Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-04
RUSH FOR REGISTRATION
Hunt for Land in Cheyenne and
Standing Rock Reservations On.
DOORS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT
Notaries al Aberdeen Are working
in EiEht-Hour shifts to Take
Care of Rush of Home
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PIERRE, S. D., oct. ESPECIAL Tele-
Rram)-At a late hour tonight special
trains have added to the registration
crowd which is waiting for an oppor-
tunity to get even a lottery chance at Sc
curing a parcel Of Uncle Sans fast dis
appearing acres and the streets are lively
with the throngs, many of whom come
TO register and others to look on and
gather the dimes from the visitors. The
Indications at present are that when the
registration booths open at midnight they
will have a good patronage for the first
hour at least, and may have another
rush when trains arrive later in the
night.
The street crowd is a mixed one OF
lankseekers who come from nearly every
state of the union, pleasure seekers, who
care not for the land. but to see the car
nival sights. Soldiers in uniform, who are
here TO take n part in the Custer battle
reproduction, and others who will do spe-
ciaI police duty. The sound of reveille
lie now calling them to their tented camp
in the city park, while a few blocks from
them many of the crowd Is attracted by
the boom Of the drum which is furnishing
music for the Indian dancers who are
celebrating their visit to the city to take
part in the carnival celebration.
Crowd IL Lining UD.
The notaries who are slated for the
graveyard shift, beginning at midnight,
are getting their supplies in shape to
handle all who come, and a few of the
anxious ones are already gathering at
the doors of the registration rooms, al
though II is more than an hour to mid
night. Many residents OF the city, who
have no registration rights, are out to
watch the crowds, and see the opening of
the event which means a great to deal
to Pierre, not only from the financial
gain which the direct operation Of the
opening may mean. but in the advertising
which It will give not only to the city
but to the whole of the central part of
the state.
The Northwestern road expects to be-
gin handling special trains by morning
to bring out the landseekers who left
Chicago and other eastern points to be
in at the beginning Of the registration.
The number who will register at this
point Is as yet much Of a guess propo-
sition, but all indications now appear to
be that the number will be greater than
was first estimated, as letters and re-
ports of the last two days with the an
nounoed intention of parties coming show
a largely increased interest as the hour
for the registration approaches. The peo-
pie of the city have been for the last week
preparing to handle all who come, and
can care for several thousuand each day
without any great Inconvenience, as many
private parties have arranged to supply
the needs of those who cannot be &C
commodated at the hotels. Several film
houses have representatives on the
ground, and they have been securing pre-
liminary pictures today, to work in with
their moving picture representations of
the scenes of the registration and the
Custer fight.
All Ready Mt Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN, S. D., Oct. 3.-(Special.) y
All Is in readiness FOR the commencement
of the registration for the Cheyenne River
and Standing Rock Indian reservations
Promptly at midnight the doors will swing
open at the two big buildings where the
registration will take place, and the work
will be on. At the Flathead reservation
opening at Missoula, Mont, last summer,
the notaries worked on a twelve-hour
schedule, operating from s o'clock in the
morning until 5 at night. Under Judge
Witten's ruling here the registration booths
will be open twenty-four hours a day, sun
days excepted, from midnight tonight until
the registration closes at midnight, Satur-
day, October e The usual Sabbath quiet
Of Aberdeen was conspicuous by its absence
today. AS early as Saturday the crowd be-
gan to come in, every incoming train being
well loaded. Today the trains were crowded.
Beginning tomorrow morning every line
entering the city, except the Great North
ern, will put on extra trains to handle the
reservation crowds. The Great Northern is
waiting. 1t has made all preparations for
caring for any crowd that may appear, and
extra trains win be put on as soon as the
necessity for them becomes apparent.
The n~otaries, eighty strong, are divided
into three shifts OF eight hours each, These
shifts will be changed at the end Of each
week., so each notary, some time during the
registration, will have served through the
twenty-four hours. Two of the notaries,
Mrs. Belle b, Fisher and Miss Edith Witzel
are women. A number of the younger resi-
dents Of the town, who intend to register,
are determined to make their applications
before Mrs. Fisher and Miss witzel, be.
lieving this win bring them good luck.
There is much good natured rivalry, too
over the privilege OF being the first\ "a
register.
Crowds from Nearby Points,
While there is a large crowd in Aberdeen
most OF them are from comparatively near
by points. from the DAkotas, Minnesota