The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-13
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
OKLAHOMA.

> near Oklahoma, and if the whol
:: United States army was there
% could not drive them out. Capital
. Woodson and Lieutenant Carson
who are on the ground, are in re
celpt of kilograms daily to hir
= horses, have them saddled and bri
: died, and in waiting on the arriva
9 of trains at Oklahoma City on Apr
: I'D, at noon. The object is t.
mount at once, and by fleet steed
distance their rival Boomers o,
foot and capture the choice claims
A party of four Hoosiers with
balloon, are camped near Antelop,
Hill. They intend to make an as
> cent on the morning of the 22d
. drift in mid air till noon, and ther
descend an hour in advance of team.
f of speedy horses. The state official,
t anticipate trouble and say the coun
try will be an Ell Dorado for gooc
land lawyers. The excitement j.
increasing daily, and all Southern
Kansas is ablaze. The assessors
think Oklahoma is not such a par
adise as it has been painted. The
soil is red and the land is good
chiefly for hay and cotton. Okla.
homa was surveyed some years ago,
but the corners are nearly all oblit-
Grated now. The settlers stalking
claims will find it difficult to de-
scribe the same when they go to
the land office to make a filing.
This will give rise to innumerable
contests, and more will grow out
of the filings by Boomers who stayed
In tho country against the Presi-
dents orders, and will come out of
the timber April 22d and file any,
how. The contests settled first by
Winchesters will afterwards have to
be settled again in the courts. The
general outlook for all concerned
is not promising by any means. A
report that seems to be reliable, as
serts that plan has been arranged
by a large number of Boomers who
are in hiding in the thickets, by
which they intend to burn all the
bridges on the Santa Fe road on
the night of April 21st, so that no
trains can get into Oklahoma on
the 22d. The Boomers swear that
they will have the claims they have
staked, at whatever cost. People
from all over the Union are pouring
into Oklahoma daily.
NEW ROUTE TO THE NORTH POLE.
Alphonse Ledere, a half-breed.
who accompanied Lord Lonsdale
part OF the way to the Arctic regions,
arrived in Chicago few days ago
from Manitoba. Ledere says that
with friends and material he is GER
tain he can reach the North Pole.
His plan is to go overland by sled.
He thinks with 800 men a line of
communication for supplies north
md news south could be retained
Without great difficulty. Headquar- !
ers would be in the peninsula of {
5oothia, twelve days courier from t
he nearest telegraph to Winnipeg. {
4edere will attempt to interest a
number of newspapers and get them I
o back him. 1t is possible enough {
hat government aid will be asked +
or. Ledere was on his way to New q
FORK. r
REWARDING THE EsoUIMAUx. |
The last Congress appropriated
100000 for the purpose of purchas-
1g presents for the Esquimaux i
tho had succored the crew of the e
'haling bark Napoleon on the coast n
t Alaska about two years ago. a
aptain Bennett, the chief of the =
evenue marine service, has prepar- t
d list Of articles which is now d
eing revised. It includes powder, il
not, blankets, Irvine, cloth, fish o
ooks, clothing, etc. The Russian r.
overnment which interposed an a
bjection to the giving of shot-guns
the Esquimaux, has withdrawn
, and a number of beautiful pieces G
Ill be secured. Contracts will be n
lade with San Francisco merch- Y
ats for the purchase of these ar i,
cles. They will be sent by the .,
ear, which is now repairing at San n
rancisco, and which is expected -
leave for the north about the (
fiddle of May.
TERRIBLE PRAIRIE FIRE,
During terrific wind storm that n
ged in the vicinity of Elkton, Da- 8
ota, for two days last week, a prai- .,
e fire was started by burning straw If
'ing blown across plowed space f.
quarter of mile wide. A num- W
n of lives were lost. Over thirty .,
miles were left homeless and -
and over one hundred A
miles suffered serious losses. A a,
amber of persons are still missing =,
ID it is feared that they are added +;
the list of burned. The descrip- -,
'ns of hair-breadth escapes are =,
ny thrilling, and the descriptions n,
the sufferings endured are pain at
in the extreme. The money loss a.
very great. In Yankton county &,
one, the damage is placed at $15O-