Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1905-06-16
How Resc aicclpi PROMOTER Worked
or Wsstesn City on
Paper Daail.

Before the dags Of the town bcom-
er we're ended in tho Indian territory
a promoter bought quarter sec osion,
six niles east OF licbaIt, On the Chtca-
60, IgaA Island & i3aciae rairond, aal
chfistened I Komalty, at er On I4dsn
che" reGias4cd William English.
postmaster st Hobart, O. r., to kan
saa city Star writer. Then ho plated
his farm. ranHed h,ule, ards, loeatf d
alleys. parts nnd residence place.
showed whore the & yornment build
ing, bank depot etc, would be, and
wont out after his game.
n man who wore blue goggles
could foe that there wasn't any more
hope OF making another towa SO clio
to Hobart than there was to enthuse
Wild Indian hut this modern Col.
Sellers had way OF mailing men see
things whether they were taore or not
He went 10 q German settlement IN
northern Kansas and stayed a week
painting rainbows for the thrifty citl-
2ans who used to 'Hach der haiaer.
Glorious ccuntry. and plenty Of it he
told them soil peculiarly adapted for
raising cotton, corn. wheat, rye, oats,
lay, tnraips. onions. potltoes. cab
base. babies. lndians-anything
Christian had o right to want. and
right In the midst of this land of milk.
honey and sauerkraut he had located
the city OF Komalty-high, dry AMI
healthful
They filled up their pocketbools
and piled into his special train. Their
idea wasn't TO locate at Komalty, but
SIMPLY buy town lots as an Investment
and sell them at advanced figures TO
those who would come after and build
the town The train went through
Komalty In the night and the invest
cr5 wero unlouded at Hobart. The en-
Fineer OF the enterprise had his band
out on the street at break of day. and
from that on peace and quiet took
wings ard aew out to the woods.
Ever salo5n in town had been char
tered Tor the benefit o. Komalty's
pro srcat.ye owners. They would be
n.arehad into cre, Were they would
camp while the haEd outside told of
Iae Mlalch en- the Rhine and the
bsava aoas that stood q hundred thol-
sand srong'
Before the round Of the taverns
was made 1t was unanimously agreed
that Komalty was the best proposition
before the American public and tho
travellers were clamoring to be led out
there They felt able to bay three
just at that time. and,S after
the baggage car was loaded with
few kegs Of 'enthusiasm' the train
pulled out for the metropolis-to-be.
Tso engineer was enabled to fnd the
lace ~ a mail crane near tho track.
There wasn't anything else man had
lone thero But there was the ground., Z.
Just as the promoter had sasd and his,
nap tg prove II had been ls'i clt. And
here Was the country all rCind about
- far as the eye could reach and the
'ailrcad and the brass band md the
,egs In the baggage car Nothing had
'een misrepresented.
And so they bought town lots as
asst as the auctioneer put them up. At
'rices hanging from s25 to $l00 each,
ccordiDg to the proximity 70 the fed
raj baliding' the courthouse or some
ther important municipal edIacs CO.
ulated to attract traffic. Business was
oOd The operator regretted that be
aGn't bought two quarter sections.
Ie saw he could have so both Just
8 easy, and Komalty wolil hay. been
vice as big town--on his rap It
rs too bad After everything he'd
cen knocked down the tra,l was .1in
lck 70 Hobart, where they had some
ore, and everybody termed "a feel
e richer than the GSy befc-e.
The dealer cleared 5000 after pay
< Tor ms train. beer and music.
his was year and half ago. The
all crane. like ghost OF the prairie,
III shows where KomaIty is, and ca
me days the 1aeks contain as many
three pieces. Sometimes the In
ans have a wnr dnnce out there, and
metines the cowboys chase a coyote
rough the streets. With these ex~
r'!a1s. primitive solitude reigns.
Il met ore Of the investors in Ho-
rt recently, and rather sympathized
tn him for the way he had been
rem in. But 1t was wasted
vi, he said we gets a big railroad
9. keg OF beer apiece, some fine
'osick an We gets to sec der gun
i. all fer huntret tolla. twas wort
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