Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-26
Thousands Begin Their Rush For
Homes at the Firing of the
Signal Gun.
Veterans Who Have STOOD Before the
Land Office For Four
Days.
Many Scenes, Tragic and Comic, in
the Land of the Boom.
erS.


coveted lands were omen.
AN the forenoon would-le.s settlers
had been nosing along The border of
the promised land. aud when The re.
port of the cannon rang out there was
a wild rush for the front. Thousands
ul mounted men put spurs To their
horses and with wild So is they charged
INTO she coveted land like an army ad-
vaucmg upon he enemy.
The land opened for settlement to-
day consists of the country ut the Sacs
and Iu So l,2. 900 acres, OF the Icvas.
22'a.' acres, AMI OF the pottawat-
tamles, ,1poho acres in all,
lluI't' acres Some of this
is adar q for raising as fine crops
as any land and some of it rerti-
ned with TN cans would afford am ex.
yclIcnt paaturage Tor goats The In
dlaus do not lose al their land Each
buck Hets "a quarter section, anu not
only bat, but lac is lawful Sooner
aud has already - "a cut the prize
spots cannot sell his land for
tweuty-nye years, but during that
time he does not have to pay any
taxes.
After the Indian land and the land
held Tor school nu D. cS has been lie
durtru from thr ..uI.5a9 a res, about
>oo,0oN acres are opened for actual set
Element. his maj,cS 500, % home
steads nud abuu -..tutv men every
homes eHd are "a the ground IL is
the old oklahoma rush over again
with some notifications There are
not a- many boomers and smaller
nunhr" of them are In wagons For
the las, week however there has
been an almost continuous stream Of
wagons uver the auia he trail across
the h.lokee str add there lic wag
oner~ all aroHnu luy border
The rush over the railroad has been
just the ~ano. The big crowds for the
last three days have packed The aisles
of lhr IRIS, They l'ct like the same
meu who came 6, k,ahoua at It's
opening. A COMPOSITE picture OF the
whole outfit would represent n
young man with harvest leid com
pleNiuu and white felt hat drawn so
as to bend his ear, lie would have a
four year old yellow mustnohe and a
iour-duy old beard lie would have
bluc eyes and he wonld sport red
cotton handkerchief lust AS sure he
would have big revolver.
The nearest point Of the new country
IS ON, little over nine miles from
Guthrie and the greatest crowd en-
tered from near this point but the
truth is that a greater part Of the
crowd did not wait to enter The
country is already full of 'sooners
The plan was fnr one man to 20 in ana
lump lain aud then turn IL over
a.. e.. a a 4.
legal our Thus. between them, they
get good claim
There Is a great rush for town lots
The new country will be dir'dcd into
two counties ana the COVER 1T has
selected the sites for thc 60 ,s seats,
although there Is nuN not even the
shadow or town ia either county II.
y. Baker OF oklahoma ity has already
been appointed postmaster o. the com
ing town Of Tecumsch 90 Ice located in
the lOttHwattomic country forty miles
from Guthrie handler will hc iu the
Sac and Fox country, forty miles from
Guthrie.
suspergision Deficient
The government supervision Of the
opening seems TO have been sadly def
Client The entire government force was
composed OF two companies OF troops, two
hundred men, and the forces of three
United States mlfsbals. numbering about
$50 men. of the latter. fifty were sent 10
Sanpster 10 preserve peace between the
COWBOYS and the negroes, fifteen were re-
uuired al each # TIE three land Offices and
twenty-five at Iohee OF the reg
Mar troops, a squad Of men W., stationed
q aNAtH
This left oply some three hundred men 30
patrol the borders O! about two hundred
miles extent The men were not stationed
al regular intervals la some mda3 there
wore ten and fifteen men, while at others
there were stretches Of FIVE and ten miles
entirely unguarded. Inder these condi-
tions it might have been expected that a
number Of boomers would enter before the
appointed time. and they did.
Two miles north Of Tohee about 200
boomers had gathered in 3 secluded spot,
knowing that the Cover u-ent force would
be massed at the border towns. They all
set their watches three hours ahead last
! night. so their testimony would agree az
/ 10 the time if their claims were contested
on the ground Of their being 'sooner'
| Atg O'Clock their watches indicated the
noon hour and they rushed over the Dor.
der and began a race foi the cDolce sec.
tions Of land. Sooners at other unguarded
portions AT the border were also very nu,
merous. and it is estimated that FULLY
/ 1900 settlers entered the lands before the
legal time. o,.
/ Mushroom Cities
/ Tohee this morning was an Indian town
4 tonight il is white man city OF l,JO,
/ inhabitants. 1t fell into the hands Of Z
town site company organized here BY tn
/ president Of the board II TRACE, president
+ 81 the First National bank, Mr.. JOSEPH
4 Mcneil and the city marshal Of Guthrie 4
representa i've Of the company this after
noon fled at the land Office plat OF tn
town and the company claims. h'
reports that at an election held this after
noon Mcneil was chosen mayor A
T8hee the boomers waited until the nool
hour before making a rush for lots ans
bgmesteads and the occupation Of land
there was peaceful.
4 Woman shot.
Among the boomers at point belg'
Tobea was one woman who crossed ~
line before time. The deputy marsha
forced her back over the line soon after
. uard She again crossed the liue prema
tnrely and wien tie deputy q second tim
1..1 Lav bach sha drew q rpVOltp