New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-23
A RACE FOR HOMES.
Boomers Getting Ready to snatch Up
Oklahoma Lands

Boomers Getting Ready to snatch Up
Oklahoma Lands.
GUTHRIE, Okla, Sept. 21.-The Santa FEES
four regular passenger trains, two from the
north and two from the south, all came in
to-day in four or five sections Of ten and
twelve cars each, each section carrying
hundreds Of homeseekers. The latter were
busting around buying outfits and bar
gaining for conveyance TO the border of the
new lands. Others were preparing to start
and still others were just going away.
There was bedlam in the streets and coniu-
sion everywhere. The churches all held
the usual services, but they were shiny
attended.
Those who waited until to-day before
taking their positions for Tuesdays race
have a decided advantage. They have
gained from official publications first made
here to-day much pOrtantiniormation.
The publication of another important
piece OF official information was also made
to-day. 1t was contained in the following
telegram rom Land Commissioner Carter:
In answer to your dispatch have to say
that settlers can enter the lands from the
ervation is not Included in the lands to be
opened to settlement Tuesday and lies in
the very heart Of those that are to be
opened. North Of it is the Iowa 1eserva-
ton, south the Pa.tawaromie and east of
it the Sac and Fox. This permission will
be OF immense advantage TO the home
seekers, for it gives them many more miles
OF available border where they may mass
for the race.
When the contents of the telegram be-
came known hundreds of boomers hurried
into the kickapoo reservation, and have
taken up positions to wait for Tuesday
noon. Hundreds of others are on their
Way to the latter border and will arrive
there some time tomorrow. The effect OF
this permission from the land office has
been TO lessen the home-seekers around the
other borders and to spread them out over
a greater area This will decrease very
materially the confusion which was ex-
pected to accompany Tuesdays race. and
will greatly lessen the chances OF serious
disturbances and conflict between settlers
Much satisfaction is expressed over Secre-
tary Mobiles order to the registers and re-
ceivers OF the land offices to prevent, so lar
as may be in their power, fraud in connec-
ton with the filing Of the dcclaratory state
ments OF old soldiers. The traffic in these
declaratory statements has been suspended,
the hone-seekers regarding them as. an
extra hazardous investment. Neverthe-
Jess, the line o! old soldiers and old SOL
diers' attorneys which formed Friday at the
door of the land Office here has lengthened
itself out Il ,ty yards since yesterday, aud
every hour adds to its length. There have
been few disputes and disturbances in the
line, but none of them have been of a
serious nature. log
One notable feature of the preparation for
the race is the quiet which attends it. The
only sign OF serious disturbance so far has
been at Langston. where the cowboys OBJ
ject to the negroes massed there, taking
possession Of the Clnlarron valley, an ex-
trenely fertile country. A serious con-
hict was threatened there at one time, but
the prompt arrival of large force OF dep
uty United States narshals from Guthrie
has so far prevented an outbreak, and it is
believed all danger OF disturbance there
has now passed away. The officers will re-
main there until Wednesday morning after
the rush, to see that peace is preserved and
all legal claimants protected from violence.
The sending or this force from
Guthrie has depleted the supply
of officers in thas city and there are not
enoughtofiicers here to enforce the laws.
Saloons and gambling houses are running
wide open tonight III direct Violate Of
the Ian, but the authorities prefer TO sub
NIT to the violation rather than run the
dangers that would attend an attempt at
their enforcement with all insu tficient force
Surveyors have been at work ever since
Friday the town sites OF the new county
seats It is Gov. SieeIe's desire that the
surveys should be completed be ore Tues
day. None of the lois III the sites can be
claimed until the survey is con, pleted, and
delay after Tuesday would cause the con.
gregation o! eager crowds around the sites
and doubtless lead 10 serious disturbance.
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