Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-23
ARE AFTER RES
ERVAT|ON LAND
Pullman Furnishes Large Number of
Applicants, Who Register in
Three Places

Pullman is furnishing its share OF
applicants for land on the Coeu,
d'Alene Flathead and Spokane reser-
vations and 1t is estimated that three
hundred or more will have gone from
this town before the registration
closes, on August 5. Every day a
number of Pullman people leave for
Spokane to register and all who go to
+ Spokane also go to Coeur d'Alene.
while probably one-third go to Mis-
soula. Montana, thus registering in
all three places. Dan Burns and
his father left last week for Mis-
soula and expected to register at all
three places. c. r. Ion left the
first of this week for Missoula. Chas.
Bryan left Sunday. for Missoula and
stopped at the other two points on
his way back.
Those that have registered say
that the rush is something awful,
but there is no difficulty in register
ing after one reaches the town, but
is getting on the uldlns and rid
ing between the points, where one
finds the big crowds and the incon-
venience. Mrs. NJ. F. Cannon regis
tered at Spokane and Coeur d'Alene
last week. She said: Il heard much
about the difficulty of finding mo-
tary The greatest difficulty | found
was in avoiding them. You cant miss
them for they are everywhere and
their signs are visible from every
point of view. 1t is work of but
few minutes to register after one
reaches the town, but riding on the
trains, especially the electric trains,
between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene.
convenience. | had to sit on the
arm of seat in which were two peo-
pie all the way. while many stood
in the aisles for the entire distance"
Tom Ellis returned on the same
train with Mrs. Cannon Saturday
evening and gives similar reports.
AS rule the crowd is good natured
and most of the people realize that
there is but slight chance to win
anything, but are willing to take that
chance and figure that the outing
is worth all it costs But there are
others who take the matter seriously
and fully expect to get land. This
feeling is more common among the
women-of whom there are many
registering-than among the men.
Most of those that registered regard
the trip as frolic, with possible
chance to win something of value,
but among others there is grim
ness that shows that they can i'll af-
ford to make the sacrifice that the
trip is costing.
People are coming from long dis
tances to register. Sundays Spo-
kesman-Review told of three brothers
who came from Wales, crossing the
ocean, and taking out naturalization
papers, or declaring their intention
to do so, in order that they might
take chance to get the land. Many
people have come from the Atlantic
coast. Others from the far south and
she middle western states. j. l..
Nessly, who arrived here from Kan
sas Sunday evening, says that all
westbound trains are loaded with peo-
Ple coming to the exposition and to
register for the land drawing. Cali
fornia is well represented and every
state in the Union has men and wo-
men registering for the drawings.
The total for the three reservations
is estimated at 100000 persons who
will register and all but two or three
will be disappointed.