Show people become destitute waiting lor open ing of thousands 0 people camp ng on the border of the kiowa Ca manche apache reservations in oklahoma awaiting the opening of that land to settlement are in destitute circum stances only last monday said br mcken na 0 kansas city two friends and myself drove over to the border from oklahoma city and the sight that greeted us was one of terrible destito tion thousand men women and children are massed on the border and half of them are utterly destitute only a small percentage have even tents to sleep in but huddle under the wagons and such sheltering trees as they can find at least 5 of them have been here a year and a halt they went with poss bay 00 or and have made nothing since they arrived simply waiting waiting the really hard thing about it all is that anere are hundreds of desperadoes on the border who have picked out claims and will not scruple to lill the success ful ones in the drawing in case they have a tottery |