The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-12
LAND-HUNGRY HOME. SEEKERS
IN DALLAS. SOUTH DAKOTA.
GOOO ORDER KEPT IN CITY
Prices Reasonable and Service is
Good in City Of Canvas, N.w
Town Built for Land Rush
Drawing Next Monday

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man and civilization ar, taking one
more step toward the setting sun.
making one more invasion OF that
vast frontier included m the Louis.
lana purchase, portions of which
have O." this day resisted all efforts
toward In, cncroacmcut OF mod
crnization.
At Dallas. mushroom town that
has sprung up on the raw prairie
over night. the white man Is mark.
ing time, knocking at the door, so
TO speak. during two brici weeks
and on Monday morning. October
10, two 7.ycar-old girls will begin
drawing envelopes from a heap to
Indicate which person will De given
first opportunity to settle upon his
choice of the 10000 fertile acres
of Trip county lands that are be-
Ing thrown open to scttlymcnt.
To date this has been probably
the most orderly and most peace
iul land rush that Uncle Sam ever
pulled on Such good order has
prevailed as to remind hto casual
onlookcr of SUNDAY school picnic
or, at most. q county fair. Although
fourteen policemen are o1 duty here
In Dallas. h AIDED 10y fho piuLcg,on
man who had charge of the James
town exposition, there has not been
a single instance OF disturbing the
peace, ana the little jail has stood
unoccupi,d and lonely.
This good order has been in
/ marked contrast to the Bonestcel
/ days of four years ago, when the
/ Gregory county lands were thrown
h open to settlement, aud despite the
, good order prevailing here and at
| Gregory, the other registration
/ points, the effects of the Bone.
/ steel rush are still materially in
! evidence In the rush crowds. People
come to Gregory and Dallas half
frightened and extremely suspicious.
apparently still bearing IN mind
the riotous scenes that marrcd
the closing days OF the Gregory
county lottery OF 1904.
\ city of canvas out here on the
raw prairie is this new town of Dal-
las, built for the land rush. ard
. people all over town marvel at IL.
There are cement sidewalks, two.
story buildings, dozens Of automo.
bilcs whiz2ing here ana there and
everywhere with land-hungry home.
seekers aboard. And there ar.
temporary hotels and lodging houses
of notable size; for instance. one
tent-a great circular canvas Is
hoisted over solid mass OF 1000
cots installed re by one real os
tate firm to take care of it's client,
when they arrive. The cots. also
are sub-leased to other real estate
men in Jumps of 20 or 100, as III
case may require
And, then, there are churche.
given to lodgers. On the front o
one church mammoth sign say,
"COrS."
For the amusement of the crowd.
there is pike copied after d
midway AT worlds fair, and in II
may be seen wild west shows, min
istrel shows, prize fights and III,
like. Jake Kilrain and John /. Sui
liyan will be the features here.
II must not be- thought that Their
Is no gambling in Dallas-there is
In the rear Of saloons there II
gaming galore and one may NEE
any sort Of a gamble desired iron
"chuck.mck," IN, old army gam,
TO big limit faro. The roulett
is "A favorite Around these sUrc
thing games an army of cappcr
surge and baNl-but i's an i'm In
back rooms.
Prices have not scared ourae,
ously during the rush. \ cot ma
be had for fifty cents nigh
meals may De bought for from .
cents to nifty cents. ana some @
these people have been waitn
for four long years to clean up
fortune out OF this rush!
The postofhce service has bee
up to snuf Postmaster $.
Patrick early in the spring too
up the matter Of mail faclitie
with the department at Washington
with the view of envolyng IN
best possible service during IL
rush. As a result four inspector
are in Dallas and eight extra poi