The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-03-07
DENNIS FLYNN TALKS.
Gives Interesting Information About
The New Land Along The
Rock Island.


the opening of the Kiowa- Comanche and
Wichita Indian reservation of over 3, ,lo0,-
O00 acres will be OF much interest TO our
many readers, especially those who con-
template securing home in This new
land, which will be thrown open TO home
steaders about August 1st, which is only
reached by the Rock Island road, which
line is tile only one running to and
through t'sis reservation. Mr.. Flynn
says:-
1.-The Wichita reservation is east and
north of tile Kiolva reservation, and there
will probably he 5000 acres of it sub
Ject to homestead entry. There will be
about 2 2,OO0, 900 acres of kiowa land for
homestead entry. In both Of these reser-
vations section, l3, :'3, 16 and So re-
served for school and other purposes for
the future uses of the future state of
Oklahoma. This will be leased by the
Oklahoma school land board, consisting
of the governor and secretary ofsthe terri
tory In both the reservations there mus;
also be taken out 1, ,120, COO acres for In
dian allotments and grazing lands, in ad-
dition to school and other reservations
which have mentioned.''
ssA bill has just passed the lower house
of congress which provides that there
shall be no more races for town lots, but
that before the opening of these reserva-
tions the president shall divide them into
counties. fixing the county lines and
serving 320 acres as neer as practicable to
the center of each county for county seat
purposes. These lands will be sold on
the day of the opening subse-
quent days to the highest bidder, one
be allowed TO purchase more than one
resident and business lot in each
town. The proceeds of these sales go to
the county IN which the county seat is
located -
GAS to who are eligible TO take a home
stead in these reservations, the laws
differ. s4But in the Kfova and Conan
che reservation everybody who at any
time prior to June 9th last had used his
homestead right by filing on certain
lands can make a second entry. provided
lie did not have perfect title"
.tIn other words, every person who has
1eiinquished in any part of the United
States on any gov ernment land is eliSi-
BILE to take homestead there Any
person, who, however. after living on a
homestead i've or more years without
paying out cannot make additional
entry, congress refusing to grant them
this right.
81 desire to be emphatically under
stood as stating that if a man paid ON his
homestead before he resided on it five
years he can make second one. If he
did not pay out within five years he call
not. Again, no person who relInquished
or commutted since June 9Th is eligible,
as that was the date of the passage of the
original treaty
ssOld soldiers of the civil war who have
never had the benefit of homestead
have their rights preseI ved- AS to the
soldiers of the Spanish and Philippine
wars, at the present time they are given
credit for only certain services? A bill
is now in congress between tbs two
houses which viii give them their righ
OF filing a soldiers declaratoTy claim
ssIn my Judgment gall of these land
will be opened to settlement about Angus
1st. A great many are advocating {
change from the old race horse style
For myself 1 will favor any kind of
proposition that will hurry the opening
of the country and give every body EMIT
led to a homestead equal chance
would not be surprised if so me lotter
plan were adopted, the details of whic
will h;.ve to be worked out by the iuterio
department"
1.-TWO new land offices to take care Q
the business viii be established, one 6
FI Reno and one at the county seat neai
est Fort Still.
ssMany people are not aware of the fa'
that any person who has 160 acres of Ian
in any state territory is prohibite
from taking homestead anywhere in Il,
United States. The object of the home
stead law is TO give people who do ns
<wn l6O acres of land an opportunity
obtain a home from the government
stThe appointment of county officer:
etc, is u matter. whether left to the sec
retary the governor. which undoubted
ly $viIlnot be taken up until next summe
ssThere is no inside track to be give
anybody The public will be advise
through the press sufficient length G
time before the opening to give every
body an equal chance at the opening
Part of the wichita reservation will N
doubtedly be put into Blaine aud Cana
dian counties in order TO fill out thei
boundaries.'
Il reiterate, the country cannot posi-
bly, be opened until August; there il n
inside information; every qua1Med hom,
vzill be treahaaa alike.