The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-08-25
CHEROKEE STRIP.
September 10th il the Date of Entry
Upon the Lands.

| WAsHrNoU0H, Aug. 2a-Presideut CDeve.
land issued proclamation today opening
| to settlement and homestead entry, on
Saturday, Sept. 16. 1898. Mt II o'clock noon,
/ central standard time, all the lands, ex-
cept those especially reserved. recently
acquired from the Cherokee Indian nation
| and the Tonkawa ami Pawnee tribes in
the Indian Territory. knownIas the Chero-
kee outlet. The lands now open to settle
| ment are divided Into seven counties.
! After reciting the law and treaties with
the Indians under which the lands were
crded to the government, the proclamation
describes the tract reserved for county
( seats of the several counties. In each of
these county.seats four acres are reserved
| for the site of q court. house, to be desig-
mated by lot aud block upon the official
| plot of the survey of said reservation for
county seat purposes. hereafter to be
| issued by the commissioner of the general
land office, this reservation to be addi-
! ,ionsl to the reservations for parks, schools
aud other public purposes required to be
made by section % of the act of May 2.
/ 1890.
to the four-acre reservations for county
seat purposes, there is an additional reser-
Walton of Que acre for site for land
| Office. The land districts are to be de-
scribed as follows:
Perry Observation-Disclosures all of counties
X, p and Q. township 20 north, ranges
west and 1. ?. 3 and east. which are by
law added to Payne county, and that part
of the Pswnee reservation in townships Is
! and 10 uorth, ranges and east.
A y<Hf,
L ana o.
Alva Observation-Disclosures all Of county NJ.
Woodward Observation-Disclosures ali of
county n.
The land Offices for the districts are to be
loo at ii at the towns after which the dis
tricts are named.
With view to preventing one person
from obtaining any advantage over anot her
in making homestead settlement. rules
and regulations have been prescribed sub
stantially as follows: A strip Of land 100
feet wide around and Immediately within
the boundaries of the lanis now opened is
set apart, and entrance upon said strip of
land is permitted prior to the Gay Of 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 on the reg
uIar lines of travel-five on the
northern and four on the southern
boundary Of the outlet-snd will be open
for business at IL o'clock noon on Sept. 10,
and be kept open each business day from
Z O'Clock a M. to noon, aud from l O'Clock
D. m. 20 O'Clock p. M, until discontinued
by the secretary of the interior Each
party desiring to enter upon the lands for
the purpose of making a homestead entry
or IL soldiers declaratory statement, or Of
settling upon town lot, will be required
to first appear at one of the booths aud
there make declaration showing his or
her DUAL ficatiOns TO make such entry
statement or to settle upon a town lot. II
the declaration prove satisfactory to the
officers in charge of the Tooth, certificates
viii, lie issued by such officers permitting
the party who makes the declaration TO go
in upon the outlet at the time fixed for the
opening. Parties making these declara-
lions will be required to m Ike oath before
the district land officers. or other officers
who may take their homestead afh iaviIs.
that all statements contained in their de-
clarations are true in every particular.
The officers of the United States are ex-
pressly charged to permit no party with
out n certificate 10 occupy or enter upon
any part of the outlet. The land Offices
will be open for business at I2 O'Clock noon
Oh the day of the opening.