The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-10

on the town site, there are 1000 things
wanted which nobody knows where to
get The land office becomes a bureau
of information Lacking newspaper,
the outer walls of the land office are made
to answer the purpose and the people re-
sort to the primitive method OF putting
up written notices. Men got lost from
their families, children wander away.
Gamblers 'sgo broke" Mules, wagons,
and household truck are stolen. Many
people have things to sell and hundreds
of others wish to purchase. In long col
umns .nese notices, placed under their
proper heading as in newspaper, are
tackled on the walls. The for sale' col
umn tells the ups and downs of 'boom'
life in ludicrous fashion. Following are
some notices copied verbatim from the
walls of land offices in Oklahoma during
the week Of opening:
"For sail-Too karat dimund stud;
cheap; to much stud boss poker reason
for selling Gail at Murphy Phase"
"For sale-Slver mounted Mexican
saddle. Can't feed tell raise the wind.
If You want to help hungry man call at
Hans Soup House.
"For sale-corner lot, boss location;
my ammunition has about give out, and
I'd rather sell than die in my tracks.
Lot /, block ~
There were dozens of "for sales Of
co VS., horses, harness, farming utensils,
pistols, shotguns, rifles, watches, rings,
etc, and in the "wanted to buy" just as
many were asking for those articles, eX-
cept, perhaps, the jewelry, that was all
for sale The ''lost and found column
was a study.
'Lost-my husband. He left me three
days ago to locate on the n. e. qr sec. q,
range II, west I'm tired sitting on our
trunk TO keep 1t from being stole. Some
body tell him. Mrs. Walton"
"Lost-ny little girl, she's cross-eyed
and had on a blue Ka!iker aperD. En-
quire Hellyrs place.
TOO Jim Brown The baby is dead.
Let the claim go and Wen 90 back to
the states. I'm sick Of this. Your wife,
Mary Brown
eli Tim Murphy sees this he wants to
cut for the tent ON lot 5, block g. His
wifes cot a baby and she needs him bad
Dad Johnson"
Found a Kid what answers to the
name Willie Meacham. Anybody provin
property kin heve him. Patrol No, 5"
Mrs. Jones, Bill says he can't find
you where I left you. You vii! find me
in the dog tent under the cottonwood on
the northeast corner of section twelve
across the creek I've lost three fingers
i holding the thing down and l can't
leave. Your Husband"
"Notis!. No game at Wall-Eyed Petes
a Sunday Preachin' promptat eleven"
In a boom town the gambler reigns su-
preme a4ld the devices for gambling are
innuInerable. Chuck-aluck wheels Of
fortune, policy, faro, poker, keno, monte,
high bal and dozens Of others in tents
and rough board sheds liue the one
street which Kiping describes as tend
ing in the illimitab,e open as though the
whole houseless outside earth were rae
ing through it,"
S1s.aanF,avs s, Room ToyvDS
There are always preachers in boom
towns. Whether it is for gain OF glory
nobody ever seems TO know, They are
apt to find desirable corner lots in the
best quarter-seclions of land, but they
also pursue their calling with a zeal that
seems 20 place their desire to glorify
God above their love of gold. A boom
preacher is usually a character. He has
to be to deal with the denizens of boom
towns. a boom preachers notice IN
Guthrie read as follows
bow TO WIN AT FARO.
At Joe's Place, Sunday Evening, at Z 80
O'Clock,
BY Rev James Armstrong,