The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-09-13
WORK OF REGISTERING.
Slow at First. but the Work Soon rro-
gressed Rapidly.

ARKANSAS CRY, Kan, Sept H.. Tho
constant line of humanity which s,.
in toward booth No. sunday morn
ing has steadily increased in volume
and when the registration booths were
opened at o'clock yesterday morning
it was estimated that 10000 people
were in the line.
For mi east and two miles west
of the boo rs the mt RI. " road was
densely pa ked with W gons, horse
men and We lders of DIR .nl ables IT ose
waiting i'm line were a GOOD -naturcd
but tired crowd, and tley indul yed
in pleasant badinage between them
selves and the soldiers. who kept item
in place. Coffee, water and beer
pcddlers passed up and down the long
columns and dispensed of their wares
at their own prices. When the booths
were opened and the first man took
his seat at the side of the clerk to reg
ister. hoarse eheer went up from TO-
600 dusty throats, which reached for
n mile and greeted the incoming
strippers The clerks of the booths,
inexperienccd as they were in their
newly assumed duties, made haste
slowly at first, and at o'clock but
few more than hundred of the wait
ing thousands had been served. The
bright young men from Washington,
however, soon caught on and work
progressed more rapidly than ever
thew had at first expected. The next
hour 800 names were placed upon the
books, an equal number of certificates
were issued. The registration pro-
gressed smartly as the day advanced,
and at 6 o'clock last night over . 900
names had been placed upon the books.
Notwithsta uding this fact the lines
at the time the books closed were
much longer tina. when they opened.
Every road was crowded with
wagons all day, and last night
the lines were gaining steadily. The
sun beat down numerically, and
much suffering was endured from the
heat Several old men were overcome
and carried from the lines One. Theo-
doro Thompson of Watervillc, Iowa,
died at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Others were SO affected that they were
compelled to abandon all hope of get
ting a claim.
/ Bunco men and gamblers piled their
nefarious traffic without interruption
all day. County officers early in the
day made grand stand plays to pro-
tect the honest settlers, but their
bluffs went for naught, and many a
yerdant stripper was robbed Of the
little he had brought with him with
which to begin life in the new coun-
try.
A large majority of those who reg
istered took certificates for both town
lots and farms, so that the total num-
Der issued will not be fair index of
la,s ,f .a.t. Il
Much concern is felt because of tine
fear that the lOO-foot strip around the
outlet will not be sufficient to accom-
u6date the crowds at many points
CALDWELL, KAN sept ~, Nearly
1000 homeseelicrs received certificates
here yesterday. Registrations began
promptly at : a m. and closed ten
hours later. Over 5000 strippers are
in line and numbered Officer Ketch-
en- telegraphcd t. Washingt on re-
questing that two more booths be
established here and they were opened
to-day at noon. Clerks wcra appoint
ed by the mayor This Win enable
them TO register at least >, 800 per day
and inspires all chance The crowds
were very patient and not even a
dispute occu rcd to destroy the tran
guilty of the strippers. veral hun
dred ladies were registo ID before
noon yesterd Y. a large lajority of
the strippers are true disciples of
Chesterfield and very or. refully re
signed their places in li1e to some
member of the fair sex.