Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-02
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SOME CHANCE LEFT.
The commissioners on Friday will GER
tify the list of 13. 900 to the officers Of the
two land districts. in blocks of 1875.
The federal and municipal authorities
are taking the greatest precaution to
protect the lottery wheels and the lists
drawn out up to date.
couple of thousand disappointed
Eomeseekers sent committee to Gov
ernor Richards last night to make in
,quirieS about other vacant lands. The
eivernor replied that probably 1900 peo-
pie who drew claims would not show up
l.. make entry and that after sixty days
these claims could be homesteaded I'M
Ger the old law. He said that there are
1000 school land quarters that could be
purchased or leased that 1900 claims
could be entered in Green county, and
that Indian lands could be leased
cheaply.
The homeseekers also asked him IL the
town lots in Lawton. Hobart and Ana
csrko could not be appraised before
sale, so that they, instead of the money
sharks, could buy the lots at reasona-
nle figure. He replied that. under the
proclamation, they could not, but that
the sharks could not score, as one person
could buy only one business lot and one
residence lot.
Governor Richards, with the approval
of the secretary of the interior, APP
pointed townsite commissioners as fol.
lows: Lawton, j. r. Hampton; Hobart,
Z. P. Holcomb; Anadarko, c. F. Nesler.
The two first named are in the general
land office, and Nesler is inspector Of the
Indian office. Hampton was in charge
OF the registration at Fort Sill. Holcomb
was in charge Of registration booth No.
= at FL Reno. Nesler had charge of the
allotment of the Indian lands on all of
the reservations about to be opened.
During their service as commissioners
they will be granted a leave of absence
without pay from the Office in Washing
ton. Each of the commissioners will be
required to give a bond of 100000. This
is a hard blow to the thousands or more
western politicians, who wanted these
jobs.
In response to numerous inquiries re-
advising soldiers who registered thru
agents, and who will be entitled to To-
cate lands, that the soldier may revoke
cate the claim and personally Identify
ing himself as the person for whom
registration was made
WAS A MOTHER.
Most Of the women who appeared at
Oklahoma itself, Indian Territory, Ar
kansas, Texas and the far western
states. But there were others: girls
10 off 20 =
the east, women old and young. and ap-
parently drawn from all classes, few
of them finely dressed and looking little
fitted for the rough life of a new and
Indeveloped country. Some odd and
some pathetic incidents occurred at the
S.omen's registry booths. Here are some
of them:
A pretty girl not more than IS ap-
peared at the womens booth in Ell REM
and signified her wish to register
Are you married?' asked the clerk.
mo, SIR
"a widow?"
No, SIR
1.-THE head Of family?"
''N-No, sir"
"Then under what provision Of the
law do you seek a homestead"
The girls face flushed. tears showed
in her eyes and she swallowed as If a.
lump arose in her throat before she an
swered:
II am mother, SIR
That's all right" said the clerk kind
ly. Here's your certificate
A colored woman from Mississippi
appeared with demand for chance
to take claim.
"Married?" she was asked.
mo. sah."
.Widow?"
"Yessah. Use buried six husbands
You are certainly entitled to regis
ter" said the clerk. And she did.
A raw-boned, muscular woman said
she was from the Chickasee country and
She was married.
Husband dead?" she was asked.
NO, SIR
"Divorced?"
mol" Indignantly.
"Then you can't register"
"Oh. yes I can. I'm the head Of the
family"
To prove this she brought up her Grip
pied susband to testify that she had
earned the living of the family for years
by running small ranch. The clerk
registered her
81 am the seventeenth one OF our
family to register" said an old woman
from Arkansas, who is seeking home
III the new country. 'I have sixteen
grown boys and every one OF them has
registered. We ought to get several
claims out of the bunch"
Auto Run to Buffalo.
Kendallville, Ind, Aug. 2-Arthur j.
Eddy, of Chicago, who Is making the
run from that city ito Buffalo on an au-
tomobile, reached here at o'clock
Wednesday night, having covered 40
miles on the first day of his Journey.