New Home du lieu suivant : Sterling, Kansas • 3

THE NEW HOME. 1 J. W. GOODSON'S KESIDEXCE, STERLING, HICG COUNTY, A.NSAS. zen, aud as a laud agent, Rick is full of his subject; thorough-going, energetic aud untiring iu his efforts to point out the advantages of this part of the valley to laud-seekers, and no on man has doue more for the development of land knowledge in Rice eounty than Rick." Andy Aklixg.

l)r. J. W. Goodson's Kesiilence. The above cut represents oue of the finest residences iu Kansas.

Dr. J. W. Goodson, the fortunate owner, came to Sterling about five years ao and invested largely in real estate iu Sterling and vicinity. He came from Belle vue, Ohio, where he was accustomed to having everything comfortable and convenient about his home.

He at once set about making Business Interests of Sterling. With a population of 2,000 v.ide-awake enterprising people, and surrounded by a fine (arming community, there is no town ou the line of the A. T. S. F.

west of Emporia that cau excel it in growth and future prosperity. Prominent among its enterprises are the sorghum works of Messrs. Sandys Cree-vy and Clements Eustis. The former works consume daily 200 tons of cane and make a most excellent quality of syrup, aud have iu their emnlov seventy hands." Homes. Do you want a home? If you do, come to Rice couuty, Kansas, where you can buy one cheap.

You can take your choice in pi ice aud improvements. What is the use of remaining iu the east ou rented farms, when you can procure a home of your own for 600 to $1,200 and even less There is uo us1? for any man who has industry and economy as a basis to work from, making a failure here. If you expect to come here and sow or plant your grain with the idea that it will grow itself, you will surely fail, aud Kansas will have another Sorghum Works. The manufacture of syrup and sugar has become two of the leading industries of our city. R.

M. Saudys Co. erected a large stoue building for that purpose in 1882. This year they have added largely to Messrs. Clements though sirfaller 1 enjoy .11 the vantages-fhe had left in howler against herV" But if you come with the.inteutiou to do honest labor for the expected return, you will not be disappointed.

No state in the union offers bet-cer inducements to men of industry than ours. The returns will always equal the outlay of muscle and judicious brain work. Leave the old worn-out clay hills, and try a country where God's sunshine never smiled on more fertile soil. Needed Industries. We desire to say through the columns of the New Home that there is an open-here for two industries that would make the owners an ample return for judicious labor.

We refer to a cheese factory and a woolen mill. There is enough milk goes to waste here, for want of a demand for its consumption, that would make a good busiuess for any one one who would put up a cheese factory. The supply of milk could be made as large as desired. A woolen mill is oue of the industries much needed. There are thousands of sheep in this part of the state, from which the entire crop of wool has gone to Kansas City, for want of a market at home.

It cau be than the other works, daily consume between 100 and 200 tons of cane, and make a fine sample of syrup. Two large elevators on the side track of the railroad are kept busy receiving and loading wheat at this place, and the two city mills of Landis Hollinger and H-L. Millard Co. are running constantly to supply the demand for their excellent brands of flour, in demand both at home and abroad. There are four churches here, besides three other congregations worshipping in halls.

There is a fine, roomy opera Masonic, Odd Fellows, G. A. R. and other society halls, and last, but not least, is the fine school building which would be a credit to a much larger community. Under the management of Prof.

Hamrick and the able corps of assistants, it is the equal of auy school of its size in the state. The merchants of Sterling are all men of high standing for integrity and honest dealing, and are a credit to their calling. Our hotels, the Cottage and Green Mountain," are truly iudeed places of rest and refreshment, aud mine hods Spencer and Goss are gentlemen of wide experience in the hotel business, and are known throughout the Arkansas Valley for their attentive politeness to their guests. In closing, we must speak of our enterprising townsman, John H. Ricksecker, laud agent at this point.

Everybody knows Rick." To know him is to like him, for he possesses those qualities that attract confidence and friendship, and he retains them. Sterling has no better citi Ohio. The result is that now he possesses one of the finest homesteads in Kansas. He has enclosed eighty acres adjoining the east side of the town site. The improvements are as follows: Two story frame residence, 30x40, with cellar kitchen addition, 10x2(5 all covered with a metal roof.

Hani 30x10, painted and rodded wagon shed, corn crib, a cow stable, 20x50. On the place there are a large number of trees, mostly set out by himself, and of a thrifty growth. The grove of forest trees surrounding his' residence will average over forty feet in height. He has one hundred apple trees, some bearing, fifteen pear, twenty-five cherry, twenty -five plum, and about two hundred peach trees most of them bore fruit this seasoa. There is about twelve acres set out in forest trees, 1,200 box elders, 500 Walnut, and the balance cottonwoocl.

The place is enclosed with a good fence, and all the surroundings are of the best kind, substantial and homelike. Besides this place, Dr. Good-son owns 320 acres of excellent farm land, on which he has raised big crops of wheat and corn. He owns the finest business block in Sterling, in which is located Good-sou's Opera house. He is well satisfied with his investments in Rice county, and is now reapiug the reward of his good management and foresight.

their building, aud are consuming 250 tons per day. They are men of large experience in th'b sugar and syrup business, havinn been engaged in the same line iu Louisiana for several years. In addition to their practical experience in this line, they are two of the best chemists in the west, both in theory aud practice. Clements Eustis own thesecoud building, which is frame, but with a capability very little inferior to the Sandy's Co. building.

Iu addition to the main building located here, they have a branch building northeast of the city about six miles, beside several contributory cane mills, which are all run in conjunction with the central mill. The maimer iu which these are worked is as follows The juice is extracted from the cane and then conveyed to the mill in this city, thus saving time and expense to the producers, and proviug equally advantageous to the proprietors. The sequence to the establishment of these manufactories here is that it has added new zest to the industry of farming, aud opened up auother avenue of profit. The result is that thousands of acres of cane are planted this year that will yield the farmer from 2 to 2.50 per ton, making an average per acre of from $25 to $30. Mr.

Saudys says that he sees no reason from the composition of our soil, why as good syrup and sugar, with the proper machinery, cannot be produced here as elsewhere in the country. Now is the time to come to Kausas. bought cheap enough to give the buyer a good margin ou his investment, aud at the same time be advantageous to. our sheep men, who are now compelled to ship to Kansas City, and wait for what returns they may see proper to make them. We should welcome any oue with open arms, who would come here for either or both the purposes above named.

Let us hear from some one who has had experience iu these industries. mi J. If. Ricksechr, Land Agent oj the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad Sterling, Kansas..