The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-07-11
NO CHANCE FOR /" sooNERs."
Those Who Take kiown Claims Without
Drawing. Liable to He Arrested.


Drawing, Liable to He Arrested.
Washington, July 9.-The proclana-
tion Of President Mckinley opening to
settlement the lands coded by Indians
III the territory of Oklahoma was given
to the public yesterday. The procla-
nation covers the cesSions made by the
Wichita and affiliated bands of In,
Gians, in accordance with the act of
March ., 1885, and those made by the
Comanche, kiowa and Apache tribes
in pursuance of the act of June s.
1890. The proclamation provides for
the opening of the landS in those reser
VationS which are not reserved, at 8
O'Clock a. m. on the 9Th of August next.
the lands to be open 10 settlement I'M
der the homestead and townsite laws
of the United States. The proclana-
ton provides that beginning on the
10th inst and ending on the 26th, those
who wish to make entry of land under
the homestead law shall be registered.
The registration viii take place at the
land offices at Reno and Lawton. The
registration at each office will be for
both land districts. To obtain regis
tration the applicant will be required
to show himself duly qualified to make
homestead entry of these lands under
existing laws, and to give the register
description and identity as will pro-
tect the applicant and government
against any attempted impersonation
registration cannot be effected
through the use of the mails or the en-
p!oyment of an agent, excepting that
honorably discharged soldiers and sail
ors may send their applications through
an agent no agent being allowed to
represent more than one soldier. No
person will be allowed to register more
than once. After being registered, APP
pl1cants will be given certifica ties al
lowing them to go upon the coded lands
and examine them, III order to aid
them in making an intelligent selec-
ton.
1t is explicitly stated that mo one
Will be permitted 10 make settlement
upon any of the lands In advance of
the opening provided for, and the
statement is added that during the
first sixty days following said opening
no one but registered applicants will be
permitted to make homestead settle
ment upon any of said lands, and then
only in pursuance OF Il homestead en-
try duly allowed by the local land af-
fees
The order of the applications is TO
be determined by drawings for both
the districts. to be publicly held at the
United States land Office at Ell Reno,
O.. r., commencing at 9 o'clock a. M
Monday, July 49, 1901 and continuing
fol such period as may be necessary
to complete the same The drawing
will be held under the supervision and
immediate observance of committee
of three persons appointed by the sec
rotary of the interior. Preparatory to
these dra wings the registra ton officers
will at the time Of registering each APP
p!icant who shows himself duly quail
a ,,r,1r~
signed by the applicant, stating the
land district in which he wishes to
make homestead entry, and giving
such description Of the applicant as
will aid the local land officers in identi-
flying him. This card will be at once
sealed in a separate envelope. When
the registration is complete, all of these
sealed envelopes will be brought to-
gether at the place Of drawing and
turned over to the committee in charge
OF the drawing, who, in such manner
as in their judgment will be attended
with entire fairness. shall proceed to
draw out and open the separate en-
Velopes and to give to each enclosed
card number in the order in which
the envelope containing the same is
drawn. The result of the drawing will
determine the order in which applicants
may make homestead entry Of said
lands and settlement thereon.
Lands IN the neutral district are to
be reserved for location by settlers on
those lands for thirty days.
Provision is made for locating town
sites. Townste applicants are re-
CURED to file before the opening of the
lands "a written application to that
effect, describing the land to be af-
fected.'
The future disposal of lands is provid-
| ed for as follows:
After the expiration of the said
| period Of sixty days, but not before
| any Of said lands remaining undis-
! posed Of may be settled upon and occu-
| pied under the general provisions of the
| homestead and townsite laws of the
| United States in due manner as if the
manner of effecting such settlement oc-
| cupancy and entry had not been pre-
| scribed herein, in obedience to the
| law
|