The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-19
WORK OF THE ENID LAND OFFICE.

WORK OF The ENID LAND OFFICE.
ENID, o. T., Dec. IS ISpeci H. l-Oa
Saturday, Dec. Ii, at IL O'clock noon the
ninety days required by law for home
stead settlers to make apple ,tion to enter
their respective quarter sections of Ian !
expired. For the first time since the
memorable 10th of September & he date OF
the opening of the Cherokee strip 10 set
tlemenD tue line was disposed OF, aud the
land Office doors thrown opsn. and every
person desiring to file was allo ed 10 pre-
sent his application and the same was
placed on record. The Euii land district
comprises all lands between townships 20
and % inclusive aud ranges To S III
elusive, and coutaius about 800 0a0 acrr-.
1900 bomesteads. besides sectious IL and 50
set aside for school purposes aud sections
l3 and 50 for educational purposes.
The work performed bs Register Patter-
sou and Rec ivrr Hassler and their efficient
Clerks has been simply phenomenal. Thes.
officers have been kept very busy day and
nigni (Suudaya inc. uded). and they have
executed M re work aud made "A better
record than has ever before been made in
Oklahoma, or in the United States for that
matter, rs The appcu,!st statement viii
show On Sept. Ii, 1893, at about 1:20
O'clock p. m. the first homestead entry
G hat of n +. Locke Of Mobe lie, Tex -. }
WAS placed on record. on the northwest
quarter uf section Il, township %, range 5
west. This was before the land office
build Ing was completed. Tne frame
simply was standing, and the tables.
desks, ETC.. used were cons ructei of
boards laid upon carpraters' trr-tle-.
From this time until the l6 day OF
December, 1898, the officers have hardl,
had ii ne o breathe, amt have carried on
the work pertaining TO the oflice in the
best possible manner for the Interests of
the homestead settlers, Th,,se facis have
not been understood 5y the srttIers, and II
great number of attorneys here who are
not familiar wiLiTthe work That has To he
performed in UnItcd Sls'tes hand ntfic..
Al II O'Clock noon of Dee. 16 { uree
mont lis after the openln-) the foiiu" az Is
an ats rtct of the business transacted at
this off :e: Six Thousand thrte hu fdre
an fiji y-nine homestead entries. 214 sol
diers' decIaiatory statements, to~nsite
apple ,tions, 1.563 rejected and sHspende !
applications % hppiica ions To ani-lri, "A
restoratious of rignt. aud 90I Contests filed
Between 1,5 ,ud 900 of these wrre III
ings by mail. Tne iiilD-s by m III have AL
To b. examined, and, il foned Correct,
placed on record, aud The applicant uotl-
fl ii. Ii reject ii they lave To br sent back
rejection.
These figures carry ont and sustain
the previous statements of the work per-
formed, and ref CT great crrdit on the
execu i've ability of the laad officials. a
contest building has been ided TO the
Office and contests Will begin III an early
date. This d-part m-nt is Conducted toy
Judge Robinson. "A competrbt lawyer and
Courteous gentleman, who Is well qIali-
fs n ii | this lulnUTl ant DD-ltLOl,
The demurrers In the Il ok Island rail-
road cases were Sustained ny Prohtte
Judge Tonpson Saturday. John |. Dtils
and Rogers 81 Elliott appeared for The
company. First biooi Tor the railroad.
I lie fire laddies" have gotten together
quite ii little paraphaeuaiia. In cas- OF An
"a break tne, can do considerable effective
work with tue tools hey ALREADY have.
Pab,u aud Auheu>et- Busch will soon nave
hook aud ladder companIes and comp-ti
lion Is strong among tue Uoyo 10 Get 10
run "wId lie masarrn.
SIX private schools, conducted by able
school ma'amS. are looking after the
young idea of Euid.
There are IN my strangers in our city
looking for investment. Tn-y express
thens, ives AS simpiy astonl>hrd at our
phenomenal growth.
Sunday WAS perfect summer day, and
the Attendance at the various churches IN
the city was very noticeable.
A dramatic society has been organized
an | a rehearsal is now going on for play
10 DE had during The holidays.
A steam plauIng mill now sounds It's
whistle morniug. n0Pn and night. Who
says End Is not putting on metropolitan
air:
Waterworks are the present great need
in onr city, aud tile bossi OF trade IS nego-
iisting for them at an early date.
Hon w. ). L,mo Of kugfsher spent
Sunday here looking after us property.