The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-23
GUTHRIE. THE FUTURE GREAT
Great Inquiry for City and suhur ban
Property by Newcomers.

IEoReFty by &GWC0meTA.
ARKANSAS CITY, April .se--Fifteen thous.
and homeseeAers are eamped on the grassy
nplsnds of Guthrie. thu pioneer city oil
Oklahoma. their camp fires cleaning in
the darkness and their tents looming
athwart the sky like an army IN
biyouae. Guthrie. heretofore an In.
significant station ia q wild and
nninhabifed country, remote from
civilization, has population Of more than
la.Voe. All this was gained ia the after
noon. In no country save America, and in
no part of that country save she great
West, could such a thing be possible.
When the first train arrived at Guthrie
from Arkansas City. the embryo
streets and lots OF the new city had
already been laid out by enterprising
citizens who had been early on the scene.
Hardly had the cars slowed down at the
station when eager men ieapea from the
car windows. slipped from the roofs OF
coaches and poured ont of doors In streams.
In minute the slope leading up from the
station was black with men rushing head
minutes not one of the men who had filed
the train was left within speaking distance
of the railway.
BY the time this crowd hsd reached the
top of the slope near the land ofiic. the
men who had been running parallel lines
lots were W II on their way along the level
strip Of land east of the post Office. The
crowd then caught the moving hne Of
streets and lots and pushed eastward at a
treme enduous rate. The men VINO brought
along q muslin sign bearing the words
Bank of Guthrie were compelled to take
up tot one mile back OF the station.
The next train arriving from Arkansas
City brought $50 homeseekerr about eight
minutes later Many on this train hurried
across the prairie ike m army charging
All enemy. They spread OUT north and
south wsth axes aud spades and stakes.
and began with wonderful energy the loca'
ton ~ town lots and streets The third,
fourth, 9th and sixth trains from Arkansas
City sweIied the number to as many thou
sands. When the seventh and eighth trains
came in, later in the afternoou. the
crowds had overfiowd all bonnds
on fbs east streets. and town
lois had been extended fully two miles, on
the ncx1h mile and a half, aud on the
south searis mile. No attempt was IN. dc
10 lay out the town west OF the track. This
land had been all hisd on for honaes;escs
aimuSt With the hfst oi the home seekers
from the ears. The hofae seekers who
wagons afia on horseback soon gan 70
rour into the new city. Their hnrsss were
res king wet from she furious dive. They
took posse sslon 0f such tosn lots in the
fGfaFe Os lan0-sa& metros Oils As tEtg fOdil
lay esasm 10.
Meanwhile the land offisse was btisiiy en-
gaE-se hy au eager snd determined crowd
of men waiting tn file claims upon home
sseads. As the afternoon wore on this
crowd 9res larEer until 81 the closing TINT
IL reached ia regular line far down the
street law ard the railroad station. Business
ia she and Office went rather slowly. The
Fegisfsr and receiver did tne beat thes
could. bat tue pressure upon them va.
tremendous, Men who were waiting sa
file claims we're forced into line tae
a5rea8s.
Dealers ID real estate begaS business
before o'clock This afternoon. One enter
prisiDg dealer aad ~ q background fo.
IRE ssfe transaeiInn OF bsssissess stock 0l
FiEes which had been placed there b
government troops OBJ duty af she iana
4nice Mar By wss toe tent Of United
states Marshal Needles The tent was
ssif ifrsfsflx.fet4 hy a larxe American Tag.