The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-19
TEXANS
COME NORTH
Not Enough Claims in the
lIawtOn District
Claim that Republican Poll
ticians Tried to Keep
Them out of Ell Reno
ACCOMMODATIONS ARE GOOD
The Crowd is Orderly and
Attends to Business
Applicants at Fort Sill Or
dered to Move on as
Soon as Registered

lei Reno, Ok, July -. The move.
ment of homeseekers toward Ell Reno
isnow undergood Roadway. This morn
ny found the biggest crowd ir town
since registration began. The booths
were not open yesterday and the clerks
will be compelled TO do two days
work in one.
Many Texans are coming from the
Lawton country TO register here.
They claim TO have discovered poll
tical trap of the Republican party by
which the Democratic population in
the new country will be decreased.
These Texans say that at first they
were led to believe that the Lawton
district contained larger number of
and that consequently thousands of
people from Texas and Indian terri
tory started for the Lawton district.
They soon found, however, that if
everybody bound for Lawton regis
tered for homesteads in that district
there would be thousands of blanks
drawn by Democrats because of the
lack of homesteads to meet the de-
mand. This has increased the crowd
here. which to-day numbers fully TO-
900 people.
Their is now an abundance of.water,
barrels are kept filed in the streets,
beds can be found for everybody and
no man need go hungry. The mer-
chants and restaurant keepers con-
tinue to charge reasonable prices.
The most surprising thing at FL Reno
is the absence of fighting and bolster
Gus drunkenness. There has net been
a disturbance sufficient to attract at.
tention since registration began.
Drunkenness is at a minimum. Not
withstanding the presence of thous-
ands of strangers, more peacable
community cannot be found in the
West.
DECREASING At FORT SILL.
Fort Sill, Ok, July 1.-two per-
sons left the Fort Sill military reser-
walton Saturday and Sunday for
every new arrival. Twenty new com
panies were formed, making a total of
l4,200 up to this time who have served
notice of their intention to apply for
homesteads at this Office. The order
given by Major Scott requesting those
who had registered to ''move on, "
came none too soon. Twenty thous-
and persons camping along the creeks
which had run so low that water could
only be found in the deeper pools,
had polluted the waters to such an eX
tent that even the horses refused TO
drink it. Thousands of the campers
have removed to other parts of the
reservations where purer water can be
found.
So many have directed the notices
of drawing at FL Reno to be forwarded
them at Fort Sill that formal applica
ton was filed to-day by the Interior
department for an extra force OF clerks
at the Fort Sill postollce. The de
partment clerks will be able to regis
ter to-day two names for every new
arrival so that the situation here ma.
be said to be well in hand. The regis
ter and receiver of the Lawcon liant
Office are on the ground and will hav'
the Office in running shape before tn
rush begins after the drawing.
BIG CROWD REGISTERS.
Ell Reno, O. r., July l6.-Tomorro'
has been designated as Kansas da,
by the registration officers here, OIL
account of the statement by the rail
road officials that several specia
trains will bring drouth stricken Jay
hawkers to Eel Reno to register 70
homesteads in the new country. Tn
Rock Island served notice that il eX
pected to have at least 1000 Kansan
in tomorrow. 1t brought in five trail
loads of people from the north toda
and three from the south, The Chot
taw brought in four trains from tn
east and will have five tomorrow.
The registration so far is as 70
lows:
Registration FL Reno today, s,6s5.
FL Reno up to date, 29,7Oe.
Lawton today, 1925
Lawton up to date; l5,42S.
Grand total, both districts, 66,l2S,
WILL REACH 10000.
BY sorlpps-McRae Press Association.
FlReno, July lit is now believe
that one hundred and fifty thousan
will register in the land lottery If Il
rush continues to increase.