The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-19
SCENES AT FORT SILL.
Hotel Men Kicking on chlekasha
Mans Cinch.
scripps-McRae Press Assn.

! Scupps- McRae Press Assn.
Fort Sill, {. T., July 19.--Lawton,
the prospective big town Of the new
country, today Is but barren waste.
Ordinarily il would be fertile prair-
ie, but the drouth has killed vegeta-
tIon and it is now a small portion Of
The sure enough Great American des-
ere. The only thing that makes the
tcwnsite is some wooden stakes.
driven by the engineers, and a partly
erected frame building to be occupied
I by the land office. This is the only
building that will be permitted on the
premises until after the auction sale
of town lots of ground on August 6.
The big town in this section now is
Needmore a city of tents and wagons
adjoining the military post. The in.
habitants. about 1900 in number are
seeking homes and are here to regis
ter The officers today registered g.
25G making a total Of 11,O56 register
ed here up to date.
There are $500 people on the ground
still to be registered. They are or
ganized into sixtysix companies OF
100 to the company. The women have
no special booths and have to join
companies with the men In fact,
there is only one registration booth
at the post Hundreds of people con
tinue to pour in daily but the officers
say they will be able to register all
Of them in the time
Needmore is a one man town. James
Ware, OF Chickasha, owns it. No one
can do business there without pay
ing him tribute. He war shrewd |
enough to get an exclusive contract 7
to furnish supplies to the homeseek
ers from the government and he is
subletting space for restaurants and /
hotels at big prices.
The hotel men have refused to pay /
excessive tolls, and today took the
matter up with Secretary Hitchcock,
of the interior department. by wite.
Prices for food are extremely high.
The restaurant keepers are compell-
ed to pay such high tolls and exorbit-
ant wagon freight charges that they
must tax the dear people in order to
come out even. They have 20 pay
$4 90 100 pounds for ice other
things come as high in proportion
Mrs Albert Homel, of Ringgold,
Tex. who came through with her hus-
band to take chance in the govern.
ment lottery gave birth to a baby hey
today She Immediately named him
Deanis Flynn Home
The reservation on which the
homeseekers are camp5 is under
.he control of the regular army and it
Is being wa right up to the handle
No foollshness is allowed. Liquor aud
games are barred Several I,
men tried TO worl, them and are now
In the guard house.
Mra. George Miller of Greer county n
D. IT, and her baby were badly burn-
sd by ,he explosion OF gasoline
i,oye today The child may die
This Is one place where newspapers
10 not circulate, but it is not because
people do not want thom. It is pe-
cause Uncle Sam has so much first
,lass mail 10 send over boy stage that
80 room can be found for newspapers.
only one newspaper has been In camp
Turing the past four days, and Il was
aiken in by corps OF newspaper cor !
espondents When II was produced
here was stampede Of people anx- e
Gus 10 find out what was going on in
he outside world.
In order TO relieve the great con-
,estion Of people, Major Scott post
today ordered an people
Who had registered to leave the reser-
alton. Many are pulling out. Some
re going to III Reno 10 make sure that
he lottery is pulled of on the square.
The Rock Island has finished the ]
.radlng of It's branch from Anadarko S
O this place, but II will be at least {
hree weeks before the rails are laid :
nd trains are put on. Nearly an S
relght comes here now by way Of !
iarlow. The water In Cache creek {
as become polluted and the home a
eekers are compelled to haul water 7
rom the water WORKS plant at the I
ost.