The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15
THE DATE FIXED.
Cheyenne and ArapahOe Reservation to Ba
Opened April 19-NearIy -Four Million
Acres to BE ODPned 70 Settlement.

cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservation to Ba
Opened April 19-NearIy -Four Million
Acres to BE Opened to Settlement.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-The Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Indian reservation will
be opened for white settlement at high
noon. Tuesday. April 49,
AT that date nearly 100000 acres of
land will become subject to prescription
and settlement.
Secretary Noble yesterday afternoon
sent a telegram TO the special agents of
the department in Oklahoma naming
the opening of the Cheyenne and Ara
pahoe reservation on Tuesday, April 10.
Commissioner Carter, of the general
land Office, has sent to the land offices
at Kingfsher and Oklahoma City letters
of instruction which will govern their
action under the Forthcoming proclama-
ton. The commissioner directs that no
person be allowed any advantage over
any other person. To this end he directs
that no person be directed to make more
than one entry on his account and one as
agent, if such he shall be. After making
these entries the applicants will be re
quired to step out of the line and give
place to the next person in order and IL
he desires to make other filings he shall
take his place at the foot of the line and
await his proper turn. The commits
sioner further instruets the officers that
the use of mails will not be permitted
for filing homestead declaratory state
ments.
NOBLE NOTIFIES sEAY.
GUTHRIE, Ok, April 9-r-The follow
ing telegram was received by Gov. Seay
last night:
To Hon. 4. J. Seay, Governor, Guthrie, Ok:
WASHINGTON, April Sit will not be
possible TO open the Cheyenne and
ArapahOe reservation before noon of
April 19-Tuesday. The task of get
ting the lists of lands and the maps
showing the exact location of allot-
ments has been very great and all the
force l can use will not enable me to
get them ready, transported to Okla
homa and distributed. as must be done
TO avoid confusion and trouble before
the day named. Make this known.
JOHN W. NOBLE.
TOWN SITES TO BE PROTECTED.
To - J. Seay, Governor Guthrie. Ok.
WASHINGTON, April S.-The mill
tary has orders to protect county
seats: You can advise the officers; you
can use the special land agents as you
suggest, and the inspectors are already
instructed to cooperate with you.
County seats are merely reserved by the
secretary to be opened under the law
and your supervisors. The seats are
public domain until made county town
sites. The military has the right to be
there, therefore, until opened as town
sites. and to protect ali to answer the
purposes of the government. Any man
crossing the line before the hour of open
ing will forfeit rights to anything inside
land or lots; also if he To kes advant-
age. even if he is otherwise authorized to
be inside, it must be an even chance for
all. for lots as well as homesteadS.
There is no doubt, in my Judgment. but
yOu can keep trespasSers off townsites
until you have all ready for opening,
but it should not be delayed longer
than necessary. Get United States
marshals. and use them in case of diff
Guilty rather than military, but use both
If you must to enforce justice. The
opening viii not take place until the
18th in order TO get maps ready.
JOHN W. NOBLE.