The Van Buren press., 1893-08-26
THE CHEROKEE STRIP.
10 Be Opened - September ls, 1ss

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Washington, D. c.. Aug. 2-Presi.
dent Cleveland has issued . proelama-
| ton opening 10 settlement and home
stead entry on Saturday, September
l6. 1888. at IL O'Clock noon, Central
time, al the lands, except those eepec-
ialIy reserved, recently acquired from
the Cherokee Indian Nation and the
Tnnkswa and Pawnee tribes in the
Indian Territory. known ~ the Cher
okee Outlet.
The lands now open to settlement
are divided into seven eOunties- Alter
recirirg the law aud treaties with the
Indians under which the land was
eeded to the Government, the proclaim
sti0n describes the tract reserved for
county seats Of the several counties.
In each OF these county seats four acraa
are reserved for the site Of . Court
house, to be designated by lot and
block upon the ofIicial plat Of survey
of said reservation for county seat
purposes, hereafter 10 be issued by the
Commissioner Of the General Land
Offiee; reservation to be additional to
the reservations for parks, schools and
other public purposes required to be
lS9y. In C unries u, n, q and T, and
In addition to the four-acre reserva-
tons for county seat purposes. there
Is an additional reservation Of an acre
for site for q land Office
A strip of land 100 feet wide around
aud Immediately within the bounds
ries of the lands now opened is ses
apart and entrance upon said strip is
permitted prior to the day of the
opening Of the lands. Upon this strip
booths are TO be located and clerks
from the General Land Office detailed
to take charge of them
The booths will b. conveniently 10
Gated and upon the regular lines of
travel. five ON the northern and four
on the soathern boundary of the Out
let, and will be opened for business at
L O'Clock noon September Is, and will
be kept open each business dav fron
q. m. to II O'Clock and from to p.
m. until discontinued by direction of
the SECRETARY Of the Interior.
WHAT INTENDING SETTLERS MUST Do.
Each party desiring to enter upon
the lands for the purpose of making q
homestead entry, or soldiers declara-
tory statement, or settling upon q
town lot will be required to first ap-
pear at one of the booths and there
make . declaration, showing his OF
her qualifications to make such entry
or statement ar to settle upon town
lot. II the declaration proves salts
factory to the officers in chrrge Of the
booth, certificates will be issued by
such ofYicer permitting the party who
makes the declaration to 60 in upon
the Outlet 1T the time fixed fol the
opening. Parties making these de-
clarations will be required to make
oath before the district land officers oI
other officers, who may take theiI
Homestead affidavits that al the state
ments contained in their declarations
are true in every particular.
THE NEWS ON THE BORDER.
Arkansas City, Kas., Aug. 2-Ths
Presidents proclamation opening the
Cherokee Outlet TO settlement sept.
I6 was received here by the boomers
and citizens with great rejoicing. A
big demonstration was held tonight
II consisted Of . parade composed o
the militia, boomers prairie sehooners
mounted men and men on foot Fires
blazed s.ong the line of the Strip and
in many places in the city. Some ol
the boomers went to the expense ol
setting of fireworks in honor Of the
occasion.
The boomers are all busily engaged
In getting their horses into training
for the run. In the cool of every eve
ming the broad macadamized roads
leading from Walnut River and from
the Arkansas River to town are im-
provised race tracks. They run races
and heats, train their horses to jump
and maze them swim the rivers.