The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-09-26
THE RUSH PEACEFUL.

The Scramble For Homes In Oklahnme
Leads to No Disturbance - Interesting
Incidents Connected With the Great Tide
of Rushers.
GUTHRIE, Ok. Sept aK-The first full
day since the opening of the new lands
east of this entering wedge TO civiliza-
ton has passed and reports from all
parts of the new lands fail to show one
single positive case of serious trouble.
Everyone who comes in from the new
country corroborates the reports that
the location chosen for the townsite OF
Chandler is entirely unsuited for the
purpose. 1t is as wild a half section
as there is in the country.
Rum blings of discomfort are heard
on every hand and charges are freely
made that the site was chosen by those
in authority with the intention OF maxi
ing it absolutely necessary for the
town to be located on some more suit
able point in the vicinity which the
officials have picked out and caused TO
be entered for the purpose.
Mr.. Baxter. of this city. returned
from Chandler last evening. In speak
ing of that place. he said: The site i
billy, and were il the site OF a large city
1t would give occupation to more labor
ers in leveling it than do all the manu-
factories of Kansas City. On the site
there is no water. When ! left there
were 5000 people, with nearly half
that number of horses These people
had staked off the entire half section
west of the government site and had
taken it all, making Allison the city
proper"
Tilghman, Guthrie saloon keeper.
made a filing on one of the quarters
adjoining Chandler yesterday after
noon, although he could not have
reached the land Office in line before
tonight. This coincidence" is consid-
cred circumstantial evidence against
federal officials, as there must be thou
sands of dollars made by the deal.
Among the noticeable people in line
was a woman who had made the race
and had driven a stake on a claim sew
enteen miles east of here, and had
waited in line for the past twelve hours
only to learn on reaching the window
that the claim for which she had made
the race had been filed on by promi-
nent merchant She wept bitterly rs
she said: ~ have waited for nearly two
years with my family, consisting Of
two boys and one girl, for
this claim. My boys were not old
enough to keep a claim, SO ! made
the race myself in order to be sure that
everything was all right, and now on
reaching here with almost the last dol
lar we had to pay for my fling IL Is too
bad that we are beaten. My boys will
go to work here in the city or on the
farm of some one near Guthrie. We
have a good team and the boys can with
that make for us living till the Chero-
kee strip is opened and then we will
try again.
Judging from the looks Of the line
formed in front of the land Office 1t Ii
safe to say that about half of the filings
are made by negroes
Miss Doskey Simmons, of Arcadia
Ok, beat large number of men 10 |
good claim on the Deep fork and at
o'clock last night took her place In line
: in front of the land Office ready To staJ
all night The men in line admiret
: her pluck and by a unanimous vote sh'
was requested to go to hotel and pas
: the night comfortably and assured he
that she would have her place In tn
morning
One woman, over go years old. wen
in on horseback near the Sac and 70.
trail. Another woman near there ha'
: a little girl on the horse behind her.