, 1881-02-08
The Oklahomaites Nothing but
"Tramps on Horseback
Tlc People Of Kansns Opposed 10 Open.
ing tic 1nlian Natlon.
Drought West Of the Tooth Meridian-
Popular Feeling Against Jay Gould.
Anthracite Goal IN The 'Yest-ln lmmenH Corn.
Crop-lfigh rrites for Land.


peka & Santa ii: l,alrOasl In Southern kah-
sas. 1t IL oil tho boundary IF the lndinn
Territory. 1t IL here where Paine AMI his
Dklul,orlattcs llnye been encanlt,ed. Atlozen
of them are encanlpcl here sill. Tile town
Inspires 10 bg tile wickcdcst town IN tlie
world. 1t is ambitious to slirtEass even Lead.
v3i[c in wickcslHess. Tic residents are most
ly saloonkecpcrs, while the tioatng pUpi,!a-
tlon consists Of Texas cowboys, now alni
1',en hungry 1nd!an, and tramps In OK.
carts, Tic buildings are lmtc!s. sAlhD,'s,
tlancc-llo,,ses. tents, and enlgrant-waRons.
In the bagntus n,d dancc-houses nfe inaNy
lcwtl wotnrti, who sell cider for champagne,
md dance with cowboys md rntcllneti. Tile
streets arc dusty, no rain having fallcn l!ere
for three months. ...
THE OKLAHosfA1TEs.
The Oklal,onnites. urc not representative
Kansas n,cll. They are trnt,lps 0n horseback.
Many Of tileln are too lazy and sllifstess even
to tramp u, funt. They don't want 10 sctslo
iii the flulian Nation. or anywhere eIse
They all furgot IL settle before they left
home. Tl,c only piece Of ground they will
ever liflaily settle On will bu graveyard.
Admit tllent into tho Nation to.INnrruw, and
they would tramp right OIL through 1t a1ni
couse out In Texas. Some Of these nch have
bcGn tranping for years. They commenced
trampfng when they left Tennessee in
mute-wagon fifteen years aso. They are
hooking for fnr,ll-cDuntTy where they cnl
raise big crops without work. Illinois wns
too hfgh-priced for them. Fntlsas-wel1, tho
pcople work too hard here. They arc white
Indians. Ii tho Government would only
feed them ns It does tlia Indians, Tiny wnnsd
be III the seventh heaven. They would give
up everything to settle ncar Il free Quarter
masters department. ..
When ns1;rsl MI Oktaho,naitc il lie really
wanted to fnrln 1t down In the Nation, liz
/ said:
"Nu; bnt 1t 'pcars zif white man oughter
| 10 nnyw.ercs he wants to. Ef / wnr down
| thar, I'd stake out farm, ami l,lne by sUme
| iclIcr II come Tong and buy my claim, aud
| then Ill l,loyr OH nE'in.'
| "11nyo sou ever taken up q farm II, tho
Wcs.:" asked.
"Lortianlig!tty, man! yes. Why,
pre'Mpted Il fnrll III kunsns twenty years
ugo, md sold nut to old man Jones, ot To-
ruka. Ilell wcMt West tU Salina. a,ltl sold
| lit unt. Then 'nulher round 1layes City, !
allows, II gets dawn into tlt NHtion that
III commences OH tl!e border sllt! prn,l'Iit nlHi
sell nut flNr furl.Is fore get TO Ttxas. !
alters allows to Keep jes' Allentl Of the G1l'i-
grants, anil sell nut tu them when they comics
III" -
| KANSAS OPPOSES orESfSH Tl'E NATION.
The people ut kHtIsas nre opposed to hny-
tng illc Nation thrown open fgr settlement,
rife go,ul Government land III KANSAS Is
now abunt MI taken up, and tlesr lind Is ad-
yn,,clng IN price, Ihrnw the Nation lnto the
fal,tl-ularkGl, all Kansas lands would nnt nd
yuilcc In price till the last acre Ill the Nation
were picked up.
KANSAS PEOPLE.
There Is prohnhty no penple OH earth SIT.
perior To the settlers In Southeastern kansas.
'fl, people about ottawa, . WelsnEtot', a Mlli.
New England. They. are plucky, TOO; for,
thungl tley have l,ad twn DRY. Seasolls, they
lnse ilo courage or faltls. They believe III
hansus. ,...ep.,,,, ..>.n.e
The hard timrs III kn,,sas l,ayc been. are
md viii bn in tic western portions OF tue
State. Thousands 0f settlers !lava fDoilshly
Eo.le away wcst of thu 1qoth ,lneri'lian
saiI iI for yers lhat II Is foois for ally farulei
III, tn n, wtst Of Eiits. o., tllo Kansas PMciiic
1Juinn Elty. nj ilu Santa Ft: and NDrtl
ais s 's u%IGa j 1'afy fll;,r: AM nd, "'!, l,
mt My0ml these points; uni, beca,ist
tic lntld ,oHls ricIl, tl!ey Viii preI,npt farm
perhaps ST olle good crop. ara then g. ge
:"ssi1, ~ ljuriE u N lie list M SEASON cyeu ii,
pojnts / menti,-EllIs, N0rth llatte, anl
ti"isa ctty--ha,l nnly il,.lf crops, III Eas.erI
| kuNsns iii tn tia meridian OF Tnl}ektl, taf
rr.,s hayn ,,rr,l rnisgtl. The wlloju Stn,t
ue1 jsrls Hitch hciter t!an ii dill list year
Mnncv Is ,,rntirr. hnDo il tnoru buoynnt, ailt
,.nn;l cr',,, lila coming season viii lufkc ,
nnn,m for s hnnsas' @ irr ucot,e uru the Lest
Tia 'I,,,st rultMrrl. tbr bruycst. Of nIly claS
~ nrnt,i,. il, lilo universe.
,I'ho tyintrr.W,rnt trnt, Is III roott condition
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