Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-14


mans occupation is gone.
The writer found some of the finest
stretches of prairie land on the route
from Scott to Leoti that can be found
in the west. The soil is deep and
consists of light-laying, black ,oam, on
which the short, thick buffalo grass
covers every foot. Some times it APP
peared that the Traveller was in wide
valley, and as each swell was reached,
almost unpercieved, another would
be reached, stretching as far as the
eve could reach. The writer reached
Leoti after trave ing over this stretch
of beautiful country in tract of land
that is undoubtedly without a coun-
terpari. Two antelopes passed near
our party, skipping lightly along IN
long shot range, just as we Deared the
town, and it seemed that civilization
and wildness mingled together rs two
types that will soon separate.
Leoti was laid out few months
since, and now has perhaps one hun
dred residents, including adjoining
settlers of a few miles. Ii has good
hotel built by the town company; a
printing office, in which Mr.. Triplett
publishes the Times newspaper: two
livery stables, two lumber yards, a
butcher shop, three business houses,
and number of buildings, including
a city hall and blacksmith shop. A
town well with windmill supplies
water for the inhabitants, which is
found at depth OF 55 feet. a num-
Der of other wells are in the vicinity,
all of which supply pure water from a
bed of gravel at the same depth. A
number of real estate offices are al
ready established, and quite number
of reliable lawyers and real estate men
are doing good business in locating
settlers. The writer found the hotel
proprietor, Mr.. Moore, a member of
the town company, crowded with
guests from at least a dozen states,
and scarcely standing room in his
office The real estate men, among
whom we may mention Messrs. Lee,
Denney, Ramey, Nedetler, Gewan and
others: as well as Messrs. Sprigg,
Ward and Hardesty attorneys. These
gentlemen are locating
big crowds of settlers weekly, and
the lands are fast being taken
up The principal merchants being
& Blackburn, the latter be-
ing the postmaster.
The Cannon Ball stage line runs
daily between Garden City and this
place, under the management of A.
H. Hill, who has charge of the routes
to Dighton, Scott City and Leoti; and
is the system of stage routes run by
Harry Hill and his associates. These
lines are doing wonders in developing
the towns TO which they run, and just
now have, after a hard winter, com
nenced to fill up with passengers and
viii necessitate larger force of stock.
At Leoti reside the new Off GERS of
the county, two justices, deputy county
attorney, aud deputy sheriff. The
,ounty being at present attached to
Finney for judicial purposes.
The writer learns that the town
'ite was laid out on three hum
irej and twenty acres of land under
he United States town site law, and
hat its requirements have been strict
V followed, rendering settlers an as
ured basis OF investing aud building
heron. Indeed, among the settlers of
he county there has already arisen
bride in the young citv, and it is now
allied the Peoples Town. and bat
me opinion is expressed that il will
De hard town 10 down, either in a
ounty seat contest. which there is no
of, but IN enterprise and
lush. 1t seeps that the whole county
ooks TO Leoti SIS head center, and
hough other towns will be laid OF as
natural consequence, none will con-
est the suitability of Leoti as
i leading center of the coun-
Y and as already the recognized
county seat. Unfortunately another
title town that had some prospects in
he county has had some trouble
about title TO its site which appears
% be laid out on school land. the title
,f which IS being contested in the
district court. aud in which a rigid
INQUIRY will be hsd and il is to be
hoped il will be settled in favor of the
own. From this fact a number of
rery influential capitalists have been
shout investing. But the
writer learns tina; they viii soon set.
lie at Leoti, or quite number of them
It least. 1t now appears that the
chool lands. of which a considerable
mount hiss been taken by question:
Ible system of one night residence,
las been taken from the marSet and |