The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-19

refreshment stands came in by wagon
trains yesterday afternoon a com
mnnity of 10000 persons thirty miles
from the closest railway station, al
though assembled within twenty-four
hours, gives no indication of being In
want of food or water. Ice was
brought from Chickasha and lemonade
sells for ten cents II glass. The great
majority of those who have come to
the Dawton land Office brought pro
visions enough to last them for We or
ten days. A. lthese now on the ground
will have registered and gone before
their provisions have given out.
STILL REGISTERING
ElReno, o. r., July 13-The regis
tration here today aggregated All,
Lawton, 5000. This was the ightest
day of the season.
Registrationup todate is as follows:
I'll Reno Office, 2O.O39; Lawton office.
$500; total 27,S30. Registration has
been going on for four days. This
makes an average of $3.50 day. On
this basis the registration at the close
OF the books on July 26 win aggregate
1898. Governor Richards, however.
does not look for the present ratio to
he maintained. He believes that the
number will not reach more than IL. 900
or about seven applicants to each
quarter section of land open to
entry,
y report from Lawton states that
Emmett Cox. son-in-aw of Chief
Quanah Parker, still insists on taking
the governments capital prize, the
l6O-acre tract adjoining Lawton, as
his allotment. His claim to it will
not be recognized by the land depart
ment, and it will go to the man whose
name is first drawn out of the wheel |
for the Lawton district. 1t will be
worth S25, 600. All other tracts around |
Lawton are reserved and cannot be
homesteaded.
Under ruling of the land, depart
ment just made and interpreted here
today a soldiers widow or the mino
orphan child of a soldier can take up
a homestead in the new country, and
the selection of land can be made
through n agent, the same as a
soldier can take Il claim. A soldier
can appoint an agent to register for
him and select his quarter, but he
must appear in person at the land
Office within six months and make the
entry. The agent simply selects the
quarter and it is set aside. HecaRnot
make the entry. On selecting the
tract on which the soldier must appear
in person before the expiration of six
months and make entry the agent must
put up 50. The $l4 homestead fee
does not have to be made until the en-
try is finally made by the soldier him
This also applies to soldiers widows
and to orphan minor children of
soldier. In case OF the children, how
ever, guardian can either file for his
ward OF appoint an agent. to register
and select a claim in the event the
wards number comes outl before the
claims are all exhausted.
There is no more chance for the Der
petration OF frauds through the
declaratory. statement plan
than through the straight entry plan.
II o soldier PelinQuishes his claim
within sixty days then itgoes to some
one else whose name was in the wheel.
II he relinquishes after that time then
the first man who settles on the claim
gets it. SO there is no opportunity,
the government officials say, for any
sharpers to corral a lot of land by
getting old soldiers declaratory
statements. AS further protection,
no agent can represent more than one
soldier.