The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-21
OKLAHOMA AND THE STRIP.
A Well Known Business Mans Description OF
What He saw on the Road and
at His Destination


just as he alighted from the train. After
some questioning the gentleman delivered
himself of what he saw and heard while
on the road, of the country and of bushes:
in general. He left on the Rock Island
train in the morning and says the track is
smooth and the country very fine, aud the
only thing to mar the pleasure Of such a
trip is the heat of the afternoon sun. The
crops are pleasing to the Kansas line.
Wheat stacks are everywhere. Some Of
the wheat is threshed. At Hayesville we
struck new station just laid out by ex-
Sheriff w. w. Hayes. OF course every
body knows him. For many years q
prominent farmer and miller in this
county; later sheriff of the county for twl
terms.
It was a sore thing to Hayes when the
Rock Island built south of Wichita, tc
have Hayesville almost blotted from the
map. But he has persevered, until last
| week he filed a town plat. And now,
everybody riding on the great Rock Island
railway will hear the station "Hayesville''
called as the train slows near the Cowskin.
The brakeman will call this name as he
slams the car door. And, by the way, it
said to his ma that he wanted to be a
brakeman when he grew up, SO that he
could slam the door.
The late corn in Sedgwick and Sumner
county wonld be greatly increased by
| good soaking rain. Early corn is made.
There are many fine fields of corn in
| Sedgwick and Sumner counties, between
this city and Caldwell.
! Just below Caldwell the train speeds
out onto the broad, open prairie. This is
the far-famed Cherokee outlet. Scattered
/ here and there are troops of cavalry rest
| ing in the shade of some cottonwood
| grove They are driving the cattle out of
| the Cherokee strip-''in horn"
| The gentlemen met many trains of south
ern cattle en- route to market, mostly
| headed for Chicago They were the
| broadhorns, and mostly came out of the
Chickasaw nation.
The Cherokee outlet CLEANS in the
bright sunshine, and he here remarked
that no finer body Of unoccupied land lies
out of doors than the Cherokee strip.
What rush and hustle there will be
when that strip opens. There is mile
upon mile of smooth, handsome land, and
q
Here and there is a fine body of timber,
and it is we'll watered. The Rock Island
ailway runs for nearly sixty miles
across the Cherokee outlet, cross
ing the north and south forks
of the Cimarron, a patch of corn marks
the entry into the territory of Oklahoma.
On every hand are seen fine fields of corn
and cotton. New farm houses have been
built additions have been made and this
year is a prosperous one for the new terri
tory. Near Hennesy is a fine body of
timber, and in it has settled a large colony
of coiored men. Several appeared at the
station at Dover, and came upon the train
crying their water millions" Their
melons were large and fine. Near the
town of Hennesy one passes the grave of
Michael Hennesy, who was a freighter
years ago; from Caldwell to Fort Reno.
Surrounded by band of wild Cheyennes,
he drew his Henry rifle from his wagon,
and laid down his life, shooting his red
foes as long as he could stand upon his
feet afterwards upon his knees he CON
tinued the battle until overcome by SUI
perior numbers he was killed and scalped.
When his body was found seventeen dead
From this man the town of Hennessy was
named.
Passing south, Kingfisher is soon reach
ed, which is quite an ambitious town and
in time viii make a prosperous city. Pull
ing south one reaches Ell Reno aud Oar
lington and Fort Reno on the west. At
Darlington an Indian princess with her
kid, who have been asleep upon the floor
of the chair car, bundled in shawl, alight
and are seen no more. Several officers for
the fort also alight, take the hack and
speed away toward Reno. At FL Reno we
find a commodious depot and large bust
ness carried on. Here we find the
enterprising agent of the Rock Island COM
pany, Hon. John Y. Moffitt, who neverr
tires of sounding the praises of the Cana
dian valley, and of Oklahoma territory
generally. He talks long and loud of the
time when the railroad company will ex-
tend it's line through the territory into
Texas. He never tires of telling of that
Chiokasaw country and the beautiful
Washita valley Moffitt is a most an
thusiastic Oklahama man, but always
speaks of Wichita with good word
We take the train at 3:S9 p. m. for on
return trip. The sun pours down upon us
as we speed along. At some of the sta
tiOns we are sAndwiChed between stock
trains, and then it is hot In fact hot is
no name for it. As the shadows lengthen
the air cools.
AS we sweep across Bluff creek and into
Kansas we realize what "A cultivated coun
try is. How COO! and delightful are the |
trees and cultivated stretches of Kansas. |
How pleasing to the eye after ride across |
the grass land of the strip.
At 9 o'clock the train pulls into Wichita !
well pleased with the trip. After all |
Wichita lays it over all of them. The |
Cherokee strip, the Indian country, all of |
Oklahoma is tributary to Wichita. We |
reach 1t by the great lines of railway. 1t is |
the rghtful territory of Wichita, and its /
people so recognize the fact. It's cattle, |
grain and produce will naturally seek this |
market Its people look 70 this city as |
their natural market We noticed one /
thing especially, at each station number |
Of people were waiting to get the Wichita |
Daily EAGLE. This paper is probably read |
more in the Indian and Oklahoma country |
than any other newspaper.
The EAGLE reaches all portions of the
Oklahoma country the day Of its pubhca-
ion, said the gentleman, fully Twelve
hours ahead of the Kansas City dailies,
,ud was surprised TO find IL in nearly
very place of business l had occasion TO
-isit.
Business in the territory has improved
ince harvest.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Miss Malvern Wallace gave a party to