Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-06-20
A MAD RUSH FOX HOMES.
FORT HALL RESERVATION IS OPENED AND
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MAKE
LOCATIONS.
fully 5000 Homeseeker-, Many of Them
Women. Make Rush for Choice
IsDds-Oysr 1000 Mineral
Claims Near PocateIio
stsksd out.

After many years Of waiting and ex-
peetation, the Fort Hall Indian reser-
walton In Idaho has been thrown open
TO settlement, and mad rush was
made by the prospective settlers who
had been waiting at the boundary lines
for many weary days.
The ceded portion Of the reservation,
which was thrown open. comprises
about $4,000 acres, OF which 90. 900 is
classified ms agricultural land and the
balance IA grazing land A large por-
ton OF IL is mountainous and gives
promise OF great mineral wealth.
The lands except those within FIVE
miles OF Poeatello were open to entry
under the homestead, stone, TOWNSHIP
and mineral acts. The price for agri-
cultural land Is $3.50 an acre and for
grazing land 81 .95 an acre. one-ffth to
be paid down and the remainder when
hnal proof is made. The land is sold
In forty-acre tracts and no person can
take up more than 100 acres. The land
within five miles OF Pocatello is to be
sold at suction July nth for not less
than $40 per acre.
All kinds OF men, 10 all conditions
OF life, were In the advance guard that
made the race for new homes, many !
women being also In the crowd, and /
every kind OF conveyance was used In /
an endeavor to be first on the ground I
and secure first choice OF claims. Some
went In on horseback, some used BIZ
cycles, others vehicles, while few
walked and took their chance of get
ting what the more fortunate over
looked
IL is estimated that over 2, 600 settlers
participated in the rush.
For the first few miles the race was
quite as lively as exciting, but after
time many OF the horses failed to re-
spond to the lash and spur, settling
down to the easier gait OF the gallop
others kept up the mad run for ten
md fifteen and even twenty miles
without faltering.
no "Ht'AohOio WIN WutCntu Tue
spectacle from the hillsides saw little
outside OF the great clouds OF dust that
'bliterated everything as it crept G
'wiftly down the valley. Only at in
ervais would the dust cloud lift in
ections to disclose groups OF strugg-
ing horsemen all intent upon reaching
he ground desired by them that they
night begin the really desperate race
o the land Office at Backfoot.
Some aimed to make the nearest
ailway station to catch the special
rain for the land Office Mt Blackfoot. Z
thers with relays OF fleet horses aimed
0 make the long ride ahead of the >.
pecial train and thus be nearly GER !.
ain OF their ground. II was a unique !,
ace between the great iron horse of :,
he rails aud the sturdy range ponies n
'ully twenty-five relay riders got in tc
head OF the special after desperate OF
des Others after miles OF struggling
J the saddle saw the special dash past
caring hundreds of settlers aud leav- ~
X shcu abopthtti1 no chuncc.
Blackfoot, the mecca OF the throngs
homesteaders, was on Tuesday even re
x filled to overlooking. bs
Early In the morning of the opening Tia
ven prominent citizens OF Pocatello of
ere apprehended by The Indian police LEI
,der H. W. Evans on the ceded lands. he
hey were marched back to Pocatello DC
ID as II was rather n long walk they sp
tirely lost the opportunity to secure pc
very promising copper claim which isl
ey had In mind when they so mad dii
rtently strayed ON Uncle Sans pre- Va
rye. ~,
Seven sooners hid on the reservation ne
out 1--we miles south OF Ross Fork on
. road to Blacktoot aud at is o'clock
on, stole the handcar from the sec ON
N foreman OF the Pocatello station
10 was stationed near them protect
I the track for the Short Line spec or,
The sooners threw him 50 for his In
and left him to walk to Ross Fork fro
a report II to the division superin- re
dent ,,a,
great many sooners filed on land j.
Duel the Streets.
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