Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-05

Assissant Land Com issi osss=s ,ssHsh~
ards Tells About the nx&1ai SasB,
the KiOwa-Comanche Rexerwnnsan.~
Seven Hundred and Fifty TkAxsSaal.
Dollars Worth of Real Eaez1. ySAsA-s:,
In Three Towns.
W. A. Richards. assistant iss&, Srssss
missioner, has returned to Was GsE.xa&,
from Oklahoma territory. whGs IL asxs
been laying out town sites AZ 'AtacssHi
ing the opening of the Kiows TfAs.-fs
manchc reservation, writes t.}c G1s-er
spondent of tie New York Cq,.tscssssol
Advertiser. Commissioner iSs1s2Ssa
says that the bidding for the Lazsssa rsss.
brisk and sharp and drove tle gasssw
well up. One % foot lot III s..m ',gssF,'-'
ness section of Hobart brouEH% .g-i'&a
and % foot front in LawtoE k,ssA
altogether it appears to me 3as- ( r31k
new land in these towns woula F-Erasse
good investment" Mr.. Richan.st s1EG..
although it sold for such larzs arruE.
The people who buy are of 8 sssssz4H',.
tial class of citizens, who apysszrssEn
intend to remain In the counsr.y 1zkl
participate in its development AsAsrs
Of them come from Mississippi saHa--
ga, Texas, Arkansas, Nebraska. saaa-
neighboring states. They harss Sszaaaz1
and are industrious. Few Soak 70 asst.
buying for speculation, for 1ensgr sase
unwilling to sell after they hs4s, aESsS
for good profit
II think it Is a conservative eSs!.Sss4l
that the amount of the real est2S.1 'st'ssss
in the three towns of LaWton. ltssxIas
and Anadarko will aggregate S'r54}s%-
The sales in Lawton, which ! sezFSsE#-
as the finest town of all, haVr 1.G*1asssg
exceeded $223n. O0O and will ga -; aas
GOO at least. The sales at Hot s1'. isST
exceed 81 lO,00O and will go ~ SSaa@
In Anadarko the government 1s'. ST."
ready disposed of land thar gstrrta}
100000. The proceeds Of thess ''sa4Ss::; B.
of town lots after the governnsfT iis-% =
been recompensed for its outlsy sTT '4N
! the counties. They will have i 'azs.i
sum with which to begin busiE'S.ss
"Lawton l regard as vera GsssEa'
candidate in the future for thu s--sassN.
At present it is 80 miles from sas, Gsas-
road but the Rock Island Is '6ass2SSkr
in there as fast as men can grass I'M
roadbed and lay the rails. Tas Szs1Es
is being done substantially, ans2 rzs.7,s,s
pense Is spared in cuts and gras2sa4
1.-The population Of the tertiary $500
naturally increased enormously YxA-a
the coming of so many setters-, ,:sx'
they have brought great deal al FnNa
ey with them. Accordingly sWv,h4ss
has been on the boom. On c,xss"Gcss
tive estimate the town Of III AssM.
alone has taken in almost S:s.aea4s 49,
from those new settlers dugasx, r2a.i
last few weeks. There wppa s4zu1lttsss
175;000 arrivals In Ell Reno Ans agu1ss%
ably every one Of them spent HsfzE
$40 before getting out of town. hhHAvs
credit Of Oklohomans it should IssasfH !
that they did not raise their r.a.szcc
prices. The hotels filled the -sg-nxaDsSS
and offices with cots, but II yiszfrs5 weST
any room guest could get his csss fdat'
so cents night or for whatsEs-- E2:@sEssaT
it had been customary to chargt N.sxsas
the time Of the boom. The us.Auss M.
Ell Reno wore simply bursting a1a-s
money for time. Newcomers A:zta8e>
ed to a bank to deposit their eIEaSa
and it happened that little bach gzis1..
only $4,000 capital would scE.xssE.s.,ss7ssss,'
have deposits amounting to haH Is 4cEs''-
lion dollars or more"
Mr.. Richards does not intersl n -r~~
turn to Okla honla. at least for sls. 'ry'sss,
ent, as the business there hns &ts.
/ left in the hands Of competent rsS'~sa.
most of whom are from the laM ta.SE
In Washington.