The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-13
HOMESEEKERS
FLOOD YANKTON.
HER STREETS A CONSTANT
KALEIDOSCOPE OF HUMANITY.
Seven Days Record of Registration,
15,695-Record-B Busting Clerks at
Work-Salvation Army Arrives.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Yankton, S. D., July 13.-The regis
tration yesterday at Yankton broke
all previous records. The number
registered was 1914. This brings the
total for the seven days to 1885, or
an average for each day of 2,282. The
average for Yankton is more than the
total for Chamberlain and Fairfax,
and the total at Yankton is a third
larger than all the other three regis
tration towns taken together. The
record for a days work for an indi-
vidual clerk. which was established
at Ell Reno at SAT, was broken by the
speedy bunch on Broadway yesterday.
In fact three of the clerks took a
crack at the record and when they
were thru with it, 1t had been broken
by all three and a new record establish
ed of SIS. The lines at the offices, both
morning and afternoon, were simply
contained at l o'clock over five hun
dred men. The Broadway line was
not so long, yet near enough to make
approximately one thousand in line.
So far the number registered at the
Broadway, or West Side office, has
exceeded that registered at the Capt.
toll, or East Side office. This is due to
fetal in charge, is at the East Side
office, and it is his duty to pass on
all difficulties that arise and also to
the fact that the old soldiers register
largely at Capitol street. The powers
Of attorney accompanying the old
soldiers applications require much
more time than the ordinary applica-
ton.
The prospects are now strong for
$4,000 people to register at Yankton
for homes on the Rosebud. A large
majority Of these people come from
outside Of South Dakota. Many of
them are from the extreme eastern,
southern and western parts of the
United States. The benefit that the
of observant men and women is in
calculable.
A detachment Of the Salvation
Army has arrived in Yankton and is
holding services on the streets. While
the character Of the crowds in the city
| is not such that regeneration is
needed, yet it is splendid opportun-
ity for the Army to reach thousands.
The Army uniforms add another pic
turesque element to the thronging
streets. Beggars of every description
are plying their trades at the street
corners. The lame, the halt and the
blind are soliciting and in the name of
charity from the masses that. rush up
and down the street. Streets actu-
ally black with people is a sight sell
dom seen in a city the size of Yank-
ton, yet such is the case here, with
out exaggeration. At the hundreds of
small amusement stands and tents the
jam Of humanity Is constant. Hardly
is the same face seen twice. The
throng is like a giant kaleidoscope,
constant yet ever changing. Today's
people will by tomorrow be scattered
to the four corners of the nation,
| tomorrow q. tnrOnp
take the place of those who have gone
| their way. The number who are here
simply to see the country speaks we'll
for the lavish advertising; given the
registration by the railroads. The fact
that Yankton is getting a large ma
! jority Of those who register; speaks
well for Yankton's two strong con-
tentions, the first of accessibility, be
ing nearer to the east, south and
north by 800 miles than any other
point and the second that of accom-
odatfOns, which are not only first