The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-07-12
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NO TROUBLE OCCURRED


Would Not Recognise This Ferma.
tson Nearly Preeipttassd a R'et.
Many Women In the AsesmbIass.
similar scenes wers ,A'ao Enacted
1t Lawton. -
Ell Reno, o. r.. July 11.-Following
out the proclamation of President Nc
Kinley opening up to settlement by
the whites the $4,000 farms in the
Kiowa.C a.Commanche country the first
registration Of homeseekers was made
here and at Lawton at 9 o'clock a. m.
Hundreds were lined before the va
rious registration booths when dark
ness came and the registrations will
continue until all who come hkve been
given an opportunity to', hls their
names. The drawing BY lottery Will
begin on July 20, and until then none
of the $4,000 applicants will know
whether OK not he has been lucky
enough to receive = homestead.
The lottery scheme robbed tho
"opening" OF the picturesque run and
the exciting times incident to the
great opening Of the Cherokee strip
10 years ago. Compared with that
event the affair was tame in the ex.
treme. Although there are perhaps
10000 people In town practically
No Disorder Prevailed.
As . rule the homeseekers were well
provided with money and provisions,
and, aside from the long wait In the
sun before the registration booths. no
serious inconvenience has been ex-
perienced. g.. .'
Many had waited on the border Of
the new country for two years or
more. and the last night of their long
vigil was the most trying they had ex-
perienced. The line was made up Of:
the halt, the lame and the brawny
frontiersman, sprawled out Ia the dust.
The crowd before each booth elected
q captain and each man and woman AZ
In line ewas given 2 number which
tho con tlaslr;
'clofhaS Il. company |momber KaS per
mitted occasionally to absent himself
from the lhe for a short breathing
spell and invariably his place was
protected by his fellow watchers.
As the hour of o'clock neared In
terlopers tried to push in and break
the numerical order of the line organi-
cation. This
Instantly Raised Bad Blood
and when word was passed down the
line little later that the booth Off.
cials would not recognize the line
organization, but would register the
first persons to present themselves.
there were threats Of violence and
rioting seemed likely. Trouble was
prevented by the early announcement
that the line organization would be
by the government officials,
and waving Of hats greeted this word.
and from this time forth no sign OF
trouble was apparent. Applicants
were admitted to the booths four at
time and the filing proceeded rapidly
all day long.
During the day the heat became
intense, but no serious suffering was
reported. The numerous women In
line were treated gallantly by the men,
who shaded them from the sun with
and furnished drinks from
the lemonade venders who piled their
ranks.
The second place Of registration
named in the proclamation was at
rs miles overland, where sim
liar scenes to those enacted at Ell
Reno were witnessed. The people In
the vicinity Of Mountain View and
other points along the border con-
tiguous to the point presented them
selves early at the Lawton booths.