The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-30
OLD TIMER ON lCHE INSIDE.
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Knows the Lay Of the I.and and Sc.
ectS the Choicest tracts.
SITUATION M THE INDIAN COUNTRY
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How the Thousands Of Boomers on the
Ground Pass the Hours Away.
Their SpecuIations.
SITUATION N TME INDIAN coUNTRl
1speeIol % The post.l

III Reno. o. H. July 2D.--fhe old timer
IS the busiest man IN Oklahoma to-day Not
onls does he have the inside I'm the mat
ter OF making 4 selection OF a claim for
himself. but be Is IN demand on eyssry hand
as Il guido and m expert In the picking
ont If claims FOR others. receiving com
pen ation proportionate TO the supposed
value Of the services he eau rende1 or
course there Is m Immense amount of
swlndHng going on ~ this connections Bo-
gus experts ana eraftcrs Of every de-
sctiPtion are working the crowd Of home
seekers for all they are worth. The M IN
Der Of straight tips which are being given
out show how great IL the number Of
crooked transactions, But in many cases
the boomers who have nothing to show I
for years of hard experience but their \
knowledge are now putting it 20 good use
70 the advantages Of the newcomers as wen |
as to their own Immediate profit.
The most satisfactory sore NJ deal ]
which can be made seems to he In |
which the locater agrees for certain |
stipulated sum to place the homeseckcr on
claim, the fee to he paid II the latter Is
satisfied when he secs the claim that It Is /
what II has been represented 10 he. Some
Of the old boomers are locating grca. |
many IN this way. But a large plumber of
the strangers viii make their own loca |
'V,is anu Hs 'ue h"oNieuse " tne Country |
and the corners possessed by the loCnturs Is !
indefinite IN many cases some Of the homo
se'hets VINO Z" " alone may lafe quite As
wei As others who have guides. II Is all !
very much matter OF chance, almost MS
much SO as the drawing itself, and the |
chances Of drawing prizes are fullv as
small as the chances OF drawing mum
Ter which allows the holder the coveted
privilege Of selecting claim
bu' mere gre tpnsolollVh prlSes ior tRosc
No ale oen. ou Spegu,allon uIter we ntst
uisaipilniin.lhentii Nm y latg' hnhpFr ~ MN
wv ti i, WI 'rtha'h Ht,H tue ohnntSH |
or pnS'ng town lol5 Iof I'lle to s9t nom
~ ~ w w 1 ~, t Ctnnlnl5 Wn,h VII
~ Ua ~ ny lhvse VINO 40 no, snow
Nnu ~ dIe kVpu lVls nNte wiz ne
ia'ee uuhluVl OF tncse " ,p1N experience ~
~ ,nn me 70 Mu'l ~ nSeN 10 uappoh in
s1e present one, tuou4h, OF oohtSt' the
49, 49, ,,ttWu - wv" sAc'iel '"'H ~ 'i"S ever
~ ~, pelTt t ,,
~ Neii 49, nvp'NtohtLs Hrt RECEIVING
nd 9.5 wv. ',,dohs 10 F 639 Stttt COUNTY
N auJaCeH' s',,l"hH 81 SrNiun"lno' as Wsn
~ thd ano ieiutogie5 Anu
nv NV IN III u.s. tIiTgn hHs Jnal come "
w iIVnt w sS IN purulls heauQuafiets mere
M,eh q i iNIhliu .t ailaN 81 ,algnt1 consist
Nv Of Tue ehtlte force al us lhnu depart
ment concentrated IN one grand effort 70
NtFAet attehurn 10 vacant iand IN Afknh
sas atlu H ~ Mts'el1 oahada Is rep
lsseptel py complete coiieetlon 81 speci-
mslA % rs prouucIs anu, nest o. az iqr
niH 1iS Oh tne Door lpeh mere, ms heeneS y
h"hlhE. away. .luuhA "a lHeh NhV Nouiu
ssareelS De anle TO make homes even though
wy snon,a Ne sneeess i1 IN seenllhs ioon
llons on moaenateS Eood Claims where men
tally well me JahHaa propesli9h 70
ttese destitute ones Is mat they shali emil
crate AZ once TO that country ana hnd en-.
p9lmeht AZ ,Soon wages IN tue harvest
heid AMI this IN the language OF the
spne,ers VINO are stlnng sandwiches, goes
70 the right spot Tor many OF these boom
ers are hungry
Win gu the competition m me way Of
ana more attention No section can oGer
Inducements which con not be duplicated
which are, set forth In the literature which
set-central lines, has been bcmoaning The
fact that he was without specimens OF
Texas products except rice Of which he
has small though most lttuci We eS-
hiblt He went ont on the street yester.
Texas peaches and grapes aud put them on
that Then The man in Pt6e booth acro @s
the way IL selling wntsrIprlons bv The
''uuarter section as the spielers say and
Nttle Inquiry develops tho fact tbnt tber
ara heinz Skinned IN from ,rrx,s sor,,.
thing OF everything good the crowd cnn
get comes from Texas and II Is no wonder
Ii IS some What a matter OF railroad rates
II the Frisco railroad can bc9t the lines
convey rho bameee.kers 10 Ne,, Movie.
eheaner than thr roads ieadins, IN mo coast
nratry cS tn me- tI mH'sns 10 VIZ V""S,
$3.50 SSaaI - a. T. an II ~ ~ - i,,,,V -
nen az ~" ~ ,, at'iu,ng ,ne minus Vi
ssya nero IN tin,,st IN W. ~ Mt, ~
homes ''''u eV'''''Na 20" u WV N"e'' "
Iaferrirs, ~ tha oro,,-, +bt. ,,,rrtn,, ~
tr a. nv raVM" .hlS tH a. Nr,
ntptnn GU. ~ ~, . W ~ ~ lahh's w
HAN M tor s,-a IN u,'f en"' W. 'to
am.hinuP j, H,st ini III npp , Huh ny! ny
$3.50 a. ,,ip ~ ~, ~ L,,i, /" ~ - ~ ",
49, IA %nntltrs ,,a n nth t w leNus ~ IN
~ ~ u eI'hs ~ ih M Isu Umn . w
n1osress IN okIaho,ns In tbn iast rom ySor.
made In the mast thirty conitnI ts nee,isd