The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-11
FLYNN IS
GRATIFIED
WITH RESULT
Of the Opening Of Kiowa and
Comanche Country.
is FOR STATEHOOD NOW
This viii be Delegates Next
Great Undertaking.
WOOD H0GGlNG WATER
That Is Latest Phase of Young
Mans Greed.
WOOD HOGGlNG WATER

| Nldll OF66U,
Especial Correspondence to The Eagle)
LawtOn, o. T. Aug. 1O,-The disposition
of the last of the public domain. in a
manner unique in the history Of opening
lands to settlement. has been successful.
1t only remains to see if the sale Of
town lots in the three county seats viii
be as, successful as the drawing which
opened over two million acres to public
settlement.
The Correspondent for The Eagle today
asked Delegate Dennis Flynn his idea of
the entire transaction. He said:
When the bill was introduced TO open
the lands of the Kiowas ,Comanches and
Apaches to public settlement and when
the manner Of opening was fully decided
upon. it was largely an experiment. The
experimental stage has passed; tie open
ing has been successful The feature of
registration gave everyone equal chances
with his neighbor. The drawing was en-
inently fair. There is not a suggestion of
a job anywhere
"Comanche county viii receive in cash
the sum of s250,000 as the result of the
sale Of town lots in L.awton. While it
is true that the lots are high. and there
fore somewhat hard on the Individual
yet this money viii come to the county as
sort Of first years tax available at
once, and viii be of great benefit Here
tofore such aid 20 a county ~as lackias,
and the benefit received by ot-iumpers
You may say that I am we'll pleased
with this opening of the last lands of
the government"
Credit for the inception Of the plan Of
opening; the possibility Of having such an
opening, and the final success attending
it, belongs TO Delegate Flynn. NJ. a. Low.
general attorney of the Rock Island and
The Eagle. 1t was Mr.. Flynn who intro
duced the bill, and made its excellent fea- /
lures possible. 1t was Mr.. Low who threw
his powerful influence in the breach az
the proper time and assisted materially
in the passage Of the bill II was The
Eagle which first proposed the drawing
idea, which has proved so eminently sue
cessful.
The work of Delegate Flynn for his ter
ritory and the west is exemplifed IN ev-
cry detail attending the opening Of the /
new country After the free homes fight /
was out of the way in the first session OF /
the Fifty-sixth congress. Flynn started I.
his campaign 10 open the Kiowa-Co- I
manche country. With persistent work. /
he was finally able TO accomplish his OBJ /
jet The work has occupied much Of his I
time and attention during the past two /
years and that the entire affair has now
been successful is gratifying 10 him. and .
a credit TO his usefulness TO the people he 4
a. well as to the entire west.
Many persons in Oklahoma everywhere
are talking of free homes for the new
1t is safe to say IN the begin
ming that if it can be accomplished at all
which is not absolutely certain by any
means. Flynn can do It. But the next
great fight in which Flynn viii put forth
his efforts is that for statehood. The
Oklahoma delegate IS not the man 70
weaken his efforts by scattering his fire.
II he goes after anything. he concentrates
~ effort for the time on that one object
IL was this that won free homes for OK
ahoma in the last congress II VIII be
his that Will bring statehood De- the near
uture 10 Oklahoma After this is accom-
lUshed it may be In order e. attempt the
fort for free homes IN the Kiowa-Co-
nanche country until then. the least agi-
alton possible Of the subject viii uudoubt-
dly be the best thing.
Great things are expected Of the new
ountry Its productiveness IS unques-
toned. ger there is some fear that next
ear may be q dry one II 81 Is. the resi-
ents q the three new counties viii Do
-eu % keep their heads. The most iuju-
ious thing that could happen down here
rouId he a room 4 boom is always de-
strous. bat e would he doubly 81 f0r this
ountry. There Is this reason for To-: Ail
BE- people here have not come FOR homes p
they haS e. would be ali rlsht Persons
eve come here To speculate. 10 make Big
ioney This class. u Il goes iuto the
hing hlinIly ~ hastily. Til 30 certain ~
ag-et IL. Especially dangerous is TIE
resent high purchase prices paid far
lwu lots j serves o. work THESE towns
nd this country ND % a pitch ~ excite
lent and expectation which may rot o. p
1-ur,eus-rate xlth the future poss.hil-
IS ~ che country Ire abundsrce ~
.oney which has come here s. pheuaus i
aE but g wiu not iazt forever Whea 90 =
gone. there uust 81 a ce.ia1se- q slrHf
ths three new c1erttes vu D. sa-
iiafsfy worthless. EatheE ttsn that tass
sasid h.. ln the Judgment - zlse msa q
s-rt rs boarding ~ means nov ~ hana g
1tH the saiure shan Say sh1t ths res..t e