The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-19
ON THE BORDER.
BOOMERS WAITING ON THE EDGE
OFTHE PROMISED LAND.
The SoOners Had to be Smoked Out-An Suf-
fering for Water-Very Good Land
When They Get 1t for Homes.

Guthrie, Oklahoma, September l0.-tope
eial. The opening of the Cherokee strip
tomorrow at high noon WIFI be one Oh me
most important events that happens III the
west this year AT that time 1t Is though'
that 10000 heads of families will secure
for themselves Il good plat OF iahu ol Ao'
acres for their future homes.
The Cherokee strip lies directly sou'n
of the state of Kansas and north OF ohEt,
homa territory proper. Inc strip Is ~
miles long and sixty miles wide, ana coli-
tains thousands of acres OF Inc lariiiiiis
1t WAS Oh the 22d of April, 1889 when
tn Oklahoma territory was openSu
for settlement ana toliohio h,t :
opening promises to ouis'riP a anii.
mated. 15U,OOO people camping along tae
frontier of the Cherokee strip on the Naii-
sas and Oklahoma line, and this number Is
being hourly augmented every trai,i ,ii' !.
runs through the strip Is loaded down win
home seekers iii this new pr9inlSeu ia,iu
Thev come not only by train, but by horse
back. in vehicles, on bicycles, and hundreds
on foot. They are here from 1eAaS' AZ
KANSAS Mississippi and Iorl$laila ~ il,i;in;
numbers. and Kansas, Colorado ILLINOIS,
Indiana and Missouri furnish their 1'lll quo
Ia. 1t is now estimated by conseIN atlN e
men that not less than two hundred thouc
sand people VIII be camping on the me VI
this strip by tomorrow at noon
The government has provided nine reg
;star;nr Hnoths in which each home seeker
has TO register his name and get !; cert III
cate before he can make race lor ''ie
settlement. s
These booths were not sufficient and four
or five more have been added 90 tins num-
Der within the last few days IL Is gu
mated that $4,000 registered at the uineI
ent booths in each ten hours, ana II -
thought that all the people cannot be aG-
commodated by tomorrow at noon, alihouSn
tine officials have trebled the number OF
registering clerks, and are sull adding 10
the number.
ting there first They 90 in different ways.
Somn 90 on fleet horses. some IN wagons,
some ON foot and hundreds VIE make the
race on bicycles. At Arkansas CITY. ARK
there are three hundred Young ladleS VINO
will make the race on bicycles. Every
head of family or Il person over twenty
one wears of age can exempt 100 acres
These boomers in many instances have
their wives and families with them, WIN
provisions and everything ready TO settle.
+ i said that timber for not less than
fen thousand homes has been already rut
and in wagons. ready for the rush.
smoking cut The Hooners.
The principal towns Of this new promised
land are Perry Enid. Woodward. Kildare
and several other smaller Faces. 1t IS
Thought that Perry will be the principal
city of the strip, il has the advantage
of water supplies. The eastern part OF
the strip. which borders on the northern
part of the Indian Territory, Is as fine land
:ls can be found III this part OF the west.
The western part, which borders on the
No Man lanu, Is Hi"uIt',lhoHo ''ht -
only fit for stock raising. 30 the eastern
portion Will be greatly crowded by the rush
ers from the first.
There are hundreds of United States sol
diers on guard, and it is with difficulty that
they can keep out the "soonerS- "A lew
days ago the olncers SET the PraiIit Sl'Hs
on fire to smoke out the s2ohPfH VINO hao
crossed the me one ilun,,t'" , 40 prrostnd
boomers We're Snl'Ht" ~. nc tho rasn;t If
ana are I9N i3ti- -, !''i . Wv
thGcr WoCIu-',e ~ -, 5oOnO families
III 81 4 L,,,',. 10 obfain a clear title
w a ,iaim one must live on it for five years.
At P,rrZ and Enid there are only Il few
housas and :. land fee But present in-
dirations point - cities of 1J.U00 inhabi-
tants I'm the next week. The railroads. rum
ming through the strip are taxed 10 thglr
utmost eaI21fy 7" iuFAlNa lUIilpti' 5GV't =,
and other needs 81 me pIoinrlS, anu ,,,; ~
many cases they cannot 90 'Ae Nolh IciGii
Ell of them. - present ~ sup = I HILL,
hahlted except b| u iC" N"'l 'h'e Ai-u''''''
VINO are pu ft,"FNdtItil' ...l
Al this hour the r.%iStrrlh% - PT"VeGu-
ing at 4 Lively rate. ~ St.iht Oh ne nou JUN :
rs many a. fHto register III zen h"uI2' az" ~
ii appears that all VINO desire 10 III" ~, Tue Tue
race VIII nave rhau'" 10 q" So n;,r
has been gree suffering due TO me s'ar,i!y
of water. Many who nave had 10 stalq III
line Tor hours III ne nor sun h'Nt t'ls .'l
from sheer exhaustion, ami many otherS
have abandoned the attempt ana gone pach
nome III ui>I'fst ,.,.,,,,or. mr.. sticlino 70
bul Hl"Nt 81 ~. "' - - +;,a,., NJ,
IT, SOM ~ ,n'u ,,.,1 ,-o,rs ogn
mace IN .hIahI"l' i'CV ,,',;;, on 10
fN,m' 81 me" H. ,'.' - ~; Tho
~ "h' - ;.. l,,., -, tn,nnrrov's
hFF h'p'lu oi 9'''N5 H"'"'> "a
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crazy with ihirSt'
Fort Worth Tex. September IL. on
that in passing through tie cherokee strip