Show ON THE RAMPAGE THE rush into okla oklahoma oma Is ie illustrative of the disposition 0 mankind to stampede as cattle do some times without sense or reason itis it is a kind of craze that occasionally seems unaccountable half the energy labor and general effort which many persons will waste over the race into oklahoma would secure them homes in much more congenial regions and save then them a a world of trouble and disappointment it is like the gold fever which has impelled many people to hurry as if for their lives to some distant place where the yellow god was worshipped wor shipped it is a similar craze which makes a thoroughly worked up boom so profitable to land speculators it is 18 sometimes manifested in following a foolish fashion it is 18 all the rage that is reason enough for those who drop into the swim the masses of mankind are mere imitators they often do things because other people do them not because there is any sense in the action this is one of the weaknesses of human nature rational people should avoid this current in the tide of thoughtless humanity for it often leads to the maelstrom of destruction no one should follow a multitude to do evil nor join in a crowd to mingle in folly to think and act like intelligent beings is the duty of all who are endowed with ordinary understanding we fear that many of the oklahoma boomers will rue the day when they broke up home and sought their fortune in an fl ft and coli country |