Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-16
The RACE FOR HOMES
Invasion Of Tho Cherokee Strip By
tho Boomers Today.
A GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION.
cities Spring UP as by Magic IN TIE
Observation-Disclosures Train
Service.

gathered ON tue norm NhH '""'
boundaries OF the Cherokee SNIP |
o.nitipp brcathlessly tho signal which
sbeuid announces the arrival OF the |
lour when the p8Mossi0n Of the lanu
a mat modern Elioudo should pas,
from the owncrship Of the government
into that " i,s individual citlzons'
some had mounted thoroughbred
r,rrr. and some lees iluci but sursr |
footed COW ponies, some bicycles anu
others burrirB ami wng0ns. Toe
tbrong wns made up VI hli
rn,ses, from the shfcWd Imam
cipr and real estate erccula-
Tor 10 tho steady young farmer,
bpnt only on recurring homestead Tor
himrelf aud family. AB the minutes
decreased to seconds, tho foins were
frightened, gitths cinched, slirfups anu
stfaIs looked alter, and every mua'lo
was tense quivoring with excitement,
when exactly at high nonn,nt flghhl
from the commanding oihc"r, tho re-
yUlvefH uf Uncle Same representatives,
rang out tue signal for tho start, pcll
nell, better SHELTER, hurry fcutry, tue
tfrnt speculative army rushed gctOAs
thn lines aud raced Tor home aud
fortune. Shouting men, CRACKING
vhlts, rattliug wheels, Gathering hooia
ami explosion = Of firearms, combif Of
10 make n confusion Of sound In keep
Inc with the general disotJer Of tho
finrt aud 10 render the scene one VI
lndetcnbablo pandem0nlum.
wuMES ~ THE RACE.
The ranks soon broke and the rushing
boomers Bptuai out over the ttup wiih
those best mouuted In the lead. There
were collisions ana miohlpl here AM
there; the break down OF vehicles
dgshing not only the boomers but
their hopes 10 the ground. some
horses refused TO cross the deep gullica
and thu riders ubunuUusd them, cou-
tInuins the race on iOOtOr making long
detoun ~ avoid bad ground. Here
was neck nui neck race between
horsemen who had chosen the came
town lot ur quarter section VI farming
land stumbling over the rocks, wadiuR
the streams, climbing ptgcipltOuu
bank. On they 20. Thu chiVnlfy
which tclluqulsued places In the line
To the women has all disappeared IA
tue scramble Tor actual results; women
had 10 nike their chances with men Ina
the race and II II 10 their credit that
some ni them made ~ good showing
In the struggle as some OF the men,
reaching tho goal In time 10 secure
tho desired bits OF Mother Earth.
The boomer trains loaded with town
silurs crcpt along, being forbidden TO
exceed twelve miles an hour, while
hOrsumou passed them, waving their
mats IA dcfisl0u. Az the train pulled
into the tOwnaite the boomers Hwafmed
out II the cars Ike ants, AMI In fifteen
miuutes what was merely waste
country became puUuluuH cone
muuily. Inuumerabie nights over lots
resulted aud, IN sense other means NJ
settlement than that Of right syor
might carried the day. THIS stronger
toOR possession. Tents go ~. Town
meetings are held, officers elected and
IN an Incredibly short timUi full
nedged municipality has sprung into
existence.
10000 CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
In the meantime out on the prairie,
the iaTmcm continue tho race lOI
h0mesteads, leaving tho women folk
10 follow IN tbs slow moving prairie
tchoOnors, bringing huusehold imple.
meuts ANA shelter, I'll such time ag O
permanent abode can no erected
Enough people mHdO the run e
nrnith each Of the $1,000 homesteadi
with an occupant aud give every
tOwnsite 1890 Inhabitants. over on,
hundred ana twenty-five thOusanu
certificates were iasuoi, but I'M Il
large number took both home
stead and TOWNSHIP certificates, tn,
number OF certificates does not repre-
sent the number OF boomers. IL !,
estimated that 10000 raced from Ar
kansas City, $4,000 from Caldwell
1 4 Nnn leon, AFl.v,t, UUuu FFapa Han,
Messy, 1000 from saltwater, 5000 from
kioWa, 5000 from Hunnewoll, aud
5000 to 5000 from other points. In all
nearly double the number which rauel
into Oklahoma. The weather was all
that could be- desired. The sky wa
clear with u cool north wind. TIL,
greatest rush was on the eastern strip
which contains the most fertile lant
iu the entire reservation. Perry, Oh
tho Santa Fo, was the most favored
townaitr. MllfoTds and Pond CfceR
on the Rock Island, were the obJeo
tive points Of hundreds who made th
run from Caldwell.
LEFT OUT IN TIE COLD.
Caldwell, Kas., Sept. l0.-At nl
stations between Caldwell and Wichit
en- the Rock leland road, hundreds O
hluutit were lclk uuoAuho VI wv ~
ability OF the trains to carry them. |
tsotmr necessary to lock the car lo0r
ppd leave tbs uufOrtunales to shilt ~
th0mselvCs,
ALI DEsOLATE.
ARKANSAS CITY, Sept. l6.-Arrivo
IN tho strip the throng found uenoal
waste. Most Of tho hay hA
been cut of and what RENAME
was either burned OIL by praiil
fires or tcoTchod brown by tho drougl
and the sun. The creeks hud run az
aud the Arknusas anu CimRrru
nearly no. There will DO RrUgt suiie
lug Tor lack OF water, In some place
ia almost impossible TO obtain, and !
Others Il has 10 be hpulet many milo
ana then be Of "a poor quality prooahI
enInillng much sickness. The WORK
digging wells In sandy soil Ia yer
slow. Pipes will have TO 10 put down
hundred 10 n hundred auu iliiy feet
secure water. The TACT that In I'll
towns the survey IL only by bloch
and not by lots, causes much cOnintlu
anu numerous disuutes. Tho strl
contains nearly 100000 aeres, an