The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-02
LUoKY oNes NorlrIeD sY MAIL.
Definite Instructions When Persons
holding Numbers Must File.

tBy Associated pressl
81 Reno, oklao Aug 2-The com.
missioners Of the drawing are notify
ing by postal card each person who
draws q number. The card also gives
the date upon which the recipient
must appear at the office of his res
pectiye land district and file his entry.
The date upon which a man must ap-
pear O make entry is easily deteImln-
ed. In each land district 1876 persons
win be permitted to file daily Those
holding numbers to 1876 must file
August 6. and 1876 TO 250 August z.
25l to 375, Aurust 8; 376 to 500. Au-
gus 9, sol to s. -5, August 10. 626 TO
$50, August 2 august II falls on
Sunday, and continuing in this man
rer until an the homesteads i'm each
land district are fled upon
The drawing OF numbers will CON
une on the platform north Of the Irv.
ing sch9ql building until about 10000
names for each land district are drawn
from the wheels, making a total Of
10000 names as there are only about
1880 claims in he new country tho
drawing of 10000 namas viii go be-
yond the point where persons above
l3,5OO can got land, The remaining
envelopes will draw blanks. but as
the commission desires to impress the
public with the fairness and honesty
Of the drawing, every one Of the 1861
900 envelopes will be drawn When
the names entitled to homesteads.
however, haye been exhausted the
work that follows will be merely per-
functory, and will be done as rapidly
as possible in some building. Each
. person who registered at III Reno or
Lawton viii receive postal card
showing the number of his ldentifca-
tion card as it came from the wheel
There is considerable speculation
as to how 50 many persons in Okla
homa and Indian territory are draw.
ing claims as Kansas was believed to
be almost as largely represented in
7 the registration as Oklahoma one
explanation, and seemt,siy a good one.
is thai many stran.,e = cave oltlaho-
ma or Indian tern Is their resi-
dence when as m IT. OF fact they
were living only temporarily in the
territories. for the purpose Of registra-
ton and until they could learn wheth-
or they had drawn a farm.
Couldn't BEAT" This Opening.
An Oklahoman, who has participat-
ed in all the openings said today
/ This is the only opening that Okla
homans have not been able to beat
by some hook or crook. but the game
is too hard No man has been sue
cessful in gaining an advantage over
another"
The crowd that assemblies daily to
watch the drawing waits anxiously
for information and every bit OF news
Of the progress of the drawing is
snatched up eagerly and passed quick
ly from mouth to mouth. Each list as
IL comes from the official typewriter
is carried to a convenient place by a
deputy marshal ana read aloud. OF
ten men who draw lucky numbers
hear their names called and give
whoops Of delight I'm which the crowd
ioi2s.
OF half dozen newspaper CORE
spondents VINO registered. three have
drawn numbers below 1900 and two
below 1000
Locaters ave NOW skirmishing for
new maps. and unless the aomes. cad
ers are careful scores OF them are
going to be aeeced by men who claim
to be familiar with the two reserva.
tions. Many Of the maps are worth
less and men who have never Travelled
over a foot of the Aew country are ad-
vertising themselves as locaters.
The drawing is a much slower pro
cess than was FIRST supposed. Only
two typewriters can be employed. ac.
cording TO the present plan, to make
lists of hte drawings After all the
homesteads have been drawn. how
ever, it win not be so essential to ex-
ercise great care Three or four blank
envelopes have been drawn from The
lottery boxes. These envelopes are
numbered and accounted for the same
as the tickets which give farms away.
Wichita has arawn more good prizes
shan any other Kansas town. It is
estimated that half the qualified vot.
ters of Wichita came TO El Reno to
rogser
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