The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-09-22
AWAITING THE OPENING DAY.


A dispatch from Arkansas City on the 14th
says:
The boomers who own fast horses have
been bitterly opposed to tho running Of trains
into the Strip Saturday. Officers have just
discovered evidence that number Of ownera
Of fast horses here and At Guthrie have hired
gang OF sooncrs to 60 upon tho Strip and
burn the bridges the night before the opening
thus shutting of train transportation. The
marshal Of Oklahoma has been asked for q
lot of deputy marshals TO guard the bridges.
All bridges will be watched from now until
after the run. The job, a. planned by the
horse-owncrs, was TO divide all the lands &C.
cured by them with the "soOners" who fired
the bridges. The Santa Fe officials have been
Informed Of the scheme and are taking meas
ures to Illustrate It.
DIR. Gallagher established two booths In
this city this evening, and registration will be
commenced at them tomorrow morning. In
the meantime registration at the old booths
south Of here will continue until the regstra-
ton is exhausted. Registration will be kept
up all through the night II necessary. When
the last man receives his certificate the booths
will be moved to town, where drinking water,
food and shelter from the sun can be easily
obtained. This will In great measure re.
llevc the intense suffering Of the people In
line.
Last night the Santa Fe train arrived sew
erai hours late and In five sections. Every
section was crowded with passengers and
nearly all stepped of here. AT ten o'clock
hundreds Of men were securing the town
looking for lodgings. A larger number Of
men than ever were compelled to sleep on the
streets. This morning crowded trains came
In over all tho lines. It Is no exaggeration to
state that 5000 strangers are within and
about town.
At Orlando to-day over 5000 certificates
were issued and the number Of people de-
handing the opportunity to register was fully
10000. The force Of clerks at the booths
there was increased again to-day and n night
force will be put to work tonight. 1t Is be-
lievcd all will be permitted to register before
noon Saturday. The suffering from the heat
and dust was intense again to-day, although
the thermometer did not reach the high
mark of yesterday. Early In the afternoon
the wind got around to tho northwest and the
mercury did not register over ninety-fve de-
grces.
AT Caldwell plentiful water supply near
registration booths relieved the suffering Of
the men In line before the booths. A brisk
northwest wind came up In the afternoon
and somewhat tempered the heat. Out In
the line, with no shelter from the SUMS rays
the heat was dreadful and the suffering In.
tense.
Fully 10000 people arc still waiting there
the opportunity to secure the precious certia-
cate, and hundreds Of people who are coming
in over every road are being added to the
number. The number Of certificates being
issued every ten hours reaches about 5000
now and it Is believed all will be accommo-
dated.
Certificates, all regularly signed and stamped,
were cold like hot cakes here to-day to proc
pective Strip settlers for $500 apiece. From
what source they come is not Just known,
but that they can be had is a surety.