The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-03-20
HOUSTON ON
THE OPENING
OF NEW LAND
He Looks for the New Country
to Be Democratic.
NOT OF BRYAN VARIETY
But of the Real Old Thomas
Jefferson Kind.

Guthrie o. T. March 1s.-Temple
Houston, the famous criminal lawyer Of
Woodward, has been in the city since
Saturday ana has entertained a number
of friends With interesting stories Of the
Kiowa-cOmanche country. In talking
with the Eagle correspondent, Colonel
Houston said: when those new coun-
tries are settled up they viii be Demo
cratic. do not mean just the Kiows-
Choctaw, Wichita, Usage and the rest Of
them They viii be Democratic without
doubt. I do not mean the Bryan Dem
ocracy, but the old time Jeffersonfan
Democracy. Do not mistake my words
the Jenersonian Democracy.
THE new country is a marvel Of
beauty. Up in the Wichita and Navajo
mountains are scenes with all Of the pic
turesque. Some Of those valleys n the
mountains are strangely beautiful. the
soil being fertile and gifted with every
requisite TO make it one OF the most de-
lightful parts of Gods footstool.
''The Kiowa-Comanche country is
grazing country. It is fertile and the
new settler without any question can
live there. mere are thousands of peo-
pie watching for the opportunity Of try
ing TO get homes there, and I viii pre-
dict that by the time the first week is
over after the opening that there will
be plenty Of people without any opportu-
nifty OF getting a piece Of land there.
You ask me about the method OF
opening. I have none myself that I
would care to advance In fact, I had
never though about the matter enough
TO figure out some plan. I know some
men, however, who have done nothing
else for some time, and in fact, have Sc
cured patents on their plans and pre-
sented them to the government. Ny law
partn er studied ont a plan and sent it
TO the government officials at Washing
ton after he had secured patent on it.
Whether they VIII ever use It or not is
problematical, but he sent it Just the
the opening would be confusing and
there would be plenty of litigation The
argument that this is the last big open
ing is hardly good, for there are other
countries in the territory which win
open up In the future, not very far dis
distant. The plan, if it is new one for
the opening Of this country. and success
ful, should be used, otherwise there
should be no change in he present plan.
Yes, sir. that country is beautiful
To one who has not been over 1t. there
would be many things Of more than or
binary interest.
Temple Houston is here working on
the extradition papers for John z. (
Hodges, the horse-thief king, as ne ise 4
styled Hodges has resisted 4
+0T~ p f-f-.
orado, and the last attempt was TO make I
affldavits that his name is not Hodges. ]
else. This last act caused f
". G. Russell. the inspector from Col f
orado. who has been working on he case .
for months, to call on Temple Houston +
to help him out IN the matter. and Il
looks now as though Hodges would have
to go to the other state and have his
hearing It is estimated that something
ike $50 horses were secured by Hodges
and his gang of men. he has operated
for the past four years and is the most
shrewd horsethfef with whom the
officers Of Colorad have had TO contend +
With for some time Not only did he
operate in Colorado, but in Oklahoma.
indian Territory and New Mexico as
we'll
Temple Houston Is the same unique
nan. There is probably no one in the
western country Ike him. His manner
sm. his accent. characterize him as the
gentleman Of q southern land. His man
Ter of dress is his own and attracts at
ention to him anywhere. His talk, his
mind is brilliant and one has no Difficult
y in spending hours listening to his con
rerssti0n when he is IN mood TO let
lis mind roam at win over frontier sto- ]
les. Houston has his friends snd HIS
nemies. but there is only one Temple