Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-01-17

We saw the revenue boats, fire
boats, and tugs. The next day.
Christmas. We went out to the
beach and ate our Christmas lunch
on the rocks of the breakwater,
and some of US visited grave
yard where you could see human
bones piled no by the hundreds
They we're mostly yellow fever
victims. which hits here every
four years. But must get along,
or you will think | am stretching
the blanket and that would be hard
to do
On the. 26th. we started on our
land. prospecting trim up the Was
river valley. We stopped in Coco
in care of..two land agents. There
we're fourteen of US who had tele
graphed .abead for horses and
wagons to take Us out about Y
kiIomoters. One kilometer is
FIVE Fights of a mile in our dis.
taEce measurements. We got out
to the Ramah at about l1.30 a. m.
where we're introduced to a Mr..
Hornbeck and family. They we're
genuine American, S and there We
sat down to tie only good meals
that We had in Mexico, that was
really fit 10 eat, and they we're
good. enough for any one. Fried
Venison steak. stewed venison,
good bread, potatoes, milk, coffee.
pie. and cake. and roast turkey
with trimmings for dinner the
next..day and all cooked we'll, it
made..s US homesick. Well. after
dinner the horses were saddled
and ready for US to go look at the
land. Some went to look at land
and some went hunting. and | tell
you. business did get good in fact
it got lively. 1t was tick. tick.
tick, here, tick there, and ticks
everywhere. Little ticks. big
ticks. ticks of all sizes. Scratch if
you want to. 1t only makes it
that much worse. No pen could
tell how bad and no white man
could stand it long, for | seen them
sitting down and 90 in to their
shirt and drag the ticks out by the
handful and crack them when they
had time. Well. Frode for almost
two days over this land. They
called it the Tuscadora lands.
There are about 10000 acres at
from seven and a half to twenty
five dollars per acres. About half
of this LAM is open land or prairie.
and the balance is brush. thorns,
jungles, ticks. Yes. you can 90
up against it. but that is all for |
would just as soon try to through
hades as that. Now some of you
may say, He is just talking. |.
know, for / have been there. I
have got the scars and can show
you. And | am not through vet.
| am not trying to allure my Kan
sas friends in to get rich quick
scheme. | am trying to show
them what they have got to 90 up
against.
Well. we left the Tuscadora
ranch the morning of the 2Sth of
December. Get to the station
Coco in time for the morning train
TO Was, the land of promise, of the
London & Warner Colony Co.
operated by the Mexico 6 United
States Lane &Immigration Co, of |
Shawnee Okla. and in my opinion
t is the biggest humbug. swindle,
skin game that thu. people of Kan
las and Oklahoma have had to 90
Up against IN a long time.
In the first place the company
Ices not guarantee or promi ,e
you one thing in their contract,
,r books. which are part o, the
contract. Well | must back to ths
rail-, We arrived at Was station
about II a. m, walked about a
nile up town, got ou- dinner and
made arrangements for a Mexi- |
AN pony at 81. so per day to 90
INF tn the land of bananas or Toe