The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-22
Crowds of People Continue to
Flock to Ell Reno.
Register For Homes and Take
Next Train Out.
CLERKS PLENTIFUL.
No Trouble or Long Waits to
Get Into the Booths.
Ice, Beer and Lemonade Album
Little Incidents.

Ell Reno, July 22-At the close of
registration Saturday evening 102, 275
persons had signed up for q chance in
the lottery. There were 1887 registered
Saturday. Fort Sills total is .77s, of
which 1.e77 were placed on the rolls
the last day of the week.
But these registering are not staying
in Oklahoma until the drawing No.
of the Rock Island left Ell Reno for the
north in two sections of 10 cars each
and every seat was occupied Win
three persons and the aisles crowded
standing up. The most amusing feature
is the street scenes. Everywhere on
sidewalks, in Railways and on cots IN
the street people pass the night.
But water is plenty as well as beer
and lemonade. The two latter sell for
8 cents a glass and often the former.
Ice is plentiful Lemonade stands are
everywhere. The city charges q ncense
OF $40 a week which is cheerfully paid
For miles in the middle of the street
are fake shows, oriental and otherwise,
lunch stands, saloons etc. until tne
town resem bles the Midway at the chi
cago Worlds fair. Carpenter shops and
any old available buildings are USED Tor
hotels
on the incoming trains from Yelling
ton south passengers are greeted by
whole families. boys, girls, father ana
mother with homemade pies, Bread
chicken sandwiches, buttermilks lemon
ade and buckets with ice water ana
pint bottles of beer. And the prices are
rreasonable and the food very fair. No
one need go hungry or thirsty VINO mas
the price.
It was an easy matter to get register
ed Saturday. There was ten booths ana
little delay.
Commissioner Richards says that his
force will be able to register all corners
unless there be an unprecedented rush
the last day. He is prepared TO regis
ter 5000 people daily He says, now
ever, that on Friday he Will close every
t<a1r
will set their watches together. ne
said, "and at sharp the registration
will end. no matter how many apph-
cants are in line
used here a day on an average
Short skirt dancers IN the street
shows have been acquired to wear long |
Hay and feed have advanced 50 per
cent in price during the last three days. |
There is a great scarcity OF stock Ieea |
coming alarming. LiveryInen today |
the price OF keeping horses
by the month Just SO Der cent
Heck Morris drove IN with an OK
register. He has been sixteen days on /
The road He brought his family and
ali his earthly possessions along
The booths closed Sunday allowing
The clerks a rest for the Monday rush.
cyrus Leland had sufficient pun with
Governor Jenkins to land Finley, OF
aennessey, as probate judge OF one OF
the new counties.
Herbert Crosby, formerly private Sec
rotary of NJ. A. Low, of the Rock ISL
and is said to be slated for the posi-
lion of county attorney of Caddo eoun-
Judge steve Osborne, of Saline. ex-
speaker of the Kansas house, is here TO
register The judge is looking for
Iudgeship of some kind down in this or
The Indian Territory.
Dan Dyer, of Smith Center, and LATE
Smith, formerly clerk register of the
Kirwin land office, are running nota-
Y booth here
Miss Matte Toothaker, of Kansas City,
kan, daughter of w. H. Toothaker, the
2opulist politician, is here and has reg
stored. She proposes to engage IN
work in the new country If
he can find an opening.
John Waters, a young lawyer from
Topeka, has located a mineral spring
n quarter five miles from Lawton.
It the foot of the mountain, just out
fdes the government reserve The land
S worthless, and Waters think nobody
viii take it, for the spring is hidden
Waters will try to obtain possession of
he claim for summer resort purposes.
l. T. Xount Of Topeka, a leading Pop
list, is a homeseeker, registered at the
Il Reno Office.
Knute Try. a politician from Fort
IcoIt, who is on the government pay
oil, is here in disguise. trying to catch
epeaters- He has not yet caught any
ody.
Ed Riling. member of the Kansas leg
stature from Douglas county, has
tarted notary public graft here. He
xpects a job in the new country
through Senator Rurton's influence.
TO CONDUCT DRAWING.
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