Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-19
PERRY is BOOMING.
a City of $4,000 inhabitants
on the Site.
THE oMNIPRBSENT SOONER AGAIN.

He Il the Most Numerous Citizen of the
Town and Country. While Thousands Of
Disgusted People Are Seeking Way To
Leaye-Judge Lynch SET. Up His Court
Promptly-Blood shed for Land-Three
Victims Dead.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Sept. 19-Asa
Youmans, Of Carthage, No, was the
Cherokee Strips first Offering 70 Judge
Lynch. He was a sooner and settlers
hanged him 70 a tree at ChiCkaskia, near
where Blackwell DOW stands. Youmans
came to the strip in company with a mum.
Der Of NissOariaus who were regularly or
gan zed and paid by syndicate OF real
estate men. When the runners reached
Chickaskia they found sbogt fifty rnen al
ready located there. Youusa-s had two
claims, one for "a partner, ne said, who had
gone FOR water. lie said he WAS sooner"
presented a Winchester aad asked the
newcomers what they we're going 20 do
about Il. The boomers retired. got re-
Inducements, returned and placing
lariat about Youmau's neck, strung him
up to a tree.
The Wind Blows Free"
Which gives the Strip a start, although
it vii. have to hustle if il makes it, record
good, with other parts Of the country 50
far in the lead. The wind is blowing
down this way just now. lifting great
volumes % the dry, bluck earth, and
laying tents lcy, causing much unmiti.
gated Anglo-SaXJn among the army 81
town builders who are combating the
great difficulties placed in their way.
Thousands Ok people have moved out %
the land Of promise" on trains. in
wagons and mounted on horses. Many
have lost the prizes they raced for last
SATURDAY, but many others who had undis-
puted possession Of farms abandoned
their claims 20 return To their old homes,
Thoroughly disZusted with the country
which they hal been led 10 believe was
f0Wiu. with milk aud honey Life on the
broad AOuSe.e~s prairies j. almost untrace-
able ana every tented city from the north
to the south line j. teeming with dust be-
grime4 thousands whose principal occupa
ton - ems 10 be TO escape the effects OF
dust-ladened winds.
''~OOners" in Total Charge at Perry.
At Perry the soOners have full hut dis
puted possession Of the business center.
and business men are being driven to the
town Of Wharton, a mile below. where
the railroad buildings are located in the
center Of Indian allotments The Chero-
KEGS are almost giving away lots 10 those
who will erect buildings and the railroad
company is encouraging the abandonment
Of Perry IN the interest Of Wharton. No
trains stopped at Perry. all corners AID
pH ri led 70 3.
for train facilities. There is no station
nor side track a. Perry and All freight des-
tined for that place l. run into a side
track at Wharton Where it j. unloaded
into wagons and hauled 70 the government
town site
Same Way All over the Land.
Reports coming ia are al to the effect
that the choice claims in the strip were
all taken by sOOaers. Those who made
tne race honestly last Saturday found the
bottom lands all taken and IN many in
stances men were a, work blowing ground
about houses half completed OF sod or
boards. These -0oners have profitted by
their Oklahoma experience II will be
impossible 10 convict them Of perjury this
time They will all nave their witnesses
on hand 10 swear each other out, and III.
man who had the swift race horse will
nave no snow because none OF his friends
were with him. \ Cherokee who has his
allotment in ChiEaskia says that all the
Chika~kia bottoms were "sOonered" at
1913, and that me told tnem they were all
soOners. They came Up out OF the timber
with dry n rse. and sea sred like sheep.
Perry Buons All the same
Still Perry i booming. Although 5000
people have left there since Saturday.
twice ~ many have arrived, and there are
now 5000 people there. All the land ad-
joining the town site has been staked off
into lots and the Cherokee allotments at
Wharton, half mile away. have been put
on the market plated for II town site. and
several hundred lots sold at from one TO
four hundred dollars each. Lots are sell
ing in Perry at $50 TO $50 each, and
dozens Of buildings are going up. T. VI.
Richardson 8, son have opened a bank in
a substantial frame building There are
three da ~ and five weekly newspapers in
the town. and more coming.
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