| Show A MAD RUSH FOR HOMES FOHT font HALL reservation IS OPENED AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MAKE LOCATIONS pully aminy of then them tl alaka a for choice hanaa cr 1000 al claim ro rorabelle rocH telio staked out after many years of val waiting ting anil and cs ex u the tile I 1 lorb ort hall indian reservation in idaho has been thrown open to settlement and a mad ruah rush was made by the prospective settlers who had been waiting at tile boundary lines for or many wery weary days ahe ceded portion of the cesery stion whish ahl h was wag thrown open comprises about acres of which la in classified as an agricultural land and the balane as grazing land A large portion of it is moun and dived promise pio ruise of great mantral wealth the lands except those within five miles of pocatello were open to entry under the homestead homesteads stone townsite te and mineral acts gets the price for agricultural land Is an acre aud and tor for grazing land an acre one fifth to be paid down and the remainder when final proof is made the land is sold in forty acre tracts and no person can take up more than acres ibe land within five of pocatello is to bo be cold sold at auction july for not less leba than 10 per acre all kinds ot of men in all conditions of life were in the advance guard that made the tho race for ney homes many women being also in the crowd and every kind of conveyance was used in an endeavor to bo be first on an the ground and secure first choice of claims some on horseback some used bicycles others vehicles while a few walked and toola chance of getting what the more fortu overlooked it is estimated that tha tover over settlers participated in the ruhh for the first few milea miles the race was quite as lively as exciting but after a time many of the horses failed to respond to the lash and spur settling down to the easier gait of the tile gallop others kept up lbernard lher nad run foi fot ten and fifteen and even twenty miles without faltering the spectators who watched ho spectacle aclo from the hillside hillsides saw little outside of the tie great clouds of dust that obliterated everything as it crept swiftly down the valley only nt at intervals would the tile dust cloud lift in sections to dibe disclose lose groppi groups of struggling horsemen all intent upon reaching the ground desired by them that they might begin the really desperate race to the land laud office at blackfoot some aimed to make matte the nearest railway station to catch the special train for the land office at blackfoot i others with relays of fleet horses s aimed to make the long ride ahead ol 01 the special train and thus be nearly certain of their ground ik it was a unique race between the great iron horse of the rails and the sturdy bauge a ponies fully runy twenty five relay riders got in ahead of the special after desperate rides others after miles of struggling in the saddle saw the tile special dash past bearing hundreds of settler settlers and leaving them absolutely no chance blackfoot the mecca of the throngs of was on tuesday evening filled to overflowing early in the morning of the opening seven prominent citizens of pocatello were apprehended by the indian police under U IV Y evans on the ceded lands they were marched back to pocatello catello Vo and as it was rather a long walk they entirely lost the opportunity to secure a very prom promising wing copper claim which they had in mind when they so 0 o inadvertently stayed on uncle sam sams preserve seven hid on the reservation about five mile south of fork on the road to blackfoot and nt at 13 12 noon etole stole the handcar from the section foreman of the pocatello station atlon at who waa was stationed near them protecting the track for the short line spec la the sooner threw throw bix 3 for his car and left oft him to walk to boa ross fork and report it to the division superintendent A great many adonera filed on ind land and obtained their certificates to it 1 with no lio trouble ak at all the chief interest in pocatello u lo 10 the mineral lands and probably 1000 claims were awaked out within six or seven milea of tho the city probably Pro bally half of then a 00 who W ho took part in the rush were armed but in lu spite of this and the fact that in score scores of in stances many men were after the same claim no personal encounters took place there were many exciting races for favored locut locution ions A J pierce and other others believe they have discovered indications of coal within four miles of pocatello and were the first on the ground covered tho the same with a coal declaratory statement the shale they exhibit Is certainly of a very prowl sing character |
