Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-12-17
SAVING a CITY.
Reln niorcements Appeared just In the Mich
~ Time.

Rein forcemen,s Appeared just In the Nick
OF Time.
About noon came along 20 where n
man sat in the sun before a dug-out,
and he did not wait for me to come to
halt before he exclaimed:
"Tll do IL, stranger--rll do u as
sure's yer bornl I'm a man as can't be
imposed on beyand a sartin pintr
Anything wrong?" I pslSed as
looked around and failed to find any
evidence of other inhabitants OF that
plain.
81 should say thar wasl" he yelled
as he rose up and then jumped "a foot
high. stranger, what would you say
] was smoisin' in place of terbacker2"
ut smells like a piece of old woolen
shirt"
That's it-thats exactly what II is,
and it's the last of the shirt at thati
Stranger, when did hev my last squar'
meal2"
Two days ago, perhaps"
"Its over three, and then l had no
salt with itl I've bin tramped on and
ground into the earth and I won't
stand IL no longerl Ar you g0in' as
fur as IndianolaP"
"Yes, I'm going right there"
when you git to Indianola want
you to go and see Kurnel Davids His
Office Is right across from the tavern.
He's a short, fat man, and his hair
would be red ifhe had any. You'll fud
him paintin' signs and w~itin out
hand-bills and circulars about Golden
City He'll be a writin' about the rail.
roads aud factories and churches and
skule-houses which is to come here.
He'll be a writin' about the rich farm
in lands, the public parks, the soshul
advantages and the healthiness of tho
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 win hev a populashun of 200, 900
people"
"Why, man, you don't tell me that
this is Golden Cityin exclaimed.
al do, stranger She's right here,
all surveyed and city lots for salel'
"And there is only one dug-out and
one inhabitantr'
That's all, and that's bin enough
up TO now. Another feller was to
come over three days ago and bring
provisions and dig another hole aud
keep me company. That would hev
increased the population and the
number Of dwellings 100 per
cent, you see, but he hasn't come.
You may say to the kurnel that you
saw me. You say that / was hungry
and lonesome. You say that | was
hoppin' mad and CROWN madder every
mint. Jest you pound on the table
and look him in the eve and say that
II he don't git the balance OF the popu.
lation Of this city out here before noon
to-morrer, with sunthin' TO eat and
drink and smoke. that the present in.
habita1ts will walk right off and Dus,
his bOomin' old town all to squasni
Stranger, will We do that fur a sufferir'
public?"
ayes, | will"
THANK We. The kurnel agreed 10
give dollar day and grub fur
bein' the skules, factories, railroads,
churches, populashun and soshul ad.
vantages of Golden City, and il he don't
cum up to the rack I'll shoulder my
blanket and fryin'-pan and leave a
scene of desolashuu behind mel"
agreed to put the case in a vigorous
manner, but was saved any trouble in
that direction. Five miles from In.
dianola met the other ''populashun"
loaded down with blankets and pro.
visions, and when told him that
Golden City was in danger of being
wiped out of existence he uttered a
yell of dismay, put the whip on his
mule and went away at headlong speed.
M. Quad, in Detroit Free Press.