Telegram-herald., 1889-04-24

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c4u.l.4ay & property. asa ~eg aa3 Qeu-
tIac. u ~ -s-4i -lzaels-8ls u ll..T h-ues
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l1z s. aa1T 1fe-tfll cass aas Nights Ter
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q lh .rca 4u1 rlsE fs-4 s<rfe1 ~ u--Ae
lLs-. ase grove ~ si-rl aesiea cattle
ksers GA trses Be -r tae base s. e. gfe t.e
NI18 ue-lss...s-s cheer As sac ce.sAes
$ AlcA we're y - st-@ 4sa g. us news
Iapel sHsl--- sfre tI4-g - a-t IS .1t -l~i-s
there p-s a Lltal.ssls ttsA 50 lsh ~
5 ga men tcn ard rhsn 4aeg sefe Liit1
~ oysrnoufus ia less tlsn llla 81 e9o
countless saEoug IS slrusg i-ns fol a -Aee
ou tae steps
lLs t1st section mals up consisted II
Ein- coaches. Tle u1fsI -le1 coach ana e-4t
csboose ID pullel0at 4g 80, railroad it1-e.
ana y a. tne lIsi lIall tl1t ever ran n~1 81
E1Ds1s loaded toE OL+-1cla@ "i.A SCI
tiers. aud sFea tbuso Who "ste cas-
appointed in get4ng aboard oI
joined lu Wild enthusiastic ci-eeF' which
rent TIE K1nsas AT a. tas nfst step toward
the realization " hopes and cfe~ms oIyears
and the reward Tor ne sacrifices az Tie past
were taken Tie train ran sloaiy a. there
Mae great danger of misplaced rails and
switches and O0stTuctions u various kinds
placed there by those goue before. bc
wanted q corner ia The best ianls ~
eight Il Was $40 when Tie s.9u Wlica
marks the >l4to .iie and the dividing lne
fIolu Tie Cherokee snip y ~ reached Ia
was greeted Win = cheer a. ltch rolled
from tho news car IN front - tie rgstieIs
cabOose behild Along tic laouee trai
the train passed caravans of boomers
wagons many going south, hat sCae To
turning toward Kansas
AT tle last station outside or the Cklah0-
iAa Territory there was great crowd -
boomers SO no lad forsaAen their teams aAl
hoped % get IT, quicker ty fal There be
Ing no Io0n inside they ciiiabed 10 the
tops of the coaches and the entire tram
from ono end 10 The other was lined With
thom. Ia this way the line was reached
about FIVE minutes after i2 o'clock
Before the late dead limo was re-ched and
passed, however the great uanAformation
fcene had begun and was plainly ylslble to
the watchers from the train. FIRST came in
view the " hite topped wagons gathered to
getAcr Ia groups on the Lowell prairie o. In
the little valleys which diversity the
face OF the country. II was
at once noticeable that the team.
We're not 20 be seen III any OF these
camps, and IL was plain they had been
taken out Of the harness 70 be ridden
across the border by the hard ridors
who were 10 locate claims : little
farther on and this conclusion
was proved 10 be the correct one.
for the entire face OF the country as far az
the best field glass could carry the sight
was ovorrun with horsemen gallopng 10
the southwark The reetest horses had evi-
IDENTITY been picked Tor the work. and they
l rffi .
/ longed- for goal
The ride or Paul Revere dwindles into
obscUrity beside the feats Of horsemanship
performed IN oklahoma Rides of hfteen
or twenty miles were made in
an incredible short time by old
boomers familiar with the country.
and who knew where desirable lands
were located The day was clouGless, and
! far away in the horizon both 10 the east and
west clouds of dust could be seen ascend
ing from the hoofs OF hundreds OF horses
rushing toward different destinations in
most cases, but some of them toward the
same
One race for goal could be easily dis
/ tinghished. The riders were apparently
evenly mounted They were neck and
/ neck for a mile or two along the trail as far
as they could be seen, and their eager and
intense looks and merciless lashing were
sufficient evidence Of the prize they were
I running after
Out OF the dust which arose toward the
east could be seen, after the train had
reached the summit OF a high ridge. a
wagon caravan fully two mi es in length,
which was hurrying forward at the ut
most speed OF its horses. These caravaps
were plainly outdistanced by the home
back riders, a.sd after seSeraLIniles Of ahe
Territory was tgaVcrsed il was seen that
the best riders were winning the best prizes.
few miles the other side Of the line the
train stopped at = military post where the
white tents OF the soldiers and the officers
tents surmoUnted by the National col
ors were gratifying evidence OF
power sufficient to maintain order.
Troop y OF the Fifth cavalry was
quartered there and the officers
said that ut the sound OF the burle ~ high
noon there had been a movement among
the boomers camped along the border
which has extended acToss the entire frOn-
tier line and that the riding had been fast
and furious ever since. some OF the pros
pectors running 10 Guthrie to tie their en-
tries
IL was 1870 when the first section CT she
train reached the line. aud It's progress .rou
that point on TO Guthrie was not rapid
enough for the rapid men Nns
wanted to get thore N harry be.
fore al the cream was skinned OF tht
milk Nevertheless it lacked bat fcv
minutes TO o'clock when the train stopyel
IN front of the Guthrie depot
Before the train came 70 a stop il sa4
seen that somebody was already thero if
fact the town was already we'll popu.atel
/ Tents were numerous on the eastern elars