The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-10-13
NEW STRIP TOWNS.
POINTS OF INTEREST CONCERN
ING INFANT PLACES.
santa Fe Groving steadily and Fonca Com
ing to the Front-Coneerning the
New strip Towns

towns along the santa e IN the strip
can not lay claim 10 much more than
three weeks residence and vet towns
have sprung up into bei=g whi r.
val In popui alton aud point Of yusi-
ness transacted more phases Of ffty
years Of growth in the east The
county seat of X county, Santa Re.
has grown wonderfully. 1t is situat-
cd on a knoll Of land and can be seen
.s.' miles from any direction. In the
tue sun, with its streets lined with
white tents and buildings Of yellow
pine boards. it is a symphony in the
rough Of white and gold Business is
conducted in true Western border
stvle. saloons and eating houses pre-
dominate aud all bear some fancliu.
narre as the Gem Saloon" the al
cazar" the Crystal Palace" which
contains nothing nearer crystal than
a beer glass Many of the business
houses are built of rough boards GOV.
cred with corrugated iron for protec-
tion against fire. Nearly ali are Of
the fimsiest character and as many OF
the people use gasoline the danger
from ere is great. The Santa Fe
road still gives the town the go by,
but this gives occupation to two score
hack drivers who meet the train at
Kirk. two miles north, and carry pas.
sengers to the county seat for quar-
ter head
The Cherokee aioInent towns do
business in q slower way. Bushy-
heals town has not So large a pop
ulation as Santa Re, but it progresses
1t is situated on hill half section
west Of the station Of Kildare. From
the track a tall flagpole bearing long
canvas stresmer with the name xii
dare" tells travellers the name Of the
settlement There is 4 cluster Of sub
staniial buildings on the plateau, and
down near the depot tent as large as
the ring tent Of small circus has the
sign of popular brewery painted on
its side This is a cold storage plant
which supplies Kildare, Ponca and
Santa Fe with its malt beverage The
combi led thirst OF these towns emp
tied three refrigerator cars of beer in
nve days, TO say nothin g Of sundry
barrels OF whlskey.
Cross, the next station is a Cherokee
allotment town, and here the same
slow progress is being made. Two
and half miles below is the town OF
. Pon0a, which was settled on the run.
e Both these towns ars only few miles
. from the Usage nation, and east of the
l Arkansas river Both towns expect
l to reap the benefit Of the trade of the
= osages This has been going tc
. Arkansas City for years. and many
J merchants ia that bHsV town owe
their wealth 10 an almost exclusive
q trade with those Indians
PoNCA Lors AND VICINITY
Lots have sold in Ponca for as high
as al, 300 Whether they are worth it
time alone will tell. The townpe1pl 4
claim that they can get good title to
their site. while others who claim to
know state they never can. About
milo south the north bopndry Of the
Ponca reservation runs This will re-
IN ain an Indian reservation for years,
as the Indians are bitterly opposed to
taking their lands in severalty. How
ever. the friends Of civilization NAV
force congress TO open the country
When the Cherokee commission was
at work on Cherokee matters in 1880,
Governor Jerome, Warren &. Sayre
and 4 NJ Wilson members of the
commission, did all they could to in
huence the Indians TO sell. White
Eagle. the principal chief, and his band
consented to sign necessary papers.
but as they constituted a small ma
jority Of the heads Of the tribe the
plan was defeated, Standing Buffalo
and Yellow Ball, secondary chiefs,
who had the largest following abso
lu,eiy refusing 70 agree 70 sale.
The salt Fork VI the Arkansas river
meanders in the southernly direction
through the reservation and empiies
into the Arkansas on the great border.
II is n narrow stream Of reddish
brown water heavily impreguated
with salt Its banks are well timber
ed. which diyersifies the landscape in
a pleasing manner. Just inside the
boundery is the Ponca station Of the
Santa Fe and In sight OF the roofs Of
the agency buildings looks over the
fringe Of trees along the river 1 her,
are brick schools, Offices, stores and
barns at the agency making a respec-
liable town. The land IN the rsServa-
tion Is somewhat better than that Of
the strip and the recent rain has
caused the grass TO spring up fresl
and green on the prairie. Near Pom
"a station are the habitation,
Of the Indians who pretend to farm.
There are rude board and log houses
on each OF these. but close is tn, in
evitable 'tepee, in which the trie
Indian scorning the roof Of shingles
perfers - live both summer and win
ter. Back Of the station is a larg'
r,,,b1ioor hnuSa in front of Whi h D