Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-08-16
SOME STRIP TALK.


is hereby authorized, at any time with
IN SIX months after The approval of this
act and The acceptance Of the same by
the Cherokee Nation as herein provid.
ed, by proclamation, to open to settle
menL any or all OF The lands not allotted
or reserved. iii The manner provided in
section l3 of the Act Of Congress APP
proved March End 1889, entitled"
NO person shall be permitted
TO occupy or enter upon any OF the lands
herein referred TO except in the manner
prescribed by the proclamation of the
president opening the same>to settle
ment; and any person otherwise occu-
plying or entering upon any of said
lands shall forfeit all right to acquire
any of said lands. The Secretary of the
Interior shall. under the direction of
the president, prescribe rules and reg
ulatlons, not Inconsistent with this
Act, for the occupation and
settlement of said lands, to be incor-
porated in the proclamation OF the
president. which shall be issued at
least twenty days before the time fixed
for the opening of said lands.''
The allotments provided for in the
fifth section OF said agreement mot ex
ceeding 20 in number. and not exceed
ing $500 acres in ALL shall be made,
without delay by the persons entitled
thereto. and shall be confirmed by the
Secretary of the Interior before the
date when said lands shall be declared
open to settlement; and the allotments
so made shall be published by the Sec
rotary of the Interior for the protection
of proposed settlers"
Knowing our friend keeps pretty well
posted and has had some experience in
Oklahoma, we prepared to pump him
with the following result:
when did the Cherokee Nation ac-
cept the terms and conditions of the
act?''
Don't recall the exact date, you
newspaper men ought to remember
that better than myself, but it was
among the first days of last April"
What is your opinion as to man
having the right to enter upon &c, the
lands since the 3rd of March, and be-
fore the proclamation?"
Il think he has none whatever. The
governmeDe-will be more rigid and ex-
act in enforcing what is known as the
sooner law than ever before.
docs the inhibition to take lands
apply to town lots?"
Certainly, with equal and exact
force, and special effort will be made
to keep the town sites from being bod
| lily stolen, as was done in Oklahoma
particularly will government officials,
Of all grades, their Scheming scoundrelS
and aids have special attention given
to them, though, in L. s. Marshal n x
the government has pure, upright,
honest, brave and manly man, the
| only fear from him is that with the
numerous deputies he will be compelled
to appoint unworthy men will
creep ln--at any rate the Interior De
p@itM|ns VIII not have the unsavory
| report That 49, made on the conduct of
Col. W. &. Jones and his off5courings
of creation in their conduct in the
opening of Oklahoma"
AS large number of our people
cotemplate going to the Strip: many
Will be disappointed. Will they lose
Their right TO vote, and in what manner
should they take lands and lots; please
give me your opinion as men of all par
ties are interested?"
There are two ways to obtain lands:
On5 by actual occupancy and settlement,
the other by entry and fling upon the
selected quarter at the land office. In
the first instance, if the homeseeker
claims his nceDtiYe right from actual
occupancy and settlement, he has 80
daysfr0m his actual occupancy and
entry thereon to make his filing at the
land office, in this class of cases he
must, to keep his land, continue his
occupancy up until his inseptien right
ripens into complete title his settle
ment must be bona fide and continuous,
and Of course he has no right to vote in
this state, after he has thus taken lands
AS to the other method or manner of
obtaining land, i. g. filing said entry at
the land office, the settler has Six l6)
months from the date of his said filing
to get upon his land; such an entry
man can 60 where he pleaSeS until the
very last day before the expiration of
said six months, and of course has a
| right to vote in this state at any cleo
ton before he leaves the state to settle
upon his so entered and filed on land.
So that may not be misunderstood, it
is proper that | should say that if there
is conflict as to prior inception right
between an occupant and settler and
the entry and fling man at the land
office the one in priority of time has the
better right if the man occupies and
commences to make bona fide settle
ment and improvement upon the land
! before another man makes entry and
filing at the land office he has the first
and prior inception right to the land,
yet to get the entryman and holder of
the filings upon the land he would be
forced to contest his right as to which
was first as to time. You will readily
see that each of these have advantages
over the other. Every entryman, if he
obeys the law is bound to go over and
| upon the land, as he is compelled to
swear he knows the land, lines, cor
ners, and no mineral &c, upon it, and
while he Is gone TO the land Office and
before he can perfect his inception
right 10 the iaud by filing thereon
| some ono luay along ana claim
by actudi uccGg ANY and settlement,
| when. If the settler, Keeping his occu-
pany 4ind settlement continuously coed
! could successfully contest the filing
and entryman. But no claim will real
| ly justify contest, while in the set
tiers case he must, from the day of oc-
| cupancy and settlement keep it good.
| see some penny a-liner has said the
settler has so days to file, which is true,
and then SIX months thereafter to get
on the land, which Is not true. From
the date OF his. oecupany and settle
ment, if bona iide the same is his home
and residence and to avail himself
thereof he must honestly and bona tide
! keep the same continuously good. Resi-
dence is governed greatly by intention
If A leaves this county going to the
Strip, with tile Intention of abandon
ing this country as his home and resi-
dence, after he crosses the line his res
idence and right &c vote herein is gone
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