The sun., 1901-08-04

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Dsswtng Was 0slng On.


Ctizsas Mads Msssy whise ne f.aasa
Drawing Was 0sang On.
FL Rsso, Oklahoma Territory. July 20.
We are in tho midst Of the distribution
Of the nsw lands to ths homeseeker.
El Reno. tho place for drawing. has about
5000 inhabitants, and. barring the lack
Of street railways, has most Of tho con-
venienoes common to large cities, inciud-
ing an electric light plant. water works,
q good fire department. &c.
lawton, situated In the land to be opened.
and six miles from Fort Sill military reser-
walton. has from an open prairie come
TO be tented city OF loOo0 people.
With a line OF business tents more than a
mile in length, all doing thriving business.
In Fl Reno the centre OF every business
street is reserved and rented by the city
for restaurant privileges. lunch counters.
lemonade stands, notaries public and gam
bling devices. The notarial work Is finished
and the notaries have folded their tents
and retired from the fie d. but the gamblers
are still with us, and the saloons are still
running at full blast. Yet, considering
the amount Of intoxicants sold. the NUM-
Der Of toughs hero for the purposes Of rob
berry, and the fact that every day since
the registr ration began there have been
upward Of 5000 people here, the good
order maintained on the streets Ia remark
able. Very few drunken men are to be
seen and women are a. safe on the streets
here In the day time A. they would be at
home: but at night, II woman II wise, she
vii, stay at home; ana h = Just ,nt as wen ,Sr
their money, and even their lives are not
safe In the dark places.
There is scarcely a family here who will
not profit by the influx OF people. They
fill all their beds with lodgers and sleep
on the floor themselves. Then they m
up the vacant space In their houses with
cots. Then they AL up their porches. IL
they have any. and place the remainder
who apply for beds on blankets in the yard,
at NO much a head. A good meal In hard
to get at any price, but there Ia no lack
OF sandwiches and coffee. which you eat
because you must, while you loathe the
very sight Of them:
there Ia no lack Of dirt and dust. The soil
Is light, with nothing but dirt streets.
tramped upon by thousands Of feet: q light
wind stirs up the dust and sweeps u into
every crack and crcvice in the best Of
houses.
The Canadian tfOvernment mas an ex-
hibit tent here filed with grains from Canada
and an agent Is trying to induce settlers
TO emigrate TO the country north OF Dakota
and Montana where they can get a free
home. after three years settlement. OF
100 acres. without having 10 pay 81 IS an acre,
and only filing fee of $40. A large number
OF people are considering the proposition
and 1t IL possible that the United States
within the next year will lose several thou
sand good farmers who will elnigrate to
Canada.
Texas also has tent here and an agent
soliciting settlers for her lands.
All sorts and conditions Of men have
drifted here together. Soul savers and
note shavers; Chicago drummers. New
York doctors. st. Louis and Kansas City
business men. farmers, saloonkeepers,
fakirs of every description, the halt, the
lame and the blind all are here. II IL
said that every State in the Union il repre-
sented from Maine to California and from
Canada to the Gulf An Uncle Toms
Cabin company has been giving per-
formances in tent, varying their per-
formance with war dances by real Indians
Next Tuesday. Aug. q. is the day act for
the sale Of lots at Anadarko. Hobart and
Lawton, the three towns authorized TO be
laid out by the Government, at which time
this place will change from very much
inflated city to a common-sized town and
the people will then have time 10 count
their money and settle again into their
regular grooves