The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-09

had not interfered and the gamblers
got away In the meantime. Last night
there were numerous. groups of indignant
meL over the town discussing the stu
alton, nearly all condemning the mar
slials for interfering, and more especially
for letting the fellows get away. The
uarshals, however, closed up the gam
ing for the evening to prevent further
| trouble, but some of them are running
again today. big Burma" Of Texas,
known as the king Of gamblers, and is a
| generally good fellow outside Of his pro-
fession.
About 10 o'clock last night a man by
| the name Of Gibson from Clay county,
Texas, was shot by highwaymen for re-
| sisting an attempt at robbery. The bull
let broke his arm, penetrated his right
/ lung and lodged just beneath the skin in
| his back. a hospital has already been
| established here by a physician. where
| the wounded man was taken and the bull
| let removed. It is though he viii recover.
| The sale Of lots began this morning
! The present location of the restaurants,
/ Lodging tents, attorneys Offices. bath
/ houses, etc, is on the east and south
line of the town, the street being about
eighty feet wide and lined with tents
upon both sides. The prices paid for
lots were gratifying to those desiring
locations, 800 for a business corner well
situated being the highest up to noon.
There seems to be little speculation.
those buying being men who desire to
keep them. There are well equipped drug
stores, groceries, hardware stores. dry
goods and almost anything that could
be desired already here, and ample facil-
tiles for caring for everybody. There is
by no means even q small percentage
Of the rush experienced in FL Reno.
The restaurants have fair patronage
but no rush, hence one can get better
attention by far than IN FL Reno dur
ing the rush.
Considering that Lawton is thirty-eight
miles from a railroad, the town is well
equipped as a town and prices are very
reasonable. A meal costs a quarter, ice
is the highest at 81 per hundred pounds
and most of It has to be hauled from Ell
Reno. as a car load could not be taken
care of at once Feed Is also a little
high. but not exorbitant Corn sells for
S1.50 per bushel, bran 50 a hundred,
chop $40 a hundred, with a sufficient
supply to fill the demand. Water sells
for % cents per barrel and there is a
sufficient quantity. There was an at
tempt to run 1t up TO so cents Der barrel,
or cents for two buckets, but 1t failed.
Sanitary conditions are likely to be bad,
but facilities for relieving the situation
are being pushed rapidly and within a
few days viii be temporarily arranged
equal TO the emergency. TlE creek just
south of town contained numerous small
fish, which have died as a result of the
contamination Of the stream. This creek
runs approximately on the line between
the claims taken by Mr.. Wood and Miss
Beal. The townsite is practically level,
the center being perhaps ten or twelve
feet higher than the outer edge. OF to
the northeast, toward the Comanche In
dian school, the ground slopes away TO
Cache creek, which is perhaps thirty feet
lower than the townsite.
South Of the townsite the claim taken
by Mr.. Wood, being a quarter mile wide
and a mile long and adjoining the town
site is comparatively level, yet sloping
southwark just little TO the creek and
rising again in a nice slope on the land
which Miss Beal has taken. This. with
out doubt. viii ultimately be the res
idence locality of Lawton, as it is splen-
didly situated for this purpose.
Miss Beal, of course, is the heroine of
the hour. She stated to your correspond
ent this morning that she intended re-
turning 10 Wichita, where she would pre-
pare to return as soon as possible to
Lawton TO take up residence at once
Upon her claim. She intends having it
e. As-.r
in wheat this fall. Mr.. Wood, in all like
lihOod, VIII prove up as soon as possible
under the townsite clause and begin dis
posing Of lots as soon as possible.
Miss Beal, although coming from Kan
sas City only a few months ago and now
haning from Wichita. says that she likes
the locality here and the people she has
seen, and although quite different from
that to which she has been accustomed, !
sees much attractiveness here and ex-
poets Lawton to soon possess everything
which makes a larger place so attractive, /
with the added attraction that people in
a cmaller town feel greater interest in
one another than IN larger places which
has an added satisfaction in the selection
of a place for a home. 1t may be added
that she has no intention Of getting mar
ried. as in reality there is little to be
gained by adopting such a course. If not
much to lose.
The Rock Island road is graded TO
within four miles Of Lawton and men
are working steadily on the grade all
the way into Lawton. The track is being
laid as fast as possible, about 900 feet
of track per hour being laid while work
can progress. At present the end Of the
track is about sixteen miles from Law I
ton. There are several short trestle work 4
bridges to be put in. but this cannot be
done until the track reaches these places, /
SO that the pile drivers can put in the
pning. after which little can be done /
work completed. Many fears have been (
entertained as to whether or not the
road would come 20 Iawton. but all these /
are groundless and the road viii be into /
Lavton as soon as it is possible TO build /
ii here.
Heretofore. there has been no postofice /
facilities here at all. bat the Office is to +