Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-02
GETTING LIVELY.
Arkansas City as Busy as Possible
with New Corners.
THE COVERED WAGONS ROLLING In.
The People Eagerly Buying Horses Cow
boys clustering as Usual-I'urglars
Piliage the Camping Outfits
Change of Sites.


ing in every day, most of which stop in
this vicinity.whilc some so west, where
they hope to avoid the crowd. Inc
post office is about as busy Il looking
place as there is in the city. 1t is
crowded mt all times during the day
and it is almost impossible to get to Il
writing desk long enough to address n
letter without waiting an hour for
turn. Extra clerks have been put on
the post Office force, but it seems that
the long string of people that get In
line mt every arrival of the mails get
impatient before their turn comes.
: The saddle shops here are reaping
big harvest. At the least calculation
sevcntv-fivc or 100 saddles are sofa
daily. The horse market gets better
each day as the opening approaches
The bronco still keeps the lead Tor striP
horses and there are more OF them sofa
bv large majority than the native
animals. It's an awful tough bronco
that will not bring sS3 or $40. If he can
be ridden at all. There have been lots
of mans of the country to be opened
issued by different individuals here.
These maps were made up largely
by guess work and put on sale. Since
the proclamation has been issued the
mans are found to be wrong. especially
as to the location of county seats ana
land offices. and also as to county lines.
All the maps gave nine counties in the
strip. but the proclamation makes
A. g. .Attff lnnT.
ing only seven. New maps will prob
ably be issued as soon as the old incor-
rect ones are sold. The town is full of
bows selling these old maps and the
proclamation which has been published
in pamphlet form, and they sell like
hot cakes.
The town is infested with burglars,
and hardly night passes that two or
three raids are not made. 1t is we'll
known fact that most all the boomers
have money around their houses or
tents somewhere, and the burglars are
making quite bold attempts to get it.
One man went home the other night,
and, finding two men ransacking his
home got the assistance of n neighbor
and made an attempt to bluff the bur-
glars, but they simply made the would"
be catchers. who were not armed. stand
aside while they left the house leisure
ly.
The ruling by Secretary Smith that
only one declaration could be filed at
time by an agent for the soldier, was a
sad blow TO number of agents here
who had expected to go to the land Of
flee and step up and file sixty or seven
ty without moving out Of their tracks.
MANY of the old soldiers who want land
are here and will make the run like the
balance. Most of those who are eX-
pected to file declarations are not and
will not be here at all; their agents will
make the declaration, and the right
will be sold to anyone who will pay
800 or 5000 therefor. The agent will
do all the business and probably get
half the proceeds The tender-foot is
present in large numbers, while several
Englishmen will be in the race. a
tough-looking cowboy, after sizing W
trio of Englishmen who were trying
TO buy ponies to make the race, re
marked:
II am going to get a claim in the
strip and don't intend to run for it
either. I'll just ride in leisurely ant
when l find such tenderfoot as tha
on a good claim I'll chase him off ant
take possession myself" There vii
be considerable such bluffing done. ant
lit is thought here that the fellow wh'
poes it alone with no one to take hi
mart or assist him in establishing hi
right will stand a poor show The PEG
nile of Arkansas City who announced
in the newspaper and in circulars tina
they would do business ut the tirs
town south of this city after the open
ing, which they seemed satisfied woul'
be Kildare, and that it would be mad
not only a county seat but land offic
town. are sorely disappointed. lnstea'
of being Kildare the town site has bee
moved four miles north to Kirk on
high prairie only eight miles from tn
north line and eleven miles from Al
kansas City, and is simply a count
seat, while Perry, in the county south
has been designated as the land otfic
town. Water will probably sell at goo
price at Kirk on the opening day, and it
thought by some that the depth tina
the people will have to go for water a
this new town will be drawback tina
will seriously interfere with ii
growth. 1t is thought by many tina
Pond Creek, on the Rock Island raj
road, will make the best town in tn
strip, as it is far enough away froI
other towns and has a large territor
to draw from.