Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07
A DAKOTA CIRCUMSTANCES.
Illustrating the Way in Which the Cheer
fUI Boomers Boom.
1 met the man in Omaha who boomeL


met the man in Omaha who boomeL
Palestine City, Oak, and as had been
out there and found it tract of land
without a house or an inhabitant, was
naturally anxious for further particu-
lars. 1 had received one Of his circu-
lars, and I asked him:
"You spoke of six railroads as GER
tain to come to the place. What was
to bring them?"
Geographical situation, sir I
couldn't see how they could possibly
get by the town. I had the finest bed
Of gravel you ever saw, and railroads
always want gravel. / put the number
at six, but that was a low estimate"
I'm speaking Of the climate, you said
a man could go in his shirt-sleeves in
January"
$50 he couId-did it myself; it would
have been more comfortable with two
OvercOats on, but I was experimenting
with the climate"
"YOu said you gathered strawberries
in December.
Exactly. They were in a can, but
forgot to state that fact. 1 write
carelessly when in hurry"
And you said that blowing was 60
ing on all winter"
$50 it was Did I state the sort of
p!Owing?"
81 think not. g"
Careless in me, sir. We begin snow
blowing in November and keep 1t up
until April. I am always cheerfuIly
willing to explain these little matters"
you had thousand inhabitants, and
were to have five times that number
within year ?"
Certainly. Had a large Indian camp
4here at the time. An Indian is an in
habitant, I suppose. The Iabo-srs
employed on the six ralseeds would
have made up the remR5E De-. 1t was
a low estimate"
How about coal being found on the
ground ?"
& found it, sir. I scattered two hun
dred pounds of it around there, and
most Of it can be found yet.
And you stated that the thermome-
ter did not go below 80 degrees above
zero.
Fact, sir. I was there for several
weeks in July and August, and L can
assure you that I do not exaggerate in
the least.
Il did not see anything Of your gas
and water works.
NO, sir. In shipping them from the
East there was some mistake, and they
went on to some town in Arizona. An
nOyed me much, 1 can assure you. but
mistakes often happen in a new cOun-
try"
"If I remember right, the town had
1 two banks, three churches, a ID
school, theater, fire department, pOhoe,
/ and q $40, 900 court house"
Exactly, sir. The statement was a
| little premature. but made In all can
/ dor"
And your terms were only $50 a lot,
! business or residence ?"
/ "Only $50, sir, which, you must adj
init, was wonderfully cheap. Nothing
! like 1t ever offered the great American
] public. 1 soldover nine hundred, sir ;"
! But what was the matter with the
town ?"
Circumstances, sir 1t was sud
denly discovered that my title to the
land was defective-in fact, that I had
/ no title. Annoying, 1 assure You. at
for that I might have sold 1900 los.
Great draWback to me, sir
But what of the nine hundred pur-
chasers of lots ?"
Il feel for them, sir-feel for them;
but this IS a world of disappointment.
/ / may found another town further
West, and if I DO my first move viii be
to sell every one Of the nine hundred a
$500 lot for 500. III be glad to do It.
sir-glad. GOOd-day, sir.-Nel0 York
SeJ71.
A NEW theater to cost nearly 81. COO.
600 Is to be built on the Champ ID