The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
document, Opening to Settlement the Wichita
and the kioWa. Comanche and
Apache Reservations.

draw out and open the separate enyel-
opes and to give to each inclosed card a
n number In, IN the order in which the en-
While the drawings for the two districts
WIN be separately conducted, they will
TSe at Ie .ne az b time as
Tor each district will be certified by the
COMMITTEES to the officers of the district
and will determine the order in which the
applicants may make homestead entry
of said lands and settlement thereon.
Notice OF the drawings stating the name
him by the drawing. will be posted each
day at the place Of drawing, and each
applicant will be notified Of his number
time Of resistrat keA Each applicant ai amt
should, however, in his own behalf, en-
obtaining prompt and accurate informa-
ton tn,l OF the order in which his application
as ae sy tba ntrY be
homestead entry of said lands during the
first sixty days following the opening
c cam be made only by app
mencing Tuesday, August s. 1901, at 8
mn the Of those
that district, must be presented, and will
be considered in their numerical order
Of those drawing san numbers Us 70 g. ms
elusive must BE presented and viii be
considered in their numerical order dur
rate until ali Of said lands subject to en-
try under the homestead law, and desired
hereunder, have been entered. II any
application for entry when the number
assigned to him by the drawing is
reached. his right to enter viii be passed
for that day have been disposed Of, when
he will be given another opportunity to
make entry, falling in which he VIII
to make entry under such drawing. TO
obtain the allowance of homestead en-
try each applicant must personally pre-
tofore issued to him, together with a
regular homestead application and the
necessary accompanying proofs, and with
| orably discharged soldier or sailor may
file his declaratory statement through the
agent representing him at the regi aa
only Upon satisfactory proof of its loss
Ss PECULIAR at the te for Of ea9ry
qualified from making homestead entry
Of these lands his application lea noy VIII pc
tration. If any applicant shall register
more than once hereunder, or in any
eh than his or sha
thereby lose all the benefits of the regis
tration and drawing herein provided for,
settling upon any Of said lands during
the first sixty days following said open
ing.
THE NEUTRAL STRIP.
Because of the provision of the said
act of Congress. approved June 6, 1900:
part of said lands called and known as
the neutral strip shall have preference
right gi for thirty days on the lands upon !,
the said lands in the neutral strip
shall for the period Of thirty days after
said opening be subject to homestead en-
have heretofore located upon and i'm
proved the same, and who are accorded
right Of entry for thirty
make entry under this preference right
will be permitted to. do SO at any time
during said period ct thirty days folow
tration, and without regard to the draw
! ing herein provided for, and at the ex-
piration Of that period the lands in said
have been made will come under the
general provisions of this proclamation
The Intended md LBS beneficiaries Of the pro-
proved respectively, March q 1895, ant:
June s, 1900. which authorizes a qualified
entry ,ands having lands adjoining the
braced less than 160 acres, to enter so
much Of the coded lands as will make
r..
gregate not exceeding 100 acres. map OBJ
tain such an extension of his existing
entry, without previous registration and
provided for, only by making appro rsIate
application, accompanied by the necessary
proofs, at the proper new land office at
some time prior to the opening herein
| provided for. -
Any person or persons desiring to
found; or to suggest IS ;, establishing, town
f1fr NIT Of .txl,
Of. the county seats therein heretofore
selected and designated as aforesaid. NAV
provided for. file in the proper local land
describing by legal subdivisions the lands
and under oath the necessity or propriety y
of founding or establishing town at tina,
place. The local officers will forthwith
recommendation in the premises. Such
commissioner II he believe. the public
II the secretary of the interior approve
thereof. issue an order withdrawing the
lands described in such petition. or any
same be held for the time being for town
site settlement. entry; and disposition
held from homestead entry and settle
ment will, at the time of said opening
and not before BECOME ONE subject to settle
general TOWNSHIP laws of the United
States. None of said ceded lands will be
subject to settlement. entry or disposi-
ton under such general townsite laws
except in the manner herein prescribed
until after the expiration of sixty days
from the time of said opening
TOwNSITES.
Attention is hereby especially called 10
the fact that under the special provisions
Of the said act of Congress, approved
March 3, 1901, the townsite selected and
designated at the county seats of the
new counties into which said lands have
been formed can not be disposed of UNI
der the general townsite laws of the
United States, and can only be disposed
Of in the special manner provided in said
act Of Congress, which declares:
1.-THE lands SO set apart and designated
shall. in advance Of the opening, be sur
viewed, subdivided and plated under the
direction of the secretary of the interior,
into appropriate lots blocks, streets, al
leys and sites for parks or public build
ings SO as to make a townsite thereof:
Provided, That no person shall purchase
more than one business and one residence
lot. Such town lots shall be offered and
sold at public auction to the highest bid
Ger, under the direction Of the secretary
WISE OR OTHERWISE.