New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-22
READY FORTHERUSH TO-DAY
STIRRING SCENES IN OKLAHOMA.
pSE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL RACE
FOR FIVE THOUSAND MANIFESTATIONS
-w1xcHEsrER RIFLE AND REveL-
YER NAY PLAY THEIR PART.


tim COWBOYS on fleet steeds are mixed up with
settlers wagons and anxious homesteadeB on
toot Men. women boys and girls are scrambling
tooether. Old, gray-headcd boomers with thelr
single blanket and frying-pan joste along WIN
prospective bankers pulling the reins over spirited
teams That there will be a race fully as eN-
citing as the famous English Derby or tile Ameri-
can Futurty there is no doubt. excepting tnS' !"
is free for all black white and Indians VIII par
ticipate Winchesters and siX-shooteTs VIII w
freely used if occasion requires. Everything Is
wide omen. Whiskey and beer are plentifui'
Gamblers are here with their outhts- sure.
thing games of every description are pelng Io'oe"
and forwarded 10 the new towns Aouhg "oioe"
reputable and dsreputable, have gone ana are
roing Horses that were not worth lassoing in
.au fo,ood harvard arc doctored until prices are
asked ard freely given equal to the value ol
thoroughbred -. -, .
I;ortcnapt- Governor Martin left here at Z
..,oloo,, for thc county seat named Chandler
co,ornor StoeIe goes 10 the county seat nameo
rrorrosob Tho intention is TO clear the town ana
,b,n with sional let the race for the town Io's
hoin Tho impression is that the county seats
will not he surveyed and plotted before THURSDAY
Should this occur then, the situation can De oet
,or imoeired than written. Thousands Will walt
forty miles from civilization in an unexplored
conn-rv where water is scarce. food at fabulous
nrices and wolves bowling.
Trains continue TO arrive. bringing human
freight seeking homes in this land IL is fortunate
that tbere may he quarter sections and town lots
cnoupb to 90 around for honest settlers. The
horde is composed Of men who simply want 10
cot there and then sell out to honester men, The
land office here presents ludicrouS scene Men
who have been in line for forty hours still
nd
mined. A sixdays-walking-match partici-
n,nt never looked harder than some of these The
hotels printing offices, stores and shops are taxed
N ->e-r utmost capacity Some establishments,
especially the newspapers, seriously crippled
on account of their help leaving them and Joining
I'm the race "The Daily News was issued at
I2 O'Clock last night and then seventeen Of the
twenty-one people left the Office. The propretoIs
of the paper telegraphed 10 Kansas towns for
help.
The land to he opened for settlement tomorrow
noon consists of the country of the Sacs and Foxes
472. 900 acres; of the IOwas, 220,559 acres; and
of the PottawatOmies, 100000 acres-in all 1,1Ol,-
$50 acres Some of this is adapted for raising as
fine crops as any land and some of it is fertllized
with tin cans which would afford excellent pastur
age for goats The Indians do not lose all their
land Each man gets quarter-sectiOn, and, not
already picked out the prize spots. He cannot
sell his land for twenty-five years, but during that
time he does not have TO pay any taxes
After the Indian land and the land held for
school purposes have been deducted from the
llol,559 acres, about 100000 acres are opened
for actual settlement This makes 5000 home
steads, and there about twenty men for every
homestead on the ground. Some are lowering along
the line and some are already in what is known
until tomorrow noon as the forbidden country.
IL is the old Oklahoma rush over again with some
notifications. There are not many boomers.
and smaller number of them are in wagons. For
the last week, however, there has been an almost
continuous stream of wagons over the Santa Fe
,rail across the Cherokee Strip and there wag-
oners all along the border. The little scenes
much the same as during the rush to Oklahoma.
In the crowds on the trains there is the boomer
from Arkansas with his fiddle, and the man with
the gray beard and the man with the red nose.
There is the man who shoots his gun out Of the
windows of the cars the man from Missouri who
consults his bottle, and the tired mother with
baby that cries.
As the train runs through the Strip the emf
grants are greeted with sight that seems to de
light them. On both sides of the road the grass
is burning. Cattlemen swear roundly TO hear them
cheer the sight of burning grass and express the
wish that every head of cattle in the Strip might
be burned. The grass is not quite dry enough
70 burn well Yet, but it will undoubtedly be all
fired as soon as it is dry. The settlers are bitter
against the cowmen.
Guthrie is lively town to-day The streets
are crowded the hotels are overrun, the saloons
are doing a rushing business. ana at every street
corner cowboys are selling ponies They are
asking big money for them, too and getting il.
,oI ;,,@.
Of their horses and the wagons they used to
excellent advantage. Every few minutes an outfit
leaves for the line The nearest point of the
new country is only little over nine niies
from Guthrie. and the greatest crowd will enter
from this point, but the truth is that a
greater part of the crowd is not waiting 10 enter
The country is already full of sOoners" The
plan is for one man 10 go in and jump" claim
and then turn II over 70 a partner who starts in
after the legal hour. Thus, between them, they
get good claim. There will be a great rush for
town lots. The new country will be divided
into two counties and the Government has selected
The sites for the county-seats, although there is
now not even the shadow Of town in either
a1saty Both towns have been named. The
one that is TO be the county seat of tho
northern county is Chandler named for the
Assistant Secretary of the Interior. and the
southern town is Tecumseh. II. D. Baker.
OF Oklahoma City, has already been appointed
Postmaster Of the coming town of Tecumseh
This town viii be located in the Pottowatome
country, forty miles from Guthrie. Chandler will
ne III the Sac and Fox country, forty miles from
Outhrle The Government surveyors are not
through with their work the town sites, and
Governor Steele has announced that the sites shall
not be taken up until the survey is finished No
attention will be paid 10 this, however, and the
force OF soldiers on the ground will not be large
enough TO keep the people OIL. crowd OF Guth-
ne men has been organized TO move on Chandler.
Every one is going. The cooks have deserted the
stoves, the lawyers their Offices, and the merchants
Their stores The town site of Chandler is said
10 oe poor one, and those who rush there will
suner Tor drink Of water until wells are dug
Ihe plan OF the Guthrie men is 10 net q nnarfer-