The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-12
ISSUED
AT LAST
The Presidents Proclamation
Opening the
Indian Country has Been
Made Public With Plans
for the Drawing
No CHANCE FOR SOONERS
All Applicants may Inspect
the Country
No one Except an old Soldier
can file Through a Third
Party

/ Washington, July S-The President
this morning issued his long-looked
| for proclamation opening the Kiowa-
| Commanche lands to settlement.
After setting forth the treaty by which
the lands were acquired and the action
of Congress in relation thereto, the
President proclaims that the lands
will be formally open for settlement
August 8, 1901, and then indicates the
entry as follows;
APPLICANTS MUST REGISTER.
Commencing at o'clock a. m,
Wednesday, July TO- 1901, and ending
at Is O'Clock p. m, Friday, July 26,
| 1901, registration will be held at the
United States land Offices at FL Reno
and Lawton, in the territory of Okla
homa the Office at Lawton to occupy
provisional quarters in the immediate
vicinity of Fort Sill. Oklahoma terri
| tory, until suitable quarters can be
! provided at Lawton), for the purpose
of ascertaining what persons desire to
enter, settle upon, and acquire title to
any of said lands underline homestead
law and of ascertaining their qualif-
cations 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 registra-
/ tiOn each applicant will be required
to show himself duly qualified to make
/ homestead entry OF these lands under
existing laws and to give the register
ing officer such appropriate matters Of
description and identity as will pro-
tect the applicant and,t the government
against any attempted impersonation.
/ Registration cannot be effected
employment Of an agent, excepting
that honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors entitled to the benefits of
section 23O4 of the revised statutes of
the United States, as amended by the
acts OF Congress approved March |,
1901. 81 Stat $40, may present their
applications for registration and due
proofs of their qualifications through
an agent of their own selection, but no
person will be permitted TO act as
agent for more than one ssuch soldier
or sailor. No person will be per-
mitted to register more, than once or
in any other than his true name.
MAY EXAMINE THE LANDS.
Each applicant who shows himself
duly qualified will be registered and
given non-trausferable certificate to
that effect, which will entitle him to go
upon and examine 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 here
in provided, to Understandings select
the lands for which he will make entry.
No one will be permitted to make set
Element upon any of said lands in ad-
vance of the opening herein provided
for, and during the first sixty days
following said opening no one but
registered applicants will be permitted
to make homestead settlement upon
any of said lands, and then only in
pursuance of homestead entry duly
allowed by the local land officers, OF
of soldiers declaratory statement
duly accepted by such officers
DRAWINGS AT Ell RENO ONLY.
The order in which, during the first
sixty days following the opening, the
registered applicants will be permitted
to make homestead entry of the land,
opened hereunder, will be determined
by drawing for both t.e El Reno anC
Luwton districts publicly held at th
q United States land Office at FL Reno
Ok, commencing at 8 O'Clock Il. m,
e Monday, July 20, 1901, and continuin,
for such period as may be necessar.
to complete the same. The drawing
will beenad under the supervision anC
immediate observance of commtte
of three persons whose integrity il
such as to make their control of tn
drawing a guaranty of its fairness
The members of this committee will b
appointed by the Secretary of the In
terror, who will prescribe suitabl
10 compensation for their services,
+ DESCRIPTIONS or APPLICANTS,
Preparatory to these drawings tn
registration Offices will, at the time &
registering each applicant who show
himself duly qualified, make out