The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16
THE HoME.sEEKERs.


AL,rmIny Reports of Coesp,r.eses TO Gee
.Sooner" Possession of Town site Lots -
Crafty individuals, Aided By RaIlf0a4
Corporstions-rhe Home-seeAsrs Form
Ing In Line-Others Reservations - h
Opened Noon
WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-THE interior
department is receiving . large num-
ber of alarming reports and complaints
from parties in Oklahoma, Kansas and
points adjacent to the lands to be
opened On the 10th, charging all sorts
of jobs and conspiracics on the part Of
corporations and alleged societies 70
get fraudulent possession Of the lands
Among the numerous letters received
was one to-day from q correspondent
at Kingfsher stating that he was In
possession of information that the
Rock Island and Santa Fe railroads
intended to run train some time next
Saturday for the benefit of its officers.
town builders, employees and friends,
for the purpose of getting possession OF
the leading town sites of Enid, Pond
Creek and other points on the lines Of
railroad.
Neither the secretary Of the interior
nor Land Commissioner Lamoreaux Is
paying any attention to these stories,as
ample precautions have been taken to
prevent anyone getting an advantage
over the legitimate homeseeker.
Judge Lamoreaux says that the men in
charge there are among the the best
officials of the land Office, who have
had experience in such matters before
and know how to checlxmate all at
tempts of a fraudulent character to
get possession of town site lots No
such reports have been received from
these men and all rumors of that char.
acter are discredited.
land.
HENNEssEY, Okla, Sept 10.-The in
tending strippers commenced forming
in line here about $50 o'clock last
evening and at o'clock the roll was
called and each given n numser, and
it was found that 19s men and women
were in line and the number was con-
stantly increasing. The roll will be
called at intervals of every two hours
until morning, when the registration
will commence, at which time there
will be ut least 2,e0o in line
Colonies are arriving from Missouri,
Colorado, Texas and New Mexico.
The parties come well equipped with
good horses, wagons, and farm ma
chinery, and will at once improve the
land on which they locate. Five print
ing outfits are billed for. The sportive
boomers collect on the road just north
of town every evening and indulge in
horse racing. Sluggish, sedate old
plow horses that never before dreamed
of touching the turf in the capacity Of
racers, are groomed and bet on with
the same confidence as q professional
jockey puts down the sinners on his
fast horse.
Other Reservations to be Opened Soon.
WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-THE open
ing of two more Indian reservations is
under consideration at the interior de-
partment. The conditions of the open
ing, as at present contemplated, are
practically the same as those under
which the Cherokee strip will be
opened. The opening Of the Kickapoo
reservation in the Indian territory has
already been decided upon. Allot-
ments are now being made. The presi-
dent is expe tied to issue In q short
time the proclamation opening this
land to settlement
The next reservation TO be opened,
II is believed, is the Uncompahgre and
Uintah Ute in Utah. Each Of these
embraces about 1000. 900 acres. In the
latter valuable minerals are abundant,
while each comprises rich farming
land. The Colville reservation in
Washington state will probably be
opened to settlement early next
year. Surveys are now being made on
the land and allotments will be made
to the Indians as soon as the surveys
have been examined by the land com
missioner and approved by the secre-
tary. This reservation contains about
5000. 900 acres, about half the size Of
the Cherokee outlet