The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-06
RUSH OF
BUSINESS
IS HEAVY
Homesteaders Filing on Land
in Western Oklahoma.
KINGFlSHER LAND OFFICE
Handles Four Hundred Entries
During August
KINGFlSHER LAND OFFICE

Kinghsher. o. T. Oct st win not be
but p short time until all the land in old
Oklahoma viii be taken Up by home
stead entry. There may have been Der
sors who had The impression that in old
oklahoma there is no land open TO settle
ment, but such is not the case. In Roger
Mills county. as wei as Day county. hun
dreds OF acres CT land was never claimed.
It belonged 10 the cattleman who first
placed his herds there in the spring. Since
the rush TO the new country these coudi-
lions have been changed. People anxious
for land who were disappointed I'm the
Kiawo, COmanche and Apache country in
that they did not secure lucky numbers.
have turned their eyes toward old Ok
lahoma. The facts became known about
the lands in Western Oklahoma. and the
result has been that the land Office in
this city has had a rush that has not been
exceeded in recent years.
During the month Of June there were
80 homestead entries for land either in
the southern part of Day county or the
northern part OF Roger Mills county. Six
Of these home stead entries were by sol
dies declarctory statements During the
month of July there were only 109 home
stead entries, but Il is was the month that
the eyes of q nati1n were turned toward
FL Reno and the new county. Two hun
dred ana forty-nine persons proved up
during this month, which IN itself IS quite
a record
August, probably the hottest month in
the year in Oklahoma, was the banner
month in Oklahoma homestead entries. rs
20 RI, l.~rr o,fily,1. 80 .,ecfo.. o-.-
cerned. Four hundred and two persons
made homestead entry on land i'm Day and
Roger Mills counties Twenty-six of these
entries We're soldiers doclaratory state
ments This was the month when the
disappointed hOmeseekers were returning
from the land where thousands had con-
gregated in the expectation of getting
homes. People could hardly wait until
the land Office opened for business in the
morning, so intent We're they in securing
land The counters We're crowded and
people would ask what quarters were not
taken. seemingly caring little for the
quality OF the land. just so it was land
The fourteen dollars were paid down
without any hesitation and people APP
parcnuy felt satisfied because they own
ed land in Oklahoma. During August 20S
claims were proved Up, and without any
question this month was one Of the
busiest months that the Kinghsher land
office has had since it opened up for bust
ness.
September was another good month in
the land office. Nearly three hundred
homestead entries We're made. The first
few days in October have started out well
but it viii not be a great while until
the land in Day and Roger Mills coun-
ties VIII be taken up. It is estimated at
the land office that % per cent Of the per-
sons securing land viii relinquish. This
estimate is formed after having carefully
watched this part Of the business for sew
eral years.
The Influx Of settlers to these counties
will have much to do with the political
complexion Of them. The majority of the
homesteaders are from Oklahoma or the
north. This is taken to mean that the
majority Of them are Republicans. If
such should prove TO be the case it
means that Day and Roger Mills county
will be moving toward the Republican
party ranks at the next congressional
election.
The Kingfsher land office was the first
building In Kingfsher. Captain J. V.
Ardmire. one of the present officials. was
at the office at the time it was first
opened for business. He with a party
of men drove over from Guthrie. on the
dag previous to the opening. For a sleep +
ing place that night. the men used one
Of the rooms Of the land office. The Of
flee was on the prairie but within a few
Gay this prairie was merely an ocean Of
dust. The wind came from the south
and seemed 20 blow dust over everything
The dust went ln under the shlugie Of rhe
Office and sifted down on the desks in
the room below. 1T kept one busy" said
Captain Admire, lin keeping the dust OK
Of che papers on the desks. It was re-
most impossible 70 write and 7 think that
after three days Of such business, would
not have given $50 for 2 quarter section (
near Kinzdsher. have changed ny
mind now. but things have changed +
nightly since that day-7
The land Office building IS a neat place f
nov. but IL is hardly u1 % tire standard
OF Kingfsher buildings. The rooms are
very pleasantly situated and the officials
have iitue 70 complain ~ at che present .
time Captain 7 r. Admire and Emor
Brownles have charge ~ tie lard 1fico .
with a force ~ efficient CLERKS 90 assist .
them The Kinefsher land orice has +
made as good a record daring the PAST +
sumner as any land Office i1 Okiahoma. f
barring the tvo connected with Tic new
country hands
sTRANG's BURGLAR EXPERIENCE
Oklahoma Attorney General Has An