The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-27
Scheme to Loot the Funds
Derived from the Sale
uf Lots

600 IN cash The money is fr the !
following sources Sale OF rs in
Lawton Sl5O,0O0; sale Of lots IN Ho-
bart, 100000; sale OF lots in Anadar
ko. $250.0OO; filings ON $500 claims
in the Lawton district sl4 each, SOL, ,
900; filings on $500 claims in the .
El Reno district, Sil each, $4,000
total, s1,1s2OOO.
Unlike the money used in ordinary \
business transactions this vast sum
Is shipped out OF the corHtry by the .
government and Withdraw ,emporar-
lily from circulation. An effort will
be made by the citizens Of the new
country to get a large part of this
money back within a year or two, but
for the present the reduction Of the
cash supply of the community OF over
100000 works something OF hard
ship.
The law provides that $4,000 shall
be expended for a court house at each
county seat This comes out of the
lot sale fund Anadarko will ask
congress to increase the amount for
its court house to $4,000 Hobart
wants $4,000 and Lawton will ask for
$50, 900 It is believed that as the
town lots sold for much more than was
expected, the government will not be
stingy about the expenditure Of mon
1 ey for public purposes.
Lawton's Proposed Water System.
Lawton is getting up its nerve to
ask for 100000 for a water works
system. The water problem is one
(which has given the citizens some con
cern. Very little water has been
found on the townsite, although there
are good springs between Lawton and
Fort Sill. and wells have been dug
with satisfactory results on Woods
claim and the farm of Miss Beals
However, the leading men of Lawton
believe that they viii have TO go to
the mountains for the city's water
supply.
At the south base of Mount Scott,
eighteen miles from Lawton. there
IS lake GOO yards long, 200 yards
wide and from ten to twenty feet
deep. It contains enough water to
supply a city OF 100000 people The
lake is fed by springs which never
fail and the water flowing from it
forms Cache creek, which furnished
the supply for the 10000 people camp
ed near Fort Sill during the registra.
tion Of homeseekers In July.
It is proposed to ask the govern
ment to assist Lawton in piping water
from the lake to the city for the use
OF it's citizens, Anadarko and Ho-
bart likely will follow Lawton's lead
and ask the government aid for the
construction Of water plants
Railroad Into Fort sill.
The managers of the Rock Island
stage line which has been transferring
+ passengers from Richards to Lawton
today anHs,mced ,het the line would
D be abandoned after Sunday. Work
men are now laying track into For
{ Sill, and it is expected that trains
will be running to that place earl,
= next week. Local livery teams viii
L be sufficient to handle the traffic be
: tween Fort Sill and Lawton.
n Rock Island officials here this weel
:. Expressed the opinion that train
a would be running into I.awton b,
II September 10. However, the opera
e tion OF the road into Fort Sill viii
greatly relieve the situation Built
Is ing materials and provisions have u
k to this time been hauled from Richard
e distance Of sixteen miles Worl
in all lines has. therefore, been della,
.y ed. But with the railroad az For
Is sill only six miles away, the want
r. Of the people in the next two week
In can be much more easily satisfied tha
le any previous time in the history {
s.. the town.
In order to save the heavy eXpens
or OF overland freight. business men al
in getting along with mere shells fC
I'd stores, and many will make no e
fort 20 build till the railroad come
II. preforring to display their stocks
ld goods in tents. Most Of the building
erected are thrown together hastil
Id aud several already have fallen dow
er A strong gust Of wind would pli
xt havoc with many of them, and pc
haps cause serious loss OF life p
ar this is danger which confronts g
on cry town that springs up In nigi
he and the people fel no alarm. No r'
mt ldences have get been built re
homes win be the rule here for thr
months.