The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-12
Fl. SILL WILL
MAKE A
BIG TOWN
Coming Metropolis of the
Kiowa Country.
SOONERS NOW IN ACTION
Shopping Around Hunting for
Good Claims

FL Reno, Nay 12-There never was a new
/ country to settlement that the govern
ment and the settlers did not have to
deal with the sooner" There viii be no
| departure from this custom with respect
! to the Kiowa-Comanch country.
The sooner is the genus homo. but the
! honest pioneer and settler would rather
I he were not The sooner hath overmuch
/ covetousness and craving for land ahead
of his more honest brother who is will
| ing to abide by the law and common de-
/ cency in taking land in a new country.
True, there are laws which seek to rid
! posterity of the sooner man, but they
seldom succeed in their purpose.
The sooner is now in the Kiowa-Com-
anche country He is hiding himself
in the Wichita mountains, in the val
leys Of the streams. He is in the woods
and groves of the new country, and
slowed in the rocks and hills from bound
airy TO boundary. he is on the line with
wagon ana family. making daily migra-
tions into the new country. returning
from each successive fngress with fresh
and valuable information in regard to
the country. He is not Suppressed.
The new lands or certain parts Of them,
are replete with hidden ore of almost
every description. There is to a certain
~ lead. copper and zinc, and rumor has
it that there is also gold, coal and other
deposits. These lands are not subject
10 homestead but 10 mining entry. Be
ing the later, prospecting can go on now.
The game the sooner is playing is to go
to the boundary of the new country and
temporarily locate. Thence he goes into
the country, ostensibly to prospect and
enter mineral lands. but IN reality 20
overstep the line between mineral and
agricultural country and familiarize him-
self with the later. Then, if perchance
the run system Of opening shall prevail,
ne will know how and where to go to be
in on the ground floor. Many there are.
too. who do not stop on the boundary
Of the country, but boldly enter it, min
eral or whatnot.
There are thousands and thousands
now lined up all around the Kiowa-C Com
anche country awaiting the opening. All
roads lead to the Kiowa-Comanche coun-
try. as was said of Rome, and every one
Of these roads has its complement of
dust-covered white-topped wagons, with
family and provisions and outfits for
settlement. Mountain View, in the north
is the principal Mecca. a perfect city
has grown up the past few weeks there.
Incursi0ns are made to the new country,
and those not bold enough to enter now
and biding their time Mountain View
is not the only place, however, where
the lineup process is going on. Gran
tie has its hundreds; AnadarkO is not
missing in Importance as massing
point, and ali along the line east aud
west. north and south, are scattered these
pilgrims Many OF them feel the effects
OF their wait Heat and dust and time
and hardship are working against the
sooner. He viii try to brave It out,
though. until the golden moment.
It has been said justly that the Kiowa-
Country is a diversified one. There are
three kinds of country-ag agricultural, min
eraI and grazing. From the east bound
airy to the Wichita mountains is splendid
agricultural country. The mountains
and contiguous territory abound in their
minerals. The country to the southwest. +
near the Greer county and Texas lines,
is admirably adapted to grazing. Thou
sands of cattle win have abundant food
in the grasses of these pastures.
A little northwest OF Fort sill are the (
beds ana deposits. Shrewd
persons possessing requisite knowledge /
viii probably soon discover the worth .
OF this deposit and as soon as they do, /
there viii fortunes be made. The re- /
ports which came to the writer were to I
the effect that this is an exceedingly I,
deposit, and one which VIII /
make possession and cultivation very
remunerative.
The towns OF the new country viii be /
wen populated. Ordinarily new coun- +
try is mostly given over TO taking Of .
claims. While. Of course. claims will
not suffer in the new country. there wiz
be a vast traffic done in town lots. One F..
reason for this viii be the belief that
that this new country win add immense
y to Oklahoma's present reputation as
being the Garden Of the Gods" Another .
IS that in the Flynn law Of last winter
was a provision that lots in county
seat towns should De sold. not entered,
and that the proceeds should go 20 a
fund for erection OF court houses, roads,
and other improvements and that no
bonds should be voted without the ac-
luiescience Of the secretary Of the inter
or. Il appears from an the writer can
understand that the town near Fort Sill
wiz be the biggest and best Of the XII
7wa-Comanche country, and that it VIII
soon he as prosperous and populous as
any ia the entire territory
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