The National tribune., 1906-11-08
THE okL.HoMa LANDS.

The act of Congress of June 5, 1906.
directed that $4,000 acres of grazing
lands. selected by the Secretary of the
Interior in the Kiowa. Comanche and
Apache Indian Reservations in Okla
homa, should be opened to settlement
by a proclamation by the President.
The 18th day of September President
Roosevelt issued this proclamation. and
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office has sent to the Register and Re-
ceivcr of the United States Land Office
at Iswton, Okla. the instructions which
shall govern the opening Of these lands
disposed of under sealed bids TO the
| highest bidder under the provisions Of
the Homestead Laws. Each bid must
be upon a printed form. which will be
furnished to those who request it, and
must be signed by the bidder and con-
tain his pOst-offlce address. No bid
will be considered at less rate than
s5 per acre. No bid will be considered
that Is received by the Register before
9 o'clock a. m. on Monday. Dec. 3, or
after 4 o'clock p. m. on Saturday, Dec.
| s, 1906. Every bidder must inclose
with his bid his affidavit showing his
qualifications to make entry under the
general provisions of the Homestead
Laws, and no bid will be considered
unless accompanied by such affidavit.
| These affidavits must be executed be-
| fore some officer authorized to use a
seal. Each bidder may make bids on
as many separate tracts as he chooses,
but he must list all the tracts separate
| ly on the same sheet of paper, and set
opposite each tract the total amount
| he bids therefor. No bid for single
tract must include more than a quarter
section. With the bid must be a check
| for cne-ffth of the highest amount bid,
which check must be certified by some
! National bank. Foreigners, who have
become citizens of the United States or
| who have declared their intention Of
doing so, can bid, but they must fur
nish with their bids evidence of their
naturalization or intention. The Rig
lister will stamp the date of receival of
each bid, and deposit it in box in the
presence of both the Register and Re-
| ceiver. 1t must have no distinguishing
mark to enable it to be known Be
ginning at 9 o'clock, Monday, Dec 10,
and continuing as long as necessary,
| these envelopes will be mixed and dis
| tributed in such manner as to prevent
their being opened in the order re-
ceived. This must be done in public.
and in the presence of such persons as
the Secretary of the Interior may des-
ignate. After being thoroly mixed the
| envelopes will be opened indiscrimi-
nately, and each bidder and the amount
of his bid publicly announced. The
bids, with the affidavits and checks at
tached and a copy of the record, win
be sent to the Office of the Secretary of
the Interior. where they will be tabu-
lated and the awards made. The sue
ces5ful bidders are then notified and
| required to make entry. If one does
not within a reasonable time. the de-
posit made by him will be forfeited.
When any bidder fails to make entry
the other qualified bidders will be no.
| tilted, and they will be allowed to make
entry in the order of precedence by
the size of their bids, provided they
have not been awarded some other
tract The law requires these lands to
be paid for in five equal annual in
stallments, one-fifth at the time of
entry. Any entryman may obtain title
at any time by making proof that he
has resided upon and cultivated the
lands for the period of IA months after
the date of his entry and paying all of
the unpaid purchase money. With re-
gard to the rights of soldiers and sail
ors the Commissioners Instructions say:
| "All the rights and privileges given
| by the Homestead Laws to soldiers and
| sailors of the war of the rebellion, the
Spanish-American War, and the Philip
pine insurrection, or to the widows and
| minor orphan children of such soldiers
and sailors may be claimed under en-
| tries made for these lands except that
| entries cannot be made under soldiers
| additional rights.
/ "In cases where soldiers and sailors
\ or their widows or minor orphan chill
dren make acceptable proof of the re-
quired residence or cultivation by TAX
ing credit for military service before all
of the annual installments of the pur-
! chase price have been paid you will
| suspend action on such proof, and not
| issue final certificates until all of the
unpaid installments have been paid.
i THE widows and heirs of persons
| who make entry under this act will not
be required to maintain both residence
and cultivation upon the lands covered
by the entry of deceased entryman,
| but patent will issue to them upon a
sufficient showing of either residence
or cultivation and the payment of the
unpaid purchase money"
/ Upon application the General Land
Office at Washington will send pros
| pective bidders description of the
lands to be sold.
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