Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-08-24
SEPTEMBER 16.
Cherokee Strip Win Be Opened
That Date.
The PRESIDENT 50 ORDERS.
boomers Rejoice on Hearing the Glad
TIdInRs-The Main Points of Mr..
CIeveland's Proclama-
tion.

wAsHINaToS, Aug. 23 The president
has issued his proclamation opening
the Cherokee strip TO settlement at the
hour OF i2 o'clock noon, central stand
ard time, Saturday, September 49,
All the lands, except those especially
reserved, recently acquired from the
Cherokee Indian nation and the Ponca
and Pawnee tribes in the Indian terri
tory known as the Cherokee outlet, are
included In the proclamation's provi-
sion.
The lands now open TO settlement
are divided into seven counties.
After reciting the law and treaties
with the Indians under which the land
was coded TO the government, the proc
lamntion describes the tracts reserved
for county seats OF the several counties.
In each OF these county seats four acres
are reserved for the site of court
house to be designated by lot and
block upon the official plot OF sur
vey of the reservation for county
seat purposes, hereafter TO be issued
by the commissioner of the general
land office, the reservation to be addi-
tional to the reservations for parks,
schools and other public purposes re-
quired to be made by section % of the
act OF May 2, 1890. In counties NJ, n,
O and p, in addition TO the four acre
reservations for county seat purposes,
there Is an additional reservation OF one
acre for q site for land Office
The land districts are described as
follows The Perry district embraces
all OF counties X, p and Q, townships
20 north, ranges west, and /, 2, and 4
east, which are by law added to Payne
county, and that part of Pawnee res
ervation in townships IS and 10 north,
ranges and east. The Enid
district embraces all OF counties L
and o. The Alva district embraces all
Of county NJ. The Woodward dis
trict embraces all of county n. The
land offices for the district are to he To-
tricts are named.
With view to preventing one per-
son from obtaining any advantage over
another in making homestead settle
ment, rules and regulations have been
prescribed substantially as follows;
A STRIP OF land 100 feet wide around and i'm
modiately withiA the boundaries OF the lands
now opened IL set apart and entTauee upon
said strip Is permitted prior TO the day for the
opening OF the lands Upon this strip booths
arc To be located and clerks from the
general land once detailed to take charge
OF them The booths will be conveniently
located upon the regular lines OF travel, 1--WE on
the northern aud ave on the southern bound
airy OF the outlet and will be opened for bust
ness at noon OF September 10 and be kept open
each business day from 4. m. TO " o'clock
and from TO p IN. until discontinued by d.
rection OF the secretary OF the interior
Each party desiring to enter upon tho land'
for the purpose OF making homestead entry
or soldiers deolAratory statement or settling
upon q town lot will be required q
first appear at one of the booths ant
there make q declaration showing hi
or her qualifca tons 10 make such entry o.
statement or TO settle upon town lot II thu
declaration proves satisfactory to the oficer
in charge Of the booth certificates viii be- is
sued by such officers permitting tn
party who makes the declaration 10 g
in upon tho outlet at tho tim
fixed for the opening. Parties maxim
these declarations will be required TO max
oath before the district land ofiicers or othe
offlcer who may take their homestead afida
Wits, that all the statements contained In thei
, declarations are truo in every particular
The officers of the United States ar
, expressly charged TO permit no part
, without a certificate 10 enter upon an.
part Of the outlet The land office
; will be open for business at 10 at moo
, on the day Of opening.
; In the house Mr.. McRae aslSe
unanimous consent for the passage of
, joint resolution extending to the Cher
oliee outlet the provisions of the &C
providing for the TOWNSHIP entries q
! land in Oklahoma. There was no oil
lection and the joint resolution wa
. passed.
BOOMERS REJOICE.
. ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Aug. 23-Th
y report that the strip will be opened o
h. the 10th Of September was receive
here and caused the widest excitemer
/, rejoicing.
Preparations were made for n hi
demonstration with bonfires, parade
s and speeches. All look for a rush fro
| now on.