The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-05-22
THURSDAY At NOON.

WAsHNGroN, May l9.-The presi-
dent issued his proclamation today
opening the Kiclapoo reservation to
settlement The proclamation is in
the usual form and names the day as
Thursday, May %, 1895, at the hour of
noon, central time.
All prospective settlers are warned
to make no effort to enter upon said
reservation before the hour set for
opening, upon pain of forfeiting their
rights
Every homesteader who entered less
than 100 acres on the left bank of
Deep Fork in the old Iowa reservation
may enter other lands adjoining his
original entry across the stream not to
exceed in the aggregate 60 acres Res
idence or cultivation required on the
adjoining entry.
All land north of the line between
&ownships l3 and Il, north, is in the
Guthrie land district. South of the
line in the oklahoma City land dis
trict All the land in the Guthrie DIS
trict has been set apart for school pur-
poses, except the fractions along Deep
Fork, which will oe taken by settlers
who have filed on the north side Of the
stream.
WASHINGTON May 0-Secretary
Hoke Smith has approved two clear
lists of lands in the Kiclapoo Indian
reservation in Okiahoma which will
soon be opened for settlement They
are for school indemnity purposes and
for the benefit of any states that may
hereafter bc created in oklahoma.
The two lists together comprise 81, Cos
acres.
WAsmNGToN, May l9.-The president
this afternoon signed proclamation
opening to settlement beginning noon,
Thursday, May %, the lands of the
KIckapoo Indian reservation in Okla
homa.
II is understood that the date for
opening the Kickapoo reservation in
oklahoma to settlement is fixed for
I
qured TO pay Sl.5O an acre, fifty cents
of which doubtless will be required for
deposit on original entry. Copies of
the proclamation have been prepared
and will be issued Immediately on Of
fetal notification of the president 5 ap-
proval All necessary preparations
have been made by the land office Of
fcials for carrying the provisions Of
the proclamation into effect
The reservation consists of PIG, 900
acres, but l3l,oOo of this has been
withheld for allotments of the
Indians and for school indemnity
purposes, leaving s5, 900 acres to be
taken up.
The lands are subject to ordinary
homestead entry at the price of 81. so
per acre.
WASHINGTON, May l9.-The descr.p-
tion Of lands selected by the territory
as school indemnity lands follows, it
being understood that sections l and 4
of each township are additionally re
served for school purposes by opera
tions Of the existing law:
In the Oklahoma City land distrct:
The whole of township II north, range
3 east; the whole Of township l3 north,
range east; sections l to II, both in-
elusive, in township l3 north, range
east and sections 20 and 2l in the same
townships, These aggregate 54,957 81
acres
In the Guthrie land office district:
In township II north, range ! east, the
south half of section -, all of section
g. the east half of section "a, all of
sections 23, "a, 25, 2G p, 81, 32,33, "a
and 80, the south half OF section 20
and the southeast quarter of section
%; in township IA north, range east,
the south half of each of sections 7, 5,
ID, "A, H., the northeast quarter of Sec
ton II, the northwest quarter of see
tion IS, and all of sections Il to 35,
both inclusive; in township IA north,
range east the southwest quarter
of section S, the south half and north
west quarter Of section 20, the north
east quarter and the south half of see
tion II, the south half of section "a
all of sections e2 and %, and all of
sections 25 to 35, both inclusive, in
township IA north, range 4 east, the
southwest quarter Of section 80. The
total sections aggregate 32,7lL3l
acres.
Chandler, Lincoln county, is three
and half miles east from the Kicka-
poo country, and will be the point
from which most all prospective set
tiers will start for the new FL Dorado.
Big crowds are now assembling at
Chandler laying in supplies for the
run.
Garnettville, on the Kiekspoo line,