The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1892-11-17

yeus lAal peooe bseoes Ne losal land
o6Bcs and pay for laad you have taken
q the eovernnsnt prics and ct
dsed 10 your land from Tie United
The price 10 be paid 10 the
Cherokee strip cannot yet b told. 1t
will bs Whatever price The government :
has 10 pay tine indians. Probably o
and twenty-five cents an acre.
Or II may b . dollar and Afts cents
per acre.
nAY FAVE mvm tHAN.
However IL you wish TO do * you
ars allowed 10 live on Tho land seven
years before making proof and paying
for The land, and until you make your
anal proof the land cannot be taxed
for any purpose. whick 10 . great 1d
vantage.
ACTUAL vALvA
II should not bs understood that the
price you pay the government for the
land represents its actual value. Far
from IL. Very little OF the land 10
actually worth less Than eight Of ton
dollars IN acre.
Just Do sooA a. you hAvs completed
your entry on 160 acres Of land in this
country. you are worth ct least one
thousand dollars more than before yon
made your fling.
IL this worth trying fort II il 10
why don't you try for ~
axMsNsER THIS.
No cus can do this for you. XW
mYsS make ne MffiemsnS ysSrssV
Xs mSss 80 10 the UnifsS Stdfes lana
office sSI make JsSv fling yoSr1sH.
Yer and yer, family, VyeD hare enc,
or ysS, family Al Sny rate must live
on IL. Yes aust make the final frsc
ysSrSfy.
srwAnE or FRAUDS.
II any man tells you that you a
get . homestead in any other way
look out fox him. He is either igno
rant and doas not know what he 10
talking about, or 10 is williully de-
ceiving you, and probably trying 10
Ietraad y01, g, DO On your guard and
do not be deceived.
OLD SOLDIERS.
Tho government fav Jrs its old sol.
diers by making n exception in their
favor, which is as follows: an old sol.
der can il be wants to appoint en-
agent who through power oi sttornsy
can file papers Mt the land Office for
such soldier. But Within sLs months
from the filing Of the declaratory
statement Tie soldier and his JGMiy
must take MP their actual residence on
the land, and in every other respect
conform to the law as stated ab2ys.
wnYN TO CONE.
Como any TINS when You are pre-
pared to- do 60. BE prepared We
mean just what we have always said,
don't GENE 10 ms country SsIeSJ yoS
are brePar<d 10 sn1psrt yoarsey ard
Ianiy until sneh time as yen ssS
raise a erop.
We make this point strong. II IL
right and good fc- you to understand
the circumstances. l. will not do TO
come here expecting to depend on
getting employment to support your
self. While hundreds have done IL
and come out all right, we still say
that it will not do to depend on it.
We cannot afford to deceive you. We
want you to come with your eyes
vide open, and to know as near q
possible what you ara coming to, in
order that You may meet and success
fully overcome the hardships Of a new
country, aud in order hal the race
here may make the highest possible
development in tho shortest possible
space Of time.
WHEN WILL 4 LANDS orHNf
W. answer you frankly, We don't
know, but we shall give our readers oil
the fresh news in regard to it from
week to week. Read the HERALD and
keep posted. The probabilities arc
thatlit will DO opened in the spring or
eafl5 summer, aud we hope to see it
see it opened early in the spring 90
that the people a mako . full crop
after the opening il possible.
WHERE SHALL YOU GOMEZ
We answer without any hesitation
whatever. Come 10 Laags!os City.
1t ia the place for you to wait the
opening Of tho Strip. Here you can
for a few dollars secure a good lot aud
put up a cheap house that will shelter
you aud your loved nes Here You
will find plenty Of noble men and
women, who like yourselves have
turned their backs upon their old as.
sociations, have arisen in the strength
Of their manhood and womanhood
and come to make for themselves
| homes in this fair land where every
man is a man and every woman is q
woman, provided they conduct them
selves rs such, without regard to the
color of their skin
In case that the opening Of ihs
lands should be delayed longer than
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