The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-01-21
LANDS AT
SI.25 AN ACRE
In the KiOwa Res
eryati3n
MAY BE FREE HOMES
PROVISION
Rules Of the Interior De-
partment Which Govern
The Opening.

Washington. Jany. 10 The WITCH
ia reservation 20 oklahoma VIII not be
thrown open under the provisions ot che
free homestead law OF tne United states
as has been generally supposed. sucls IN
brief, Is the decision Of the interior dc-
partment after % careful examination
of the provsiors of the various laws re-
lating TO tao opening OF this country.
This decision Is Of particular Interest
as thousands of people IN the southwest
have been booking forward TO the open.
ing OF the Wichita reservation with a.
light They believed that the free homes
bill that became O law In May ". 1907.
extended %. and embraced the Wichita
country, and accordingly the opening Of
the country was awaited with oxpcc,-
ant delight And st was tho intention
Of the trainers 90 tho free homes law
20 inolude the Wiphita reservation, as
wen as other Indian lands Tor which Gets
had been passed providing for their op-
enlng 20 settlement. within the provi-
sions Of This act Vow, however it tran-
spires that ihe settlers 90 the Wicbfdl
reservation win be required to pay FOR
their lands % accordance with the trsarv
with tha tribe which was ratified by
congress on March q 1886 Influences are
at work to secure the extensions OF the
provisions of tAc free homestead laws not
only 20 the Wichita country but 10 the
ISiOva apd Comanche reservations as
well.
in lS9 9 treaty was made with the
Wichltas and affiliated bands Of Indians
whereby ihcy ceded 10 the United statcs
oh tne'r eiolh' uNe ana interest," % their
iai'n9 en'D'@eA IN lhe t"Nt on i"Nu
.o"in'eneils At point % the Illaui@ o.
tne ehahnsi oi lne WlAi-'a Whefe lie
'eH no4oiAn OF west ionsl'uae CROSSES
the river thence up tle middle "t the
main channel 'o the iine OF I" degrees
y mn west ionAiluae, ih,hee Q" tNe
same lne on - 0esi'es ~ min Nee horth
% "is h8'ple 9l tile elNinnei OF 'he hnn
'Ht.ioiAn fiyei' 'hei'ge GOWN tne "l9u'e
oi the e4'nNolhl' river !" whefe il crosses
ne ssth meruiani thence que south 20
the Piaee ~ pthinhns'
70 eons'aefHton % tha ceon the
unted siatea Hsieea 70 aiiot ouL of tnls
tract OF iand, - e8ch ana every mem-
Der 81 me |ichim ond animated oands
ot inn ans native ana adopted lw acres
OF land.
THIS was 70 ne tlass'iied lnt9 srlzins
and efnn-sroWins ahd ANA ine Indians
were reluiree 20 make tner selection,
"ne-hAii. on efaNiNs lAha ana one-h hsii
or akilcuiturM- Every member OF tho
band over elsh'een years OF age WAS 90
nave "" ffht 70 select iof themselves
io acres oi iAna 70 ne heid oha owned
~ seFefai'yi but 20 conform 20 lesal
surveys in boundary as nearly as pfac-
tleiihlf' fhe heaas or ti'e families were
70 selset for iaer cmidren IKE amount
OF lahd' ana person To De oesgnated
by the commissioner gf Andlan Ahars
'saa 70 make the selections Tor orphan
children
Ihe @8hth article ot ihe treaty zone
taina tae following provisions with re-
iaiion 70 settlement on surplus landai
ihat whenever any OF the amos ae-
qDred py this agreement shah ~ op-
GRAFTON ~ law or proclamation ~ the
president % the United states De OPENED
20 settlement ihey shhl De disposed oi
under ine general provisions Of the
hoinesteaa ANA toWnsite laws vi me
tinliea stateai provided thnt in ahdl-
uon 90 the iand oHice tets prescribed hy
statute Tor such entries the eniryman
shan pay one dollar ana twenty-five cents
per acre for the land entered at The Time
of submitting hiH Nnal proof ana pro-
Fided further that IN an homestead
entries where The en'ryman has resided