Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-07-10

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| acres in all, shall have the right to en-
| ter much of the lands by this agree
ment coded lying contiguous to his said
entry as shall, with the land already en-
| tered, make in the aggregate 100 acres,
saic land to be taken as are required of
! other entry men; and provided further
| that the settlers who located on that
Part of said lands called and known as
| the neutral strip shall have preference
| right for 30 days on the lands which they
have located and improved
THAT should any of said lands allotted
to said Indians or opened to settlement
under this act contain valuable mineral
| deposits, such mineral deposits shall be
| open to location and entry, under the ex-
listing mining laws of the United States,
upon the passage of this act, and the
| mineral laws of the United States are
hereby extended over said lands"
And, whereas, by the act of congress
approved January 4, 1901 (S1 Stat, 727),
| the secretary of the interior was author
| lied to extend, for period not exceeding
eight months from December 6, 1900, the
time for making allotments to the Co
manche, Kiowa and Apache Indians and
opening to settlement the lands coded
| by them.
Land for County Seats.
And, whereas, in pursuance of the act
| of congress approved March 3. 1901 81
| Stat. 1889, the secretary of the interior
| has regularly subdiVided the lands so as
| aforesaid respectively ceded to the United
| OldlSS ny lilS-N animated
| of Indians and the Comanche, Kiowa and
! Apache tribes of Indians into counties
| attaching portions thereof to adjoining
| counties in the territory of Oklohoma.
| has regularly designated the place for
| the county seat of each new county, has
| regularly set aside and reserved at such
| county seat land for a townsite to be
| disposed of in the manner provided by the
| act of congress last named, and has reg
ularly caused to be surveyed, subdivided
and plated the lands SO set aside and re-
served for disposition as such townsites;
And, whereas, by the act of congress
| last named it is provided:
| The lands to be opened to settlement
| and entry under the acts of congress rat
| flying said agreements respectively shall
| be so opened by proclamation of the
| president, and to avoid the contests and
] conflicting claims which have heretofore
| resulted from opening similar public
| lands to settlement and entry the presi-
| dents proclamation shall prescribe the
| manner in which these lands may be set
| tied upon, occupied and entered by per-
| sons entitled thereto under the acts rati-
| flying said agreements, respectively; and
| no person shall be permitted to settle
| upon, occupy or enter any of said lands
except as prescribed in such proclamation
| until after the expiration of 60 days from
the time when the same are opened to
settlement and entry"
Two Additional Land Omces.
And. Whereas by the act of congress
| last named the president was authorized
70 eSldDllSn Two dQQlIlOnal united states
| land districts and land offices in the ter
| ritory of Oklahoma to include the lands
| so ceded as aforesaid. which land dis
| tricts and land offices have been estab-
| lished by order of even date herewith
| And. whereas, all of the conditions re-
| puired by law to be performed prior to
the opening of said tracts of land to set
Element and entry have been, as hereby
declare duly performed;
| Tive Lands Eycanted.
| Now, therefore, I. William Mckinley
president of the United States of Amer
| Ca. by virtue of the power vested in me
| oy law. do hereby declare and make
! known that all of the lands so as afore-
said ceded by the Wichita and affiliated
| bands of Indians and the Comanche,
| KIowa and Apache tribes of Indians re-
| spectively, saving and excepting sections
] l6, Sc, Is and 80 in each township, and all
lands located or selected by the territory
of Oklahoma as indemnity school or edu-
| cational lands, and saving and excepting
| all lands allotted in severaIty to indi-
| vidual Indians, and saving and excepting
| all lands allotted and confirmed to re-
ligious societies and other organizations
| and saving and excepting the lands
| lected and set aside as grazing lands for
| the use in common for said Comanche
| F<iowa and Apache tribes of Indians, and
| saving and excepting the lands set aside
and reserved at each of said county seats
| for disposition as toWnsites, and saving
| and excepting the lands now used, occu-
| pied or set apart for military agency
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| cemetery, wood reserve, forest reserve or
| other public uses, will. the 9Th day
| of August. 1901, at nine o'clock a. M, in
| the manner herein prescribed and not
| otherwise, be opened to entry and settle
ment and to disposition under the gen.
eral provisions of the homestead and
| tcwnsite laws of the United States.
! Concerning Registration.
Commencing at nine o'clock a. M
| Wednesday, July TO- 1901, and ending at
| six o'clock p. m. Friday, July &C. 1901, a
registration will be had at the United
States land offices at Ell Reno and Law
| ton, in the territory of Oklahoma (the
| Office at Lawton to occupy provisional
| quarters in the immediate vicinity of
| Fort Sill, Oklahoma territory, until suit
| able quarters can be provided al Iawton),
| for the purpose of aScertaining what per-
| sons desire to enter settle upon and
| quire title to any of said lands under the
homestead law and of ascertaining their
| qualifications so to do. The registration
| at each Office will be for both land dis
tricts, but at the~time of registration each
| applicant will be required to elect and
| state in which district he desires to
make entry. To obtain registration each
| applicant will be required to show him
self duly qualified to make homestead
entry of these lands under existing laws
and to give the registering officer such
! appropriate matters of description and
| identity will protect the applicant and
| the government against any attempted
| impersonation. Registration cannot be
effected through the use of the mails or
the employment of an agent, excepting
that honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors entitled to the benefits of section
| 1904 of the revised statutes of the United
| States, as amended by the act of con-
Gress approved March 1. 1901 (31 Stat
SD, may present their applications for
registration and due proofs of their quail
| ifications through an agent of their own
| selection, but no person will be permitted
to act agent for more than one such
soldier or sailor No person viii be per-
mitted to register more than once or in
any other than his true name. Each
applicant who shows himself duly quail
fed will be registered and given a nom
! transferable certificate to that effect
which will entitIe him to go upon and ex-
anime the lands to be opened hereunder
| in the land district in which he elects to
make his entry; but the only purpose for
! which he may go upon and examine
said lands is that of enabling him later
on. as herein provided. to understand
ingly select the lands for which he will
make entry.
No Settlement Before Opeains.S
No one will be permitted TO make set
/ Element uDon any of said lands in ad-
vance of the opening herein provided for
and during the first co days following
| said opening no one but registered appli-
| cants will be permitted to make home