The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-06
Beaver County Gives Him
Longing for the Saddle.
HE WAS A COWBOY ONCE
And Rode Over the Plains He
Is Now CanvaSSing
GREAT PLACE FOR STOCK
Although Farmers Think They
Can Thrive There.

Can Thrive There.
Guymon, o. T. Sept. 5.-After travel
ing over 500 miles by rail on the Rock
Island TO reach Beaver county. Bird S
Mcclure. the republican congressional
candidate, opened his campaign in North
western Oklahoma in a meeting here
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Mcclure arrived
here at four O'Clock, his train being two
hours late. Immediately after his arrival
Mr.. Mcclure went to the ModernWood-
men hall and found a large gathering OF
Beaver county citizens. Mr.. McGuire's
reception was a very cordial one. He
met many persons he had known In other
parts Oh the territory. He talked for
nearly m hour on issues of the campaign
Air. McGuire's argument was especially
relative TO the division of Oklahoma
school money with the Indian territory
should the two territories be made one
state at the present time. Beaver county
citizens pay many dollars annually into
the territorial school fund for leases on
large acreages Of grazing land and IN
return receive less in the way OF assist
ance in the establishing Of schools than
any other county in the territory. Mr.
Mct.uire talked Of the bill now in congress
relative 70 allowing Beaver county citi-
gems the right to own an entire section OF
government land. instead OF a mere $50
acres. paying a nominal price for the
same. Beaver county people are much in
terested in this bill. After discussing
the conditions of the bill Mr- Mcclure
stated that il would please him to do all
!n his power to assist in the passage OF
that bin.
The audience which gathered TO hear
MIR. Mcclure was composed Of represen-
tative men of the county. There we're
& number Of women present and seem
lngly they were as anxious to hear a
political discussion as the sterner sex.
Immediately after theclose of the meet
ing. the entire audience met Mr.. Mcclure
shaking hands with him and congratulat-
ing him onhis speech.
csuvmon IS on the Liberal extension Of
HE Rock Island This road was recently
prosperous town Of Guymon was started
one wear ago Il has the only bank in
Reaver county and although only estab-
tished since last October, there is on de-
posit over $4,000 and undivided profits
amounting to 81 800 have accrued John
II. Lott. formerly a Kansas banker, IS
rashier of Beaver countys financial IN
stitution Guymon IS aspiring to be the
rountv seat Of Beaver county and her
people hope to have an election called
which viii bring the countys capital to
the west portion of the county
Twenty years ago Bird 5. McGuire rode
ever the old trails Of Beaver county.
driving cattle from Texas to Colorado
Mr.. Mcclure was earnig money TO pay
his expenses while attending school
Beaver county was then very sparcly
settled country. very different from what
At is now. When Mr.. Mcguire reached
Beaver county on his present trip, he
took delight in recalling old experiences
Nothing would please me better, SAID
he than to mount a COW pony; strap a
savage rife to my saddle and ride over the
,,lains again. There is som thing fascinat-
ing about II and as long as l live | suppose
the desire 70 resume the old life viii not
be eradtcated-"
Dick Quinn. editor of the "Guymon
Herald" and committeeman. has been in
Beaver county for sixteen years. be was
formerly a Chicago printer and after
wards drifted TO Missouri. finally landing
in Beaver county. For twelve years ne
has been in the newspaper business. He
formerly operated the Hardesty Herai@
hut when Guymon was opened moved
here. The newspaper plant was about
the first thing on the town site, and
the editor built the first house. a
comfortable cottage. put UP in the new
town. The building now occupied by
the Herald was hauled from Hardesty tc
Beaver City and was then brought here
form that point II was a dance house II
Beaver City's palmy days and was shot
up time or two by the Dalton boys.
There are many people coming in L
Beaver county and in the immediate VI
cinity OF Guymon there have been
seventy-five hlinge on land for agricult-
ural purposes. Old timers say that II
Is a mistake TO try and farm the land
but the newcomer is persistent in his
Efforts 10 make garden spot Of his
loo acre farm. In Optima township Il
Is estimated that there is an increase
of one hundred votes in the past two
years. Near Beaver City the increase /;
much greater than this. As many people
have filed on land in the past year neal
the county seat
W. s. Vaughan. Of Red Point. is one OF
the old timers in Beaver county and Mr.
Vaughan is not an old man oy any
means, but he has spent twenty-five
wears years Of his life in this county. H'
IS one Of the cattlemen who believe IL
raising blooded stock and not only has h'
me cattle on his ranch. but hne horses a.
well. Beaver county has changed mucl
fn twenty-five years. I have seen th'
ups and downs of this portion of N,
territory said AR. Vaughan, but, ! an
content with this country.
Beaver county with its broad eXpaus'
Of rolling prairie presents novel sight Z
4he visitor. AZ far as the eve can reach
there is nothing but grazing land Wit
here and there q green place, devotinl
q field ot kafir corn and then some
times 4 house and out buildings Then
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