The Wichita daily eagle., 1900-06-24

door, even at the low price he is making
on the property. To a disinterested mine
1t does seem that right here in the valley
of the North Fork Of Red River il is fail
| to believe that q magic city may spring
| up and have her ten thousand people BY
the time the Kiowa and Cornanche coun
try is opened 10 settlement. Located as il
is. lS0 miles south and west of Wichita
! 100 miles west Of Chickasha, 116 mile;
| southwest of Enid, 200 miles northeast OF
Amarillo Texas, in the center Of the
| greatest cattle raising country on earth
| and bound TO be one Of the biggest cat
| tie shipping points almost in the United
States. The towns people are extreme il
| their nbera1ities, and something that IN
| terests every man going 70 new town
| prices for good lodging and meals, 2;
| cents. something not many Of US old pio-
neers are used to, but here a man
| wouldn't know he was in a new town, as
| for that part OF it. for he doesn't have to
go down very deep in his right-hand
pocket TO End plenty Of money to live
on in Granite. II is % a day accommoda-
tions for 81 a day, and oh how good the
grub tastes after riding overland from.
/ Mountain View. q distance Of forty-five
miles. The Rock Island will blow the
whistle inside the city limits about July
4, being now at the Little Elk creek with
the steel laying gang. a distance of about
| fifteen miles out. The road will in time
| build on to Amarillo.
| Now. If the promoters of the great Ori-
entail road will see the good people OF
Granite and ask for permission to come
| in along the point of Red Granite noun
| tain. ct the northeast corner of the town,
and give the boys Of Granite a salute at
sunrise, il Will certainly be the proper
| thing for all interested, as Granite is the
| right distance for the next passenger and
second freight division, being $50 miles
from Wichita. Good, soft engine water
and the finest country to build railroad
Imaginable. The people here will meet
| them half way and with outstretched
| arms. When this is done. and II will be
at no distant day Wichita will put her
strong business arm around her sister
country and say, we have what you want.
you have what we want. we are your
friend, be our friend.
The city of Granite is one OF the most
picturesque places to be found anywhere,
and when the big hotel is built in the
side and near the top Of this large noun
tain Of granite. it will make q summer
resort second to none. To the top of
| this mountain OF granite must be some 500
| feet and II overlooks a beautiful agricul-
tural country, as well as a fine view of
! the entire Wichita mountains.
At great many of the business houses
they have crushed the outer parts of this
| granite that has been exposed TO the
weather and become somewhat softened
and put II on the street in front of their
stores. and it has already proven to be
one of the finest things to mecadamize
with making a good. smooth street and
when they finish their grading she will
be second to Newldrk, county seat of Kay
county, o. T, os that is the only town in
Oklahoma with paved streets
With the wonderful resources lying at
| GRANTEES very door and the pure noun
tain water, there is no reason why Gran
| ite should not in time be one of the finest
| health resorts in the country Another
| big point for the town II its excellent ad-
vantages pertaining to sewerage, as the
! town lies nice ard high and has some
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| fifty feet fall to the river on the east. and
when Granite is a oity Of 25,OOO they will
have no sewerage proposition to contend
with and there is nothing TO prevent the
| town from making a wonderful city. as
it is the regulation distance from all
other big cities for making a large city,
| and if some towns had what Is here-oil,
gas and strong indications Of coal, as
phaltum-they would just simply go wild
| over it. Yet the citizens here seem to
| take things rather easy. and as yet only
| one big company has been formed to de-
velop their resources. they saying they
think they know what they have and no
| boom is necessary and regard a good,
steady growth as more beneficial and last
ing.
| One of the most comfortably equipped
\ prospecting outfits on the way to Granite
| ii was our pleasure to meet up with was
that Of Dr.. Luther Hood and Messrs.
Dunhaus Doty and Wright OF Ponca City,
Kay county. Their wagon was about the
size Of a grocery delivery wagon, with an
oblong bed on it with the bed reaching
out some six feet to the rear, Cor light
stuff and light clothes. etc. putting their
| provisions. guns and such heavy articles
in the front part. Their outfit was drawn
| by two large bay horses. and though they
had been on the road a week looked like
| they had just been hooked up. The party
intends finding a rich gold mine and will
be satisfied with nothing short Of this