The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-14
It Is DESPERATE WORK.
The Rush for the Strip Is Grow
ing Hour by Hour.
NO BEDS, NO BLANKETS.
The Salt Lake Contingent Is Located
at Orlando.
Great Suffering Among the Shippers on
Account of Dust and Lack of
Water-severaI Deaths from
Exposure.

WICHITA, Kan, Sept. 13.-[Special. l.
The border towns along the Cherokee
strip in Kansas, Oklahoma and the Pan
handle of Texas are already so over
crowded with boomers that it is almost
impossible to secure necessary food,
while there is not a bed or blanket TO
hire, and the QUILTING houses are being
drained of supplies. There is hardly a
state or territory in the union but is adj
ding its quota.
The Santa Fe distributed along its line
on the Kansas and Panhandle borders
since yesterday morning over 8, 600 peo-
pie, forty-one coaches being employed
this morning. Three sections were south
bound, while about 1900 souls are now
arriving here on their way to be dis
tributed at their destination. Tonight,
considering the facts that the Rock Island
is bringing in about the same number
and the Missouri Pacific railway is being
taxed to its utmost in its passenger de-
partment, an idea might be formed of the
hegira to the promised land.
The majority of the refugees" are
crowding toward the eastern end OF the
strip, though many are scattered along in
the railroad towns in the western borders,
The Panhandle towns being especially
crowded. A Denver colony of over 100,
headed by Colonel John A. Moore, is here
and will take the Santa Fe tonight for Hig
gins, Tex, to colonize Woodward, the
county seat of ''N'' county. The nearest
point by rail 20 the proposed county seat
is fortyfve miles, and but eighteen
miles across. Two men will be on race
horses, who Will ride straight across and
locate the townsite in the name of the
colony which will follow, at the rate of
fifteen miles an hour. There seems to be
no definite action decided upon by the
Salt Lake boys, at least they do not seem
to be altogether as to the course to pur-
sue. In any event, however, the average
Salt Laker will come out as near the
front as any class of people, and
there is no doubt the 'sMor-
mon crowd,'' as they have been
dubbed, will gather some good-sized
plums. There is one thing sure, the Salt
Lake boys have made favorable impress
sion, but the personnel of the party would
assure that in any country and among
any people. From such expression as
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thusiastic as upon starting, but will carry
out their object of aiding in opening the
strip and lining their pockets with what
they may secure for their pains if they do
not locate.
There is much suffering among boomers
owing to the intense heat and dust and
lack of water. There has been no rain for
the past two months. Corn is
burning up in Reno, Harvey,
Sedgwick and Sumner counties
OF Kansas, and the grass on the prairies
is like finder. Many people are sue
cumbing to the intense heat of the days
and the stifling dust. Several having
died already of exposure. There is terri
bic suffering among those in line await
ing a chance to secure certificates OF
entry. AS for myself, would not give
the Salt Lake, Provo or Cache valley for a
dozen Cherokee strips, and my advice to
the Utah people is to stay at home, as it
is desperate undertaking. l start for
Arkansas City tonight and will tomorrow
proceed to Orlando, where the Salt Lake
boys are rendezvoused.