The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-13
MANNER OF DRAWING.
1t VIII Be Conducted at ElRenO
Only.

Ell Reno, O. T., July 13--The seven
booths opened at 3 a. m. Friday and
5,104 persons were registered, mostly
in the forenoon. At 4 p. H. there be-
ing no applicants in sight, the booths
were closed. The total registration at
FL Reno is 1922. The work of registra-
ton can be more quickly done now than
at the opening, because the clerks are
broken in" and much Of the red tape
has been dropped. BY noon all the
company organizations were registered
and the afternoon was devoted to strag-
glers.
For the benefit of those who do not
understand how the drawing for lands
IN the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache and
Wichita reservations viii be conducted,
the following is offered:
The drawing will begin on July %, at
Ell Reno, and Eel Reno only. While APP
plicants may register at L.awton, there
viii be no drawing there The drawing
will proceed rapidly when begun and
will be completed in a very few days
Some seem to think that only 125 names
will be drawn each day There Is no
such provision in the proclamation The
force at work may draw osUOO names a
day, If they can. or 10000 The morn
ing after the drawing the FL Reno land
Office viii give out long list of names
in the numerical order in which they
On August the first 125 men will
appear at FL Reno and No. 1 will pre-
sent himself at the United States land
office and file on the land he wants
No. will follow and select. If No.
is not on hand he is set aside until
the remainder of the 125 have filed He
is then given another chance, but be-
cause he was No he can not choose
any land selected by men numbered
higher than himself on that day. If he
does not appear at that time he has lost
forever his chance to file. The same
hos n
Lawton land Office, which allows ESQ IN
all to select and file on cleans each
day.
Washington, D. c., July 1S.-Judge
Vandeventer, assistant attorney gen
era1 for the interior department, is
preparing supplemental rules and reg
ulations relating to the disposition or
and L.awton, which will he made public
in a few days.
The rules win prescribe the manner
of the sale of the lots the number that
can be purchased by any individual,
and the order in which the sales occur
A fine legal problem has been presented
in connection with the Interpretation
of the provision of the act of March 3,
1901. limiting the nun Der of lots which
can be purchased by any individual
The law provides that mo person
shall purchase more than one business
or one residence lot" Tt is not clear
WneLneT THIS refers TO a S1IASAc lOWAs ~
to all the towns. 1t is cOntended by
many that the provision will permit
an individual to purchase two lots in
each town. if he so Desires and 1t is
probable that this will be the interpre-
tation of the department.
The sale viii commence at LaWton on
August g. and continue until the lots
there are disposed Of. The officials win
then go to Anadarko and continue the
sale there. and then to Hobart. If there
are any lots remaining unsold at Law
ton. the commission will return to that
city and offer them for sale. A similar
trip win be made to Anadarko and Ho-
bart. so as to dispose of as many of the
unsold lots as practica BILE.
All payments for town lots must be
made in cash. The sales occur under
the supervision of federal officers to be
designated by the secretary. 1T is pro-
babIe that Governor Richards will be
selected to supervise the work. An auc-
tioneer win be appointed by the secrs-
tary and viii receive explicit instruc-
tons to permit an unrestricted corape-
tition in the sale of all the lots so as to
guarantee absolute fairness and equity
to all desirous of purchasing propertv