The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-04-01

tICS oOths
Civilization is constantly shifting the
scenes of earth. Primitive nature IS taken
from the hand of God aud transformed IN
the hands of man.
Neutrality-suspicious., thinking, progress
i've, aggressive, apDropriating all things to
his own use-beholds prize-it Is free TO
the first ccmer-he runs for it-secures 1t
somebody else wants it--he sets a
price-his right is valuable-the property
is more yaluable-still another man wants
it-5uys it-selIs it-there are a thousand
such prizes-there is buying. selling
h-crush-excitement.
But through it all, serrnely smiles the
land-potent yet impassiye awaiting the
pillow, the seed time, the harvest. Neither
wild prices nor croaking can change the
real value of the laud-it is sold-you do
the work, it will do the rest.
K county, Oklahoma, contains some OF
the finest land III the Mississippi
valley. II is just as fertile, in
rs fine climate, and has AS
good seasons as any of the rich counties IN
Kansas. 1t would have been developed
just as soon bad il been opened TO settle
ment at The same time. Now lt has
thousand more advantages than 1t would
have lad then for the home maker. Tue
lew neighbors, risked their lives, fought,
worked. starved, contended with hardship
and-coDquered. Here at the border OF
that beautiful prairie state, upon soil of
the same substance. warmed 10y the same
sun, bathed IN showers from the same rain
clouds. community of American people
is gathered TO open new field. TO build
new homes, to create new spheres for Lhelr
children.
When Payne. the famous boomer" was
determined TO found the New Jerusalem
in beautiful Oklahoma the site where
Black Ii is now located was the point IN
his minds eye. What a pity be could not
have lived until now to witness the realiz-
alton of his dream.
Blackwell or Parker is located on the Chi
ksskia river at the mouth of Bitter
creek, at Kickapoo ford, or Boomers"
crossing fourteen and oDe-haH miles
south OF tue Kansas state line; thirteen
miles west of Kildare station, on The
Santa Fe; twenty-eight miles from Arkan-
sas City; eighteen miles from Hunnewell,
and twent y-five miles from Caldwell on
the Rock Island.
Four months ago, Black well-but what
matters IL how the child was born ? The
grown man is more important-the town
AS il now stands firmly looking into the
future, - the animated subject OF this
sketch. Blackwell today Is a town OF ! 200
Da IL Is Incorporated Will n
complement of officers, peace and order ARE
preserved, aud people are SC busy making
history that they have little time for look
ing backward The town has n board of
trade, composed of over fifty OF the lead
ing business men w. A. Brown, cashier
of the Bank of Blackwell, is president of
the board He came from Indiana, in
which state he was widely known, hold
Ing large property and Influence
Blackwell Has:
One grand hotel.
Nine restaurants.
Four hardware dealers.
One brick yard.
Five stone quarries.
Seven livery stables.
Six saloons.
One ii st-class bakery.
Two drug stores.
Tbree-boo and shoe stores,
Two clothing stores.
One launfry.
One shoemaking shop.
Five blacksmith shops.
A school and church
Three newspapers.
One bank.
Eleven attorneys.
Two sign painters.
Three Insurance agents,
One furniture and undertaking estab-
tishment.
Two drr goods stores.
Three coal aud feed dealers.
Cne exclusive flour and feeG store
-Four lumber yards.
One second hand store.
Two novelty stores.
Two milliners.
-Four butcher shops.
One exclusive tin shop
Fourteen grocery houses.
Three nrV>irlapS and one lantiSt
Three baI Der shops
Two harness shops
One pump and Windmill company.
SIX Carpenter shops.
About seventy-hve working carpenters
DAILY stage line and mail service
Three eighties of the land upon which
he town Is bun ding were allotments, Sc
cured by the town company through Rob.
4rt Owen and W. ID. Wisdom; aud with
The exception Of ex-Chief Busbyhead's !
.own, Black well is he first town in the
Cherokee strip to issue warranty deeds for /
lots. The patents for these three eighties (
have been recorded, and the signature of 4
IroyeS Cleveland assures :be doubtful that !
Blackwell titles are absolutely good and /
reliable. One eighty OF the townsite is /
government land, and will be proved up
lnder the regular townsta laws.
Blackwell is the result of revolution 1
catching up with evolutiop-a phenomenon 1
based on natural causes. Her advantages 4
are all that the plain, practical enterpris- |
ing business man wants. The possibilities 4
of agriculture IN his section are unsur- (
hassedby any region on earth. The soil is /
as fertile ns he valley of the Nile, with all /
.he beauties OF prairie country, /
ever changing with The misty clouds, /
and shifting sunshine. You gaze until 4
] he vision is lost in the mirage of distance,
sni marvel that II could be possible, 1
: IA al la a
ward course of empire made its way TO
he borders OF such a spot, that the wild 4
birds aud the coyote should have been al I
lowed undisputed possession, except for
infrtquent raids of hunters ia search Of
willy game that has now been driven to
the lnsensibly remote-who knows whereg
Blackwell Is In the geographical center
Of the best county in the strip, and has no
contiguous town TO sap her vitality. There
s not anoihe town within twelve miles
ot Blackwell. Roads are graded, streams
are brldged. and everything Is heing pre-
pared 10 accommodate the farmers who
are plowIng, have sown wheat, will plant
corn, reap and gather a crop next season,
.nd buy their supplies In Blackwell
wesr Is thickly settled, ana the
soil Is from three 10 ten
feet in depth-inexhaustibIe. The couu-
Try Is abuuGantly waIered, and has fine
timber along ali The streams. lmmediate
markets are here 10 receive the products
OF the territory. Old Oklahoma from the
south, and IL DSas from the north. ex-
tend heir bands 20 purchase the rich pro-
duce Of the strip. Bounded on two sides
by countries already far advanced, the
strip will experience none Of the disad-
OF isolation. she is al isthmus
IN the ocean OF commerce, reclained to
Unite the broken waves in a billow that
shall sweep around the world.
Blackwell is a town of young men. with
enough experienced olC;er business men 10