The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-01
THE DAY FIXED.
The Strip to Be Opened Septem-
Der 10.
The President Issues the Proclamation
So Long Looked Portland Districts
Described-CeItifi cates Required
to Enter Upon the Lands

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-The president
has issued his proclamation opening
the Cherokee strip to settlement at the
hour of 10 o'clock noon, central stand
ard time, Saturday, September 16.
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 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 a court
house to DO 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 site for land Office.
The land districts are described rs
follows: The Perry district embraces
all of counties X, p and Q, townships
20 north. ranges west, and l, >. 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 \. 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:
A strip of land 100 feet wide around and i'm
mediately within the boundaries Of the lands
now opened is set apart and entrance upon
said strip is permitted prior to the day for 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 be conveniently
located upon the regular lines OF travel five on
the northern aud five 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 q m 20 II O'Clock
and from TO 6 p. m. until discontinued by iii
rection CT the secretary of the interior.
Each party desiring to enter upon the lands
for the purpose OF making homestead entry
or soldiers dec'aratory statement or settiine
upon a town lot Will be required e
first appear at one OF the booths and
there make a declaration showing hi:
or her oualifca tiors 10 make such entry OF
statement or TO settle upon town lot II the
declaration proves satisfactory to the officers
in charge of the booth, certificates will be is
sued by such officers permitting the
party who makes the declaration to &c
in upon the outlet at the time
fixed for the opening Parties making
these declarations will ee required TO make
oath before the district land officers or Other
officer who may take their homeste afflda
Wits that oil the statements contained in thcii
declarations are true in every particular.
The officers of the United States arr
expressly charged to permit no party
without a certificate to enter upon any
part of the outlet The land office
will be open for business at II at noon
on the daV of opening.