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


Hickox received telegram late Monday
night announcing that he would be de-
tailed TO serve at the land Office in FL
Reno until after the fling is completed.
Hickox lives here and secured good
number in the Ell Reno district. He VIII
have a force of men and viii see that ev
erything goes all right around the land
Office.
People who held the first one hundred
and twenty-five numbers could hardly
wait for Tuesday morning to come. Many
OF them were up early on the first day
! for filing The crowd al the land Office
was very large one and the force Of
men had all that they could do to handle
the people desirous of fling. The dis
| cussion Monday night among the home
/ finders was a very varied one in regard
/ to the quality Of the land in the El Reno
/ district Many people want 10 get near
| Hobart and other want claims or the
Washita. Many people have the impress
/ sion that the farther east they get in the
! El Reno district the better it win be for
them and this is what they are going 10
DO.
The police court is deserted place.
/ The metropolitan airs which have been
characteristic of the place during the big
rush have disappeared. Once in a while
John Doe gets in for being drunk. but the
arrests are very few compared to what
they were during the grand rush, during
the registration and drawing.
The relinquishuent man is preparing
for business. He is having circular let
ters printed SO that he can send them
out to the persons who file asking that
in case they desire to relinquish TO cor
respond with him and get good prices
Almost everyp land firm in the country is
figuring on relinquishments and If Sec
rotary Hitchcock takes a hand in the
game, things are likely to be rather mix
ed. Not many Of the people having good
claims Will relinquish as it is considered
too dangerous a thing under the present
conditions. Those who have numbers up
IN the thousands may try and relinquish,
rather than live on an inferior farm for
fourteen months. 1t is with his kind Of
people that the land men viii get in their
work Prices for relinquishments from
a hundred dollars on up viii prevail, and
there is not much in it for the man who
does not desire to live on a claim. Peo-
PIE who waited for a number that never
came cut of the boxes in time to secure a
claim are thinking about ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ana if impossible to secure one viii hope
20 secure a good piece CT land after the
sixty days of filing are UP.
Ho Pam Sfaarn laundry Wi1l HaUa n
big auction sale some day. There are
about eight hundred packages in the
laundry which have never been called
for. These viii be sold and the pro-
ceeds turned over TO the laundry to help
pay the expenses of doing the work. The
laundry has made a small fortune by
working almost day and night. 1t is the
only institution of its kind in the city
and one can get some idea when it is
stated that nearly every persons who
staid a few days in FL Reno, left pack
age at the laundry and then left before
it was completed.
The congestion at the postofice has
been relieved. Postmaster Watson hard
ly knows what to do with the mater
which is uncalled for. One of these days
a mighty big lot Of letters and packages
will be sent to the dead letter Office at
Washington. There is hardly any need
of one standing in line at the Office now
as the clerical force is large enough TO
meet the demand The system which was
inaugurated for the last days of the rush
was a good one and the public in general
appreciated the change.
The Cuban-American League of New
York city though the president. William
O. Mcdowell sent a letter to Governor
Richards a few days ago calling his at
tention to the unequaled land opportuni
ties in Cuba. Mcdowell asks Governor
Richards to announce to the unsuccessful
homeseekers that there are unsurpassed
for securing land in Cuba
and he has hopes that some of the home /
seekers may find their way there.
Almost every state or country that had
land to offer to the homeseekers had
on the ground working
day and night for their lands The Frisco
line had representatives in Fl Reno an /
ouncing that there We're splendid oppor- /
tunities along their line for people who |
wanted good homes cheap.
A Never-to-be-Forgotten Trip
is the one via the Lehigh Valley Rail /
road, between Niagara Falls or Buffalo I
and New York and Philadelphia. Mag /
nifcent scenery. Historic regions. Su- /
perb service.
Stop-over allowed at Buffalo on all |
through tickets to New York and Phila- /
delphia via this line.
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