Telegram-herald., 1889-04-18
BREAKING CAMP.
Prairie Sohooners About - Sal
for CEllhoEll-
TIE START TO BE RsDE NEXT FRlplY.
people - All sorts Ready - Cress t-s
Losder outats 81 tie E.s-1s.sEs
Oeaer-lIy Deea-ftQ4es DsAl-
ers 1k1frsa.


ta2e ths Journey VAL oocgPy three oays
a4a Ae vil Aol4 TIC boomers upen
tie border gun. ueou of ise I'd Captain
Aau " troop Ilfth Cavalry. VII ~
slst "a eleriing tAs CurafIon The town
stuN ~ huliaeIs. aul the - llte cover Cd
- 6sous are to be seea every where Thor
destination Is l-soon, TIE Western lAAd
ofua
Tie advance guard o. the cid soldiers
coiouY hRs reached Wichita and VIZ sIa1t
for tie territory to-day ihey VII ldidRe
the CiLAarTon river which can not nov be
forded They have 0vsr 10 covered sag-
ons. and the parry numbers more uAn
10 boomers They intend 10 locate near
Lisbon. where the land Oalce MI be
opened
The edYentorcrs who have been contem-
plating supplying the wants of the THIRSTY
received a severe setback on the receipt by
captain NOodson Of the following telegram
from Colonel Wade. Commander al Fort
henO.
"Yon wll take al prrcauton 20 prevent TIE
Introduction q hquor into TIC terrtors when
the movement 0f settlers begins
The nfst south-bound train on the Santa
fe road Will leave Arkansas City AT
o clock on Monday, the 22d, aud vii be
followed by other passenger trains every
fifteen minutes until az settlers are pro
vided for These trains Will be followed
! by several freight trains conveying camp
equipsge. stock. iInple emenis. house
hold goods. residences and store buildings
ready TO be set up. Three hundred cars are
now loaded at that point waiting Tor the
word Co
BOOMERS OK TIE BORDER
ARKANSAS CRY. han. April 1.-THE Santa
/ Il train from Kansas City aud the Dorth
rolled in here Tuesday morning With
twelve loaded coaches and 30 persons and
their assorted luggage debarked 1his il
the very center OF the Oklahoma move
ment. and the resident population OF
10000 souls are doing their best 10
entertain 70 great a transient throng as
possible The hotels and lodging houses
ara packed. and all the vacant commons
are converted into tent fields while for "a
mile on either side Of the town, along the
banks OF the Walnut and Arkansas rivers
are pitched the canvas cities OF nearly To-
600 people.
The main camp OF the boomers is in a
beautiful grove on tue east bank Of tie
Walnut Here may DO found representa-
tivos OF every State in the Union There
are colonies from Indiana, Ohio, Hi
nois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska
Several have driven through from
east OF the Ohio river. starting
some time last February They al have
the same story: they intend 70 get 10 the
border the 22d and then rush FOR the COW
eted land Their camp outfits and oouipage
are many and varied and some show the
unmistakablo fnger-maTks of the ol1
campaigner Their outfit IS, a rule.
good, their wagons strong and their
stock in good condition. They have
money. too. The president OF the
First National Bank says that there is over
slO0Oo0 in hard cash 10 the credit OF these
same campers in Arkansas City banks
| When Payne's first Oklahoma crowd was
captured aud led into Fort Reno years ago
the majority OF them were without food
enough TO last two weeks aud they were al
most totally destitute OF money.
Dire reports of floods are coming IN from
the Cinarron and its tributaries 10 the west
OF here. but the Arkansas and Walnut
rivers flow clear, deep and Tranquil. with
out an evidence OF impending change IN
the stage of water In natural groves
along the shores the boomers are en-
camped The first illusion dispelied upon
visiting them Is that there = any form
OF organization. Zach little party has lis
own concerns and purposes, and sas little
10 do with its noighbor The tcnting
grounds were aiighJed upon as the most
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