The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-08
THE NEW OKLAHOMA LANDS.
The kfowa and wichita Rescrvn-
| tf0ns to he Opened soon.

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nIan of making a '..r,,p.. 10 70 nrevaii this
time okIaboma TERRITORY WAS onened in
| that uav aud the onenirg NJ tho C,baro-
kee strin in 1Sea was also a foot race In
the Iaf,er case the nersops who went in on
| crowded freigbt trains running twenty
| niJas IN bour found when they pat IN the
| interior TOWNS that neonIe were already ON
| tho ground This caused doubts as to
| the honesty Of this nIan. and there is a
| great deal of dissatisfaction over the pro-
| nosai that tho same method shall be fol-
| lowed This time
The nub,ic is well Informed as to the
| <iowa lands brt the wichita lands or
| "Countv T., To no onened at the same
time are practically unknown. The lat
| 90 aro ,,1axoaira5 e. ,ha vyast for for
| ti,itv and baautv The reservation lies
! between the South Canadian and Washita
| Rivers and is forty miles long from east
| to west and thirty miles wide The lands.
like the Comanche lands. lie to the west
of :. line drawn north and south through
| the cen, raj mart Of Kansas and Nebra ska
1 but the drourhts are not so severely felt
as in the same longitude farther north.
The reservation is inhabited by the Wichi-
| tas and allied tribes. about 600 souls. and
contains 100000 acres of land. 1850 square
miles. About 10000 acres are allotted,
| leaving 800 900 for school and homestead
| purposes. There are about 1900 quarter
| sections for settlers. and nearly every one
| is tiIIahJe and fertile something that can
not no said of the Kiows and C,omanche
| lands owing TO the Wichita Mountains
| a surveyor who has been over the county
savs. "No finer lands ran no found than
those In this regeneration n is we'll wa
tered has an abundance Of timber and
most og the land is rich nroductive soil
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| / "e'ei sd" inner iaius IMAM inc Saia
diah ana Wasnlta RIVER bottoms, ana all
the staples of agriculture, wheat corn,
cotton. etc. can he produced on almost
o,.a,.,. o,,o,,ox .1,,, In a., ..
fSt' q"'i 9eetioi' "hiie 'ie scenery
is among the most picturesque IN the
West
II lie believed her, tbot ~ there 10 a roca
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ioi .ne ia"u9' at iease Ten men WIN s.ius-
Sle ior every quarter-section MOST OF tne
claims have already been spotted by
the campers along the edges who know
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tne Pia1e ioi which tieS VIM run.
II Is plain that with ten or a hundred
men racing for each quarter-section the
weak the women and tha old soldiers
iii b. Iosoe,.I "a 49, -. A.
~ =, , anu t,io'e =" no in'S' Nc
serve MONIES Will probably get none. Inc
Texas contingent will come up from the
South: the Kansas and Nebra ska bfrdes
Mn 90, T.; 60, g. -, "a - -,
s,nds of ol,,ahor,ara r. 49, - %,
SANDS OF oklahomans, who failed to get
locations in the other runs, will be pre-
pared to race for the best claims with
an ,,,,,arsta,.1,, 81 H. 5;rao,i-,, -
~ SUMMONS u INV "ii wv" anu
distance. In all the reservations to be
opened there will he about 12.O00 claims.
The Indians have taken many of the best
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Iie"u!, an" are |" 'aAe huiioi Gus hioie'
The dlihcuity OF Keeping out the soon
ers, as are called those who go in ahead |
of time, is manifest.
The anti-run element favors some kind |
of a lottery One plan is for each claim |
to be entered on a card, and to permit |
every person who has not already $50 |
acres of land and has never taken up d ]
homestead, to enter by depositing the fill |
ing fee, sl4. and have d card with name |
written thereon. There is to be one wheel |
for the claims and one for the names, and |
then a drawing But 1t is evident that |
instead of having ten or hundred claim |
ants for every qudrter-section there |
would be thousand, for all over /
the nation people would try for the splen- |
did prize, especially when there would be |
nothing to lose Every claim will be worth |
81 0o0 But the problem is What is to be- |
come of the vast amount of money de- |
posted for filing by those who do not !
win? The Government cannot take it, |
and there is no provision for returning |
it, Then too it is urged that IL is hard |
" fair to allow the man who sits at ease |