The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-17
BIG RUSH
ON LANDS
GROWS APACE
Beds at a Premium in the
Border Cities.
SITUATION AT CHICKASHA
Rough Rider Rhoades on the
Mineral Prospects.
SITUATION AT CHlCKASHA

the Rock Island extension pushed south
the present site was the home Of tn
coyote and jack RABBIT. Now there arr
living here 1900 happy, contented anC
prosperous people, enjoying all the bless
ings of civilization, with good school.
and churches. Eight denominations have
/ erected large, substantial church build
ings, while the plans are laid and ground
purchased for others. The inhabitants
are all of the hustling. progressive
type. so well known throughout the
west The same spirit that wrested the
west from savagery and reclaimed the
desert, caused the early pioneers to drain
what was at first considered an IN
| helathy location; fill the sloughs by cut
ting down the higher places, and set out
trees wherever possible, so that now in
| stead Of, as many predicted a malarial in
fected district the city is as healthy as
any place in the two territories and cases
of sickness are rare. while deaths and
! funerals are so scarce as to be a curl
osity.
Located as it is, within three miles of
/ the new country TO be opened to settle
ment, it has peculiar advantages, owing
to the railroad branch running west and
| piercing the very heart of these lands,
and even now the influx of settlers is
making itself felt so much so that hotel
accommodations can not be secured and
a person is in luck if he can secure a
place to sleep on a cot in a tent There
are two parties with sleeping tents, each
of which can accommodate sixty persons
and they are doing a thriving business.
Dot -F 10
of people will be here and the jam will
make even breathing room at a premium.
Even now unoccupied lots on the best
streets are bringing 81 per front foot per
month. In the future visitors viii do well
to bring their blankets here, as they may
have TO sleep on the ground. One morn
ing a man keeping a fruit stand said he
wanted a partner to sleep with him. He
has a bed wide enough for two but only
one blanket and there are none in town
to be bought. He said that if someone
would only bring another blanket he
could have the other half of the bed for
nothing. as the two blankets and two
persons in one bed, might manage to keep
from suffering from the cold. Fortunate
ly, summer win soon be here and one can
sleep in this healthy climate out DOORS
OF course he may be rooted out by the
large hogs that range the streets. Hogs
seem to grow to an unusual size, as 1
saw a drove of 50 marketed which aver
aged in weight S79 pounds each.
The city is in no wise affected by the
temporary boom TO be caused by the
opening though that will cause thous-
ands of dollars to be left here and the
addition Of so many settlers near at hand
win oe a great aid. 1t is q solid business
center now, with substantial brick and
stone business houses, while there are
many resident houses that cost from
5000 to $4,000 each, the owners of which
made their money here in legitimate
business and are now in a condition to
realize handsome profits by taking ad-
vantage of the new opportunities
Among the substantial business firms
can be mentioned the cotton seed mill,
erected at a cost complete of $50, 900. It is
of stone secured in the Kiowa and Com
anehe countries. covers several acres of
ground, having the best Of machinery.
including a ginning outfit to take the
lint from the seed before passing into the
mill to be ground and crushed. The |
saving in cotton is an economical meas !
ure that goes a long way to help pay ex-
penses. After being ground and sepa-
rated from the hull, the oil is pressed out |
leaving 4 sort of cake, which is ground |
into cotton seed meal of commerce. The /
oil is then shipped to the makers Of coto- /
lene, oleomargarine. butterine, etc, j
where it brings a good figure.
An opera house 100 x1o0 feet is being |
and viii be ready for occu- I
pancy within thirty days 1t has two /
large rooms in the basement already /
leased to wholesale firms for warehouses
and with the prosperous population here
the whole viii pay a good dividend on
the money invested.
one great need is a good hotel here,
but this now IS about to be remedied.
as the ground is already broken for the
building of a large brick affair 75x100
feet with IS rooms exclusive OF basement
The contract is let and is TO be finished
5y July !. AT cost Of $4,000 This is for
building alone and does not include dxt-
lres and price Of land.
Another large brick is half completed
10 be used as A wholesale house
The Frisco railroad. which is surveyed
7cross the north part Of town. with site
already selected for a depot. is 10 be COM
1lete5 across the new country before the
opening To save the purchase price OF
ands. VIII give direct communication
with St. Louis. as does the Rock Island /
rlth Wichita and Chicaso With two
mnk lines and thousand miles Of
ross branch of the Rock Island. shrewd
business men see a great future for this
aty and wholesale business arms ara So
rsfr- Ia rr-
p 90 The ground hoor, IS the new towns
.oou So spring up. must have goods. ana
.lickiy
There is an electric light plant and two Z
ce plants while two different proposi-
ions are before the city council Tor the
'utung in Of frst-ciass water system.
lne OF These propositoios viii be accepted
oon and work started Immediately. The
hsilowless ol water does nor make it
ecessary Tor drinking or hose purposes
S IN most cases IL is only question ~
rom four 50 SIX feet 70 where good water
he fourd- It's great Ya.ee u.l -
he cause e the IAN b Insurance rates
esides eae money 70 Dc 1isaasse5 II
The shanowness q water vii be 81
raat help when sewers are pus So as the
rain pipes VIII oec4nls material springs Z
nd thes The refpse II rhe city he carried
. The riHer 5g natural Sow Instead II
e-ng foress oT pumps. thus saving many :
thousands - dollars FOR erecting sach 2
lant ana also the oost ~ fza and coal s
b operate IL
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