The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-31

he decides. The favorite way with the
old timers is the old style grand horse
race. with LOO acres of land Ter the win
ners. pointing cut that there would not
be more disappointe- than in lottery
scheme.
others prefer a lottery scheme. as
they think that they can FIX The men
in charge at a price Of from Soo 70 $3.50
and thus secure valuable quarter
These people point out the profits tc the
'-dxed- parties II they should sell 1.eo
such number out OF 15.oe5 10 be drawn.
As farms in Oklahoma are ROW selling
at from $500 10 SSooe. the certainty Of
a homestead would cause many man
% pay even higher than the prices men
TONED.
Many people are thinking of investing
in city property at me different county
sats. and the general opinion seems u
be that any lot on the public square
VIII bring not less than seq while the
choice win run from SEQ 20 $3.50 with
5000 for corners. II such prices do pre-
vail il VIII go a long way 10 relieve the
taxpayers Of the debts that always ac-
cumulated in the other counties. OF
course there are a few persons who
want 10 run for a lot. as heretofore. bur
all wen thinking people agree tnat next
TO the free homes bin no law ever be-
fore worked SO much 10 the Interest of
the people, and the propogaung OF that
law proved 10 the people that in Dennis
Flynn the right man was at Washing
ton and thar in scnding him the people
knew the difference between a states
man and a politician.
Amid the hus-e Of business the slow
going blanket Indian can be seen pick
ing his way. gazing the meanwhile with
contemptuous eyes upon the progress
that unconsciousiy is making him
wealthy The aborigine Of John Smiths
time and he Of the present are Identical
and VIII always be until the last enc Is
gone or inter-na rriage with the whites
instiH progress into the offspring The
old buck Is as lazy as ever. counting
ii disgrace To work. while his sguaw
is stin his slave. whose duty il is TO
wait upon her lord and aster doing
the entire drudgery while be sits and
smokes. If some If those eastern peo-
pie could see a thing that happened
here recently they wou4a quit speaking
of the noble red man or "the poor
Indian. and can him as be deserves. a
brute" The episode ia question was
as follows; An Indian ana his squaw
entered a feed store where they pur-
chased a bale of hay Weighing about
eighty pounds The squaw laid down a
loaf of bread she had been carrying
stopped down and with the assistance
Of her master. lifted the bale upon her
he'd and shoulders. where she stood pa
tiently waiting until ne picked up the
bread and with a grunt stalAed out
when she silently followed down the
street several blocks to where their
wagon was fastened. The Indian
watched 70 see that she loaded il COR
rectly, after which they both mouuted
the wagon, using the hay as q seat. and
drove off to some place they cali home.
If some parties who are always talk
ing about injustice did TO the Indian
were to come here and investigate they
might find some injustice being done 90
the whites Take the townsite OF Chick
asha for instance and consider IL. A
few years ago $40 per acre would have
been considered a good price for it, The
Indian left to himself would never have
improved it or increased its value The
and perseverance, succeeded i'm building
up and laying the foundation for a fu-
ture great city and now the DAVIS com
mission proposes TO come along and sell
90 tho men who made them valuable
the lots they now occupy charging the
white man the value that he has made
Land that would not have brought so
per acre without the white mans work
IS to be sold 10 him at the rate. in many
instances, OF $500 per acre. 1 wonder
which balance justice pulls down in that
case2 This is only one instance; tt is
the same Sra every village town ard CITY
in the Indian Territory. Had some Of
the law makers wished TO give the In
dian exact Justice no more and no less.
they woulo have passed an act sayinE
that the land was originally only worth
so much per acre and wouio have been
worth no more without the aid ~ the
white man. and that in giving title no
more should be asked That would have
given justice and fun value 10 the In
dams and could certainly have been no
more than right To give to the people
the values they have built up instead ~
the present injustice If charging them
for the values they have made
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