Wichita eagle., 1886-09-21
BEAVER CITY-NEUTRAL LANDS.

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
On pleasant eve last January l
turned my face westward, reluctantly leav-
ing your busy streets, bound for this place,
and knowing as do that there are many
readers of the EAGLE that would be inter
ested in knowing how we have Jared in this
country, respectfully ask space in your
columns to state few facts, the result Of
six months experience in no mans land.
Arriving, as we did, in advance of the
emigration, all we found was the small,
DOLBY storehouse and dwellings of Lane and
Durley, and $1,000 head of cattle grazing
on this valley, and for month or more it
was dull and monotonous; but times have
greatly changed since them, and where but
two buildings could be counted on March
1st, there are now fully sixty, and a popu-
lation of about 200 bona tide residents of
industrious, orderly people. Although the
only community of same size on earth that
is absolutely without law, we can say,
that so fan we have no use for it, as far as
furnishing crime is concerned. Not a broil
nor lawless act has been committed in our
town that would have caused action before
a Justice of the peace Mems word can be
depended upon here in matters of business
and it is by far the most satisfactory place
to do business that | have ever found as
the bills are large and always ready pay.
We have two general supply stores, two
lumber yards, two good hotels, two res
taurants, one livery stable, one blacksmith
shop, one wagon shop, two barber shops,
and four saloons, a school house and church
building combined is to be built an once.
l have Travelled nearly all over the CONT
nant of North America and can say truth
fully and candidly that never have seen
better farming country. | have harvested
eight hundred dollars worth Of produce
from less than $50 acres One man MIR.
Dow, living four miles east of this town
has raised 5000 pounds of onions on ground
broken in February. l have weighed
watermelons that weighed Sc pounds,
Sod corn that will make so bushels to the
acre is common. Millett four tons per
acre. With such results can we not safely
count on greater results from these lands
when properly subdued We have fine
corn We had many good rains that did
not reach the Arkansas Valley. When you
see it lightning in the southwest you can
generally conclude that we are getting
rain. magnificent showers that may
reach YOU and may not, the big end of
which we resume to ourselves, it is well
known fact that the rain fail of the Beaver
valley is greater than any other valleys.
either north or south Of us for 200 miles.
To all parties starting this way with the
intention of visiting the strip, do not stop
until YOU get here and sec this country, do
not listen to people that are interested in
settling up other localities. Come here
where wood and water is plenty and soil
that beats the world Millions of acres
that are vacant We expect to have the
land Office early in next year. when the
homestead, pre-emption and timber claim
acts, will all extend to these lands The
two latter probably only for a short time,
as they will doubtless be repealed late in
the next session Of congress. To those
wishing first class locations we would ad
wise to come this fall and make their Selcc-
tons, and do the amount of work required
by our local customs to hold them until the
land office is established. which is simple
and not expensive, enough to show good
faith, for instance, five acres of breaking or
It's equivalent in fencing or building. We
have no use here for busted boomers, but
10 the man who has u good team and a lit
tie ready money, We say come. Such can
easily get along and make home that will
soon be worth as much money as they are
in any country. WM. WADDLE.