The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-20


WHISKY vfLl EE casFsse AKA.
ARKANSAS CxTY. April 5a.-yxrsax =
sones. Of Kansas. and Nsrxhal scs@fies. a.
in1iaq Territory. who are IN susho<1ty
over sne lnd12z Territory and Dkixhars..
announce thzf they have iassrnreels
/ saelr deputies 10 eoz1xate AL ilca9rs
s.sgasas saso tae ferrirovy. 1nese
attorney general fnss 0kIAhazna Il wifkss,
shs limits of Indian fcrritory. and the aasrs
Pertaining 20 the sale Of fneoxfesfirsw
AqAoss Within the territory apsssv
% this section As IL j. imr~ss-
shle 20 get liquor into Okgxhasaa
wiihous passing tarourh the ;errsts-y. ara
as TIE avs against bringing ls4unv int,
any part OF Indian TERRITORY are vprv
strict, sAnse thinking Of going into the ter
rztory with hquor aiil save themselves
q szca expense and trouble hy seanaening
LAelr purpose. Hight cornrAnies Of in
faDtry and fo1F Of cSyalry arss ia the fsrr5-
tosy 10 assist IN enforcing the laxs a
Ir1rsser meeting was held berg to-Siay, and
memorial address 70 the ysgess-
Gent sad secretary OF the Interior
ss.ssag fosta that the reservation Of SO
acres for the sownSIfe For Guthrie was 10
tally Inadequate and petisfoning that the
secretary may permit the entry OF fosr
contiguous sites Of so acres each far that
purpose
MOVING ox PROM CALDWELL
Caldwell, April ls.-Two thousand
esr1pfres gliE1 nered along the old Reno
sfaai i&SL usgAt from Caldwell - Pond
creek. Inree thousand eanysS-coTerez
wagons are already moving along the trzil
he day wss favorable and. nofwithssa,.El-
Tag the lste heavy rains. the trail was in q
very gooa condition. Most Of The outfits
are strong, eAayas-eovere1 wagons, drawn
by two large, stout horses, aud the horses
OF The boomers are sll looking In good con
cisaoa. some of the larger wagons haye
from i've 10 six horses. Some of the uarrfes
are mounted ON ponies aud carry whole
camp oatfir behind on their saddles some
are crossing the strip iE bugxieS One odd
turnout Is large, nigh, old-tashioned
buggy drawn by two shaggy yellow horses
with q colt hifched by It's mother and q
black COW tied behind. The driver Is q
woman. and she drove with one hand
while the other supported a little child.
shocky- headed you1gster OF ten followed
behind the woman, who is a Kan
sas widow seeking 8 home in the
promised land. Al stories 70 the contrary
notwithstanding IL does not seem pos
ssble that there can be any trouble emong
those wno are driving over the trail to-day.
lney are IS me body ss ever went into a
new country. Most OF them are Kansas
and Nebraska farmers, and although guns
are 20 be found in every wagon. they are
men who viii use them to keep peace ard
not 20 make trouble. Most OF the wagon
u<aA-sN4s > tut tGt Of 4H&HWcl sSstSfHaf anu
this morning, there were about 1900 of
them Many OF them have little or no
money, but almost all are well equipped
for camp life. Salt FORK, Pond creek and
all other streams in the strip, il Is thought,
can be fordef although every one Is very
Bis a. All Is doubt about the chances Of
fording the Cimarron river. and . wagon
left Caldwell last night bearing Il large
boat, with which the owners expect TO
start ferry. Cattaemen are making no
attempt to protect Their fences on ths strip
and boomers are cutting them. Hundreds
OF miles Of fences viii be broken 10 pieces,
SALT FORK RIVER FogDED
CALDWELL. Kan, April i9-Streams OF
wagons continued anabafed all through
the day. One man who lives close 10 the
bridge kept count Of the teams passing.
and up 10 4 O'Clock this afsernoon i ,ias had
gone on 10 Oklahoma. Four hundred
teams have foried the Salt Fork river at
a point q few miles south OF the terminus
OF the Rock Island road in Indian Terri
tory.
WILL STOP LIQUOR SELLING.
LEAyESwoRTH, Kans. April ie.--Coileefor
OF Internal Reyesue Acres today received
6 dispatch srom Collector OF Internal Reye-
nue Mason saying that arrangements have
force for any work necessary TO pre-
vent the sale of hqnors in Oklahoma,
and instructing him TO issue special tax
stamps for that district, and saying the
government viii not permit sales OF Iiq-
uors there. Collector Acres has accord
ingiy started eleven deputy collectors 10
Guthrie. The intention is TO have them
on the ground in advance OF the boomers,
and arrange to prevent ;he sale OF liquors.