The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-08
WILL DRAW FOR
INDIAN LANDS
Proclamation Issued by Presi-
dent Mckinley.
SOLDIERS PREFERRED
ALL OTHERS MUST TAKE EQUAL
CHANCE

e--7A++--e7 Lr1-ir - IA c. 4 he DEOELdIflu-
ton Of President Mckinley opening TO
settlement the lands coded by. Indians
IN the territory of Oklahoma was given
to the public today The proclamation
covers the cessions made by the Wich-
ita and affiliated bands of Indians in
accordance with tina act Of March 2
1885, and those made by the COmanche,
KiOWa and Apache tribes in pursuance
Of the act of June 3, 1906.
The proclamation provides for the
opening Of the lands IN those reSerVa-
lions which are not reserved ats o'clock
a. m, on the 9Th of August next, he
lands to be open TO settlement under
the homestead and tOWnsite laws of the
United States. The proclamation saws
that beginning on the 10th inst, and
ending on the 26th, those who wish to
make entry of lands under the home
stead law shall be registered. The reg
lstratiOn viii take place at the land
oIlceS at Reno AMI Lawton. The regis
tratlon at each office viii be for both
land districts
To obtain registration the applicant
VIII DC required to show himself duIv
qualified u make homestead entry of
Ihese lands under existing laws, and
10 give the registering officer such an
proprlate matters of description and
identity as will protect the applicant
and the government against any at
tempted impersOnatiOn.
Registration cannot be effected
through the Use of the mails or the
employment Of an agent, excepting that
hoLorably discharged soldiers and. sail
Ofs may present their applications
through an agent no agent being al
HoWed to register more than one sol
dler- No person viii be allowed to reg
lSter more than once. After. being reg
lsLered, applicants will be given certifi-
Gates allowing them to 90 upon the
ceded lands and examine them, in order
70 aid them in making an intelligent
selection.
It IS explicitly stated that no one
VIII be permitted to make settlement
upon any of the lands in advance of 4bA
opening provided for. and the state
ment is added that during the ffrst
sixty days following said opening no
one out 7tered applicants will be
permitted 10 axe homestead settle
ment upon any Of said lands, and then
only an pursuance OF a homestead en-
Try, duly allowed by the local land Of
hcers. or Of a soldiers decIara tory
statement, duly accepted by such of
dcers.''
Plan For Drawing.
The order OF the applications is to be
u5ternined by drawing, the plan for
which IS described as follows:
The order in which, during the first
SIXTY days following the opening. the
registered applicants will be permitted
% make homestead entry of the lands
opened hereunder, viii be determined
Dy drawings for both the FL Reno and
LaWtOn districts. publicly held AT the
United States land office at FL Reno.
OKLA commencing at O'Clock a. m.
MONDAY, July %, 1901, and continuing
Tor such period as may be necessarV
20 complete the sale. The drawings
viii be held under the supervision and
immediate observance Of a committees
or rhTee persons, whose integrity is
such as to make their control Of the
drawings guaranty of its fairness. The
members of this committee Will be an
pointed by the secretary Of the interior
VINO WIN prescribe suitable cOmpensa-
tlOn Tor their services Preparatory To
these drawings the registration officers
VIII, at the time Of registering each aD-
plcant who shows himself duly quail
ned, make out card, which must be
signed by the applicant. stating the
tdnd district IN which he desires to
make homestead entry, and giving sIIcb
description Of the applicant as will
enable the local land officers to there
after Identify him. This card will he
az once sealed in a separate envelope.
which VIII bear no other DISTINGUISHING
3a-oel or mark than such as may be
necessary 20 show that it is To go into
the drawing for the land district in
winch the applicant desires to make
entry TheSe envelopes will be separ-
2ted according to land districts. and
Will De carefully preserved and rem3 in
sealed until opened in the course Of
the drawing as herein provided. When
the registration Is COMPLETED All Of
Uhese sealed envelopes viii be brought
together at the place Of drawing and
turned over TO the committee in charge
or the drawing, who, in such manner
a in hl-rH
Dy entire fairness and equality of Cd
portunity, shall proceed to draw ont
ana open the separate envelopes. and
20 give to each enclosed card a number
IN the order in which the envelope con
tanning the same is drawn
While the drawings for the two dis
triots viii be separately conducted. thev
VIII occur as nearly at the same time
as is practiea bic.
Order of Entry.
The result Of the drawing for each
district viii be certified by the COM
mlttee TO the officers Of the dfstric-
VINO VIII determine the order in which
the applicants may make homestead
entry Of said lands and settlement
thereon.
Subsequent proceedings are provided
for as follows.
Application for homestead entry Of
SAID lands during the first sixty DAYS
Following the opening can be made only
by registered applicants and from the
order established by the department.
AT each land Office, commencing Tues
day, Aug 8. 1901, at 9 o'clock. inclusive.
Tor that district, must be presented the
applications Of those drawing numbers
TO IZ5. inclusive. and will be consid-
cred IN their numerical order during the
first day, and the applications of those
drawing numbers 125 to $50. inclusive.
must be presented and will be cousf5
cred in their numerical order during the
second day, and so on at that rate un-
III all OF said lands subject TO entry
under the homestead law and desired
Hereunder have been entered. II any
applicant fails to appear and present
his application fer entry when the
number assigned 10 him by the draw
ing is reached, his right TO enter will
be passed until after the applications
assigned for that day have been dis
posed Of, when he viii be given another
opportunity 10 make entry. falling in
which he VIII be deemed to have aban-
S9ned his right TO make entry under
such drawing To obtain the allow
ance OF homestead entry each appli-
cant must personally present the Ger
tificate Of registration heretofore
issued TO him, together with a
regular homestead application and
the necessary Accommodating proofs
and with the regular land Office fees.
but any honorably discharged soldier or
sailor may file his declaratorv state
ment through the agent representing
him at the registration. If any appli-
cant shall register more than once
hereunder, or iD any other than his
true name. or snail transfer his regis
tration certificate he VIII thereby lose
ali the benefits Of the registration ana
drawing herein provided for and viii
be precluded from entering or settling