The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-07-08
NLDY TO MAKE RUSH
FOR THE new LANDS
Opening Of Kinkaid Reservation
20 Settlers.
BoNEsTEEL rs HEADouARTERs
Fully Fifteen Thousand People Are Al
ready on Hand. While Thousands of
Others Are Expected by the Time
the Rush Begins.

Nor1.E. Neb.. July 5.-When the
gun buoms ar 3 o'clock Tuesday morn
lrs opening the Kinkaid reservation
g. settlers under the Kinkaid home
stead laW. one OF the greatest rushes
Coz land In the history OF the nation
~. Ie started.
Bouesteel. :. D.. has been made the
headQlarters Of the great army OF
homs-aekers. and this town. which
Epraug up over night. and Is al best
Only tent city. presents one Of the
mot picturesque spectacles imagi-
ua6le
Fully $4,000 people are already on
hand. and IL Is reasonably expected
thar by Tuesday morning 5000 more
49, have Joined the waiting throng.
Great Indignation has already been
expressed az the action OF several big
ranchers who have dispatched COW
boy- thither 90 snatch up the coveted
spots. and trouble is expected An
.tIclpatius this. regiment of regulars
bas been ordered 10 Bonesteel. A
thousand Sioux Indians have also ar
rived on the scene and are in an ugly
mood
Al the same moment that the rush
OF horseback starts. two freight
trains viii pull out Of Bonesteel to the
reservation line. There 80 carloads
90 lumber viii be unlOaded and hur-
Fied across the plains 10 miles TO
where a lone Indian tepee now stands.
the home OF Mollie Eagle Pipe.
The sQuaw viii step out, and where
The tepee stands a town will be born.
within two days buildings will have
been completed. and a telephone ex-
change with $50 instruments already
put together will have been installed.
This group OF mushroom buildings
vi then be christened the town OF
s. Elmo. The man who wins the
fret choice OF all the land will IN
d0ubtedly choose the 100 acres where
stands the town. and the Town Site
company viii pay him $4,000 for it.
The village Of BOnesteel. three
months ago a struggling line of build
tngs. with but Geo people, now is
mere black speck on the center of a
white city For a mile from the town
o. every direction range long rows or
ueuts where families live and hope.
Relays ara arranged 50 that members
Of a family may relieve each Other
during the wait for land allotments
that may last some days.
A wholesale scheme TO defraud the
homesteaders was unearthed and as
q result vigilance committees are be-
inC formed at Yankton and BoneSteel.
and they declare they will not guar
antee the life OF any sharks who are
detected. Attorneys who attended
the Oklahoma opening have recOg-
niEed men who worked this same
graf In that state.
Again. advertisements have been
scattered over the country for men to
lie for old soldiers. the only ones
who may register by proxy. There is
no demand for such men. AMI this is
q part 81 the scheme TO secure dupes.
The plan is 90 give these men. tramps.
vaEabonds. or any one 50 TO file a con
test against a homestead. The home
Eteader must then submit to a legal
controversy Of much expense and
lasting months. or pay the attorneys
Who are behind the stool pigeons
blood money 10 secure their title.
These grafters mulcted thousands
m the Oklahoma opening fO- from
$50 % 81 600 each.