The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-11
.SL0WNESS
/. OF LOT SALES
IS ANNOYING
Many Hould-be investors are
Returning Home
CAN'T AFFORD TO WAlT
Says Country Has a Very
Brilliant Future.
TOWN LOTS TOO HIGH
Fictitious Value Out of Pro-
portion TO Country.
TOWN LOTS TOO HIGH

Mr.. J. z. Jenkins. OF the Sterling BuI-
letin. was in Wichita yesterday return-
ing from the new country. where he has
been duriug the past week or more. TO
reporter for the Eagle. he said
There is no question about the fertility
Of the land in the new country. For the
most part, it has the appearance OF some
Of the best sections Of Kansas. Through
the northern portion of the reservation.
along the route Of 5he Rock Island. there
are wide stretches Of country. with the
Wichita mountains as background.
which connot be surpassed for beauty
anywhere Years hence. when dotted
with farm houses and varrigated with
fields OF wheat corn. cotton and pasture
70 VIII bee a pastoral scene. worthy 20 he
clsssed with great Salt Lake Valley in
Utah or santa Clara Valley Ga CaHf'r-
nia. or course there are drawbacks and
agricultural problems % be solved before
the picture is complcted bur We win lee
The resourcaful western farmer overcome
the ore and solve the other. lie viii do
it II 10 can be done.
But the town building fever is fuss
now eclipsing the zeal value of the coun-
try. The sale OF iDts az Iawton Ana-
darko and Hobart has attracted people
from MI parts 90 tho west There is
enough good money going lnto town ioi4
az these poiuts to improve every claim
SD the new country ard to tiao over tho
needy farmer until ho gets his 0rst cron.
70 IS the sheorcst folly 90 nay more Tor
a town lot on the bare prairie Than "a
good farm Is worth But everybody
wants e. take q "Gyer" $50 tie speculative
game. and apparently every body had q
wad ~ money o. blow GO 7 saw womel
in calico dresses and suHhouuets bis s9
and 5000 fer lots and men with check
shirts and overalis pull ont rolls ~ "lonE
grecn which contained @ thousand cr
more No one is barred from the game.
except minors a close observer could
easily te'i who had rolls of money hif-
don away on their persons A man would
suddenly grasp bis shlrtwaIsf above nfa
heart or steathHy slip two Gavern ht1
his wafch-pockct and look ~ aron-
lied uncertainty wouid gradually ries
place % one ~ pleased satisfaction
Women would ho.I onto ltte HAND bass
wth q grip THAI would result SRI raralv-
SIS II she did noe have O. change hands
occasionally 20 straighten her hat OF bold
40 her skirt
There 81 great dlssatsfacfio1 in the
way the iots are being eoif Tho toen-
site commissioners are trying 60 follow
out their washington Instructions ard
in SD doing the sale wnl be drawn oat
over month SLOT more than tao BLOCKS
a day are BEING dlarsaed ~ ~ looks
cor ~ the sale was being pfrsoeefr se-
aged An ordinary nucflqneer ana nre
clerk 40 "a country raie can 1o more hls-
uee s.n two hours fhan tawrsife come
missioner three CLERKS and an aartioneer
ere doine fn day The people are
-oareG -j1la8 ard ffasfd iafe paying
1ieh prices. 20 is 90 bad as a country
iuctioneer setting "a pIio ~ scrap irra
,r 81 spawned horse. ffnrareda - i1ees-
ora have ieft the fowrsifes. 1irrlrfef
Fffh fhe delay ard rrd fape asrroeafieH
Pee rsfe 10 to Friday. ihera bad rrt
.etn what ~ considered fref-rlasa ~
.o,l iu aey 90 ffe f1ars seE men ahg
.esiiV uaetei 81 gurrhase hlfe become
sired and worn-eat ar1 have reee h1oe
ne on,'a,r ae ~lie. Gre courteous
70 the crowds DIR Ury are go slow f1r
zach t1b