Show 7 SETTLERS TAKE POSSESSION nez perce reservation opened without bloodshed no provision was made to k keep beep I 1 back settlers and the choice tracts were occupied days before the tha opening incomplete surveys the cause ot of much complaint A new town tow n springs up dolse ida nov IS the States mans special from lewiston says at noon today over settlers nett lers and miners who have long waited an opportunity to take the broad prairies and the promising mineral land on the nez perces reservation put up their stakes posted I 1 their notices and many began an exodus to the nearest land office to register their claims there was po no rush to the interior the journey to the desired locations had been made days before without a sign of legal resistance and the man who rode lor for miles to see gee a mad rush from the boundaries of the reserve with the urine firing of cannon and firearms the shouts and execrations exec rations of those who were ahead and behind in the race for to r the coveted goals was disappointed never in recent years has the opening ot of a rich reservation to settlement been attended with less excitement than the nez perces forces the united states made absolutely no provision to keep white men oft before the time indicated by the proclamation and there was waa unlimited opportunity forthome for those acquainted with the land to camp on the choice tracts until the noon hour and then rush back to enter their chosen quarter section un unlike I 1 ike the opening of other reservations also there has been no lawlessness no suffering from the snows ot of winter or the intense heat of midsummer the intending settler when he arrived at tho the border of the reservation I 1 a week ago made a camp left his family to care for his stock and household effects and went across the imaginary line when and where he pleased As soon as a place was decided upon he moved forward with hta his stock and worldly goods hunted up the corner stakes and it he was lucky enough to find them laid his four corners and proceeded as it if he had a patent to the land in all the particulars except the all important one 0 of preventing some newcomer from infringing on his fancied rights right complaint long and loud has been made at the manner in which the government surveyors have done their work instances are few where it Is I 1 possible to determine the lines of a I 1 quarter section and it there are more I 1 than one cl claimant almant for any piece of I 1 land which seems impossible to avoid there will bo be endless litigation in the I 1 future for land officials not one soldier was to be seen on the edge of the reservation on the day of opening and the indian police were quietly enjoying their alestas siestas in the I 1 bright sunshine which marked the november day and all the romance which Is supposed to attach to occasions of this kind was lost 1 the townsite te at cold springs Is by this time a small village of tents and I 1 if the reports of those intending to locate lecate there can be believed there may be disputes of a serious nature unless the town government Is quickly organized this Is the only point where trouble Is feared otherwise there Is no excitement |