The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-01-22
CONDITIONS in
KIOWA RESERVATION
Two Million Acres to be
Thrown Open Not Later
Than August

scripps. McRae Press A5sn.
Washington. b. c., Jan. 22.-Repre- |
sentative Charles Curtis oi Kansas
who Is leading member Of the com
mittee on Indian affairs, said today
AT this time It is impossible 70 ten
when the Kiowa, comanche and
Apache lands in Oklahoma will be
opened TO settlement but Il is gen
orally hoped that the opening viii be
some time in June or July OF this year
"By the act Of january ,, 1901. the
secretary Of the interior was author
lied TO extend the time Of making al
Iotments and opening the land to set
t,ement ior period not exceeding
eight months from the sixth day Of
December 1900 Under this act the
onening must be begun August g. 1901.
do not believe the act win he amend
cd
ewhat is heing done aooat aliot-
mentsg"
'Part OF the allotments have been
made. and am advised that the re-
naming allotments wiz be made as
soon as possible The department is
now considering a proposition to sur
yey the lands. or, rather TO restablish
the old lines. think the Wichita
lands wiz, be opened TO settlement ct
the same time that the Kiowa, Co
manche and Apache lands are open
ed"
"How much land will be opened to
settlement
"Thore arc abcFis three million acres
Of land in the KIowa reservation.
About SOC, ,O0O acres viii be allotted to
members Of the tribes, about 100000
acres reserved for grazing purposes
and about 100000 acres. less the
school sections. viii bs c9ened for set
tlement. There are about 65ooOo
acres IN the Wichita reservation em-
braciug some OF the finest lands IN Ok
lahoma. nearly an suitable FOR farm
ing and grazing and capable Of sup
porting a large population.
Who May Take a Homestead.
AS 70 who might take a homestead,
Mr. Curtis said any person Is eligible
who ls not the owner OF 1GO acres Of
land and has not had the benefit Of the
homestead law Every entryman may
obtain a patent, either by residing on
the land five years or paying $1.25 per
acre.
Some notifications OF these REQUIRE
ments. he said, are made in the cases
of previous homestead entfymen who
desire to commute their entries.
sUnder the law any officer" he said,
soldier. seaman or marine, who serv
ed not less than ninety days in the
army or navy during the Civil war,
who makes a homestead entry Of 100
acres or less. is entitled, under sec
tion 2805. to have the term of his ser
vice, not exceeding four years, deduct
ed from the period OF five years resi-
donce required under the homestead
law. Under section 2SO9, Revised
statutes, "a soldiers claim may be
filed by an agent, and he has SIX
months thereafter in which TO make
lis actual entry and commence his
settlement aud improvement upon the
land. The appointment Of the agent
must be In writing and the soldier
must make the entry
Must Reside on the Land.
"Cen a settler pay oash?'
III homestead settler does moi
wish 10 remain on the land five years
Ae may, after residence and oultiva
tion Of the5land for fourteen months
commute his entry. A homestead set
tier must within six months aftei
making his entry. establish his actua
residence In house upon the land
and must reside upon and cultivate th'
land continuously for the term Of hv'
years.
"The law provides that the Ian,
shall be open to settlement by procla
nation Of the president. think thi
means that the lands win be opene,
the same as public lands ar'a opened Il
the states, and that there win be NJ
given time fixed, no running bat ever,