The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
sa'SAe zkeservsttozs.

! lAa1Giial Ill shape 10 use tS soon as flt
shadow Of night should throw its cur5aix
over their movements. But us wagon loaC
after wagon load Of lumber, iron stakes
! wooden stakes, wire fencing and hammers
ETC., commenced to move IN the direction
Of the bottom below town, everyone who
was abont dropped" !" as the saying is, on
the situation, aud then commenced a wild
| stampede for the scene Of action. Visions
ottuture wealth, through The rise in value
Of the land that they lnlghtacQuite, danced
through their brains ami lent them s1cll
strength and endurance thar ordinarily
they would not be capable Of On one
side could Je seen several prominent citi-
zens, whose weight and size anu ordinary
daily employment unfit them for any ply
sIESsf work, stripped O TFIelr surplus cIOTH-
Ing, welding 81 6ledge hammer or stringing
barbed wire on The stakes that were being
driven 10 receive it. And near at hand Oh
the other side young men, who are wont
In their daily ayocation 10 drive pen all
day or measure yards Of cloth, were
similarly employed In the wild rush for
land. ItWas certainly HI Interesting sight,
as The brigbG harvest moon struggled from
beneath ii few iieeey clouds THAI were dis
putting supremacy with it and 'thyeW 4
hood OF light upou The ground, 10 sec the
figures of lnen fitting hi5her and thither,
and us one Of them would euctoAch on Tile
right Of another, language more forcibIe
than polite would be- heard, and
Lin some eases the parties interested
would come to blows, and several personal
encounters were the result OF the nights
excitement and more can be looked for al
most ANY hour Of the day, st5 several par
ties have gone down there This morning,
wiCh tents, etc, and encroaci2e1 on sogae
Of the land that aas been fenced IL, The
building and completion Of the building Of
fences that were commenced last night
still goes OIL today and by this fi1ae TO-
morrow there will probably NOT be a foot
Of ground left thai is not fenced in. Sew
el&al parties, not satisfied that the fencing
Of the land is sufficient 10 hold II, have
Gah&n down tents, ETC., ans; propose 30
camp with their claims. It has been many
Il day since our city has been thrown in
the same state Of excitement aa it WAS last
night. and tEsa streets looked deserted, rs
hardly & person could be seen on them and
were it not for the sharp spunj Dt driving
stakes anf} l'as wild wells s>f the Ge;s,oster5
as they l4rg&st their tired t.or@ts 10 u tss:, il:
get 10 1t2s lumber pile anu bansz wish ~
hgtia expense of 5jme rs possible, you
might have supposed the city WAS Iiesest-
ell, Il is wonderful what a change q few
short hours has wrought in Tie appearance
Of things. Main street is bounded On each
side BY i fence clear 10 The bluffs and no
streets have been left ;nterseceing, This
will, Of course, be obyiatad Is soon as a !
proper surreu j. snade, sshi>sEa will sao doubt
be done soon,
With the advent Of one or more railroads
ia our city it is y1oE too much to say that Ill
d few years the vacant land will all be
built up with good, substantial buildings
and the owners Of the property will receive
handsome returns for their nights labor, |;
for which many Of them eau show blister
I'd and Iacerated hands and generally de-
noralized appearance, which is supposed
10 follow nights dissipation,
Judge Tattan will, in accordance with
ar, run an exterior lire on the reserva-
ion, make plat Of the same and file iii
he Helena land office. As soon as the
lct throwing open the land shall have
.eacbe6 the land office through the regu-
ar official channels, which will probably
1e in two weeks, the land will be survey
ID and In, say thirty days, applications for
iing on the land will be received by the
Probate Judge who will be supplied with
blanks on which the applications must be
llIed out. Sixty days notice will chen be
.equired 10 be given, which will extend
he time to almost The lat Of December be-
ore any satisfactory lien OH The land can
,e had by any one. The best legal talent
Ii the Territory will be consulted, that ail
iii the matter of aIlnexi1s tle
and to the town site Of Fort heilton De
Executed iii strict accordance with the laws
md as far as Judge IHtEan Is concerned Il
here wilt be no delay III getting the mat
er, In which 40 nanY Of ~ are Interested,
a a shape that 4 proper title Gun DC given.
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rom Thursdays Dally.I
T. Mitchell, Ubet; 6. 3. Jones, Barker,