Show A MAD RUSH FOR HOES FORT HALL reservation IS OPENED AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MAKE LOCATIONS fully 3 many of them women make a 1 ush for choice bands over I 1 mineral claims near pocatello staked out after many vears of wait ng and ex pec tation the I 1 ort biall ind an reser ration in idaho has been thrown open to settlement and a mad ansh was made by the prospective settlers who had been wa ting at the boundary lines for many weary days the ceded portion of the reservation which was thrown open comprises about acres of wl eh 98 is classified as agricultural land and the balance as graz ng land tion ef it is mountainous and gives promise of great mineral wealth the lands except those within five miles of pocatello were open to entry under the homestead stone towns te and m acts tl a pr ce for agn cultural land is 9 50 an acre and for grazing land 1 5 an acre one fifth to be paid down and tl e rema uder when final proof is made the land is sold in forty acre tracts and no person can take up more than acres the land within five m lea of pocatello is to be bold at auction july for not leas than 10 per acre all kinds of uen in all condition of life were in the advance guard that made the race for new homes ganv women being also in tie acrond and every kind of conveyance was used in an endeavor to be first on the ground and secure first cho ce of claims borne went in on horseback so ne used bicycles others vel cles wh ie a few walked and took their chance of get ting what the more fortunate overlooked it is estimated that over 3 settlers bartic in tl e rush the first few m les the race was quite as lively as elc t ng but after a time many of the boises fa led re biond tu the lash and spur settling down to the easier gait of the gallop others kept up the mad iun for ten and fifteen and even twenty miles without faltering the spectators who watched the spectacle from the 1 ills des saw 1 atle outside of the great clouds of dust that obliterated everything as it crept swiftly down tl e valley only at in would the dust cloud lift in sections to disclose groups of scrugg ling horsemen all intent upon reaching the ground desired by tl e u that they might begin the really desperate race to the land office at blackfoot some aimed to make ane nearest railway station to catch the special train for the land office at blackfoot others with relays of fleet horses a med to make the long r de al ead of the special train and thus be nearly tain of their ground it was a unique race between the great iron horse of the rails and the sluicy range ponies fully twenty five relay r ders got in ahead of the spec al after desperate rides others after miles of ng in the badale sa v the special dash past bearing hundreds of settlers and leav ing them absolutely no chance blackfoot the mecca of tl e throngs of homesteaders was on tuesday even ing filled to overflowing early in the morning of the opening seven prom nent cit zens of pocatello were apprehended by tl e ind an pol ce under H W evans on tl e ceded lands they were marched back to pocatello and as it was rather a long walk they entirely lost the opportunity to secure a very promising copper da m which they had in m nd when they so mad strayed on uncle barn s pre serve seven hid on tl e reservation about five miles south of poss bork on the road to brackpool blackpool Black pool and at 13 clock noon stole the 1 andean from the sec tion foreman of tl e I 1 oe atello station who was stat boned near them protect ing the track for the short L ne spec lal T e chiew h 3 for his car and left him to walk to boss fork and report it to the d vis on A great many filed on land and oata ned their certificates to it with no trouble at all the chief interest in pocatello cen in the lands and ably 1000 claims staked out within six or seven miles of the city probably half of those who took part in the rush were armed but in spite of this and the fact that in scores of in stances many men were after the same claim no personal encounters took place there were many exciting races for favored cocat ons A J pierce and others bel ee they have discovered nd of coal within four miles of pocatello and were the first on the ground covered the same with a coal declaratory statement the shale tl ey exhibit is of a very aiom bing character |