Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-25

brush ON the west bottom, shielding
them from scrutiny OF tue soidleis !
th,.r thoss officials on both tides
had tina town ali laid out quietly
and had m understanding with these prush
hiders 80 they all ruansd 10 ana sthkan OUT
claims before any train arrived, alnvugh
the regular train from the south, Wrlen
arrived about ~ 40, ., m, was not allowea
TO carry any ho nsrs. When II raacned
Edmunds NJ II IS y lay there until u %
whom party OF surveyors got on, said 70
hs raiiruad men. When people at Ed
munds saw this they rushed out and began
stalking of claims alao, Persons who ar
lived on the regular traiu from the south
saw that hundreds Of claims were etaked
out at Guthrie when t5ey got there. o.
room hotel will lie ehipped from hanhhB
Clty ard ready for business at Guthrie
on Saturday and Arkansas Olty, hsnsas,
saek IRA are cainped on the grassy
uplands Of Guthrie the pioneer city
Oh Oklahoma. Their camp fires gleam
In the darkness, aud their tents loom
ethwart the sky ike an army In bivouac.
Gutbrie. hitherto an Insignificant station
I'm a wild and nnhnhltated country, remote
from civilization has now q population OF
more than $4,000. ALL this was gained Ia
an afternoon. In no country save America
and no part OF that cou0trY save the GREAT
west could such a thug be possible. When
the first train arrived Ut Guthrie from
Arkansas City the embryo streets
and lots Of the new city had already
been laid out nv en,erprislng citi0 ms
who had been eAil' = the scene. Hardly
had the cars SLOW down at tho station
wnen oager men iaRpel from the car win
dows, slipped from the roof OF the coRchsa.
and poured out OF the doors in streams. In
minute the slope leading up from the
station was black With men, rushing head"
lubg, eager Tor the coveted town lots. In
two minutes rot QUE at the men who had
filed the ttaiu WIS lett Wlthla speaking dis
tanea Of the tatlway. by the time this
crowd he'd fcucred the Top Of the slope
near thu lard office men who bad been
running parallel lines for streets and iTiv-
tug Ia stakes for Town lota, were we'll on
their way along the level strip Of land east
OF rho lati office. TIE crowd then ruehtd
eastward ut tremendous rate. The
men WHO brought along muslin sign bear
Ing the words Bank OF Guthrie" were
c1mpeiled to take mp lot one mile back
II the station. Tne neat train from
Arkansas CITY brought 1000 home seekers
Rtout 10 minutes later, The men In this
train hurried across the prairie like an
army changing the wing OF the enemy.
They spread out north and south with axes
and spades and stakes aud bagan with
wonderful energy the location OF lots and
streets. Tho third. fourth. 9th and sixth
trains from Areansae City welled the mum.
uer 70 as many thousands. When the
seventh and eighth trains came In
later In the afternoon the crowd
hal oyeInowei sill bounds. Ga thA east the
streets aud town lots had been extended
fully two miles, on the norih u mile and
hi 4 aud on the south neatly mile. No
attempt had been made to lay out town
on the west side OF the track. This weet
laud had been all hled on for homestsada.
Almost With the tlrrt rush OF home seekers
from tho cars and thu homs.seekerA who
had Started across the Oklahoma north line
az noon In wagons and on horse began to
= lur in'o the new city. Their horses were
rsestnG wet from the hot and furious drive.
They took POSSESSION Of such town lots In
the future Oklahoma metropolis ns they
could lay claluI TO. Meauwhiie the land
oiil9e was beaeiged by an eager Rnd de
terCined crowd OF meu waiting claims
upon homesteads. As the afternoon wore
en- this crowd grew larger until
at closing time II reached In regular line
far down the stiest toward the railroad
station, d slness In the land office went
rather slowly. The register ard receiver
did iha best they could. hut the pressure
upon them was tremendous, Tha men who
We're waiting to fla claims were forced iuso
line two abreast. Dealers ia real estate BE-.
ran business before o'clock In the after.
noon. One entsrprising dealer had as a
background for the safe transaction OF bus
mess q stock OF rifles, which had been
placed there by the government troops on
duty A. the land office. Nearby was the
tent Of United States NJ .rshal Nsedlss. The
tent was surmounted by q large American
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