Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-07
DENNIS FLYNN TALKS
Gives Interesting information About the New
Land Along the Rock Island.

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tion of over 81, 600, 600 acres will be of
much interest to our many readers,
especially those who contemplate Sc
curing a home in this new land, which
will be thrown open to homesteaderS
about Aug. 1, which is only reached
by the Rock Island road, which line is
the only one running to and through
this reservation. Mr.. Flynn says:
'.The Wichita reservation is east
and north of the Kiowa reservation,
and there will probably be 100000
acres of it subject to homestead entry.
There will be about 100000 acres of
Kiowa land for homestead entry. In
both of these reservations section Is,
33, Is, and So are reserved for school
and other purposes for the use of the
future state of Oklahoma. This will
be leased by the Oklahoma school land
board, consisting of the governor and
secretary of the territory. In both
the reservations there must also be
taken out 100000 acres for Indian
allotments and grazing lands, in addi-
ton to school and other reservations
which have mentioned"
ga bill has just passed the lower
house of congress which provides that
there shall be no races for town lots,
but that before the opening of these
reservations the president shall divide
them into counties, fixing the county
lines and reserving 32O acres as near
as practicable to the center Of each
county for equity seat purposes. These
lands will be sold on the day of the
opening or on subsequent days to the
highest bidder, no one being allowed
to purchase more than one resident
and one business lot in each town.
The proceeds to go to the county IN
which the county seat is located"
"As to who are eligible to take
laws differ" ''But in the KioWa and
Comanche reservation everybody who
at any time prior to June 6 last had
used his homestead right by filing on
certain lands can make a second entry,
provided he did not have perfect title. !"
''In other words every person who
has relinquished in any part of the
United States on any government
land is eligible to take, homestead
there. Any person, who, however,
after living on a homestead five or
more years without paying out cannot
make an additional entry, congress
refusing to grant this right.
81 desire to be emphatically under
stood as stating that if man paid on
his homestead before he resided on it
i've years he can take a second one
If he did not pay out within five
years he cannot. Again, no person
who relinQuiShed or committed since
June 6 is eligible, as that was the date
of the passage OF the original treaty.
''Old soldiers of the civil war who
have never had the benefit of home
stead have their rights preserved. AS
to the soldiers of the Spanish and
Philippine wars, at the present time
they are given credit only for certain
services. A bill is now in congress be-
tween the two houses which will give
OI1SA1 III hllI1S a OOIl4Cl
declaratory claim.
''In my Judgment all of these lands
will be opened to settlement about
August 1. How they will be opened is
not at this time settled. A great
many are advocating change from
| the old race horse style. For myself
will favor any kind of a proposition
that will hurry the opening of tbs
country and give everybody entitled
to homestead an equal chance.
would not be surprised if some lottery
plan were adopted, the details of which
will have to be worked out by the in
terror department.
1.-TWO new land offices to take care OF
| the business will be established, on
at Ell Reno and one at the county seal
nearest Fort Sill.
''Many people are not aware of Tho
fact that any person who has loo acre
of land in any state orterritory is pro-
| hibited from taking a homestead any
where in the United States. The OBJ
| ject of the homestead law is TO give
| people who do not own loo acres
land an opportunity to obtain a hon {
from the government.
"The appointments OF count y officers,
etc., is matter, whether left to the
S 4cretary or the governor, which will
undoubtedly not be taken up until next
summer.
''There is no inside rack to be given
through the press sun4vient ieng b