The Globe-republican., 1891-10-01
THE RUSH PEACEFUL

H - FE NJ
The Scramble For Homes In
Laads to No Distufbanoe Interesting
Iueidents Connected With the Great !
Of II t.s
GUTHRIE, Ok, Sept e4-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 TOWNSHIP OF
chandler is entirely unsuited for the
purpose. It Il as wild a half section
As there is "a the country. 2
Rumblings of d~scontent<<are heard
on every hand and charged Ire freely
made that the sits was ShosSA 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 and caused 70
be entered for the purpose. kr
Mr.. Baxter, of this city, returned
from Chsndler last .evening. In speak
ing of that place, he said: The site is
hilly, andw we're it the site Of . large city
it would give occupss;on to more Tabor
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 of the entire half section
west OF the government site and had
taken it all making Allison the city
proper" -
Tilghman. a Guthrie saloon keeper,
made q 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 &c thou
sands of dollars made by the deal pgi
Among the noticeable people in line
was a woman who had made the race
and had driven . staie' On y 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
tha raee. hsd been fled on by a promi-
nent merchant She wept bitterly as
she said: II 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 . claim, so I made
the race myself in order to be sure that
everything was Ill right and row on
.'eaching here with almost the last dol
lar. we had to pay for my fling it 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 q 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 it is
safe to say that about half of the filings
are made by negroes
Miss Doskey Simmons, of Arcadia
Ok, beat q large number of men to .
| good claim on the Deep fork and at 0
o'clock last night took her place in line
In front Of the land office ready to stay
all night. The men in line admired
her pluck and by a unanimous vote she
was requested to go to a hotel and pass
the night comfortably and assured her
| that she would nave her place in the
! morning.
One woman, over 80 years old, went
| in on horseback near the Sac and Fox
| trail. Another woman e there had
q little girl on the horse behind bcr.