The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-16
VIEW OF A SPECTATOR
Ell Reno Presents Picture or Ever
HOTias AsmIess Life.

nOTi1E AsJnIeSs Lire.
Fl Reno, Q. T, July 15.-E Reno at
midnight is different from e Reno during
the day. The crowds swing briskly about
during the hours from sun 70 sun. scat
tering dust over each other, but no one
does any kicking. After the booths close
il the evening the crowds become less
scattering. and gather in large groups
about town TO talk. Nearly everyone here
has met some one else whom he knows,
but II a fellow is any mixer he soou
knows quite a number.
There is but one subject under discus
sion. and that. OF course. is the new land
The talk is nearly ali concerning how 10
get a claim. Choice OF any particular 10
cation IS not mentioned scarcely az all
To draw q cumbersome number-sny old
number that viii eutitie the holder 70
claim, viii 90. some claim. any old claim
The crowds do not begin 70 thin and
until fully eleven o'clock. and then It is
slow. At o'clock a n. there are still
a scattering few about town row OF
chairs in front OF the Kerfoot are the
orchestra chairs. the baId-headed row, so
to speak. but shiny pates are not to be
found there but seldom. Others lay
b
ingly at those chairs. The negro porter
usually has a word battle with several
OF them before he can get the chairs
back into the hotel. which he does after
scrubbing up the Office about 4 o'clock
a. N.
Down at the depot things are IN pile
However. the men there can quickly
locate anything they have on hand. but
there is a pile OF stuff that IS uncalled for,
that makes most of the trouble.
Frequently q man unaccustOmed totrsv-
cling. PUSHES across the platform with
g trunk Just as the train s about TO pull
out. OF course, it cannot be checked. Il
Is safely aboard the train. then he begins
kicking for his check, and the rag gets
chewed TO pieces. One fellow going only
thirty miles, made a great fuss and the
train bagagenan settled it by kicking
his trunk OF the train as it started This
changed his stern aspect into absolute
beggary, anything TO get his trunk back
on, but it was too late
Beer Is the chief commodity that comes
into town. On one train there were 20
kegs that came by express, being more
than all other express and baggage to-
gether.
The lodging tents at o'clock in the
morning remind one Of an army field hos
pital. and the still, Mate forms and rows
Of bare feet suggest an impromptu
unergue. As one wanders over town a.
O'Clock in the morning, he frequently
stuuables over some man asleep on the
sidewalk. unless he keeps away from the
buildings. Thunderous snoring comes
through thin canvas upon all sides where
some private tent has been located, or
from the interior of a show tent easily
locating the proprietor. but in the large
public tents there is very little snoring
The men sleep like tired children
The show people are not as plentiful as
one would imagine and are not doing a
Aa+tering business. All the old shows
that went out OF style long ago in Kan
sas are being tried here. but unsuccess-
fully. the babies and ball game IS chief
among them.
A walk I'D Bictfcrd or Rock Island
early in the morning presents varying
panorama. First men sleeping. next 10
the building, then a group OF men dis
+ c-lssing the registration and presenting
I their IDEAS as TO how il should have been
done: yet there Is no dissatisfaction save
that some would rather the claims had
been drawn, leaving the settler no selec-
ton. thus saving anxiety q mind As
you are thinking OF the discussion you
/ lust passed you notice a white Indian
pony tied to an awning with lariat He
( has on a saddle and to the horn hangs the
I bride. You turn TO look et him and are
vanked around BY the viscid odor Of
buning liver and onions. then other
/ doors equally as vile, mingled with the
/ the sound OF water trickling down some
1 where.
/ Beer runs freely. It Is "s-nall bottle
{ crowd and oIeomargarine form part OF
/ the dietary. There is bread IN plenty
Tow. Ice can be had but IS not plentiful
! Water IS in demand. the FL Reno water
/ works are to some extent anti-deleuvian
/ and have been known TO break down but
on the whole there IS a fair supply and
no suffering contrary TO the highly col
/ ored reports sent out from Oklahoma
City. This has embittered the Fl Reno
/ people greatly against Oklahoma City.
+ 50 much so that many send "a wichita
! for goods they might get in the nearer
+ town. So stronf has this feeling become
+ Guthrie. who has also done some knock
\ ing VIII not be treated as vel as others.
/ The streets are very dusty. as scarcity
/ % water prevented sprinkling. The Rock
I Island road offered q bring water IN OF
/ tanks from Darlington and Chiclasha for
/ sD-irkIi1c the streets. but this morning r
/ was not thought necessary Tho Rock
+ Island road ard the citizens Of = Reno
/ ere doing everything for the comfort q
1 the people. and are caring for them CON
J fortablv water barrels supplied with
+ tn CUPS have been placed all over the
+ city sfo'E ire sidewalks and. while Tot
T cold. IS very wet
4 Yesterday afternoon there vas = shower
northeast Of ~ ard quits storm b.
T tween here ard Enid. sufcient % nix ID
T the phone wires. The thunder from ths
f northeast vas plainly heard here. hut the
rain did not reach Us
GOOD TlMEA LAYTON