The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-08-25
THE DAY FIXED.
The Strip to Be Opened Septem.
Der 16.
The President Issues the Proclamatiou
So Long Looked Portland Districts
Described-Ceiti tifcates Required
to Enter Upon the Lands.

| WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The president
has issued his proclamation opening
the Cherokee strip to settlement at the
hour of 12 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 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 a site for a land office.
The land districts are described as
follows: The Perry district embraces
| all of counties X, p and Q, townships
20 north, ranges 1 west, and l, ., and 4
east, which are by law added to Payne
county, and that part of Pawnee res
ervation in townships 1s 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 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 lO) 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 and 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 a. m. to l2 o'clock,
and from to p m. until discontinued by d.
rection Of the secretary Of the interior.
Each party desiring TO enter upon the lands
for tho purpose Of making homestead entry.
or soldiers declaratory statement or settling
| upon town lot will be required to
first appear at one of the booths and
there make O declaration showing his
or her quaHfic ca tions to make such entry or
statement or TO settle upon town lot If 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 go
In upon the outlet at the time
axed for the opening. Parties making
| these declarations will be required to make
oath before the district land officers or other
ofncer who may take their homestead affida-
Wits, that oil the statements contained in their
declarations arc true in every particular.
The officers of the United States are
expressly charged to permit no party
without a certificate to enter upon any
part of the outlet. The land offices
will be open for business at Il at noon
on the day of opening.