Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-08-26
THE DAY FIXED.
Tho Strip to Be Opened Septeu-
Der 10.
The President Issues the Proclamation
80 Long Looked Portland Districts
Observation-Disclosures Required
to Enter Upon the Lands.

WASHINGTON, Aug. as.-The president
has issued his proclamation opening
the Cherokee strip to settlement at the
hour of II 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 l'awncc tribes in the Indian terri
tory known as the Cherokee outlet, are
inciudcd in the proclamation's provi-
sion.
The lands now open to settlement
arc divided into seven counties
After reciting the law and treaties
with the Indians under which the land
was ceded to the government, the proc
lamation 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-
euired to be made by section - of the
act of May .. 1890. In counties NJ, n,
o and =, in addition to the four acre
reservations for county seat purposes,
there is an additional reservation of one
acre for site for land Office.
The land districts are described rs
follows: The Perry district embraces
all OF counties X, p and q, townships
60 north. ranges west, and l, .. and 1
east, which are by law added to Payne
county, and that part of Pawnee res
ervation in townships IS and 10 north,
ranges 5 and 6 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 be To-
Gated at the towns after which the dis
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:
strip OF land l0I feet wide around and i'm
mcdiately within the boundaries Of tho lands
now opened is set apart and entrance upon
said strip is permitted prior 10 the day for the
opening OF the lands Upon this strip booths
are TO be located and clerks from tho
general land office detailed TO take charge
OF them Tn, booths will be conveniently
oil t,o nf
the northern and i've on the southern b,und-
airy OF the Quite, and will be opened for bust.
ness ~ noon OF September ~ ana be kept open
each business day from n. m. - !" O'Clock,
and from TO p m un:l discontinue by de
reciion OF the secretary OF the interior
Each party desiring to enter upon the lands
for tbs purpose OF making u homestead entry.
or soldiers declaratory statement ar setsng
upon town lot, will he required 10
first appear at one Of the booths aud
there make declaration showing his
or her qualihca tiors to make such entry or
statement or TO settle upon town lot. II the
declaration proves satisfactory 10 the officers
in charge Of the booth, certificates will be Is.
sued by such officers permitting tho
party who makes the declaration TO go
in upon the outlet nj the time
raxed for the opening. Parties mailing
mhese declarations will be required To make
oath before the district land ofi'ers or other
officer who may take their homestead nfiida-
Wits thnt all the statements contained in their
declarations are true in every particular.
THE officers of the United States are
expressly charged to permit no party
without certificate to enter upon any
part of the outlet The land offices
will be open for business ut II ut noon
on the day of opening.