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

der the supervision and immediate OBJ
servance of a committee of three persons,
whose integrity is such as to make their
control of the drawing guaranty Of it's
fairness. The members of this commit
tee will be appointed by the Secretary
OF the interior, who will prescribe suit
able compensation for their services.
Cards for IdentIhcatioh.
Preparatory to these drawings the reg
tstration officers will at the time of reg
istering each applicant who shows him
self duly qualified, make out a card,
which must be signed by the applicant,
stating the land district in which he de-
sires to make homestead entry, and Civ
ing such description Of the applicant
as will enable the local land officers to
thereafter identity him. This card will
be at once sealed in separate envelope,
which will bear no other distinguishing
label or mark than such as may be
necessary to show that it is to go into
the drawing for the land district in
which the applicant desires to make en-
try. These envelopes will be separated
according to land districts and will be
carefully preserved and remain sealed
until opened in the course of the draw
ings as herein provided. When the regis
tration is completed all of these sealed
envelopes will be brought together at the
place of drawing and turned over to the
committee in charge of the drawing,
who, in such manner as in their judg-
ment Will be attended with entire fair
ness and equality of opportunity, shall
proceed to draw out and open the sepa-
rate envelopes and to give to each in
closed card number in the order in
which the envelope containing the same
is drawn. While the drawings for the
two districts will be separately conducted
| they win occur as nearly at the same
| time as is practicable. The result of the
! drawing for each district will be certi-
fed by the committee to the officers of
the district and will determine the or
| der in which the applicants may make
| homestead entry of said lands and set
| Element thereon.
Notice OF the Drawings.
Notice of the drawings, stating the
| name of each applicant and number as
| signed to him by the drawing, will be
posted each day at the place of drawing,
and each applicant will be notified of his
number by postal card mailed to him
at the time of registration. Each appli-
cant should, however, in his own behalf,
employ such measures will insure his
obtaining prompt and accurate informa-
ton of the order in which his application
for homestead entry can be presented as
fixed by the drawing. Applications for
homestead entry of said lands during the
| iirSt 90 days following the opening can be
! made only by registered applicants and
| in the order. established by the drawing.
| At each land Office commencing Tuesday,
August 6, 1901, at nine o'clock a. m, the
applications OF those drawing numbers l
| to 125, inclusive, for that district must be
presented and will be considered in their
numerical order during the first day, and
me OF those drawing num-
oerS 125 to go, inclusive, must be pre-
sented and will be considered in their
| numerical order during the second day,
md so on at that rate until all of said
ands subject to entry under the home
-tead law, and desired hereunder, have
been entered. If any applicant fails to
appear and present his application for
9ntry when the number assigned to him
by the drawing is reached his right to
inter- will be passed until after the other
applications assigned for that day have
'een disposed of, when he will be given
mother opportunity to make entry, fail
7g IN which he will be deemed TO have
abandoned his right to make entry un-
Ter such drawing.
Concern ng soldiers and Sailors.
To obtain the allowance of homestead
entry each applicant must personally pre-
sent the certificate of registration there
-ofore issued him, together with a regular
homestead application and the necessary
accompanying proofs, and with the regu-
ar land Office fees but an honorably dis
charged soldier or sailor may file his dec
aratory statement through the agent
representing him at the registration. The
production of the certificate of registra-
ion will be dispensed with only upon sat
sfactory 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 ap-
plication will be rejected, notwithstand-
ing his prior registration. If any appli-
cant shall register more than once here
| under, or in any other than his true
name, or shall transfer his registration
certificate, he will thereby lose all the
benefits of the registration and drawing
herein provided for. and will be pre-
cluded from entering or settling upon any
of said lands during the first 90 days fol-
lowing said opening.
The Lands in s.Neutr,AI Strip"
Because of the provision in the said act
of congress approved June 6, 1907 THAT
"a Tho 1rlAa TOD On hot
said lands called and known as the 'neu-
trail strip shall have preference right for
30 days on the lands upon which they
have located and improved" the said
| lands in the neutral strip shall for the
| period of 80 days after said opening be
subject to homestead entry and townsite
entry only by those who have heretofore
located upon and improved the same, and
who are accorded a preference right of
entry for so days 8 aforesaid. Persons
entitled to make entry under this prefer
ence right will be permitted to do so any
time during said period of so days follow
ing the opening without previous registra-
ton, and without regard to the drawing
herein provided for, and at the expiration
of that period the lands in said neutral
strip for which no entry shall have been
made will come under the general provi-
sionS of this proclamation
The intended beneficiaries of the provf-
sion in the said acts of congress. ap-
| proved, respectively, March g. 1895, and
June 6, 1900, which authorizes a qualified
entry man having lands adjoining the
| ceded lands, whose original entry en-
braced less than 16O acres, to enter SO
much of the eeded lands as will make
his homestead entry contain in the ag-
gregate not exceeding $50 acres, may OBJ
tain such an extension of his existing
entry, without previous registration and
wit bout regard to the drawing herein
provided for, only by making appropriate
| application accompanied by the neces-
sary proofs, at the proper land office at
some time prior to the opening herein
provided for.
TOwnsite Regulations.
Any person or persons desiring to
found, or to suggest establishing. a town
site upon any of said ceded lands at any
point not in or near vicinity of either of
the county seats therein heretofore Sc
lected and designed as aforesaid, may,
at any time before the opening herein
provided for, file in the proper local land
Office a written application to that effect
describing by legal subdivisions the lands
intended to be affected, and stating fully
and under oath the necessity or propriety
of founding or establishing a town at
that place. The local officers will forth
with transmit said petition to the COM
missioner of the general land office. with
their recommendation in the premises.
Such commissioner. if he believes the
public interests viii be subserved there
by, will, If the secretary of the interior
approve thereof, issue an order with