LEAVEN WORTH

a city of Kansas; | in Leaven worth co. It is on the At chis on, Topeka and Sante Fe, the Burlington Route, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and other railroads, and on the Mi ouri river, 26 miles N.W. of Kansas City. Leaven worth is a large trade center for an extensive farming and mining region. Its industries include the manufacture of flour, syrup, glucose, stoves, machinery, boots and _ shoes, iron bridges, furniture, etc. Its institutions include Mount St. Mary’s Academy, Cushing and |St. John’s hospitals, Kansas State Orphan Asylum, Whittier Library, and State and Federal penitentiaries. Adjoining the city on the north is Fort Leaven worth, where is an infantry and cavalry school and a National cemetery. Pop. 1920, 16,912.