The Yukon Sun And The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 9.
YUKON, CANADIAN COUNTY, O. T„ FRIDAY. JULY 12. 1901.
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Zbt Big Lottery.
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rixiuHanilH »r People KejidKter (hr A
Chance in the Drawing-
The long expected rush for homes
is on. The President's procluma-
tion defining I he method whereby
persons may obtain the right to
rile and settle on land in the Kiowte
Comanche and Wichita reser-
vations was issued Monday morn-
ing. All of the important parts
of the proclamation will be found
on an inside page of this paper;
There were no great surprises in
1 he proclamation, as it was gener-
ally believed that the opening
would be conducted by a drawing.
It provides that, applicants for the
privilege to file on land.shall reg-
ister at El Reno or Ft. Sill be-
tween Wednesday morning, July
10, and Friday evening, July 2fi.
No sooner was this fact made pub-
lic than all roads leading to El
.Reno were crowded with home-
seekers. The Ft. Sill office, being
,,|f of the railroad and having very
limited accomodations for travelers
is not being patronized very free-
ly. Fully nine-tenths of the
•crowd is going to El Reno.
The writer was in El Renoducs-
<luy, the day before the registra-
tion commenced, and the people
bad already commenced to .pour
in. The price of meals and lodg-
ing had already begun to advance.
The barbers saw their harvest
•coming and put the price of shaves
Up to 15 cents.
By Tuesday night every train
entering El Reno was packed to
the guards. The good old prairie
.schooners drove into town by the
hundred. On Wednesday the
Choctaw anil Rock Island railroads
put on special trains to accomo-
date the enormous traffic.
Yesterday it was estimated that
there were 10,000 people in El Re-
no besides the regular population.
Several more registration offices
were opened and the force of
■clerks are now registering about
0,000 a day. The rush continues
-and seems to grow larger.
El Reno’s merchants and eating
houses were unprepared for such
an avalanche of trade and they
had only two days notice to pre-
pare for it. In consequence good
food is hard to obtain at any price.
Wagons are out eve'ry day scour-
ing the country for chickens, but-
ter, eggs, potatoes, corn, fruit, etc.
Yukon is feeling the effect to such
an extent that it is impossible to
buy many of the articles named.
’There are no great state secrets in
the proclamation and we cannot
understand why it should have
been kept from the public until
two days before the beginning of
registration. Applications could
have been received at all the nine
\ land offices in Oklahoma just ns
well as not, and it would have
saved endless expense and suffer-
ing.
’The offices of registration will
be closed at six o’clock Friday
evening, July 26th. The clerks
will prepare for the drawing and
rest until Monday, the 29th, when
(lie drawing for both land districts
will he commenced at El Reno.
This part of the plan, while the
most important, will not take much
lime. On August 6th both offices,
El Reno and Lawton (Ft. biill),
r/ill commence to receive the fil-
ings of the successful applicants
i.t the rate of 125 per day, begin-
ning with No. 1.
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Still Some Kickers.
El Reuo Democrat: The in-
formation is given out that an in-
junction suit will be brought be-
fore Judge Irwin in a few days
ing with the opening of the lands
in the new*country. The suit is
to t*e engineered by C. Porter
Johnson of Oklahoma City whom
it is claimed has been engaged by
Springer to act as attorney for the
Indians. The hill of particulars
that will Ixi filed before Judge Ir-
win is now being prepared. There
is hut little doubt but that this
prodeeding, if it is begun at all,
will receive the same kind of treat-
ment at the hands of Judge Ir-
win that it received at the hands
if Judge Bradley in Washington.
These knockers had just as well
get under the wagon and lay down.
t'ornleiised Information.
The State Capital j>ives this in-
formation under the caption,
“Things the Homestead Applicant
Should Know:”
Application must be made at
the El Reno or Lawton land of-
fices lietween the dates of July It),
1901. and July 26. 1901.
Applicant must furnish proof of
identity and make affidavit that
he is irot in any way disqualified
to take lands under the general
provisions of the homestead law.
Applicant can specify before
either office in which of the land
districts lie desires to make entry.
Applications cannot be made
through agents except by honor-
ably discharged soldiers or sailors,
who may present their applica-
tion for registration and due
proof of qualification .through an
agent of their own selection, hut
no person will be permitted to act
as agent for more than one soldier
or sailor.
A card specifying his qualifica-
tions, intentions and identity and
bearing applicant’s signature will
be placed in an envelope at the
land office nnd the land district in
which he desires to make entry
alone marked upon the envelope.
The applicant will be issued a
non-transferable certificate which
will entitle him to go upon and
examine the lands of the district
in which he elects to make entry.
After the applicant has regis-
tered and secured the proper cer-
tificate of registration and posted
himself upon the lands to he set-
tled. he will await notification by
postalcard, or at the place of draw-
ing, where the name of each ap-
plicant drawn and the number as-
signed to him will be posted each
day.
If his number is one of those
between 1 and 125, of either dis-
trict, he will appear at the land
office for that district on the morn-
ing of August 6, at 9 o'clock, and
his application and entry will he
considered in its numerical order.
If his number is between 125 and
250 he must appear on August 7.
and if is between 250 and. 375 he
will appear on August 8, and so
on at the rate of 125 per day until
all lands subject to entry have
been entered.
If the applicant fails to appear
in person, except he bean ex-sold-
ier or sailor, and prosent his appli-
cation for entry, with the regular
land office fees, at the time lie is
called in the numerical order he
will he passed until the remainder
settlement upon any of said lands
and then only in pursuance of a
homestead entry duly allowed by
the local land officers, or of a sold-
ier's declaratory statement duly
accepted by such officers.
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Places of Registration.
Following are six of t lie places
of registration at El Reno:
Sample room, Kerfout hotel.
Ruse building, Rock Island ave-
nue, upstairs.
Jalonic building on Bickford,
ave. and VYoodson st.
School house next to hell tower
on South Rock Island avenue
Probate judge’s office, old court
house, corner Ruck Island and
Wade.
Two end rooms of Mrs. Fulton's
flat,, corner Hayes and North Bar-
ker.
Hrmual School Meeting.
Dr. Sautter ami \V \V. Weber Kleeted
•-Eight Months' School.
The annual school meeting le i
UHTHlur l» (luiu^; pdiiuv i uubiiiodb. ^ r
We have seen only one old-time No. 2< was held at the
straw stacker this year. Nearly buiWi,,K
all the machines have* wind stack- »n accordance with the call issm .l
erH jsome twelve days before. As
1 usual, the attendance was very
light. S. E. Andrus, clerk of the
board of directors, was unable to
I be there to make his report, but
' Robert White will have about I " Ilot slight the work when tie
7,000 bushels —enough flour to recovers from his illness
Antony the Thretherm.
Frank Julian's wheat made over
30 bushels to the acre.
John Ulrich’s new J. I. Case
separator is doing correct business
Another threshing outfit was
unloaded here Tuesday night, mak-
ing the fourth or fifth one for this
keep the wolf from the door until
next year.
Mr. Andrus' term expireil this
year and W. A. Hancock, the
There are not less than a dozen j treasurer, resigned. D.W. Hogan
.machines at work in Yukon'town- l“>lds over another year and w. I
ship. No doubt there are 25 out- continue as chairman of the hoard
fits that make Yukon their head-
quarters.
Dr. S. S. Sanger was elected
clerk to succeed Mr. Andrus and
Postmasters.
The President has appointed
Wm. M. English of Missouri to
be postmaster at. Hobart, county
sent of Kiowa county; Joe T.
White, a brother of Governor Jen-
kins’ wife, will he postmaster at
Lawton, county seat of Comanche
-county.
There is a big combination of
republicans working to knock
Geo. F. Wattsoii out of llie El
Reno postoffice, but it is hard to
tell what the outcome will lie.
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Depimid for Notaries.
El Reno parties telephoned to
Yukon Wednesday for all the no-
taries public who could do so to
come to El Reno at once to make
out applications and administer
affidavits for parties desiring to
register in the land drawing.
Worth Farmer, E.-B. Edwards and
John H. Russel grahlied up their
seals and some supplies and took
the “hdmesekers’ special” at 1:30.
They receive $5.00 per day for
their services.
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Allotment Haps.
The Settle Drug Store sells
maps of the new country showing
the open land, the school land,
Indian allotment*, wood reserve
and other lands that are reserved
from the drawing.
Some “green" hand started his W.W .Weber was elected trensur-
machine with most of the belts re- j « ™<'<‘eed Mr. Hancock,
versed, one day last week. He fed ' >» '< w"« “K™*1 ,u ex *
in a wagon load of bundles and tax «! 20 mill* the larg-
not a grain or a straw came out. «st levy the law will permit. 1 ins
Result, two or three hours delay do,,e with *'’“*. *“
and “heap much cussing.” ' I « surplus for the purpose u
The largest day’s work we have building an addition to the school
Creek Treaty.
Muskogee, I. T., July 9. —The
proclamation of President McKin-
ley putting the Creek treaty into
etf’ect was received here today by
Chief Porter, and a great demon-
stration is being made. The treaty
provides that the Indians may sell
their lands to white people and
also give title to town lots. The
Creeks have 5,(XX),(XX) acres of fer-
tile lands and a great rush of white
settlers is expected. The Creek
nation contains the big oil find at
Red Fork. The Muskogee town-
site commission was re-estahlislied
and work resumed today in ac-
cordance with the treaty.
Public Sales.
W. S. Ellison’s sule tomorrow, \
the 13th. List of property on an-
other page of this paper.
Chas. Smith will sell a lot of 1
horses and farm property at his
place 3J miles southeast of J ukon
next Thursday, July 18. See hills.
Adolph Deparade will sell his I
horses, mules, cows, calves, irnple-1
heard of among the threshing ma-
chine men this year (or any year,
for that matter) was done at W ill
Brown's place last Tuesday.
Hater's outfit threshed 2.170 bush-
els of wheat between sunrise and
sunset.
R. II. Bernard has more good
judgment than the average man.
A number of his men struck for
higher wages this week. R.. H.
told them lie could not afford to
pay vvliat they asked unless - they
turned out more grain. So they
agreed to thresh at least 1,200
bushels of wheat every day and
the raise was granted. The crew
lias lx*en threshing more than 1200
bushels n day since then and all
(including Mr. Bernard) are pleas-
ed. This heats the eastern man’s
way of settling strikes.
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Among the Elevators.
Benn & Boone have leased their
elevator to Shields & Smith for
one year.
The Yukon Mill & Grain Co.
is buying lots of fine milling
wheat. Oklahoma wheat makes
the best flour.
Kroutil Bros, are now buying
grain in Yukon, Geary, Watonga,
Homestead and Salton. Their
elevator at Geary is said to tie one
of the best along the Choctaw line.
Ten thousand bushels of wheat
were marketed in Yukon Monday,
being about 200 loads of 50 bush-
els each. Shields <fc Smith bought
6,700 bushels. This firm also sold
$145 worth of coal coal Monday.
house next year.
On motion it was decided to
have an eight months term of
school this year. The corps of
teachers will he practically the
same us last year.
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Teachers’ Institute.
The county teachers’ institute
is in session at El Reno. Supl
Davisson is in charge. Prof.
Clayton of this place is assisting.
Ninety teachers were enrolled the
first day. The land drawing is
interfering with the institute, as
the school mn’ams cannot settle
down to study when there is so
much excitement . Board ami
room rent are exceedingly high,
which also lias a had effect on I he
institute.
The editor telephoned Prof.
Davisson yesterday and asked him
why lie didn’t move the institute
to Yukuu to avoid the great crowds.
He replied that if he had known
what the President’s proclamation
would bring forth he would have
called the meeting for Yukon in
the first place, hut since they have
commenced work at El Reno he
does not believe it would he best
(o move unless the crowd of laud
seekers gets too large and uois\
A Trotting Race.
W. A. Scott recently sold his
little hay mare to Juq Evans for
$125, then he went down to the
Pot country and bought a 12-year-
old sorrel horse for $45. While
Joe’s horse doubtless looks $80
better than Billy's, yet the old
sorrel is a natural horn trotter.
After considerable argument as tu-
who had the swiftest trotter tin-
men agreed to drive a race. < )ne
evening lust week they went out
east of town and had it out. Billy s
old sorrel reached the mile post
about 100 feet ahead of Joe's bay.
and Billy has been pulling on the
bit ever since. All of which does
not signify that Joe has a slow
horse, for she is an unusually good
driver, hut Mr. Scott's horse sim-
plv deceives his looks and gets ov-
er the ground at a rapid rate
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of the 125 applicants have been j ments, etc. at his home near Yu
called and disposed of, when his kon on Saturday. July 20. See hills, i
number will again Ixi called, and
should lie fail to respond the sec-
ond time he will he deemed to
have abandoned his right to make
entry under such drawing. their farm lands from the incur-
Persons who have commuted or ^ hjwn The petitiull ...
or any cause failed to secure a I . n rIy every voter in
title in fee to a homestead under1 ■ ;
, i ,1 i .u i i town ami will lie granted,
existing laws shall lie entitled to ____9
register. j To Be Married.
No one will he permitted to Elmer G. Barrett and Miss
make settlement in advance of the Grace Julian will be married at
Want u Divorce.
Clark Watts and Mr. Goodall
! have circulated a petition asking
i the Town Board to disconnect
their farm lands from the
El Upiio's Capacity Taxed.
The following items from the
Daily Democrat will give our far-
away readers an idea of how El
Reno is crowded:
Four good bakers wanted. Best
of wages. Apply to Gerrer Bros.
The postmaster is of the opin-
ion that additional help will he re-
quired in the postofliee to accomo-
date the throng.
A gentleman from Enid says
that 5,(XX) people from Garfield
county will register in El Reno.
Every train from every direc- ' Fool,8h 1 ri"'k
lion is bringing in hundreds of Last Saturday nignt as
people • Cox was driving across the railroad
Our grocery merchants will he!'nick on ihe north side of town
taxed to their utmost to furnish | '«o young men jumped out at hi.u
provision to the crowds that are hh ,f they intended to stop liw tea...
,, and rob him. 1 liev dodged back,
assembling. , ,
, . .. . however, and no more was seen ol
A requisition for three addition
lore .Juuge xrwiu m « ....................“ .----- , . , . . ,,
restraining the register and the | opening and during the first sixty I the home of her parents, Mr. and
receiver of the land office and all days following said opening no Mrs. S. b Julian, near \ ukon
ether persons connected with the one but registered applicants will j next Wednesday, July 17. Rev.
interior department from proceed-* he permitted to make homestead Bland Beauchamp will officiate.
al telegraph operators has been
made by the Western Union.
F. S. Barde, representing the
Kansas City Star, lias established
headquarters here.
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If you want to sell your prop-
erty quick list it with Ellison &
Edwards, the hustling real estate worth of real estate sold iuoned iv
i agents. They will sell it. ' >>y V. H. Russel & Sou ut \ ukon.
them. Mr. Cox does not know
whether the men really intended
to hold him up or were just tn
ing to scare him, but it was a vein
foolish trick to say the least. The\
might have been shut.
$24,300
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Maxwell, William Albert. The Yukon Sun And The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1901, newspaper, July 12, 1901; Yukon, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc912741/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.