The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-06
! TOWN OF LAYTON
Urn sy A HETEROGENEOUS
MASS OF HUMANITY
!. loosted on cstohe Creek
sSSiSy., .,,ls Thought to Exist
" q a Prosperous City,

n September zV-linpr
pEi'h' country and n new town
- y circumstances make inter-
~ eialns - those who remain in the
~ XVI ~, and uneventful precincts lar
" a' ram the frontier; a,o, .,
iN ~ has been Wlueiy sPuhU ,ido rs
~ .sn about as one OF Tue "'h'
NJ airing times Oh P'Is revelation.
il,, rgarfaring hnn ~ ,.un tor his
ny, ~ resident 1t gives " u" w.
..,tJ, .,h,nr. hustling maelstrom OF
8F pusnnsed OF individuals thrown
rtBy,, evn tho four winds OF hchNen
\ ,.std ho,,rediate points. Lawyers, Ior-
. y liners bankers bakers gaiioieis
~ rrsps are thrown tosvt raing " and
~ prayng trauIns' ,i,,,ost
ssls .tsss that is confusing anu almost
ssvpdlns. S,nss that strikes the observ-
or d w 'A ~ the look of age III the
\ y. cHe nIss who should look young
rs u wi" side is painfully in evidence
h Sans ,ows md the sickness and the
I >, " a sS, strike one full In the race
q HsH lI,n The valley of Catche creek
1 Lestea, q s,tepn miles from the Wichita
~ IapyY hiis fhe town spreads out over
bur " WI nun nndulatlug plain. Beneath the
Mutiuii ssid 10 be oil. coal. copper.
N laeiS ssnhaltum and everything else
~ so~ ,sstIess hand OF man has ever
w gson The bowels of the earth.
1sa.a certainly should be oil ana coal 10
Xxx. .s ,aeI for the cities that are cNpectei
|llilsa 's VA thrive in this country, as the
" ~ rinVa. Comanche country Is wotully
.gs !. ~ Forests, la fact, there are none,
4lat !, ~ .nir trees to be seen are those that
y. Na valleys Of the small creeks.
WA. NJ n here, however, there Is an
.s,ss.nes Of most oak land, hut II is mil
+. VI riss away, and the men owning the
H " rsp sell every post they get out Mt
\ rrs On the ground 49,,
p,lTlep this place and DUNCAN, thirty
s' M east on the main fine of the
Lsl Island railroad, Is country that Is
Il Naa.su,iiuI as a poets dream. Broad,
E.a.IstIng leagues Of prairie which the
4 y, n man has never prOfaned, through
KS !, distances Of few miles between
I.sA ts,jr run three never failing streams
4 A Intervals Indian trails are crossed,
~ iaey are few and far between, and
making the trip from thence to here
II ipes that he is indeed In the prlmeyal
ny climate is invlgoratlng at this sea
III u ibe year. the nights being cool and
In al the days not too hot. The most
Enctonsbe feature Of the town Is the
M. and that Simply distractlne. one
IsR drinks and breathes It from morning
n rlghl. aud II Is present In the silert
Erttks Of the midnight hour it hangs
h be air like a pestilence and permeates
M water bucket and the wash pan. They
|aJ that Il will be better when the streets
IN ghnkled, and 'ere's 'oping the asser-
No viii prove true.
Ter are saloons enough hereaboutS to
.sppy town Of 10000 people with drinkn-
Ne and lots Of them are going to be frozen
|ei before many days.
Considering the heterogeneous mass Of hui
tnlty on the ground here. this is n goo /,
Edlt peaeeable town as far as real overt
srE o. awlesSneSS are concerned There
I Tsiy little murder committed and very
lltle robbery and stealing What robbery
l tone Is under the eulse Of legitimate
l1slssss and In that way a sucker OF two
prs With bis coin every hour during the
~, Bat this is America and n man is sup
PSI 70 have lls eyes open aud his wits
lsou bin at oil times.
ne character Of buildings put up is
'tiy poor aud the first good. hard wind that
I1res will make things rattle around Ike
V peas On a drumhead Many brick ANA
wv buildings are projected but as vet
" one Is In course OF erection.
aehaay night, the 10th instant. there
W qeh a blow and some thousands Of
N s,bsr sI,n 81 Iuliiast was zone 10 tents
Il reports XXI" II oca pAD oanar eh' according to
N sli Al this WI WI, PspeiS' Oh Wnlch ihere
ne pspers bava a'ins cood d.,
Ahgs Of 6eautr V ron none OF mem are
Idat u view, and il is ,o+ GpoSrhpI,ioai
y ~, wel some Of the moving spirits
lsAn snd a shootlno sfioI oeO"een