The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
THE WICHITA CONTINGENT.
Some Of Them Got LOIS and Some OF The
Col Nothing.

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Fritz Schnei, zer made the run for town
| lot at Round Pond, but he was to hefty to
| crawl over the wire fence and to large to
crawl through When the fence was cut
! he walked through aud offered "A fellow
! s. for his lot. It was a bluff aud the fell
| low called Fritz, who backed out and took
a lot of his own farther up. which proved
afterwards to be in the middle OF street
Henry Schneitzler made the run to
Round Pond, and secured one of the best
! lots in the town, but unfortunately it
happened to be located in the court house
! square. Henry has now arrived at the
very sensible conclusion to buy lots in
| Wichita.
r. p Shields and Lou Murray, two
compositors in the EAGLE Office, secured
| two claims a few miles from Pond Creek,
and two lots in the government townsite.
| Ed. Baxter, former employee of the
EAGLE composing room, rode on the cow
| catcher, and secured one of the finest
claims alsng the Santa Fe.
A good many of those that made the run
have returned. They only went to see the
sights and incidentally take claim or a
lot if they could find good one. Sunday
evening two prominent business men who
are brothers, each got a dispatch from
Perry. One stated: 'tHave a lot outside of
the city limits Shall l hold its" The
other read: Have good residence lot
pretty well out; two other fellows on it.
Shall l contestf" The two business men
had hired men to make the run for them
with the above result.
The Wichita banker who at one time
outbid all the syndcates for the Cherokee
strip, and who, but for defective title,
Would have owned the six million and odd
acres, spent few hours in Perry yester-
day. Being a prudent man he took a
lunch along and claims that by actual
count he saved the lives of six men who
ate up his lunch.
Tommy Newcomb made the run to
Enid and sold SIS worth of water Saturday
at cents a drink. Yesterday he sold his
town lot for Sl.50.
Howard Moffet made the run from the
Santa Fe train to the land office and was
the first to get there. He was offered $50
in cash for his place, but be refused and
kept it for his father.
Pat Heron was Burton stock car pas
senger from Hennessey to Enid, where he
dropped off for fresh air and incidentally
for town lot.
About two miles below Enid the EAGLE
man passed Professor Waterbury, of the
school of short hand. He had lost his hat
and his auburn hair was glistening in the
sunlight. He was pumping his bicycle for
dear life, but was sandwiched in between
half dozen covered wagons and every
time horses hoof struck the ground it
would throw somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of pint of dust in the professors
face. When the EAGLE man saw him he
looked exactly the color of an elephant, the
dust had covered him to such an extent.
Officer Bedford Woods made the run
from Hennesey and secured eighty acres
next to the Indian allotment at Enid.
Sam Amidon made the run for Enid on
the train and lost his hat in the rush. He
wrapped handkerchief around his he ad
to keep the dust out of his siken hair and
returned home like Il turbaned Turk.
Cliff Sawyer went down to Enid and
while on the train took a picture of the
woman whose clothes caught on the wire
fence. He also took the picture of a wo-
man running for a claim which is repro
duced in these columns today.
DR.. Noble and his daughter Minnie rode
from Caldwell in two wheel continuance
like Roman chariot and as they have not
been heard from since they are doubtless
holding down couple of good claims.
Claude CartrighJ made win ming run
from the line west of Caldwell and secured
a good claim two and one half miles west
of the Pond Greek station.
Oscar Southwell made John Gilpen
race for claim from Caldwell and got left.
He says he wouldn't have the best claim in
the strip.
When an EAGLE reporter arrived in Hen
messy Saturday at midnight he heard an
immense snoring and approaching the
place found Charlie Parker coiled up like
a rattle snake on real estate Sign and
sleeping for all there was in it,
w. c. Lapgdon, the stalwart candidate
forsurveyor, made the race from Heunessy.
Every one in Wichita can form an ac-
curate estimate of the mental excitement
of Cherokee strip boomer upon hearing
that Fritz Schnitzler jumped off moving
train at Pond Creek He lit squarely on
of on his feet, aud those who were passing
say that the earth trembled for two miles.
Captain Burgess returned from the strip
last night. He got claim there, but
there was a handsome blue-eyed woman
on it too and the captain was too modest
to stay on it with her over night.
Tom Irwin made the run for Eaid and
at 2 o'clock was serving fine lunches of
bologna sausage ond sandwiches at moder-
ate rates. Before night his place was
evolved into genuine Irish boarding
house with red haired men standing be-
fore it smoking clay pipes and booming
the landlord for alderman.
Pat Healy took in the settlement of Enid
from the top of freight Car.
Ben Graves settled on a town lot in
Perry and fine one He stayed on it all
night and till noon Sunday when a sand
storm travelling 100 miles an hour set in
when he quit it cold and returned back to
the comforts of civilized life.
A. E. Helm had a wonderful experience
at Enid. He went in there at o'clock
Saturday, had an elegant supper and slept
in feather bed that NJ ght.
w. D. Murdoch OF the Santa Fe made
thrilling horseback ride from Arkansas
City and secured fine claim.
Cashier Jobes of the Kansas National
bank made the run from the Barber
county line. settled on a claim adjoining
Alva, at 12:i2 and Immediately flied on it.
his certificate being No. 5. He arrived on
the towusite twenty-elght minutes ahead
of the train. got Il lot, bat unfortunately
for him it was in the middle of the street.
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