Show N ON HORSEBACK RACE AGAINST TO REACH LAND OfFICE r Claims Staked Homere Home Home- ekers Engage re in Contest WhICh Steam and Equine Are Factors 1 rt r TELLO Ida June 17 When When the great race for the lands and SOrt Fort Hall reservation started at noon noon the bl big up line-up was f southeastern b boundary of the city where 2000 horse horsemen en awaited f falto IO al alto to start There were some buggies and a few wagons in the f t reaming of the railroad shop whistle gave the signal and they in i bunch In exactly one and a half minutes the last of the f i s out of sight behind the black rocks f Almost almost ost every other point along the city city boundaries were star start start- f ably bY headed for points on the south side of the Portneuf Portneuf f of hundred rushed up Pocatello creek due east east east-a and d an equal equaled headed coded ed southwest toward the Moonlight country Still others f treat t and north for the lands land just outside the five mile limit in f I from from the outside points In Indicate that an equal number of carted arted from McCammon the chesterfield Chesterfield country and other pg the outer borders of the reservation S a. a natured good crowd that started from Pocatello The The de- de deIn I In the Commissioner of the General Land office opening all lands mile mlle limits of Pocatello to mineral location put ee everybody f Burner mor f three fourths st of the people who wh started from Po Pocatello atello were f tee les No 10 land within five miles of Po Pocatello atello is open open to homestead f t tit it lt all ll is free ground to the min miners rs and prospectors The The home- home all headed for points outside of the mile five limit of Pocatello f high bundling in Pocatello was black with people at noon The eight cars car's along the Short Line rai railroad road south of the c city ty were f fand and the high red bluff s south uth of the city was covered covered with peo- peo f fin light streets streets' in the town were deserted re IC tart there were no indications of any trouble Probably half ar ers 5 were strangers f friling h s writing riling 1 p. p m. m an occasional l' l h horseman at hot speed is f fugh r through ugh the city northward t toward d Blackfoot c v where e. e the land land Rd situ situated ted They are men who vho have been to to their their- lands and are g to Blackfoot to file f Sh Short rt Line special train for fOT the benefit of the is ex- ex f fh through h rough here at about p p. p m m. f 21 ung King Hillman passed through the city headed for tor Black Black- le leiis Is making the race for what whit Is known as th the Bob Smith f ion fon on creek creel and covered the distance from there to Poty Po- Po forty ty miles in one hour and nineteen minutes He had relays of I horses between the ranch and Blackfoot ot I TO BLACKFOOT IS ON ONA A MON Ida June 17 The The special train of the Oregon Short Line left tiIS is afternoon loaded to the guards with the men who made the thein ids In the Fort Hall reserve The Short Line p people ople had expected a were were not prepared for the crowd th that t boarded the train to go to the theand and office in the quickest possible t time m Men clung to the tops and ands cars s and swarmed over the engine and tender ver yere also hundreds who bell believed ved they c could u d beat the t train aln to Black Black- vho were unable to secure even eyen a place to stand upon the cars It between steam horseflesh and and- men m mounted upon bic bicycles c es Some ged beforehand for relays of the best and fastest horses to be ber r jockeys They freely offered to bet that the their r messengers t Blackfoot half an ho hour r ahead of the e train train wh which ch Is scheduled to toa toa a foot at 3 o'clock this afternoon afternoon er of f men left McCammon l before noon without making any attempt r Serve serve They are arp said to be be grafters who expect to get In the theline theline line before the land office and then exchange their their places for a con- con with late late arrivals Unless discovered they will probably do a flours flour- flour ness s as the land office has received instructions to complete te the work fore accepting another Under Under- Under this this this' me method iod the office will beidle b be idle dIe only ly about sixty filings per day and hundreds of men will be bein beo o Ib w wait lt in line Une for a 3 week or more In or order er to present their location h ye e been issued to the Receiver r of the Land Office to honor no of orders It matters not if a man is known to have a bank achis ac- ac 00 his check will not be berec received Gold Gold silver or currency Is the theof theof of legal tender which will be recognized by the officials AND HORSES I N BY MEN IN THE RUSH FOR FOE HOMES LO Ida June 17 A A mul- mul f m excited anxious s nels nel's and prospectors every line of their faces the thedo do of f the long wait walt broke I ne of f the Fort Hall reserve roke roke of twelve twel today and in I n dust st and an uproarious s shouts I shouts houts and cries engaged in it for the favored locations cool and clear with a fine finet t 1 lithe the west al alf Scene I e s was vas a demonstration of and enterprise ree was the cry I was at a premium se was not the only factor were much In evi- evi some experienced wheelmen I d the he horsemen before th ther the er erS erg JI e a mineral lands and the an entry in the Pocatello the crush was vaa ref re In the city when the three days and nights have ging mass of ot excited hu- hu trall trail along the border thou- thou and with grea greater r the run to lands farther rehe rehe re- re he city erV Is Entrapped uprising sooner found his ne of roses In defiance of d the zealous efforts of ot In Ins In- In s dian dlan Agent Caldwell a considerable number of both homesteaders and miners were hid up at various vantage vantage vantage vant vant- age points on the reserve For many days some of them had eluded the vigilance of the thirty special police who have been pati patrolling oiling the land The force was increased yesterday yesterday yester yester- day and the officers who have been in inthe inthe the saddle more than sixty hours without without without with with- out sleep or of rest unearthed a number who were escorted from the reserve reserve- and placed in In custody until Wednesday wh when n after the rush is over they will have time to make maje a deliberate selection selection selection tion of such lands as remain un taken The Mineral Lands In the vicinity of ot Pocatello the promIsing promising promising prom prom- ising copper deposits caused the greatest greatest great great- est st excitement These lands lie within from two to five miles of the city limits Up to too almost the last moment it was uncertain that a mineral entry upon the lands subject to auction would be of value but a decision was received from the Department of ot the Interior last night to the effect that if mineral deposits deposits deposits de de- de- de posits of value are found upon the lands within the mile five limit they become subject to location occupation and purchase purchase pur pur- chase chaM under the mining laws Jaws Several Fights O Occur cur These lands where copper of high grade is said to exist in large quantities are just east of Pocatello In gone by-gone years ears they have been prospected to some extent by many of the timers old who have come to regard certain claims as being theirs by prior right light These men men- who had their claims spotted were vele in no humor to brook opposition Continued on Page 6 f t t. t Men on Hor eback Continued from age 1 from newcomers who tood an equal equa chance in the race an a number of personal encounters rca res There is much bitter bitten ss' ss on the part of some men who have ailed aled to secure claims which they ha e been cl sely watching for weeks an months and it itis itis is feared that that bl blood od wi be shed before ll I disputes tes are settled Auction Will Wi Be Held Held Aside from the land u n which minerai min mm- eral deposits are locate such as lies les within five miles mies of the limits is to be disposed of by a July a month hence It I is that the thet will be many controversies as to the or non non- mineral character of m h of the land located Special agents n 11 1 be appointed by the department to the claims of the contesti contest parties partes and from the decision of the nd office there will be no 10 appeal so th t disputes will willbe wi I Ibe be settled d without the and and expensive dea delays s Men From Every Eer Stat wih with with-a I 1 ge number of those who who made the r rd demonstrated that people were WEre on th th ground gound from almost every State in in t Union with wih the possible of the New England States States' Ther Ther were people from Ohio Indiana Indian 1911 Hi is Kentucky y Georgia Mi MI ouri Kansas Indian Territory ma Territory Nebraska Arkansas an Texas The homes ekers War by no means confined to the ral class although although al- al though as a matter of ourse farmers were in the majority any who are on the tte ground o n own com or table homes In other States but d 0 ire to secure seure cheap land to add to tb r holdings or for the he benett benet of th their r n. n Better Cass Class of Ci ze s. s I It I is n noticeable tlc able th t he majority of settlers seem to be tn in circumstances circumstances cir cir- at least 0 far as present need is concerned they hey e have funds enough to last until another other ye year r when a crop may be prod oed This is a gratifying gratifying grat grat- gratIfying contrast st to the condition presented presented presented pre pre- w when wien er port us u's of Indian Territory Territory Ter Ter- were thrown throw open for In many cases there thEre was m much ch actual suffering before crops COUld be raised Ninety per c cent nt of f those those who vho came In belong to o the better class of citizens Miners Minel's and Stockmen In addition additon to the farmers farmer's who sought out ot the cult cultural ral lands lands' were many miners miners miers and There Tere is is' much m ch fine grazing l land nd on the newl newly opened reserve bu the value and extent extent cx- cx ex ex- tent of of the mineral deposits is largely l conjectural I Such as has hs been be n done don warrant warrants the belief that in iii in inthe the district east of on Rabbit Rab abbit ab- ab bit creek twelve piles southeast of of Inkom and alon along the line between Oneida Onelda and Bannock counties countes south of Pocatello mineral fis is s tp be found in insufficient insufficient sufficient warrant careful and scientific prospecting The Te Lands Lads Opened The lands lan s opened today may be taken for agricultural grating gracing or mineral purposes pur pur- poses Those jig land for farming will pay for not re than acres per acre Gra Graing ing lands with the same limit as to ac will wi cost per acre Land nd loc located ed for for mineral deposits deposits deposits de de- de- de posits will vill wl be subject t t to purchase for 10 pe per acre The nUre tr ct of land ceded from the res reserve v Is Isab about ut 4 acres Of this nea nearly neary acres are sult suitable ble for entry f fir r y agricultural ur purposes pur pur- poses I |