The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-10
SALE OF TOWN
LOTS IS SLOW
Meanwhile HOmeSleader
Woods is Getting a Ran
for His Money

Lawton, Okla. Aug. Buildings
have already been begun or tie
Woods homestead Persona who hsvu
established themselves in business
along the south border OF the t@cn
called Mccoy avenue have received
the tip telling then not 10 move and
to pay no attention 20 Woods. He will
have to institute legal proceedings 20
eject them Word has also been re-
oeived from Washington that Emmet
Cox sonsiD-law Of Quauah Parker, has
instituted contest before the interior
department for one OF the quarter
sections adjoining the townslte, the
nosth half OF which is IN the Woods
claim and the south half in Miss
Beals' The Cox contest is not re
garded seriously, but will make
trouble.
A week ago Cox, who had attempt
ed to secure an allotment adjoining
the townsite, told some friends that
Arm Of FL Reno lawyers had urged
him to make a contest, but that he
had declined
"The lawyers will get ALL" Cox said,
"and / viii be better off if take my
claims on my second choice" The
lawyers offered to pay all the expenses
and take half of the land, IL the suit
was successful, in full payment for
their services. The supposition is
that the possibility OF winning was one
TOO seductive for Cox to resist.
The sale OF Town Lots IS Slow.
'fhe sale Of town lots is proceeding
so slowly that Mccoy avenue will be
an established business street before
the lots in the main business district
are reached by the auctioneer.
Two thousand persons left Lawton
last night and this morning in dis
gust. The sale of town lots was not
proceeding to their satisfaction. The
price paid was high enough, but he
policy pursued has resulted in delays
which viii hold the town back. No
answer had been received from the in
terror department to a request tele-
graphed yesterday asking hat the
blocks In the business district adjoin-
ing the court house square and the
land office be put on sale at once.
Only ninety-six lots had been sold in
two days and the sale this morning
vas slow and tiresome. Extreme
sJlicitude on the part Of the commits
sione., j. r. Hampton, and the auction
eer acting on his instruc ion, has
prolonged the disposlng of the lots.
Merchants who contemplated purchas-
ing lots brought big stocks of dry
goods, hardware. fancy groceries and
drugs. The came prepared to build
their houses I'm day and must wait
for the slow movements Of the town
site commissioners. The lots now be-
ing sold are in the remote business
section and the bidding proceeds at So
raises There are between 500 and
900 lots designated as business lots
and only 120 had been sold at noon
yesterday.
The price paid for lots has steadily
advanced as the business center Is ap-
preached. The average for fifty lots
sold yesterday was nearly 5000 a lot
making the total receipts for the two
days $15,6OO. An incident late yester
day emphasized the uniform courtesy
shown women in a promiscuous crowd
Of Westerners. A woman was bid
ding for a most desirable corner
which had been offered. The price
had advanced to 1896, when someone
shouted out: "what does the lady
want with it?"
Il want to establish a millinery
shop" she remarked TO the man be
side her The person who had ac-
quired this int)rna.:,n possessed .
good pair Of lungs and a voice which
drowned on. the auctioneer
'she wants II for a millinery store,
men" he cried
LET the woman have IT," shouted
The crowd. mo man is going to run
the price up on a woman" someone
yelled.
-Four hundred dollars" the women
cried to tle auctioneey.
"scld," answered the crowd
No one had the temerity 10 bid aud
the auctioneer after m0merts de.
layl, said; "sold to the Jady for
s4OO."
The lot opposite, although no more
desirable, sold later in toe afternoon
for $685.
The contests between the bona ide