Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-27
SOUTHLAND PEOPLE ARE
 INDIGNANT
Declare Story of Fl Paso Buy CTS About Unfairness of Townsite Sale Was Outcome of Pique Alone

coURTLAND. Feb. 26.-Tae people of Courtland and Courtland Townsite and Improvement company are today naturally indignant over the story printed this morning. in which W. L. Lonax. A. W. Paddock and c. D. Spence. of Fl Paso. state that after coming to Courtland yesterday to purchase lots they were unable to do so. and returned home, stepping in Bis bee long enough to spread the news that the towns.te sale had not been on the square. The truth of the mat ter Is that nothing could have beer. conducted m-rs fairly than this sale. The public was not deceived in any manner whatever. The company had not quite six hundred lots to sell, in eluding both business lots and resi- dence lots. The majority of tbe busi- ness lots were on Main street, Third street. and immediately adjoining the Mexico and Colorado station. The townsite company reserved fcrty lots and so announced, these not being in cluded in the offerings to the public at all. There was no pretense to make the public believe that these lots were on the map, as far as the public was concerned. These lots were reserved fer townsite purposes. which is customary in every instance where townsites are offered to the public buyers.
 Out side of these small reservations, which were made to prevent real es- tate agents frcn.outsiGe districts com ing in here and placing men in line to buy up solid blocks. witi no other insertion, than that of merely lstt.ng the city bu Id aJound them and make them rich without doing a single thing to help the growth q Courtlaad in its infancy. One man from Fl Paso came Into Douglas reporting that he had $40 900 to scoop up some good things in the new city. and other ru- mors to this effect were rife in diffeT- ent sections. The townsite company did only the just and wise thing in preventing this as far as it was able So to do. The men in business now ! in CouTtland are merely squatting on copper company ground. with tle un- derstand'n that when the townsite is ready their business enterprises shall ! be ordered of into the townsite prop CT These men have shown their faith in the new camp to the extent | Of many thousands of dollars, and they shared very poorly .ndsed in the al 1 lotment of lots in the new city site. Not nearly as well. as they should have done.
 There was on hand all day Wednes- | day an organized band of knockers against the new townsite, and they spread the tale far and wide that there were no choice lots on the open map for the buying public from the very opening of the sale. The only | answer that can be made to these statements is the long line of men
 and women who waited their turn to
 purchase lots. and who really dd pur- chase them.
 The gale of lots to the general pub
 lie during the day totaled more than \ sixty thousand dollars, and the Court land ToYnsite and Improvement com pany stands ready at any moment to prove this statement with actual | names of the persons who purchased | lots, and the amounts they paid The | total list of Tt purchasers during the | opening day, counting only those per. | sons who actually stood in line. in cluded men and women firm every
 town surrounding Courtland. If the ! unbel,eying wish to inquire further in
 to the truth of these statements of
 facts, they should communicate with IL. C. Erickson, of Levy Brothers. oi Douglas; Charles II. Gilbert, of Cana nea; C. B. Tarbell. of Tombstone; the
 Douglas Lumber company, or Douglas or any Of the other men or women
 who stool in the line. and had the op portunity to make their own choice oi 1 'Ots. beth business and residence
 The sull list win be published Tn the
 CourtlHad Times next Sunday morn ling. The F. F. Pirtie company. tho
 selling agents, reserved not a singlC
 lot for it's own members, and has al
 ready pB-chased lots from people
 who bought them only yesterday al ipriccs up to two hundred dollars. Tho
 same. company s,aads ready to con
 sider an offer from any lot purchasei tof Wednesday who Is dissatisfied witt
 his bargain. and in no case st pr.ce lower than was paid on inc opening
 day of the sale. IT this Is not fail
 dealing with tho public. then there is
 no such LaiDg as justice n business
 transactions.
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