The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-09
AS TO THAT RUSH.
One Man. Mocammon, Relates Some
Interesting Experiences.

Writing about the method Of open.
ing the new country to settlement.
Frank McCammon, the well known
boomer, says;
10y attention mas been called to
an article in various newspapers un-
der the noad Of To Make a Rush,
stating that men will take lands when
open, that lottery does o go, and
that they have hired a lawyer to rep
resent them. Now. II there is any
man in the southwest who has had an
experience In the settlement Of okla
homa proper. and the territory added.
II is your humble servant. My expert
ence and training with Captain David
Payne. the original Oklahoma boomer,
has taught me to consider before I
buck up against Uncle Sam and a re-
quest that my name should appear In
an article against the so-termed lot
terry plan by which Che Kiowa and Co
manche countries are to be opened to
settlement. This fact prompts this
not Of warning to those seeking a
home i'm the aforesaid lands. In the
frs place. the settler wants to take a
geographical survey Of Uncle Sans
anatomy, and in the second place ne
should study carefully the manner in
which the lands of the southwest have
been settled, more especially those of
Oklahoma. / was in the race when
our president said by proclamation
you can go on April %, 1889. Those
going prior to the proclamation. as re-
lates to this new country. will buck
up against "a circumstance, and those
so-called lawyers who are seeking no
,oriety-and the settlers money
will have a pitiab.e following of vic
Tins Of misplaced confidence. There
has been no official plan made public.
but it is generally understood that iC
will be on the so-called lottery plan.
Now, as your humble servant under
stands it, there is no lottery, nor any
thing pertaining to lottery, neither to
rules governing lotteries. When per
mitted this great government has
never dealt with It's people through a
lottery system, but on the contrary,
had dealt out with lavish hand the
fertile lands in ITS domain aud assist
ed hose settlers, when necessary,
from its treasury. as was the case in
settling Oklahoma proper, and the
distribution of nearly fifty thousand
dollars to the settlers of this country.
"A lottery issues a certain number
of tickets. 50 many prize tickets and
so many blank tickets; the blank
tickle s cost the purchaser just as
much as the tickets drawing prizes.
When the drawing is completed with
a lottery there is no rebate or money
for those tickets that failed to draw
a prize. Upon the other hand, there is
a grand balance on the other side Of
the ledger.
Now, for the modus operandi Of the
government as to those lands. Each
applicant will pay for his privilege Of
drawing and to those drawing a
blank their money will be %refunaed
and their rights as a homesteader will
remain to them as TO any other home
stead lands under the jurisdiction of
this government. This explanation
should be sufficient to disabuse the
minds of those who are seeking a
homestead through attorneys. No
such homesteads have ever been ac-
CURED. and they never will.
The newspapers also state that a
company Of Texas, Indian Territory
and Oklahoma men has been formed
TO make a rush for the Kiowa and Co