St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-17
Signs of Trouble on the West
epn Border OF the Sisse-
ton Reservation.
The Filers and Squattsrs In
elined to Have a Little
Disagreement.
Several Women Installed on
Good Land Near a Town
Site.
Plenty or Good Land Yet to
be Had in Some Lo-
calitieS.
Specials to the Globe.

WEBSTER. ,. D., April l6.-1rouDle
has commenced. There are conflicts
here. Squatters nod the land against
those who filed late Yesterday afternoon.
Sheriff SCrenson returned late tonight
from the Slsseton reservation, where he
has preserved the peace this week. He
said he would order company X TO be in
readiness to march Monday morning.
BROWNS VALLEY, April l6.-Ihe
situation here today presented nothing
to Justify the slightest apprehension OF
trouble from claim jumping or any OF
the causes which usually make mis-
chief III similar occurrences. The Sis
seton reservation, so far as heard from,
has been thrown open without tie
firing OF a shot or a squatteT's row or
anything OF q serious character. There
were br0k n wheels, smashed axles and
a few brushes after the scramble for the
town site Friday, but the coniretemDs
were taken good naturedly. Worse lfhd
been anticipated by every one of the
men on the ground and they had
No Complaints 10 nake
OF comparatively slight inconvenience
met with. The GLOBE representative
followed the rush on horse used 10
ground soon after the leaders. IL was q
race over the entire eighteen miles Of
prairie, through rayines, In some OF
which there remained six inches
OF snow. as well as over hills
upon which upland grass grew
green. The leader OF the cayal-
cade after the first few miles was Rose,
the st. Paul man. who rode powerful
horse and fast one. The uTonchO rid
ers gave them hard chase. the hardy
natives or the prairie hills holding out
splenddly. From Browns Valley the
route taken was mostly due north
west. There vas good deal of dodg-
ing to clear the gullies, but the distance
TO the valley will be lessened to fifteen
miles when the bridges are built. A
few minutes before o'clock the leaders
in the TOWNSHIP race arrived OH the
chosen ground. half an hour afterward
200 men and few women were OF, the
spot.<There ensued discussion - 10
the exact locality Of the section line,
and Hon. a. Crusslieid, vice president
OF the Sisseton Land company, was on
the ground as WAS also Manager j. >.
Noble. The first care of the locators
was 10
Settle the Women.
Miss Burnett. of minneapolis; Miss
Sharpe, Mrs. Osborne. Miss De Hart
and other venturesome squatters OF the
fair sex were promptly installed Oh good
land. 1t was decided to change the site
TO section 4, township 80, of the same
range. The latter site is OF an eleya-
ton. In half an hour restaurant
and grocery were running at full
blast, while dozen frame shan
ties were in course OF con
struction. Inspector Callahan, Of
the quartermaster' department OF the
amy stationed ut st. Paul. rode fast
horse aud was on the ground early.
The outlook for water and other neces-
saries in the reserve IS good. There
viii be no suffering. Excellent water
flows from numerous springs. The new
town is few miles nearer to Wheaton |
than to Browns Valley. The distance
west from that point is fifteen miles. !
The site is close to the intersection Of |
Three Proposed Lines
of railway. the Great Northern extern |
sion from Morris north. the Milwaukee /
from W:lmOt, now in course OF COLI |
strnction, and the st. Paul ~ Duluth |
extension north from Watertown. All |
the cavalry and infantry under Col. |
Bernard aud Capt. Williamson are lying |
move until instructions in writing are re- |
the secretary Of the interior. |
The military orders were carried out |
with praiseworthy precision, and not !
one drunken trooper has been seen in /
Browns Valley. The order for with
drawal of the military is expected Mon
day. Lieut.. Crabbs. OF Troop q. Eighth
cavalry. directed the yidette firing at
the opening. There is any amount of
vacant land left, fully One-half
the ground open to settlement be-
ing yet uncovered. At noon today
several hundred more settlers had
passed out in search of homes. They
willieasily judge what they want. Mai.
Bernard SAYS there will be no trouble
at all. and lumber and supplies are
going in a continuous procession of
wagons. Settlers will keep coming for
the next month, according to indlca-
tons.
sixty Filings X elected.
WATERFOWL, S. d., April l6.-The
line Mt the land office this morning was
longer than before tile opening yester-
lay noon. OF the 1000 filings made
sixty were rejected on ac-
count of conflict, and anxious crowds
iovered about the bulletin boards
where the NAMES OF lHe ulllOIluudteS
we're displayed. Everything is re-
ported harmonious OH the lower end OF
reservations
LIDGERwooD, Y. D.. April 16.-There
was hardly any trouble here in settling.
In almost every instance the boomers
rot what they wanted and there are no
NO men on the same quarter. Plenty
If fine farming land is to be had yet for
several weeks to come, as the greatest
-nsh was made from points east and
Iouth. While Lidgerwood had large
.rowds OF landseekers, sthe land tribu-
ary TO this point was not cut UP as
mach by Indian allotments as the land
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