Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-22

TWENTY MEN ron EVERY HOME.
STEAD. ON rHE GROUND.
by Toiouhph W The snws.
ANNtoUsLy WAITING.



inE tor ooVernmrnt Iaui.
GuTtRiF, (. r., Sept. ai.-From
early morning tho streets NJ TIT. town
have hccn blocked with wagons, horses
ana people, men, women, boys and
girls scrumhling to get here 10 take
part Ia the race for government land.
Everything 4 Wide open. Liquor is
plentiful aud gamblers are here with
ihclr outfits. Governor Steel will 90
10 the county seat namci rccumseh.
His Intention h 10 clear the town and
give the signal to let the race for town
lois commence. Trains continue t0
arrive bringing people anxious 10 &c.
cure homes. The men In line before
the land Office are still there, deter
mitrd 20 make al entry. The hotels,
printing offices, stores and shops are
taxed TO their utmost capacity. Some
establishments, especially those Of the
newspapers, are seriously crippled, ON
account OF their help leaving 10 Join In
the race.
THE LANp To nv OPENED
for settlement tomorrow noon consists
Of tho Sac'a aud Fox'r, the iowa's and
Pottawa,lomle's. In all | ,lOl $50 acrc-.
The Indians 10 not lose all their lands.
Each buck gets n quarter section, aud,
not only that, but he II u lawful
"sooner," aud has already picked out
prize spots. He cannot hell his land
for twenty-five years. but during that
time he does not have to pay taxes.
After the Indian land and the land
held Tor school purposes have been de-
Quoted from the ,lOl $50 acres, about
| SuhWu acres are opened for actual
settlement. This makes 5000 home
steada, aud about twenty men for
every homestead are on the ground.
some are lowering along the line, aud
some nro already In what IN, until
noon tomorrow, the forbidden country.
ar IS riE OLD OKLAHOMA RUSH
over again, with some notifications.
| There are not NJ many boomers, aud n
smaller number Afe In wagons.
| For the last week, however, there has
teen On almost continuous stream of
wagons over the Santa Flo trail, across
the Cherokee strip, aud there are
/ wagonors all around the border.
Tho nearest point Of tho now coun-
try ~ only n little over nine miles
from Guthrie, and great crowd will
enter from near this point; but the
truht Il that the greater part Of the
crowd Is not waiting to enter. The
country IL already full Of "sooner."
The plan Ia for one man 10 90 In and
dump" a claim and then turn II over
to a partner, who starts In after tho
legal hour. Thus, between them,
they get good claim. There will be
a great rush for town lots. This gov
eminent has selected the sites for
the COUNTY SEATS,
although there Is not now even the
shadow NJ town In either county.
The one that Ia ~ be the county seat
Of the northern county IA Chandler,
named for the assistant secretary OF the
interior, and tho southern town l,
rccumseh. The government survey.
0rs ARE not through with their work on
the townsitos, and governor Steele
has announced that the sitcs shall mol
h. taken upuntil the survey il finished.
No attention will be- paid Ia this, how,
ever, and the force OF soldiers on the
ground will not bo large enough u
Keep them of.
A crowd VI Guthrie men has been
organized TO nave on Chandler.
Every one IL going.
Cooks have deserted their stoves,
lawyers their offices anu merchants
their stores. Many arc
HOUND 10 III DISAPPOINTED,
whether they go for lots or quRrtei
sections. For there are at least IA, OOt
people waiting for the hat ~ drop Al
noon tomorrow. Couricrs from Lang
ston CITY tho negro colony, came IN
this morning aud purchased twenty
carbinos and hnstened back 10 the front
They report that the entire town Il
covered with the tents u emigrants
and that they are determined 10 protect
themselves from any attempts ON III,
part Of the whites TO keep them from
( the land In Cimarro Valley. A squad
OF negroes visited the cowboysi cnmI
last night and declared their inten
items. They said that they woult
make the race for the lands, and II theJ
ROT there iint they would defend thei
rights with their lives. II the COW
boys do not imbibe too freely Of tn,
whisky that 10 being sent our by ia,
wagonload, there will probably bo n,
trouble; but, ON the other hand, II they
grow reckless under the influence v
liquor, hloodshed II certain.