The Saline County journal., 1889-04-25

begsn there wa- no telling where
would stop. The only recourse Ief
/ to tlIe disappOiut I'd man was To bul
out such holders of lot - we're vii
ling To sell, ar run the rick nj tax
Ing outside the legal limits.
rnE GUTHRIE BOOM BEGINS.
Both Courses were adopted. A
gOod number of Guthrie city lot.
changed hand- The first sale Wa.
made by = nsn named X. C. Rum,
mal-, of Malvern. Kansas. who sold
. line - fOssl front lot, near the land
oiiiee, for 81 to ~ old doctor, . resi-.
deHt Of Que Of the Indian reserva.
tlOns adjoining oklahoma. The
purchaser refused 90 for the lot i've
minutes later. Several transfer
were made to-day snd others wbu
weTe deternisi To locate here drove
is prpPaI atnry 10 purchase Of the
hoInsstesders' rights aud extensions
Of the city limits.
THE CITG OF DAY.
No one Who mas never sees = west
ern town take form aud shape can
comprehend hOw quickly . full rig
ged city with . double deck boom
can be put iu running motion.
Guthrie already has its Main street,
lts Harrison street, its Guthrie
avenue and its Oklahoma avenue,
aud this morning iI was . wilder
ness. the antelope sPorted aud the
Jack rabbit happed his EARS In the
sun. This sfteruOOn At o'clock,
.na. -.
red. The election notice appeared
today in the OkiOhOma III, raid, =
daily Daper published al Guthrie.
on the iirst day Of its rxhistsnce. A
council - ~ bs elected at the same
time
Nearly 100 votes were pOlled ~
thrr- are ai,,'ut that many men in
Guthrie with the intention oI be-
coming citizens. The leading can
didates for mayor were Adjutant
General Reece OF Illinois, William
Constantine OF Springfield, Ohio,
and +. l.. Summer Of Arkansas city.
A strong dark horse il NOlney
HAggart Of Huron, OAK.
The Bank Of Oklahoma opened
for business today, with Q capital
stock OF 5000. NJ. W. Levy, the
Wichita banker. il president, Geo.
W. Robinron, banker Of Winfield,
and Horace speed, OF indianapolis,
directors.
The new city II flooded with busi-
ness cards oI all descriptions, repre-
seuting every line Of trade and bust
ness, every profession and every
occupation imaginable.
THE LITTLE SCHEME.
The Scheme which resulted In the prssti-
Tal cOrn-ring of town lots today, orig mated
as has been frequently Indicated Ia this cor
rcsPondenr-, With the Atehison. Topeka A
santa Fe, probably In combination With the
~ Indicate ShO have h-eu hard NJ work ia
Arkansas city for . week or NOR past.
Numt-rs of men have BEEN going into the
territory a. deputies. and under permission
q. railroad rmploy-.- Tbs deputies we're
their msn W-rr not burlsDed Eith Official
or'ierS. They all did their work tssday. aud
did u uelL Officials la the Guthrie land
onicr say that men appeared iO spring Oui OF
the earth a. no.'n apprOaeb-d, and that 10
dtdnt take nfte~n minutes Ia O-cupy hail
the i1Nn lots
The land Officr has not been Kr-AIly ruxhs-I
to-day, ~ the great majority Of settlers arr
going to perfect th-ir titles sitter occupation.
The hr>i homr-tsad entry At the Guthrie
1nicr was aud obi ssidirr claimant nam-d
thr land ofi-r at Ringishsr Was not
opened to-day. hut adviers frOm Their, by
stag To Guthrie, rePoried an orderly colo
Mining uf I he town, which j. tn be y rival ,ii
'iuihrie In the territory.
Everything was reported gui-i along the
Canadlan. Purcell j. n drs-rted village and
nov = littIe station gu the AtchiSBn road
al.out eight miles north uf 10 Was iaId nut A.
a town site.
PEACE EEIGSs SUPREME
IL h. evident that Oklahoma Is 10 b. op-ned
Peaceshly sad without bloOdshsd. The
crisis vas pa SOD today. The great nuub-r
who arr n0i will he suppressed by the o. rDnE
hand of frontier justice, aided by military
authority under command of General MrT-
At Oklahoma City. There are nov aboui
90 irO-ips In the territory snd they WiIl b.
kept here until order IL assured.
PTRcELL. {. T., April 21-Ths hrsi irain
eonsisiins "i twelve coaches loaded to their
utmost capacity, len the depot here NJ ll:S'
n M. yesterday and arrived st the Canad
river bridge nj "a. There . stop made
for ten minuiSs. Al precisely noon the vel
train rrCO-ad the bridEr into Oklahoma
lands Htnid the cheers Of thousands. AZ the
train sIped onward over the fertile Okla-
homa prairis~ the excitement of the pas-en-
gers ErrW intens@ and expressions Of delight
were frequent. a. neu and b-autifUl Ss-Bsry
broke into vt~u upon every side. At every
station al"ng the line -rohes Of th1-e who
haNerSark of prOvisions and axe or
spade would Jump on and strike out In
-earrh Ol vacant quarter sectlon. Hun
ir-ds of thn-r uho we're On the train UerS
lEsund for oklahoma city.
The t-Spuler-' cavalry carried everything
lssfOrr 10. They rude far ahead of The ira In.
and U-rs soOn all over the country. They
rparhrd ga lahofna station before o'rissk.
The train renrhed there at O'Clock. What
ai,d the hoT.emen did not get In OklshOuts
uas ptnred by men who were on the
ground or very near u st Dooa- They
-ame from every direction ~ y O'Clock and
, fsW minutes afteTUHnd Uere holding down
riainis for miles In tine interior Of the rcun-
Try.
The railroad sxcurxlonsts had TO content
lhema-lyes with town lots. several Thousands
Bf which have already ben taken NJ Okla
bona city. The new city coNefz part - ave
quarter sections, as laid out - prrs-nt-
Guthrie extends into ten SQUARE mil's and
makes q good town site. Their l. no tumtsF
n either place yet. aud provisions sr- vrfy
srarce.
Haifths land In the valleys will - ron
listed. Investigation will demonstrate the
fart that OklshOna vas null Of people when
he army Officers declared that nolsDiy Uas
herr exc~Pt . fev uho Uere entitled 10 re-
-. Al. -