The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-22

his home in Ponca City last night and
remained several hours in the city, TAX
ing the Rock Island midnight train for
northern Kansas on a business expedi-
ton. An Eagle representative rounded
him up and applied the reportial pump
knowing that the gentleman keeps well
posted in all matters pertaining 20 the
land OF the fair god"
Well. what do you want 10 know
frSt2 There are too many matters OF
interest and Importance transpiring in
Oklahima TO permit of telling il ali in
single breath
Tell US something about the Kicka-
poo land. opening
Yes. that is the topic uppermost in
Oklahoma just at present. Every
town and township in the territory.
nearly. has sent delegation Of from
one TO dozen floaters To help settle
the new land to be opened Thursday.
They are generally the unsuccessful
men who have COTTON no foothold where
they were. so move on 10 try this new
lottery. Hundreds OF those who are
lining up this week down around the
new country are professional gamblers.
who hope to reap a harvest off the
tenderfeet" My guess is that they
will be pretty badly fooled. The fel-
lows who have gone 10 the opening
haven't enough money along with them
10 get into game Of "psnny-anti."
Most OF the pilgrimes who are lining the
public highways leading toward the
new promised land are old time boom
erS, who go to all the openings. II IS
estimated that there will be Is 600 men
lined up to make the run or Thursday
noon, and probably a third as many
hiding in the brush who viii make no
run at all, but who viii stand by each
other and all swear that they came in
after noon from the Kansas or Texas
la lfras
the sooner on this occasion is that there
are likely to be from five 70 ten OF them
on each claim when the hour comes and !
then the rogues are likely TO fall out
and few honest men may get located |
AS a mater OF fact all the desira BILE land |
IN the Kickapoo reservation seems 10 |
have been allotted to the Indians or set I
aside for the school fund. and IL is likely /
that very few OF the 573 quarter sec |
tions remaining are worth the $40 ask |
ed by the government. Il is probable !
that the worst fooled and most unfor- /
tunate people will be those who get 1
these claims. As for the rush. il will /
be well worth seeing, for the rush Will |
be something terrific. Besides the soon /
ers who will be thicker than fees in I
August. there will be about thirty men /
gaiIoplng madly for each claim. II g 1
but small area and probably thirty |
minutes will see all Of them located"
What about crop prospects in Okla
homa this year?"
Well, they might BE- better" replied |
Mr.. Hutchins with that tired look which /
IS 50 apt to be depicted on the counten- |
ance OF any western man when that |
subject is mentioned this spring.
There was very little rain anywhere
in the territory during the winter and /
spring month, previous TO about May
hrst / understand the drouth stiil con-
tinues to a disastrous extent In the
southern part Of the territory, but from /
the latitude of Guthrie north, good soak |
ing rains have been had this month. |
Pastures in the strip and in most OF old l
Oklahima are good and cattle looking |
exceedingly well. Wheat has come out
wonderfully. though great part of the
acreage was plowed UP and put into
other crops. In Kay county. where
seventy-hve thousand acres were seed
ed in wheat last fall, there are. perhaps,
twenty-five thousand acres growing
now. 1t IS headed out we'll. and many
fields Will produce a fair yield. With
good prospects OF receiving a dollar a |
bushel for all that can be harvested. the
wheat crop Of Oklahoma will likely
bring in as much money as during any
previous year, although the aggregate
yield viii be very much less. In some
parts OF the territory, however. the
yield viii be fully up 10 the average
a
iseS well. Many think this will be "A re-
petition Of the year 1889, the season
when the original Oklahoma was open
ed. and when immense crops OF corn
were raised nthe newly up-turned
sod. So far the weather OF the two
years has been almost identical. and IL
is to be sincerely hoped the similarity
Will continue 70 manifest itself
What about Oklahoma politics.
Politics? I am out OF politics my
self. Don't know anything about 10. a Z
ALL" and the Ponca City editor winked
the other eve.
What about free silvcr?''
why. we are all for free silver. or
anything else which Is free. down in
oklahoma In fHt we all want more
money and want Il badly, and as the
silverites promise 10 increase the cir
,ulstiOn We are all for the white metal .
However. our Republican leaders are |
pretty loyal Americans and resolved
IN Monday a the big league meeting
AZ Enid TO pay a little premium on the
products of the mines Of the United
states. We are ali so hard up We want
we can get cheap. That Is
Why we all want silver money. guess
The only thing that IS keeping US
awake OF nights Just now IL the fear
hat silver may DO what ffs enthusi-
istic friends have claimed for IL. ana
ollow wheat up 20 the dollar mark be-
ore we can get IL re-monetizet and get
loli Of good supply of It."
rs there no local politics IA Okla
IONA %
Not bit Tire city and town eIec-
ions are over. and there VIII not D.
county officer 20 nominate or elect
or a year or more. 80 we shall have 20 |
% elsewhere for excitement this year"
How is your Pretty Peerless Ponca'
-etting alonE?"
This question caused a smile % cat
sfaction 70 mount the vlsage % the
enthusiastic Ponca boorDeT. y 10 never
81 failed 70 ''whoop Il up" for tie
Own be lived IN.
Now. you are interesting ne Tta.
: a topic upon which J am fully postea !
'onca City IS today the leading town
D Oklahoma with a building boom
.fter nearly two years n patient wait
* and cDa King. the Santa Pc con-
any is now reWardsng us ty building
r our to~nsite. the bandaouest
irEest and most expensive depot On
ny line of road IN Oklahoma II r.
pcn a foundation of stone and is 10
eet in length. with wide platforms
y feet N length They have a house
-sck already IN and have the material !,
= the road for passing track and a .
-aTehouse track each 200 feet In length
Th@ railroad o8cfals expect Ponca :
ity % becprne The rca; important c
oint on th@ir iise in Oklahoma F.,
''fF hat else are you h1Jaingg'
We have one elegant tEo-story ~1f
tone block nearing completion ard :
-veral Others begsu. TIE frerigyte-- 4
N church - building a beautiful ard :
-omT ediace. Numbers of eornnnosfl- .
-s dwellings are under construction !
n most svsryb05y - busy are hap e
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