Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-23
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CRi;AsED.
rnE LAM CRAZE.
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GuTIGmE, /. r., sept. 2e.-rhe craze
70 hesome owner u n part " the new
landH caused n strange c0mmingllng OF
various elements OF society. Half aL
hours diligcnt work would have boon
sufficient 10 prepare the most elaborate
~ equipped boomer for tn. raid into
ihc new country, but preparations
we're begun before tho hour Of noon.
Horses were hitched, wheels creased,
saddle girths clnched, and everything
made snug M early as 10 O'Clock, 20
anxious was everyone 10 DO In readl-
nes. 10 move AZ tho appointed time.
Whom this noon hour did arrive all tho
pent up excitement found vent Ia
firing u revolver. and rifles aud shout
Ing and singing and the cracking OF
whips and furious driving and running.
Honemen, Of course, had tho advan-
ugc over every other msu In the race,
and most racers were hOrucnien. A
man who proceeded 10 the border IA q
prairie schooner with hls family left
his schooner, family aud one horse on
the border and mounted the other and
brcRme a horseman. After locating
his claim he will return and escort his
possessions 10 his new home. Ono OF
tbs more desperate cowboys mounted
n steer, and tho latter Joining Ia the
stampede carried their ridrrs TO the In.
terror, while others were endorsed or
unstecred not far from tho border.
TitE BooMERs
are distributed among various startling
point. about a. follows: At rohsr,
5000; Iangslon, 1000; on the border OF
the kickApoo, 5000, aud on the pOlia.
wattomio border. 1000. or the allot-
meat 10 the Iottawaitomlo tho Indians
have nearly exhausted the lands ia
their reservation, 70 that the home
seekers had little chance Of locating
claim there.
At Langston the negroes are gath
cred by the Negro Colonization Society
10 tho number OF $1,000, aud they woro
10 move on massa Into camafrOn val.
ley the most fertile region, and locate
In bunch. Five hundred whites,
mostly cowboys, also had their ewes on
that section, aud each party made all
sorts Of threats, taking the land by
force. A force Of deputy marshals and
deputy shsriiia has been dispatched
Their, to preserve order, and II il be.
lieved they will be able 10 maintain
peace.
One OF the unique sights at Tohee
was n company Of young ladies from
Guthrie, who had formed colonlzs-
ton company 10 proceed ~ the new
lands aud settle on adjoining claims.
They were mounted ON Texas ponies
aud were Rttired A. near "a might DO in
cowboy COSTUMES, armed with ruvoly-
crs ana equipped for camping Oug.
They made tile race In n body.
80 far as ascertalnod up 10 tho pres
ent time
No SERIOUS CONFLICT
has taken place between rival claim.
ants.
Government supervision Of the OPEN
ing seems TO have been sadly deficient.
The entire government force was com.
posed Of two companies of troops, 200
men, and force of United States
marshals, numbering about two hum
drel aud iilty men. on the latter hfty
were sent 10 Langaon 10 pre- eTve peace
between tho cowboys and negroes.
Fifteen were required at each OF tho
three land offices aud twenty-five at
rOhec. or the regular troops squad
OF men was stationed at each o. Tho tw.
county seats. This left only three
hundred men 10 patrol borders Of about
Two hundred miles In extent. The
men were not statiOn& nc regular iu-
teryals, In some places there were ten
aud hileon men To the mile, while at
othorn there were stretches OF 1--WE and
ten miles entirely unguarded. Under
these conditions Il might have been eK.
poctrd n number OF boomers would
enter before the appointed time, and
they did. Two miles north OF Toheo
about two hundred In secluded spot,
knowing tho government force would
ho massed at the border towns,
all sut their watches three
hours ahead last night 30 that
testimony would agree as 10 time II
their claims were contested on the