Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-11

to him by the drawing is reached, ms
right to enter will be passed until ar
Ter the other applications assigned for
that day have been disposed Of when
he will be given another opportunity
TO make entry. failing in which he VIII
be deemed to have abandoned ms
right to make entry under such draw
ing. To obtain the allowance OF al
homestead entry each applicant muse
personally present the certlhcate OF
registration heretofore issued to him,
together with regular homestead ap-
plication and the necessary accompa-
nying proofs, and with the regular
land office fees, but an honorably dis.
charged soldier or sailor may file his
declaratory statement through the
agent representing him at the registra-
ton. The production of the certlfi-
cate of registration will be dispensed
with only upon satisfactory proof of
its loss or destruction. If at the time
of considering his regular application
for entry it appears that any applicant
is disqualified from making homestead
entry of these lands, his application
+ will be rejected, Notwithstanding his
prior registration. If any applicant
shall register more than once hereun-
der. or in any other than his true
name. or snail transfer his registra-
ton certificate, he will thereby lose
all the benefits of the registration and
drawing herein provided for, and will
be precluded from entering or settling
upon any of said lands during the first
sixty DAYS following said opening.
The Neutral Strip.
i Because of the provision of the said
act of congress, approved June 6.4l9O0:
That the settlers who locate on That
mart of said lands called and known as
the neutral strip shall have prefer
ence right for thirty days on the lands
upon when they have located and i'm
proved, the said lands in the neutral
strip" shall for the period of thirty
days after said opening be subject to
homestead entry and townsite entry
only by those who have heretofore To-
Gated upon and improved the same,
and who are accorded a preference
right Of entry for thirty days as afore-
said. Persons entitled to make entry
under this preference right will be per-
mitted to do so at any time during said
period of thirty days following the
opening without previous registration,
and without regard to the drawing
herein provided for, and at the eXpira-
ton of that period the lands in said
. neutral strip" for which no entry shall
have been made will come under the
general provisions of this proclama-
. ton.
}, The intended benefciaries of the
provision, III lle sa.u an Iooah ieos
apProveu cesp "oo ~ ha, ,tho,,;z
ana June o. i9ou' WIZ ,i au 1ana. ID
quallhed ehlryhian na'irS aasua aa
J; Ioliins tlle ceuea lan IL. "n 1eo $50
eii''lS eiiipa oseu 30 ~. coded 1onde
~ fnlsr So inucn VI e..e ue 80, ,a nv,
40 WIZ tli'he MS nm % o,ooaai,,a Ter
tam III the asslssa'e nu. eAe estna, ~
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vi mo eAis.ins sn. 49,, mt'noo na - ~,
lesis.ialiui ahu M..n i;,'., s., -, l.,
uiaw wing nei s.it - $500 s,,,;ao+;o1 ~
nlahlns app opitule app.iu ayn,f, "
nolii pailieu ~ NY :, -, 49,,
sns PIP. nv la,ia harai, ,,rou;dat
rinoi ~ 'he 'S}s 'ilie -
> ioi
) Any person OF persons desiring y
3 lounp. OF TO suggest eslapiishihs
tcWhslte upon any vi lhe ceueu iaiiu'
| at an! point not III tEe near Niclili..
: OF elthef OF the county seats therell
!. heretofore selected ana designated a
: aforesaid, may at any tlme before III
! opening hefelh PROVIDED 'eIofe' me II
f the proper local laho once WRITER
s appllcatlon 10 mat eHec, descfiDlhs y
a regal SUBDIVISIONS the lanos lntende'
j. 10 pe aHected anu statihs iuilS an
u of founding or establishing town a
!. that Mace The local officers vii
! Forthwith transmit said petition to tn
j commissioner of the general land offic
|. with their recommendation in tn
premises Such commissioner if h
y believes the nublic interests will b
~ subseryed thereby. will if the secretar
y of the interior approve thereof. issu
. an order withdrawing the lands d,
, scribed in such petition. or any pol
g tion thereof from homestead entr
8 and settlement and directing that tn
y same be held fo, the time being fo
} townsite settlement entry and dish,
5 sition only. In such event the land
l, so withheld from homestead entry an