Show hundreds of men and boys a majority heavily armed make a dash on to the reservation pocatello idaho june 17 exactly at 12 today thirteen hundred men and boys of all ages rushed across the line 0 the ceded fort biall reservation and disappeared in a cloud of dust in mad rush for homestead and mineral lands most of atheni mounted on horses or ponies and a majority heavily armed the riders at the first scream of the whistles of the oregon short line shops the signal that the hour of noon had arrived put spurs to their animals and five minutes after the start were strung out in a long madly rushing line toward the land they desired morning the whole town had been surrounded by people awaiting the opening signal but the larger proportion gathered on the hog back a mile southeast southe act of alio city and from this point the great niah took place before 2 0 clock focal clfo was practically deserted probably thousand people remained behind the first rush and departed later with pack for the farther land many signs of trouble were apparent before the starting signal was given alln scores of instances it was known that three four and even more men in tended to locate on the same piece of land and wherever pon sible these men watched eacle other and kept choho together until the signal sent them off conflicts if any will occur when the ruu ie made for the land office to register the entries blackfoot idaho june 17 the boundary line of he ceded portion of the fort hall reservation which waa opened to today was lined for miles this morning with people awaiting the hour of noon the town of pocatello with perhaps population will be practically deserted afternoon owing to the ruling of the secretary of the interior that prospecting for minerals will bo permitted on and after noon within the five mile limit of that city the special train oica the short line from mccammon the southern portion of alio ceded lands to blackfoot run for alie benefit of thoc who have taken up lands and wish to enter them at alio land office at blackfoot will not arrive biere before 3 the point to the ceded poi alon is seventeen miles from blackfoot and not more than a hundred or two are expected to arrivo ahead of the special train though many will try to do eo with relays of horses the race promises to be lively and exciting and poh gibly attended by bloodshed as numbers of desperate and armed men arc racing for alie saine lind aery arrangement lias been made hero to handle the crowds which will arrive during the afternoon and evening municipal and county have put on a large number of deputies to preserve order |