The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

more will be added if the heavy travel
demands the service.
Passenger officials in ST. Paul and
Minneapolis expect that there will be
heavy immigration movement from
Minnesota. Extra equipment will be
added to the regular trains to Omaha
and Sioux City, where connection will
be made for the reservation.
Build Town in One Day
The founding of the town of st. Elmo,
almost in the middle of the reservation,
will be one of the most interesting Incl
dents of the opening. The site is now
occupied by the tepee of a Rosebud
Sioux Indian family. On the side
tracks of the North Western road at
Bonesteel stands trainload of mate
rial. It includes everything. from
frame houses built in sections, to stocks
of goods, saloon and gambling outfits.
farming implements and everything
that pioneers can possibly need. With
the firing of the opening gun the trans
portation of the outfit to the st. Elmo
site will begin. and by night the. town
will be doing business at full blast
Three other towns will be started with
in the first two days --+..,.=
The railroads which will handle the
business to the reservation are mass
ing cars and locomotives at Sioux City
to handle the extra traffic. The great
est crush is expected on the two days
after the opening, when about 80 per
cent OF the landSeekerS, the unfortu-
mates who viii have drawn blanks, will
be trying to leave all at once.
Sharpers Plan Fraud
Vigilance committees are being or
ganized by the land seekers gathered
at Bonesteel and Yankton to deal out
summary punishment at the first effort
to carry out a gigantic plan of black
mail and fraud which has been discov-
cred. 1t is an ancient scheme, depend
ent on the ignorance and credulity of
of persons entering land, but it was
worked with great success at the open
ings at Oklahoma and Indian territory.
The plan is being organized at the
ROSEBUD reservation by a gang of
Sharpers who operated it at. Kiowa
and Comanche openings in Indian ter
rftory.- The gang has been widely adj
Vertislng for men to enter land on be-
half of old soldiers. These, it is ex-
planned, are to be organized and con-
test papers prepared in advance. AS
soon as lands are awarded to good
faith settlers contest papers will be
hied by the Stoolpigeon element. The
contestant will disappear, but the chiefs
OF the scheme will undertake to secure
Withdrawals of the contests, charging
therefor as large a fee as the home
steaders will stand, all the way from
500 to $1,000 As soon as the fee is paid
| the attorney" will produce formal
REIMBURSEMENT of contest claim and
file it.
Swear TO Do Some Hanging
Hundreds of the land seekers are
| banded together and sworn to hang the
! first matchmaking contestant who at
tempts to raise money by contest. 1t is
| now feared there will be serious trou-
bic, and the homesteaders frankly say
they will not have to look very care
fully into the cases, because they pro-
pose to make an early example of some
of the suspected characters in order to
drive others out.
Despite that there has been one muir
der at Bonesteel conditions there are
| remarkably good, and fair order is be-
| ing maintained thus far. The only
threat of trouble is in the possibilities
Of the Matchmaking scheme of con-
| testing entries.