The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-27
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The Territorial Teachers association
met in Guthrie Friday.
"Bashful Bill" has just made his debut
in Beaver county society.
Saclahoma and Pottlahoma are impro-
vised names fof the new counties.
G. E. Hunter of Guthrie is said to have
been appointed postmaster at Chandler.
Bee Guthrey got out the first paper in
the new country. That was just like him.
The Saltwater Gazette claims that half
the settlers in the new country are sooners.
How would it be to open the Cherokee
strip on Dec. %, and call it a Christmas
! present?
| Schools were closed at Saltwater this
! last week. Even the teachers struck out
for claims.
When the Kickapoo land is opened, it
won't take more than fifteen minutes to
settle it all up.
| Every big metropolitan paper in the
United States has had an editorial on OK
lahOma this week.
1t is said that there was more whisky
than bread taken into the new country on
the day of the opening.
In week or so the boomers in the new
country will be kicking because Guthrie
and Oklahoma City put on too much style.
The next advice to give!to the boomer
will be Horace Greely's 'go west, that is
to the Cheyenne and Aarapahoe country,
Women played more of a part in this
opening than in the first That shows
Oklahoma is drifting towards woman suf-
frage. 95
1t was an English king that wanted to
give his kingdom for a horse. But III
~ r1oI l,u., a
horse to get 100 acre tract of poor land.
Edmond News: The most profitable
business in Oklahoma last week has been
the saloon. Every man going into the
new lands loaded themselves with a pound
of balona, a loaf of bread, and seven gallons
of whisky.
Jake Admire: Many men are already
planning to secure lease of the Indian
lands for grazing purposes. An Indian
owner of a section of land will have his
sQuaw cultivate about one acre of it, leav
ing 500 acIes to be leased.
Oklahoma Times-J Journal: The sooner
law is getting fearfully confusing. Not
from any action of the land courts, but
from the various phases of it that has been
brought about by the opening of the new
lands. People were permitted to enter the
Pottawatomie and Kickapoo reserves and
the Cherokee outlet, although all these
reservations were under the sooner pro-
hibitive clause. A good many passed over
these reservations to reach Oklahoma,
having had direct and positive permission
from the federal authorities. Now many
of those people desire to take lands in the
newly opened reservations, but there is
the law staring them in the face, and an
oath to take that is far reaching ds the
law, and reaches back to March 2, 1889
Many are making an exception to the oath,
reciting the fact that they passed over the
territory to reach Oklahoma under special
permit from the federal authorities, and
this the local office is accepting.
The signal for the opening was to be Civ
en- by the blast of bugle and waving
flag from a wagon on the court house
square, and awaiting it the wouldbe lot
stakers ranged themselves along the north
and south sides of the townsite. These
lines were half dozen deep and half mile
long, and made an imposing army. They
looked for all the world like two opposing
armies ranged against each other, half a
mile apart. waiting the command of their
to give battle. The illusion
was the more perfect from the fact that
almost every man was armed with several
sticks and Ratchet, and that they were
fianked by agood company of cavalry SINH
larly armed.
At 10 minutes TO l2 o'clock cry went
up There's the signalp' and in a second
the vast line moved towards each other as
one man. 1t was a false alarm, but it was
too late to stop the armies and they went ND
the hill on the double quick, with re
gularity that made the earth trembe.
Such run and scramble has never before |
and never will again be witnessed, but it !
was all over in an instant almost, and |
every body looked at his neighbor and be |
gan to dispute about the ownership OF the |
lot There were but very, very few busi- |
ness lots that had less than two claimants |
and some were twenty deep. but in only |
one or two instances did the disputes as to /
ownership lead to blows. The deputy |
marshals had orders to arrest any man /
found with gun, and there was no shoot |
ing Within fifteen minutes tents and /
board shanties began TO go up all over the 1
townsite, and in half an hour what had 1
been a vacant prairie bat an hour before |
was city OF tents.
Oklahoma Times-Journal: Governor
Steele arrived at Tecumseh Tuesday after
noon. Wednesday morning 1t was au-
nOuuced be would address the people and
give them instructions concerning the
opening, the time. manner. etc. About
) O'Clock a m, the people held meeting /
presided over by Hon. c. q. Jones, and
WAS appointed 10 wait upon the
governor and request him to forbid the
(
Another committee was appointed asking
lim 10 lse the lots be drawn BY lottery.
which it was thought would be a fair way
If disposing OF them. Neither com
nittee could gain an audience
With him, but when he came
iown at 10 O'Clock and in his speech stated
hat he would open the townsite at IL
,'clock sharp, the question was put 70 him
he intended TO make IL exclusively a
GOT race. He stated that be had DO such
,ower; all he could do was TO declare IL
,pen and let each one use his own pleasure
S 70 how be should get 70 his lot This
aised storm OF protests from the crowd
nd A c. Scott. Rev. WoTley and many
thers hurled piAiO0ns Of argument
gainst him, showing what great loss OF
lie might occur, ana thar u was an eHeT-
'ency which gave him the power 20 Also 4
1teIy forbid horses being used He was
bdurate. however. even when Il WIS pa. |
o a vote aud carried almost unanimously. 4
aying be could not do the mEst obey /
DE law Captain stiles was then called
pon 10 take charge ot the opening and
1rbsd the use OF h0rzes, blt even be could 1
ot use the military against the open
Of the governor. and tie result
ne rhaf IL waS ffuff~rstool hOrHee eculd q