Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-20
A CITY SAVED.
Tired of Waiting for the Expected
One Hundred Per Cent Increase.

Tired of Waiting for the Expected
One Hundred Per Cent Increase.
From the Detroit Free Press.
About noon I came along to where a
man sat in the sun before a dug-out, and
he did not wait for me to come to a halt
before he exclaimed:
'Tll do it, stranger-Iu do it as sures
yer born. I'm a man as can't be imposed
on beyand a sartin pint!'
Anything wrong?" l asked, as 1 looked
around and failed to find any evidence Of
other inhabitants Of that plain
Il should say thar wasr' he yelled as
he rose up and then jumped a foot high.
Stranger, what would you say I was
smokin' in place of terbacker?"
1T smells like piece of old WOODEN
shirt"
it's the last of the shirt, at that! Stranger,
when did hev my last squar' meal?"
Two days ago, perhaps"
Its over three, and then / had no salt
with 1t! I've bin tramped on and ground
TITO the earth, and l won't stand it no
longer! Ar you going as fur as Indian
ola?"
Yes; I'm going right there"
when you git to Indianola I want you
to go and See kurnel Davids. His office
is right across from the tavern. He's
short, fat man, and his hair would be red
II he had any. You'll find him paintin
signs and writin' out hand-biIls and circu-
lars about Golden City. He'll be a writin'
about the railroads and factories and
churches and skulehouses which is to
come here. He'll be a writin' about the
rich farmin' lands, the public parks, the
soshul advantages and the healthiness of
the climate. He'll be a-writin' that Golden
City is to be the Chicago of the fur west.
and that in less'n ten years she will hev
populaShCn of 100000 people"
why, man, you don't tell me that this
is Golden City," 1 exclaimed.
do H.,
surveyed and city lots for sale!'
And there's only one dug-out and one
inhabitantr
That's all, and that's bin enough up to
now. Another Teller was to come over
three days ago and bring provisions and
dig another hole and keep me company.
That would hev increased the population
and the number of dwellings a hundred per
cent, you see, but he hasn't come You say
to the kurnal that you saw me. You say
that was hungry and lonesome You say
that 1 was hoppin' mad and CROWN mad
der every mint. Jest you pound on the
table and look him in the eyes and say
that if he don't get the balance of the pop
ulation of this city out here before noon
and smoke. that the present Inhabitants
VIII walk right off and bust his boomin'
old town all to squash! Stranger, will ye
do that fur sufferin' public?"
Thank We. The kurnel agreed to give q
dollar day and my grub fur bein' the
skules. factories. railroads, churches. pop
ulashun and soshul advantages of Golden
City, and if he don't cum up to the rack
I'll shoulder my blanket and fryin'-pan
and leave scene of desolashun behind
mer'
I agreed to put the case in a vigorous
manner. but was saved any trouble in that
direction. Five miles from Indianola 1 met
the other ''populashun'' loaded down with
blankets and provisions, and when / told
him that Golden City was in danger of
being wiped out of existence he uttered q
yell OF dismay. put the whip on his mule
and went away at headlong speed.