Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-03
THE LUCKY ONES.
Names of Those Who Drew Big
Prizes at FL Reno.
james R. Woods and Matte H. Beal Get
Quarter Sections Adjoining Lawton-
HolcOxnb and Lamb First In
Ell Reno District.

Ell Reno, Ok, July 3O.-James R.
Wood, of Weatherford, Ok, drew No.
1 in the Lawton district. Matte II.
Beals, of Wichita, Kan, whose birth
place is Missouri, drew No. 2. Without
doubt they will select the two quar-
ter sections adjoining the Lawton
townsite, which are estimated as
worth from $4,000 to $4,000 each
Each of the lucky ones is five feet
seven inches tall, according to the Off
cial description.
When Col. Dyer, the commissioner,
in thunderOus tones announced the
woman's age as % and her height the
same as that of Mr.. Wood, PSI 900 per-
sons shouted in chorus: ''They must
get married" Number 1 in the Ell
Reno district is Stephen A. Holcomb,
of PauPs Valley, I. T., and No. is
Leonard Lamb. of Augusta, Ok.
Twenty-Five names were first drawn
in the FL Reno district and then 81 in
the Lawton district.
In tabulating the registrs ton it
was apparent that more than 1000
repeaters had registered at the va
rious booths, many giving the iden-
teal name and address and personal
description, all of which were thrown
out, but it is also reasonably certain
that other thousands have registered
under different names or variation of
their own names and different adj
dresses. Public opinion stands behind
the exclusion of the repeater, but it
is reported on good authority that
the registration office is throwing out
all those names of iIIegible writing
and against this the howl is general,
loud and determined, as the name of
the applicant is plainly written by
the clerk upon his Identification slip
and the applicant was required to
sign his name in the presence of the
registration clerk and it is not con-
ceived on what grounds or rights
the exclusion of illegibles is author
lied. 1t is found that nearly half of
those registering at Lawton were by
mark, and it is presumed that these
rules would exclude them a1so-a
manifest injustice to the immigrants
from Texas, Arkansas and the In
dian territory who generally regis
tered at this point.
AS the scheme of drawing is under
stood and talked about, it's POSSIBLE
tiles exploited and it's results reasoned
upon, it is generally condemned as
unfair. On the first draw only do all
chances equal 1 in about 10 to draw
claim and only 1 in 40 for a good
claim. Half way down the line the
chance is 1 in 20 or 1 in 80, decreas-
ing in geometrical ratio until on the
last claim the remaining applicants
have but 1 chance in $4,000, man
ifestly unfair and manifest1y against
the laws of chance calculated on by
the expectant homeseel1er.
Wood Is Married Man.
Bl Reno, Ok, July 3O.-Mr. Wood,
who drew the capital prize at Law
ton, is 27 years old. He was born in
Illinois and at the age of IS moved
to Norton county, Kan, where he
taught school. Later he worked in
a hardware store at Norton. Five
years ago he came to Ell Reno to
work in the hardware and farm i'm
plement store of C. Kimmell A few
months later he married Mr.. Kim
mell's daughter and went to Wealth
erford to manage Mr.. Kimmell's
branch store. He and his wife and
baby came here last week on O. visit
At first he refused to register, saying
his chance would not be worth the
necessary exertion. At the earnest
solicitation of his wife, however, he
and now he has a fortune
within his grasp. He is at Wealth
erford and his plans for the future.
if he has any, are not known in Ell
Reno.
A Lucky Telephone Girl.