The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-14

nd all uOh-fesidcnts who have claims
urvcyod and other bona fidc improve
ncnte made. shall have four months
rom this date to come upon their
laims as required hy these rules and
equations. otherwise their claims
are forfeited.
Art 6. THAT in case gnv person
hall Jump trcsspass or in any other
way damage the claim or claims Of
NY of the signers of these rules and
egulatins or OF ANYBODY entitled toll
he benefits of these rules and regu
atoms said person and persons shal'
ie politely solicited to get of said
lain. stop trcsspassing and make
God any damage done thereon. and II
fter twenty-four hours no attention
hall be paid 30 said notice, measures
efficiently severe shall be resorted
o, to compel said persons TO comply
vith said notification.
Measures sufficiently severe
aeant enforcement With q siXshootoi
Witch was the "unwritten law" OF
he land at chat time
a very short time later the follow
lg proposition was ad0ntcd as the
asis law in the Cimarron Territory:
Whereas. the residents of Cimarron
-erritorv are without protection oi
aw of any state or recognized terri
urial government. and recognizing
he uraont need thereof and desiring
. adopt end establish rules and laws
or our protection. government and
afety. do recognize Almighty God as
he Supreme Ruler OF the universe
no Creator. prcserver and Governor
individuals. communities. states
nd nations. and recognize the laws
Il the United states as our organic
avs and a4opt the constitution OF the
nitcd Statest as the foundation and
1asis OF an laws and rules for our
.ovcrnment and in so far as may be
o execute and enforce tho same.
Therefore. he IL resolved by the
epresentatiyes OF Cimarron Territory
n territorial council assembled thM
we do hereby declare ourselves the
erritorial council of said Cimarron
territory and do hereby adout the
onsiitution of the United States and
he laws thereof as the ground work
nd foundation for all our laws TO be
dopted for our government
After the adoption OF the foregoinf
avs the first "by law to be adopted
vas the one governing marriase
rhc Governor. J. n. Linley was inc
irst to take advantage. 1t later de
,eloped that the trining matter OF q
yife and six children at home in Iowa
aueed some discussion as to the le'
autv of Che last nuntials but the
rnited states did not have jurisdic
ou I'M the matter and the marriage
stood
An election was held subsequent to
ne adoption OF the Cimarron Ter
itorial government and Dr Gross
vas eleced delegate to congress and
vent 10 Washington asking TOT
tatehood for his constituency. Con.
-ress for three terms was confronted
~ the persistent delegate. but never
we're his claims given sorions con
Iteration.
rho United States government ~
III times recognized that they did no'
,1ye any jurisdiction over the lana
mt later determined on some definite
ctNn and when Oklahoma Terri
nrv was organized $50 miles away
hey attached IL the-cto as al unor-
-anlzed coantv for judicial ana gov
rnmental purposes
Later the population grew and the
ountv under the territorial govern
nent of Oklahoma whore il has re
named until the constitutional con
antion changed the original bounda-
les and made three counties of Il;
,amely Beaver. Cimarron nnd Texas
Although within the borders OF the
rnited States, not very far from the
Geographical center. this territory
.enerally known as no Mans Land
nd Officially as the Neutral STRIP
ras as much beyond the jurisdiction
federal law not 90 mention state OF
erritorial Is e would have been
yatered by the Congo instead OF INC
,oaver river The people We're an
americans. although without the pro
ection of national laws. they were
,ot wholly without order or without
government or politics
Thon "a was the land of the range
nd lone horn Texas steer now 1t lf
he home of farmers and the domain
agricultural progress. but III au
ubscquent affairs of the community
here win never be any history more
.omantic OF tales more fascinatlhs
han the state without country