Hutchinson gazette., 1901-07-25

Hcn otkan 10 BalncI Mounu lnS IVble'
tratlon booths to get their numbers.
Since the first few days the old plan OF
lining up has been abandoned for bet
ter one, Companies Of from thirty 10
forty are formed by men who, like the
others who are staying there, are looking
for some sort Of graft. A captain will
organize company giving each man a
number In order as he arrives on the
ground, When company A is filled,
company B is organized, etc, After a
man has gotten a number he does not
need TO stay around ill about the time
they are ready to register his company.
The organizer Of the company then
stands at the door to see that the man
or rather the name and the number cor
respond. II man gets in without a
number he is thrown out, Usually there
is one company registering and another
forming at the same time. At some OF
the booths they merely take numbers
without dividing them up into companies
For this work Of organizing giving out
numbers and checking off names each
one desiring to register usually gives to
the men doing 1t from FIVE to ten cents,
though some do not give anything it
not being compulsory Neary everyone
gives something, however, and the or
ganizers make 1t pay big. 1t is prob
ably as good graft as that of the nota-
ries making out papers. With this kind
OF an arrangement 1t is very little diff
Guilty to get registered, except those act
ing as representatives for old soldiers.
These papers are often irregular and re-
quire more time,
One standing round with his eyes open
can see many strange sights, Every
sort Of CRATER and fakir except the pat
ent medicine man is there. The water
isnot very good and nearly everyone
drinks lemonade or beer How there
can be so much boozing and so good
natured crowd is mystery, Even on
the trains crowded almost to suffocaton
there was no disposition to complain,
unless in humorous vein some fat man
wiped the sweat from his head and re-
ferred to the tone continuous round Of
pleasure.
However there we're some sorry peo-
in the crowd. They we're generally
those who went up against some Of the
various gambling games or devices and
didn't know they were loaded, One
strange sightwas dark, swarthy. young
fellow with big sombrero and black
long, stiff hair that hung down to his
shoulders and then was haggled off
straight across, looking like a part
blood indian and bold bad man. But
just at that particular fine, at least, he
was neither bad nor bold He was very
tame indeed. He was reelng drunk and
hugging post in front Of a big resort
with flaming lights labeled, "Monte
Carlo" and he was crying and blubber-
ing like child with broken headed
doll. Some friend was trying to give
him consolation and saying, don't cry
that aint like man." But he only blub-
Dered, ~ wouldn't a cared, but they beat
me, boo hoo"
However there seemed to be little
petty stealing or robbery, about all |
heard of being an old farmer who had
MS hat stolen, and gave another fellow |
4 quarter to get him straw hat with,
Then he was out his hat and the quarter
100.
The country now is very dry. al
though there were few pieces of corn
right near ElReno that will make some
hing of crop. That is all the corn on
he whole trip worth anything. Teams
are in great demand to go out over the
country with, A Hutchinson man who
had team said he had been offered
800 per day for his team, but as much
If the eastern portion is now burnt off
md the streams in the west are going
Try from the drouth, he doesn't much
ike to try driving over the country even
or himself.
Every day swells the registration
higher and higher till it will probably
reach three times the first estimates.
Everybody in Oklahoma that has rights
male and female, is registering. No
'ody seems to expect to draw anythings
And about half of them would not know
What to do with it if they should draw
and. Iu my opinion there will be al
most another run in October when the
ixty day limit is up, to file on the land
hat has not been entered by those who
rev it, E.G. N.
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