Telegram-herald., 1891-03-16
rAe mgsT1RN BOOMERS
TcAs 81 TAoo>@ods Of Feepls sesksaI
asuees Es.E Ga 1sasssssA

TuAs Of thousands Of People Seeking
Hsus<s a. F~E ga EassssA
The rust Z tlle new ssais that are now
cpen for sexssaxasnt IL sevsrsl p2rs& 81 uas
we.s IL gcsus OF. aud shere u, ne as0hs thai
il viii &c iaSxea--S largely daring shs con
ilg months. Nearly i've ye>Es 49, the
Oklahoma hsooaers were poshsag tho4r
Nay 10 tlse Indian Territory. xnd thousands
Of shssn were cATupec bssaiis the;T teams
along the southern border If Kansas. a1X-
iOusiy waiting for tas opening Of thai re
gson 10 sets4ers-
Many Of ineza crossed the line before they
had the right - do 80. AID ~ no crops coala
then be RAISED there werS h&faslssps and
suffering among them SoIas tooS refuge
In Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. soEss
were driven out by feaerAl troops and
others made their way - ofscare regions.
where thes lived tcr . time on such pro
visions - they had brought VITA them or
as could be procured from kansas The
boom had suffered q setback. though
sqGatters stia got into Oklahoma somehow
II considerable rambers- i<ssf sesr the
government aad trouble with the Cherokee
Indians - is negotiations for ths snrrca-
DER Of thesr lancs. and this continued al II
Was essdenG that legal settlements could
not be made On tsese lands IN 1856.
Many boomers were again gathered on
the border at the elose II Iae year, aud
hen the report csale 70 them taz.t aesc-
tlasleas hat oeel c.osed several hgnc ncd
families strcck oGt fs,F tbs lzads IL Gu-s-
tloE. As nc report pruve1 10 he iasOcs-
rate, taey hs4 "a rstDrn 70 tie Kansas SIDE
Of Ilc line The ITouois las not YET bSeH
brought 20 q satisfactory termination, lax
as The adjacent lanos q the SIC and OK
Indians are now open by treaty the new
ssatlsrs have hegan 70 take up cial ms
there. though Ia. land Is Est yet Surveyed.
Il l. very oerts.ia that The moveIsent IA
that dirscslou wiil 10 heavy during The
next fen R,onlhs. OF JlIl every acre 81 the
SOL ha-s - claimant According 10 a re-
cent dispatch. Ehe ''towa les boomers" are
especially busy there At this tlrae.
II Is not oIiy 10 Oklahoma that the land
hunters are bound just now lleo.nily
printed disps;ehcs from northern Nilsson
sin deser.,S The rash 20 the bag strip that
has been opened 10 claimants there. Al
the land offices in Ashland. WaGs4n and
Eag Claire thousands q settlers have stood
IA line awaiting Their turn - Tie t8e.r
Chains, and 40 highly have advanced places
Ia the line been valued that round sums IL
money have IL some cases trren offered Ter
them. Al two Of these Offices short time
ago the bomesteaslers becane 80 turbulent
that company of infantry was needed 10
keep orIer. IL is probable thai 10y tlls
time nearly al the Claims In tie bag strap
have been taken up.
There - news ssso % a heavy immigra
.lon TO the state c. Washington ON the Pa
oiie coast. IL has been In progress during
the winter months. and l. now very sure q
enlargement The papers there do al they
can 10 encourage it by publishing accounts
Of the fine climate and fertile soil Of tho
state. especially those parts Of il wezs of
the Cascade range and along the rivers
that empty into Puget sound. which. 40
cording To the Seattle papers. boat ali the
rest Of the world for raising graina. vog~
tables, berries and all sorts Of family gar
den truck" Nowhere else" so IL Is said,
''can man live and flourish on SO small q
piece Of land IS in this attractive regsea"
New York sun.