The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-11

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Iwexssn ug ghs ststee lstrSsoFx tysn'
north ~ thirty slS and 0me halt de,
IKrceA mutfh Mtlsuic and wem ~ ths
iA0th meridian ur what was thc rasl
and south boundaries " 50 Mans
Land The ~amnih0 bail Also cua
ltntnsd provs@hsn swsAhllshsmg tAs
bsstsots es Nsw Nesiva aaa isxea enc
hunaafy ave an the luia mvgsalan ~
the ws@s llnr ~ Twxss aMA No Mas
lAna The nneth llnv ~ New Mesiee
was Also gixN ia ghe wamc bill az TIRE
le7ih asxree nurth laslsnae, owe hall
Idsgswc north u lhr n0sth Ane " Texas
and un llnr With the north boundary
ot the Cherokee STRIP ~ tkga hr
Kansas Nebraska hlN wns paAwd 90
ianlslng To- trrfi.nFks ot Kan ma aud
Sehrw~Aa qua 90 ihe uaFsheFn s@rt uf
shr indian rerrssury THE paushsxr
brundary " Kansas wsN established
% . llns conforming 80 lhe north tins
lnf the Cherokee Sgrli," the affh Arai.
lvl, north alllude. liGcwpe the north
lsgn boundary ~ Nrw NcxleN 10
hsyn taken ~ Man'a iand vsMllA
hsvn nuncmiiatsd kW Nnulh une4
hali ~ a dcwser hsgwrrn the icavh
and 1884 megaaiana and this waA nns
done plalnls stated, No Mans Land
gRmc latu eAistancc by being lafg uuI
In she cold when the boundary linvs
of aiageA adjacent wsrv fixed Fvasa
ne date on tlmu AZ thr gcSmA,son ~
sha section sili 1890 No Mans Land
was an area wlshuut law. thas y
writiun law Men teAidlnK therein had
= reputation VI Hklne ihnsr whisky
eltAsxM and their aenon Wild and
all misunderstanding purslyrra ON
trs sriy AevaATe nlsa wefr prsnp to
sdln 4 s1ch matters In ihn aasck aud
fsg NAY In tNS, ~ and 'sN mans
sclgieer located IN fhls area and hs
lAs there w,re approximately A01l
| lpsoile N No Mans Land Ia 1880 an
acs ~ conprtes was paaaed admitting
No Mans Land A. the sevoaIh county
~ Oklahoma. d land office wAs luraind
AZ Beaver Nily and aettlors we're pvf
Imased Ia make homestead fltng All
few years later aud change Naa made
wkh 'he epenlnt of sha Cherokee
STRIP Nna the land offiee wsn moved
q Woodward Semn time IN the wov
~ntieu No Mans Land was eahdlyided
into townships from the south llno "a
the north line " townships four and
1ine asols were gaanted around each
tn iHSg and lSen the ROY
agnmeti had The township auhdsyide,l
ln'o quarter sections. rars ~ q vi
harkhaMph ~ igeayenwulh. Kan. an
old government engsnerr dning b
greater sar9 81 The work, l,aayet CITY
wa# probably The original se4tlrmens
IN No Mans Land 10 the way uf 4
tpwn u came about by Jim l.ano
locstInK 4 Rad ranch and store on che
old trad ffoan Dodge CITY. Kan south
Meft 20 fa@cosa Texas. place where
early day treiKhisrs coald arekAiel
aud eat, gamble and drink ia thalr
heart'a content cruming the North
Canadian OF Beaver river ~ ,hsi point
was bad and biz freight wayon trains
usually remained thafe iar eeyeaW
days. Iuil admitted a. shn seventh
Icoupiy Of oklahoma this area WAS ia
ir0uth ard in fact No Mane Land. and
the only force with authority and
United States marshals were kldnap.
psss pufc and simuie when they came
into this araa For limited pes .od
+ y marshal from Tbs northern din
trirt 81 Texas operating under the
direction oi Ga / North claimed jurIa.
dleliun but ihes became so notorious
n oUrfusu IN lrnnpine 40 charges
against men not guilty of ans crime
that an appeal was made by clgiaena
q No Mans Land ~ The attorney gcn.
eral 81 the United Siaies. The appeal
wits accompanied BY the fiat state
ment thar the cl,igrns wcnId reslsi hy
force oi arDiR any more attempt Of
Texas mafhhals 10 take people ont os
illis area 1911 Grlmpe. Oklahoma |
fret Y y marshal maintained sbs po
attion That The Trsas marfhala had
tuil power 10 acl and raiused 10 IN
ieftvff The inaiiet waa int "a 40
s,riinfN when 4 became cerlain thai
ihs area known 49, No Mans Land
would soon become par OF lsis dle.
trici ~ the 7sh county of Oklahoma
J he matter VISA soon adjusted by lha
attorney general Of the United states
VII came back With reply thnt conig.
lions would be investigated adtisIng
thr peusle 90 not raecrt 10 force ~
arms and thai Texas officers and no
other authority outside ~ United