas are in the eastern counties or those south of the Kansas river and east of a line drawn from the western boundary of Douglas County to the southern border of the State, near Arkansas City.
The wonderful development of the immeasurably rich oil and gas-bearing fields scarcely comprehended prior to 1900, already suggest that their prod- ucts are likely to rival in volume the best of those known elsewhere. Car construction and railway repair work employ thousands of people; impor- tant iron foundries are at various points; establishments for the making of woolen goods, automobiles, paper, asphalt and rubber are listed among the state's manufactures. There are many plants, some quite pretentious for making ice; several chemical works are operated, and planing mills, canneries and factories for furniture, tobacco, soap and candles are numer- ous. In the production of salt Kansas ranks third, the annual output being over 2,000,000 barrels. Also, princi- pally in the more central counties, quarries of superior limestone and sandstone for building and other pur-
poses and rock gypsum, are exten- sively worked. Earth gypsum is also found in the same area. The rock and earth gypsums are made into excellent plaster. Limestone, in the eastern counties, for both hydraulic and Port- land cement making, is utilized. There, also, as well as elsewhere, are clays and shales of various sorts and in great abundance. Sand suitable for glassmaking is also found there and much common sand is marketed from the Kansas and Arkansas rivers.
According to the enumeration of in- habitants in 1908 the total population was 1,656,799, the largest in its history.
All but five of the 105 counties have one or more railroads, and, excepting seven, all county seats have one or more. Kansas has about 11,100 miles of railroad. Electric street railways are common in the larger cities and trolley lines connect neighboring towns and extend many miles through the country. The various religious de- nominations are well represented, nu- merically the strongest being the Methodist Episcopal, and have prop- erty probably worth in the aggregate upward of $10,000,000. A high moral tone not only characterizes her citi- zenship, but intelligence is encouraged by liberally providing educational in- stitutions, and for their support and maintenance. Besides high schools in numerous counties and in all the cities of the first and second class, as well as in many of those of the third class, and the many excellent denomina- tional colleges and academies, the State has 8,800 school buildings, many of them of the most modern construc- tion and equipment, with over 12,200 teachers, and the value of school prop- erty is upward of $13,000,000. The school , expenses, including teachers' salaries, amount to over $5,500,000 yearly and the permanent fund ex- ceeds $7,000,000. The State University at Lawrence takes high rank with like institutions in the older states; and the same is true of the State Normal School at Emporia, with a branch at Hays, and a manual training branch at Pittsburg; while the State Agricultural College at Manhattan is claimed to stand, in the matter of attendance, at the head of the list of such colleges in the United States and has a teach- ing staff of eighty. The experiment
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station in connection with the college is doing effective work for the farmers and stockmen of the state, and the branch station, 150 miles further west, at Hays, is becoming potent in agri- cultural advancement in its territory. There is no failure to provide proper charitable and penal institutions. Spe- cial state schools are: The School for the Blind, at Kansas City; the School for the Deaf, at Olathe; the Industrial School for Boys, at Topeka; the In- dustrial School for Girls, at Beloit; the School for Feeble-minded Youth, at Winfield, and the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Atchison, all under the su- pervision of the State Board of Con- trol, which also has charge of the Hospitals for the Insane at Osawa- tomie and Topeka, and the Hospital for Epileptics, at Parsons. For several years the State has made annual ap- propriations for the Western Univer- sity, at Quindaro, and the Industrial and Educational Institute, at Topeka, both exclusively for training youth of the Negro race. The State Peniten- tiary is at Lansing, the State Refor- matory at Hutchinson, and the State Soldiers' Home at Dodge City.
An elaborately equipped National
Home for Disabled . Volunteer Sol- diers, established in 1885, is main- tained ņear Leavenworth by the United States Government, at an an- nual cost of $500,000. It has a reser- vation of over 640 acres, with about 50 buildings, and its present membership is about 4,000.
The country's two most important military stations and army schools are also located in Kansas-Forts Leaven- worth and Riley. Fort Leavenworth was. established in 1827. It is advan- tageously located on the Missouri river north of Leavenworth, and its reserva- tion comprises about 700 acres, with garrison accommodations for 3,000 men, and these comprise every arm of the service. The Army School estab- lished there in 1881 for post graduate courses of subaltern officers, has grown until now recognized as the greatest of all military schools of this or any other country, where the science of war is taught in both a the- oretical and practical manner. It is one of the three brigade posts of the country, and with it a United States military prison is maintained. Fort
Riley is located where the uniting of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers forms the Kansas river. Fort Riley was established in 1852, and has a res- ervation of nearly 20,000 acres. The strength of the garrison is over 2,000 officers and men and there are 160 permanent buildings of native stone. Great significance attaches to Fort Riley as being "The School of Appli- cation for Cavalry and Field Artil- lery," affording instruction to a degree unknown elsewhere for officers, and here also are excellent schools for the enlisted personnel. A federal prison, with a capacity of 1,500 inmates, is located on a site set apart for the pur- pose, in 1896, on the Fort Leavenworth military reservation. Two other im- portant federal government institu- tions are Haskell Institute, a training school for Indians at Lawrence, and a pension agency at Topeka from which $16,000,000 is distributed annually to 114,000 pensioners. The federal gov- ernment has further extended its beneficience in Kansas, and especially to those engaged in agriculture, by providing for free delivery of mail daily to almost every farmstead, and this, the telegraph and public or pri- vate telephone lines in all directions, with other improvements, have ma- terially modified and benefitted the in- dustrial and social conditions of the rural population.
Aside from betterment along these lines, the wholesome environment of Kansas' favorable situation, the mar- velous development in her minerals and manufacturing and the high order of her citizenship, it is upon agricul- ture that Kansas bases her claims to pre-eminence and future wealth, and it may be said in all truth, with no sug- gestion of boastfulness, that Kansas comes nearer producing in abundance most of the necessities of life and more of the luxuries than almost any other of the sisterhood of states. It is the destiny of Kansas to be a great State. Her geographical position, soil, climate, history, the character and energy of her people-everything -- combines to make her great in the Nation and worthy the love of her chil- dren, who have rescued her fruitful soil from the savage and wild beast and caused her valleys to blossom as the rose.
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