Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-07-12
I View with Alarm the Opening Of
Indian Lands.
NAY PROVE A HEAVY LOSS TO THEM.
Men and Women Eager to Become
Settlers Flock In Great
n Crowds to Ell Reno to
~ Register.

s is causing great u%neasiness to cat
tlemen. i sg4 W. sg
VI It is said that there are 100000 head
of cattle on the ranges that have been
leased by the Texas and Oklahoma
stockmen. These cattle are immature
and unfit for the market at the pres
ent time. If the order is carried out
these cattle will have to bel shipped
and sold for canning in
Bthe eastern markets for what they
will bring. Al. IA
It is said that a delay Of 90 or even
60 days would enable the owners to
put the cattle on the market in proper
condition. To secure such a delay, if
possible, the following telegram was
sent to Secretary Hitchcock Saturday
night:
live stock interests in west and south
west will be seriously affected unless
proclamation opening Kiowa and Co
manche reservations can be delayed until
herds immature cattle can be shipped to
market. On behalf Of live stock industry
I respectfully petitionifor such delay.
(Signed) JOHN w. SPRINGER,
president National Live Stock ASSN"
Only One Place to Register.
= Kansas City, Mo-, July 1o.-A special
from St. Ell Reno, Okla, says: "The
failure of the presidents proclama-
tion to permit registration at allland
Offices in Oklahoma has provoked
much complaint, and, acting upon the
request of Oklahoma City, Perry,
Guthrie and other land office towns,
Delegate Dennis T. Flynn has ap-
pealed by telegraph to the interior de-
partment at Washington, asking that
all land Offices be given authority to
accept registration. His request will
be supplemented by kilograms from
citizens in the different towns. AS
the matter stands now, Ell Reno will
be practically the only land Office
where -home-seekers will assemble, as
Lawtdn, the other town named, is IS
miles from a railroad. Ell Reno is
wholly lacking in facilities for caring
for such a crowd as will come here
if other points are not designated as
places of registration. Five thousand
strangers would overtax it's accom-
modations, and as many as 100000 peo-
pie are expected in the event that
other towns are not named. w. "A.
Richards, assistant commissioner of
the United States general land Office,
with a corps of about IS experienced
clerks, have reached here and regis
tration will begin this morning.N Six
registration booths have been pro-
vided to prevent the assembling of
an immense crowd at one place.
Ell Reno Is Crowded.
Ell Reno, Okla, July 1O.-Every train
brings extra coaches crowded with
people coming here to register, and
roads leading into the city are lined
with travellers to this place for the
same purpose. The hotels and res
taurants are already taxed to their
utmost capacity, but there will be no
suffering here for lack, of food and
accommodations. The Opera house
has already been turned into an eat
ing and sleeping house, and as rap.
idly as needed churches and school.
houses, and every available room will
be given up for the accommodation oil
the crowd. Many come with but blan
kets. expecting to camp out, and hun
dreds of tents nowdot the side streets
to be used for that purpose. Gov
Richards, of the interior department
and 80 clerks from Washington ar
rived Tuesday, and present places fol
registration will be ready at nine a
m. to-day. A line of men has formed
at each of these places. Gov. Richard
says the work of registering will pro
coed rapidly. as many of the booth
will be opened as may be deemed nee
tessary as the work progresses
Twelve thousand pounds of blank
have arrived by mail from Washing
ION. The reports that the registering
would be enjoined by certain Indian
OF the Kiowa and .Comanche tribe,
through their attorneys is ridiculet
here.
OFF to Register.
Oklahoma City, Okla, July TO-
Nearly 1000 people left this city Tues
day night to 60 to Ell Reno to regis
ter. Only n train left here Tuesda,
afternoon for that place, and tn,
coaches were crowded to their ut
most capacity. Several hundred pee
pie waited at the station until tn
train came in, when a wild scrambl
ensued for seats.
Women as we'll as men were boost
ed through the windows of tn
coaches, which were filled almost a
500 al the train had stopped. OIL
ers stood on the platforms or climbe
to the top of the coaches. Nearl
everyone carried a blanket and prt
visions: Canteens and jugs we1
taken along to guard against a waite
famine. The hotels at Ell Reno bein
already filed, hundreds of people wi
be compelled to sleep in the street.
The Proclamation.
Washington, July 1o.-In his recer
proclamation opening to settlemer
lands coded by Indians in Oklahom
territory the president includes til
c~essions made by the Wichita and a
fliated bands of Indians in accordane
7 with the act of March 2, 1895, an
those made by the Comanche, Kiow
+! and Apache tribes in pursuance of tt
act of June 6, 1900.
The proclamation provides for tt