Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-17

tricts and land offices have been estab-
ushed by an order of even date herewith; /;
And. whereas, all Of the conditions re-
quired by law to be performed prior to
the opening of said tracts of land to set
tlement and entry have been, as hereby
declare, duly performed:
The Lands Excepted.
Now, therefore, I, William Mckinley,
president of the United States of Amer
lea, by virtue of the power vested in me
by 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.
kfowa and Apache tribes of Indians, re-
spectively, saving and excepting sections
16. 36, Ii and 80 in each township, and all
lands located or selected by the territory
or Oklahoma as indemnity school or edu-
cational lands. and saving and excepting
all lands allotted in severalty to indi-
vidual Indians, and saving and excepting
all lands allotted and confirmed to re-
hgious societies and other organizations,
lected and set aside as grazing lands for
the use in common for said Comanche,
kiowa and Apache tribes of Indians, and
saving and excepting the lands aside
and reserved at each of said cou..y seats
for disposition as townsites, and saving
and excepting the lands now used, occu-
pied or set apart for military, agency,
school, school farm, religious, Indian
cemetery, wood reserve. forest reserve or
other public uses, will, on 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
townsite laws of the United States.
Concerning Registration.
Commencing at nine o'clock a. m.
Wednesday, July 10, 1901, and ending at
n m Eri6 i6or T,,lxy
registration will be had at the United
States land offices at FL 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 at Lawton).
Tor the purpose of ascertaining what per-
sons desire to enter, settle upon and &C.
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
trfcts, 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 as will protect the applicant and
the government against any attempted
1mpersonation. 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
Z3O4 of the revised statutes of the United
States, as amended by the act of con-
gress approved March l, 1901 (S1 Stat,
$40, may present their applications for
registration and due proofs of their quail.
1hcatfons through an agent of their own
selection, but no person will be permitted
TO act as agent for more than one such
solder or sailor. No person will be per-
mitted to register more than once or IN
any other than his true name. Each
applicant who shows himself duly quali-
ned will be registered and given a nom
transferable certificate to that effect,
which will entitle 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 Opening.
No one will be permitted to make set
tlement upon any of said lands in ad-
vance OF the opening herein provided for
and during the first 60 days following
said opening no one but registered appli-
cants will be permitted to make home
stead settlement upon any of said lands.
and then only in pursuance of q home
stead entry duly allowed by the local
land officers, or of a soldiers deciara-
tory statement duly accepted by such Of
ficers.
The order In which, during the first co
days following the opening the regis
tered applicants will be permitted to make
homestead entry of the lands opened
hereunder will be determined by draw
ings for both the Ell Reno and Lawton
districts publicly held at the United
States land Office at Ell Reno, Ok, COM
mencing at nine o'clock a. m, Monday.
July %, 1901. and continuing for such
the same. The drawings will be had un-
der the supervision and immediate OBJ
servance of committee of three persons
whose integrity is such as to make their
control of the drawing a guaranty of its
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 Identification.
preparatory to these drawings the reg
lstratton 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 identify him. This card will
De at once sealed in a 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
c0nnittee IN charge of the drawing.
VINO, 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 a number in the order I'm
which the envelope Containing the same
Is drawn While the drawings for the
Two districts will be separately conducted
tney Will occur as nearly at the same
time as is practicable. The result of the
craving for each district will be certi-
he'd by the committee to the officers of
the district and will determine the or
1er In which the applicants may make
homestead entry of said lands and set
tiement 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 win be notified of his
number by postal capi mailed to him
at the time of registration. Each appli-
cant should. however, in his own behalf.
employ such measures as will insure his
obtaining prompt and accurate informa-
ton OF the order in which his application
homestead he