The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-29
THE DRAWING FOR HOMES.
Indian Land Lottery win Commence
Today at Fl Reno.
ONLY ONE MAN IN THIRTEEN CAN WIN
Much Life and Animation VIII Be in Evil
denee--How the Distribution VIII
Be Conducted.
ONLY ONE MAN IN THIRTEEN CAN W

Ei Reno, o. r., July 2s--Au Is expectancy
tonight among the thousands Of homeseek.
erS here over the grand lottery that be.
gins tomorrow. There are 1900 claims
TO be distributed and so each of the 1885,
SEA persons who have registered during
the past fifteen days has about one chance
ip thirteen Of winning. While the great
excitement Of the run" which has here.
totorc been part Of ether land openings
Ia this part Of tho country is lgcking, the
last act IN the throwing open to settle.
meht OF the Nowa- Comnnche reservations
VIII not be without HE and animation.
The drawing VIII take place In the cen.
ter OF tho city and VIII he witnessed by
thousands Of people. 1t viii be held on
q large platform. w. A. Richards, assist
ant commissioner OF the general land OF.
ilcc, aud who has had charge OF the regis,
traroni d. =. Dyer OF st. Louis, former
Quilted states attorney aud Frank Dale,
oNchlof Justice Of Oklahoma, viii conduct
tho drawing.
The actual drawing will he novel ana IN,
iyrcsllng ON the platform VIII lie two
oniung hoA wheels each httecn feet in
length, one to hold the names OF the mp,
phcants for hompsteads TIA the ~ Reno
ulFtilct, and the other for those OF the
LNwton district Into these wheels win
hc placed the envelopes containing the
n9mes az all TIE registered applicants. Tho
envelopes will have first been brought TO
me platform Ia packages consecutiycly
numbered corresponding series of mum
hcrs upon slips viii be placed In another
rcctptacle, from which they will be drawn
out OF random
The package Of envelopes bearing the
| fist number drawn VIII be the frst TO be
placed IN the drawing hoX and well dis
| uihutcd, when another number viii he
qrawn and another package of envelopes
distributed and this course win be con.
tinued until al of the envelopes have been
/ plrced lu thC box Wheels after which the
| wheels viii br reyolycd for sufhcien'
/ length Of time to Insure q thorough miX
| Ing ~ the envelopes. In oach wheel ther,
are five npprturcs from which the euyel
opcs will hnally be drawn. Ten men, one
ior each aperture, viii perform the octua
drawing,
hc determined by lot The hrAt envelope
drawn VIII be No I, which wlll be a,
once opened and the Identification @ip
which II contains VIII be given CORE
epon.lng number and the name and resi-,
dCWe which appears upon the slip viii he
publicly announced This course VIII ne
pursued, numbering each envelope and It's
contents cpusecutively until twenty rye
numbers have hceu drawn from the box.
wnen IN equal number VIII be drawn from
course viii he pursued until 800 NAMES
nave been drawn from each box, when,
II the committee deem II best 10 do so,
arrangements VIII he made for drawing
simultaneously from each box.
After the names have been drawn and
announcer. tnry VIII be recorded ana a
notice prepared TO he mailed 10 the one
whose name IL drawn The drawing VIII
proceed In this manner until every envelope
III the boxes II drawn out, Only 1000 en-
vclopcs 500 for each district, WIN be drawn
Monday After the FIRST day The drawing
will proceed with greater ranldlty and It
rs expected that the last envelope will pave
been drawn hy Thursday night The lucky
ones viii he permitted TO file tner claims
I'm the order that their numbers have been
drawn from the wheel All applicants FOR
homesteads have been permitted to inspect
tho land beforehand 10 select a claim Ia
case he should be lucky enough to draw 4
number
Resides the three commissioners appoint
ed 10 supervise mo drawing and the ten
men who win draw envelopes from the
wheel. space on the platform VIII be pro-
vlded for newspaper reporters. Commits
sloner Richards declined tonight to disclose
the names Of the ten men who VIII draw
the numbers from the wheel, aud said that
tho selection would not be made until just
before the drawing hogan.
rho situation here upon the eve 81 the
crcntful day Is quiet. There are probably
$3.50 strangers here now, and oil Incoming
trains are loaded Several State delega-
lions parnded the streets today. It Is
thought that the largest crowd VIII he here
tomorrow Of amy day since the opening OF
the registration.