The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-23
SPECTATORS
SCHEME IS
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They Boom LawtOn and In
vest in Hobart.
GAINS WILL BE LARGER
Must be Many Towns but
People Are Impetuous.
GAINS WILL BE LARGER

Hobart, 0. T, July 22.-At present the
whole topic OF the day in this portion Of
the country is the opening of the new
country. On the streets, on the train
and most every where you wiz hear
people figuring and even building and
Improving their places
one subject Of Importance Just now is
the county seats, their locations. what
they have to draw from and what their
chances are for good towns. That they
wiz all be good towns must be admitted,
but Just now you WIN hear a large class
OF people booming Lawton, saying little
Of Anadarko and Hobart 1t must be ad-
mitted there IS fine land around Lawton
and the prospects are very encouraging
for parties wishing TO invest You win
notice It IS being doomed by every one.
and many estimates the business lots
there viii run from three to i've and six
thousand dollars. This is very fancy
price for new town lots and there is no
doubt but they VIII bring It.
Among the business men now you VIII
hear the confidential wordsi Save some
OF your money for Hobart" Why? It
should be taken into consideration by
prospective purchasers and men wishing
10 locate that towns can be overdone.
And also that they should consider what
the Surroundings and what a townsite has
to draw from to make It . good, sub
stantial town.
The main point among spectators now
IS to boom up Lawton. keep on the quiet
and invest IN Hobart in order TO make
q large speculation out Of their invest
1nent BY keeping every one crazeG over
Lawton they VIII be able TO get their lots
in Hobart cheaper and thus have good
investment 1t must be remembered that |
Lawton has many Indian anetments an /
around the site. The army reservation /
and the large pasture reserve are both /
near 1t. Hobart 1t situated IN the FIX 4
creek country, surrounded by thousands /
Of acres as good land ss there IS in the !
reservation, and has more homes for set
tiement than either Of the other two
county seats by about three 10 one. An
other advantage, it has the Cheyenne (
line within FIVE and seven miles. and /
across this Hne is many good farms al
ready under good state Of cultivation
ARL N4AAAAA t1trtF hitA AllN year tft many
bales Of cotton and q good amount of
wheat marketed there this fall
This VIII be a great advantage over
either Of the other town itself besides
having NOR homes for settlement and !
good lands to back it. No one can dis
pute its resources and people while pros
pecting. should visit this as wen as the
other sites and not guued in by people
who expect to invest at Hobart that the
land is poor and water bad. Tt has plenty
Of water and the majority Of 81 viu De
goo 70 even better than the water at
Anadarl1o
People should look and Judge for them
selves 1t is 10 the parties advantage
who expect to invest in the best location
10 boom Up the others and quietly in
vest ia the best town. Hobart will have
another railroad running north and south
soon as the country is open. making the
facilities very convenient. The St Louis
q San Francisco survey runs within three
miles east Of the townsite. and II is OBJ
tanned from reliable source that they
wili build into the town Not only that
hut it VIII be a very nice distance from
their division point and it is very likely
they VIII establish q division point there
With the influence of the best men of
the town there is no doubt bat that the
county eeat win set them The Rock
Island building from Enid IS very likely
20 branch ont and connect with thsir
line at that place, making It a railroad
renter Judging from the surroundings
there IS no question but that Hobart win !
be the best town in the reservation within
three years at least.