The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-29
LATEsr FROM POND CREEK.
To the Editor Of the Eagle.

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
| made flying trip 70 Pond Greek yes
terday to see how the boys il our New
Wichita were getting along. Oh course
most OF your reader know that tais is the
first town of importace on the Rock
Island railway after leaving Caldwell,
and was just plated since the opening. II
is located between the Rock Island road
and the right Of way tract of what used 10
BE- called the II. O. q road from HutchiH-
son to Oklahoma AMI Galveston. 1t Is
now beiu. pushed across the strip on Its
right OF way 100 feet broad which passes
thVogh this new Pond Creek town as in
Dictated, AID the Town plat II PRINCIPALLY
between the two railway lines AT their
junction. 1t will only few weeks until
Lis otaer road Will be completed ana
theu the Missouri Pacific viii have "A line
to that point also, whiea VIII soon lie
pushed ON through Oklahoma 10 GAL
weston connections.
Here we met J. p Wilcox, seer etary OF
the Wichita Iowa company; W. ,.
Rogers. the photographer, aud several
other OF the officers and acQaainIances
and stockholders by the hundred. They
were al! rs busy as bees building them
selves homes and business houses and pre-
pairing to yet the town into winter quarters
before frost flies if possible Mr.. Wiz
cox has his large business house up and
will have it enclosed before this article
reaches all of your readers. Osiier bush
ness men are rapidly working their busi-
ness houses up while temporarily occupy
ing tents and other temporary buildings.
Carpenters tools that have loug lad Idle
are ringing throughout the new town and
our formerly of Wicnits men" appeared
to be especially happy until after the mail
was open. Forming IN line reaching
from the temporary post Office nearly I"
the Rock Island depot when they found
that The E,gle had failed to
connect with ne Ais a. m. train
that morning there were mutterings OF
discomfort which almost ran into mourn
ing and lamentation along the entire iiue.
But they soon tried to console themselves
and retired to their work with look OF
disappointment still lingering over their
brows As your solicitor was ON down
the line al Enid and learned the situation
there. II Will probably not again occur.
As WAS wearing h borrowed overcoat,
which was very comfortable. / concluded
to come hom- and get one D. my own be-
fore again attempted to crowd the cook
out OF the XII chen Ia the new town. They
promised 10 have the parlor aud heating
stove ready on my return aud can also 40
business over he couEter.
Rogers "shot" the crowd while they
were al Tue pOsIOllcC, Dub was over Tie
creek, hid away Ill the bushes. Aud. by
the way, there Is considerable timber
along this creek here. winter fuel VIII
not be scarce. Water rs also abundant al
twenty To thirty feet IN depth, and 1t Is
not alkali walter, either. lC Is as good as
tasted during my entire trip around the
world" AID they did not get my photo
graph to display before the former I'M
tanned Cherokee after she was stripped of
the last vestiGe or the milk Of humuu
kindness, of which these lands are
supposed to be abundantiy productive. II
will now he a land of milk and honey"
For the colored man already has his
''honey" there; and the kids" ana tie
goats milk Will soon be forthcoming Aud
the new Wichita of the strip will co3tIu ae
to draw nurture aud admoIItion from her
mot her aud he little ones will no. have TO
be fed with spoon this winter because
she Will be big enough 10 fee; herself.
And she viii not only gladly read ihe
EAGLE, Dut Will pay tor it, As long ms we
eau ID eserye our identity aud not become
exposed to any photographer snapshots,
nor have 1t preserved Iii alcohol.
When we passed ar0und the world in
fifty minutes We did not have time to sop
ut he strip opening, neither aid We stop
at Buffalo Bil's Wild West show,
although we seen it beuettn us ~ we flew
through the air Oh the Intramural elevated
railway. Serdautfy yours, JULIUS