Telegram-herald., 1890-03-18
MOVING OUT.
boonsfs Ale Rapidly L.aaglns the
Cherokee Strip
IHEY OBEY TIE PRESIDENTS ORDER.
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NASniNUfoN, March 2-Ad1utGnt-
General kelton has photographed ten
era Merritt st Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
20 use troops 4 Necessary aAa With pru-
cenoe - heretofore. GO enforce the pr..e-
lamktien issued by the President rels-
tive 10 ntnsders upon the Cherokee
strip landA This order is sent by a.
reetion Of the Secretary of MAR
0UrakIE. Ind r. March IL The Presi-
dents Proelamauon ordering al SETTLERS
on he Cherokee strip 20 Nso4te is az
ready having the desired effect This.
together with the orders received by
General Merritt al Fort LesVenworth
10 use troops II necessary - eject tue
boomers. has already caused consider
able Of al exodus from the forbidden
territory. All day long the trains
were loades down with boomers leaving
the strip 4 large number Of them went
10 Arkansay City, ana about i0o came To
this point Many poor people who
fiocked 10 the Cherokee strip under The
impression that II Was open 10 settle
ment have not the means 10 return and
remain there until the troops escort
them out
General Merritt has ordered sin troops
of cavalry 10 proceed 10 the Cherokee
strip and oust tho boomers there. Itis
learned that General Merritt has given
instructions Tor the troops 10 give the
settlers ample time 10 vaoate before
resorting 10 forcible measures L Inder
no circumstances will such measures
be taken unless the boomers, after
being given fun opportunity 10 vAeate.
refuse 20 leave. In any case the move
ment on the boomers sill not be hssty.
a day or two will probably clspse als
the arrival OF tbs troops at Guthrie Os
fore the march 10 the strip is taken up
Speaking Of the situation Lieutenant
Dodge said: y am cor vinoed that
large number of the boomers nov
located upon the strip Will vAcate
voluntarily when they learn the con6i-
tions. A few. however. will remain IN
til ordered out by the military IL can
be authoritstively stated that should
troops be called out. they will be iocs ted
In the southern part of the strip, whers
they can make effective patrol"
ARKANSAS CIrY, Kan. March II
The cattlemen here did not receive the
news OF the Presidents PROCLAMATION
ordering the invading settlers OF the
strip with much interest To them
IL was like locking the door
after the horse was stolen The
settlers seemed TO think that the easiest
way 10 gain possession of the strip
was 20 drive the csulemen of. and the
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prairies. and FIRE the prsiries they did
From Ponca. Willow Springs. Nyceville
and other settlements in tho outlet
comes the news OF burning prairies.
1t seems to have been generally agreed
upon that the first thing for the settlers
10 do WAS 20 start a prairie FIRE.
and much OF the strip IA. been burned
over. These prairie fires served a
double purpose. They drove most Of
the cattle before them and also de-
stroyed the fodder which those remain
ing might have lived upon. Therefore
the cattlcmen arc naturally depressed
over the gloomy prospects Said Mr.
Bowins, of the Cherokee Strip Cattle
Company:
What the caitlemen car GO IN their present.
condition can rot even be oonlectured our
fences have been cut, oUr cattle scattered ic
The four corners o. the strip and evcry blade %
grass on the range destroyed by prairie fires.
There are now, Or rather there vere before the
invasion. about 5000 head az cattle OF the
strip ! DC not believe that the most cncrgctic
action on the part Of The ostslenicn and tie
Government can save them from irrepsrBhls
loss. The damage is already done. Tas osttls
can not be marketed They are not IN mar
ketsblc condition. ~ left in The strip they viii
siarve 70 death. for there Is nothing Tor them
10 eat there aud Ne can not chip provender 70
them, Il would be q losing investment So there
we arc - Oo0 head of cattle rooc for nothing
but hides. glDe and bone dust B."
Ira Burnett, large cattle-owner. near
here, has returned from an extended
rip over his range. and reports that
no cattle have been killed by FIRE
or boomers lie estimates the nun
Der OF acres burned over 70 he a.
least 100 600. but thinks that enough
remains 10 feed the cattle until
new grass sprouts. Burnett also re-
ported colonists on their way out % the
strip Ia great mum bers. aud was o. the
opinion that bal few would be left for
the military 70 displsce.