The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-04-16
SHOOTING SCRAPE.
A Conflict Razinz in Beav=r Coun-
". OK. over Land
Az OPPORTUNITY FO2 SLTTL.RS.
The Council q rive Res-rssti"n Naw Opened
- the land seeker -Chorra~ Indians
In Arms Fight Erp-~ted
- anr TIue.

PEnHY OK. April il-Iu Beaver
county. ok. a great conflict is "a giug
betveeU home~teaders and catflemeu
that NAV end very seriously Beaver
is the extreme western county IN
oklahoma. and very little ~ the
public lands have been sled on by
homesteaderS Farmers have picked
ont the quarter sections and the
best ones have been taken and dlings
placed ou them in the United states
land Office. The cattiemen have fenced
Mp thn lands not taken FOR homesteaus
FOR grazing purposes. and in many in
stances nave fenced in host Of set
Tiers from the outside world. This
fencing up bv cattlemeu "a n direct
conflict q the United states laws.
and the few settlers are max
.ug it hot for then. Hundreds
~ complaints haze gone To the
comm ssiouer of the general land o.'ice
and Special Agent u. r. Poe of the lanJ
depa rtment at Washington has arrived
az Beaver go make thorough investigs-
tiou of the numerous complaints by
the homeSteuders col Poe mas for
,varded a circular to the numerous cat.
.aF.AAFn IN .lN are af-..t~f-.A l.N lAAEFa alt-AA
in Beaver CITY che .uth. with all other
parties concerned. for full investi ga
ton. To is said ina, serious shooting
~orspeS occur nearly every dav between
the warning elements
AN oFroBTUNIrY FoR sFrrLERs
WAsHINer0S. April fJ.-It was stated
at the land office that the Council
Grove reservation. near oklahoma City.
is open 20 settlement and those max
ing entries viii have a prior right
when the land is disposed Of accord
Iug To- the new law regulating the sale
~ military reservations The rams
fer - the reservation from l..c war
department was made few DAYS
ago. The value Of the land viii be
announced soon ov commission and
after appraisement will De sold Co the
highest bidder Those having located
. ON the land. however. need not bid.
hut can secure their claim oy paving
tbe highest bid offered This advan-
tage can be secured bv locating on the
and now The same law applies 20
the Fort HAYS re~ervati0u. al Joining
Hays City. Kan. and that of Fort
supply. ia western Oklahoma.
Those locating ON the Fort Hays
F reservation NAV not be benefited Dv
settlement advantages as an effort is
being made ta have congress donate
the whole reservation 90 Kansas for
-ducs tiona purposes. The oil passed
the .set congress. nlt was not signed
bv the president should the depart
meu' defer appra semrnt ~ that rec
servatiou. and congress pass another
Dill and 10 became 4 Ia-v settlement
on the re~ervatiou would he defeated.
CHo,rAw INDIANS lN ARMS.
PARIS Tex Apri. -5.-Fiv- men
have already been killed and twenty
i've wounded. some ~ them fatally. i'm
the Ihor-av nation. and news 1f a ter
-i1Ie massacre Is -vperted az anv mo-
meur Three hotir~ ~ Indians are IU
the ie'd we'll suop -d with food
and arms. and The worst rs feared
Dne of these represent the I1ue, and
the other the Locke faction. while
tine tl.ri .> headed bv 1uv Gardner.
auu masking earnest ~uoeav0rs 20
preserve .arv and order . necessary 81
the muEz.e~ of r. 3r~. trnr. Ira-tlrr 1f
the Ihorra.y nation. Vas here ~arlr-ia r
seeking rH.unr-er~. fully armed and
equipped. -a AID h.ru .n >upp~r~~iny the
.u~u-~rr-iHn H- has s.~H decided tu
a>a FOR federal assistance.