OPENING DAY.
I t*Tore roo«1vincr n patent for m« ftomV ! f\er«* to oe j>ro*ervo<t wr tns bivs •
! stead, pay to the I nited States for the courthouse.
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September 10 th the Cherokee
Strip Will Be Opened.
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land so taken by hiin, in addition to
the fees provided by law, the sura of
f2..M) per acre for any land east of 97^'
dejrrees west longitude, the sum of
Thw Pmldrat'i Proclamation lunrd Fl*. *l"5° P°r acr* 'or 9UJ between
{WX degrees west longitude and 98}f
decrees west longitude and the sura of
II per acre for any land west of 98^
degrees west long-itude, and shall also
i pay interest upon the amount so to be
On August 22 the president of the ''a"* *or land from the date of on-
In* the Time—Hcqulremruti of the
I. w a* Utien by the Presi-
dent—No Favors.
For county 0, the southeast quarter
of section 7 and the southwest quarter
of section s, township 22 north, range ti
west of the In linn meridian, excepting
one acre reserved for government use
for the site of a land office, and four
four acres to be reserved for the site of
a courthouse.
For county P, the northeast quar-
ter of section 22 and the northwest
ii-r in ntuoii ja ami me norm west
quarter of section 23, township 21 north, |
    wiu xunuwiujf -   — r-j    j range 1 west of tho Indian meridian,
proclamation opening the Cherokee 'or at the rate °' 4 P®1" centura Pcr an* ! excepting one acre reserved for govern-
lands to settlement: I num.
Whereas, Pursuant to section 10 of ' No P®rson "hall permitted to oecu-
the act of congress approved March 8. py or enter uP°n any of tho lands 3-
1893, entitled an act making appropria^ in ref|*rre i to. except in the ma  r
tions for current and contingent ex- ! Prosorihed by the proclamation of t i;
penses. and fulfilling treaty stipulation ' President opening the same to settL
with Indian tribes for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1894, the Cherokee na-
tion of Indians by a written agreement
made on the 17th day of May, 1898, has
ratified the agreement for the cession
of certain lands hereinafter described
as amended by said act of March 8,
1893, and thereby ceded,conveyed, tran -
ferred, relinquished and surrendered
all title, cluim and interest of every
kind and character iu and to that part
mcnt use for the site of a land office
I and four acres reserved for a site of a
co —thonso.
t or county Q the southeast quar-
ter of section 31, the west half of the
nilhwoftt quarter of section 82, town-
raent; and any person otherwise oce.i- , jp . north, range 5 east, lot 4 of sec-
pying or entering upon any of the said
lands shall forfeit the right to acq .lire
any of said lands.
The secretary of the interior shall,
under the direction of the president,
prescribe rules aud regulations, uot in-
consistent with this act, for the occu-
pation and settlement of said lands, to
be incorporated in the proclamation of
the president, which shall bo issued at
of the Indian territory bounded on the ileftst twei,ty d*y  Mora the time fixed
west by the 100th degree of west longi- j fof th6 oP^Hff of saiil lands; and,
tude; on the north by the state of Kan- I ™herea8' B? a written agreement,
sas; on the east by the ninety-sixth (00)
degree of .west longitude, and on the
south by the Creek nation, the territory
of Oklahoma and the Cheyenne and
Araprhoe reservation, created or de-
fined by executive order dated August
10, 1800;
Provided, That any citiren of the
Cherokee nation, who, prior to the 1st
day of November, 1891, was a bona fide
resident upon and further had, as a
farmer and for farming purposes, made
permanent and valuable Improvements
upon any part of the land so ceded and
who has not disposed of tho same, but
desires to occupy the particular lands
so Improved a* a homestead and for
farming purposes, shall have the right
to select one-eighth of a section of
land, to conform, however, to the
United States surveys, such selection to
embrace, as far as the above limitation
will admit, such improvements. The
wife and children of any such oitlr.eu
shall have the same right of selection
that Is above given to tho oitireu, and
they shall have the preference In mak-
ing selections to take any lands Im-
proved by the husband and father that
he cannot take, until all of his im-
proved land shall be taken; and that
any citi7.cn of tho Cherokee nation not
a resident within tho land so ceded
who, prior to the 1st day ^ot
November, 1891, had, for farming pur-
poses, made valuable and permanent
improvements upon any of the land
so ceded shall have the right to select
one-eighth of a section of land to con-
form to the United States surveys, such
selection to embrace, as far as the
above limitation will admit, such im-
provements, but the allotments so pro-
vided for shall not exceed seventy (70)
in number and the land allotted shall
not exceed five thousand and six hun-
dred (5,000) acres; and such allotments
Bhall be made and confirmed under
such rules and regulations as shall be
prescribed by the secretary of the in-
terior, and when so made and con-
firmed shall be conveyed to the allot-
tees respectively by the United States
In fee simple and from tho prioe to bo
paid to the Cherokee nation for the ces-
sion so made there shall bo deducted
the sum of 11.40 for each acre so taken
in allotment; and provided that D. W.
Bushyhead, having made permanent or
valuable improvements prior to Novem-
ber 1, 1891, shall have the right to re-
main on the lands so ceded, whether
served or otherwise, prior to the open-
ing of said lands to public settlement;
but he shall be required to pay for such
selection, at the same rate per acre as
other settlors, into the treasury of the
United States in such manner as the
secretary of the Interior shall direct;
and,
Whereas, It Is provided In section 10
of the aforesaid act of congress, ap-
proved March 3, 1893, that "satd lands,
except the portion to be allotted as pro-
vided in said agreement, shall, upon
the payment of the sum of $395,730
herein appropriated, to be Immediately
paid, become and be taken to be and
treated as a part of the public domain."
Put in any opening of the same to set-
tlement sections 16 and 30 in each town-
ship, whether surveyed or unsurveyed,
shall be and are hereby reserved fdr
the use and benefit of the public schools
to lie established within the limits of
such lands, under such conditions and
regulations as may be hereafter enact-
ed by congress.
Sections 13, 14, 15, 10, 2L 22, 28, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28 and the east half of sections
17. 20 and 29, all in township numbered
29 north, of range numbered 2 east of
the Indian meridian, tho same being
lands reserved by executive order,
dated July 12, 1884, for use of and In
connection with the Chilocco Indian
. industrial school, in the Indian terri-
tory, shall not be subject to public set-
tlement, but shall, until the further
action of congress, continue to bo re-
served for tho purposes for which they
were set apart In the said executive or-
der. And the president of the United
States, in any order or proclamation
which be shall make for the opening
of the i^nds for settlement, may make
such other reservations of land for pub-
lic purposes as he may deem wise and
desirable.
The president of the United States Is
hereby authorized, at an}' time within
six months after the approval of this
act and the acceptance of the same by
the Cherokee nation as herein pro-
vided, by proclamation, to open to setr
tlement auy or all of the lands not al-
lotted or reserved, In the manner pro-
vided in section 13 of the act of con-
gress approved March 2, 1889, entitled
"An act making appropriations for the
current and contingent expenses of the
Indian department and for fultilling
treaty stipulations with various Indian
tribes, for the year ending June 30,
1890, and for other purposes" (25th
United States statutes, page 1,005); and
also subject to the provisions of the act
of congress approved May 2, 1890, en-
titled "An act to provide a temporary
government for the territory of Okla-
homa, to enlarge the jurisdiction of
J.he United States court in the Indian
territory and for other purposes;" also
fiubject to tho second proviso of section
1, the whole of section P of the act of
March 3, 1891, entitled "An act making
appropriations for the current expenses
of the Indian department and for ful-
filling treaty stipulations with various
tribes for tho year ending June 30,
1892, and for other purposos," except as
to so much of said acts and sections as
may conflict with the provisions of this
act.
Each settler on the land so to !>e
opened to settlement as aforesaid shall
.m ,;nd lot 1 of section 6, township
21 north, range o east of the Indian
meridian, excepting four acres reserved
f the site of a courthouse.
Whereas. It is provided by act of con-
gress for temporary government of Ok-
lahoma, approved May 2, 1898, section
20, statutes, page 92, that there shall
be reserved public highways between
each section of land in said territory,
the section lines being the center of
said highways, but no deduction shall
be made where cash p lyinents are pro- I
vided for to tho amount to be paid for
each quarter section of land by reason !
of such reservations, and
Whereas, All the terms and condl- J
tions required by said agreements made j
with said nation and tribes of Indiana \
and by the laws relating thereto, pre-
cedent to opening said lands to settle-
ment, have beeu, as I hereby declare,
complied with, now, therefore. I,
(•rover Cleveland, president of the
United States, by virtue of the power
in me vested by the statutes hereinbe-
fore mentioned, and by the laws of tho
United States and by said several
agreements, do- hereby declare and
make known that all tho lands ac-
quire 1 from tho Cherokee nation of In-
dians, the Tonkawa tribe of Indians
and the Pawnee tribe of Indians by
the three several agreements aforesaid,
will, at the hour of 12 o'clock, noon
(central standard time), Saturday, tho
16th day of the month of September,
A. L). 1898, aud not before then, open
to settlement under the terms ofeand
subject to all the conditions, limita-
tions, reservations and restrictions con-
tained in said agreements, the statutes
above specified, the laws of the United
States applicable thereto and the con-
ditions prescribed by this proclamation,
saving and excepting lands described
and identified as follows, to-wit:
| Here follows a description of the
lands set apart for the Osage and Kan-
sas Indians, the confederated Otoe and
Missouri tribes, the government land
offices and other excepted lands.]
Said lands so to be opened as herein
proclaimed shall be entered upon and
occupied only in the manner and under
the provisions following, to wit:
Itegulatloiift for Settlement.
A strip of land I) ) f et la width around and
tmmcdiatel/ within tho outer boundariosof the
entire tract of country to bo opened to settle-
ment undjr this p-oclamatlon la hereby tem-
porarily set apart for the following purposes
and uses, viz : Said atrip, the inner bo'ind iry
of which shall ba 1 >) f. et from the exterior
boundary of the country known as the Chcro-
kee outlet, shall be open to occupancy in ad-
vance of tho day and hour named for tho open-
ing of said oountry by persons exp>ctinff and
Intending to m ike settlement pursuant to this
proclamatioa Su h occupancy shall not bo
regarded as trespass, or in violation of tho
proclamation, or of the law under which it is
made: nor shall any settlement rights be
gained thereby.
Tho comm'ssioner of tho general land ofllce
shall, under the direction of tho secretary of
the interior, establish on said 100-foot strip
booths to be located as follows:
One in township n >rth, range ? east; one
in township 29 north, ranro 2 west; one in
township -9 north range 4 west; one in town-
ship -9 north, range 8 west; one iu towjuhip 2J
north, range 1.' west: one in township 2) north,
range 3 east one in township 2J north, ran 'e 2
west; one in township 2) north, range 7 wast,
and one in township 20 north, range wast,
and sh.ill place in charge thereof three oflUers
to each booth, wh'j shall be dotailed from the
goner il land oll-'c. S .id b >oths shall bo open
for the transaction of 1 usinesi on and ufter
Monday, tho I Ith d iy of the month of Septem-
ber, from / a m. to 14 m. and 1pm to fl
p m of each business div until th<' same shall
be discontinued by the se.-rotary <.f tho interior,
who is hereby authorized to discontinue the
same at his discretion.
Kach pirty desiring to enter unon and occupy
as a homeste id any of the lands hereby opened
to settlement will be required to lirst appoar
at otiftof the before m -ntloned booths and
maki « duration in writing, to be signed by
tho party in the presence of one of tho officers
iochirgo th r.'of, which shall be certifi ed by
suoh ofUc'jr, showing his or her q lallftcatl >n to
make homestead entry for said lands, where-
upon a cert ti cato will bo issued by the officers
in charge of the booth to the party making the
declaration, which shall bo of the form hereto
ana ho i and made a part hereof (ra.irked D).
Wheri^a party desires to fllo a soldi ir's de-
claratory statement in person Jn will bo re-
<1 tired t<> m iko a declaration w itch shall be of
tho fonn hereto attached and mide a part
hereof (mirked B), tin same to b? made and
subscribed before one of tho officers in ch irge
ot the booth and cer ifled by such offloer. lnde-
pend n Iv if the affllivit (form 4 4) to bo
led whea he presents th 3 certificate of for in
I) ibero fciven him to the district officers
Where a party desires to tile a declarator/
statement through an agent it will be necessary
for him previously to make the affidavit ordi-
narily required (form O 4>4i) before some offi-
cer author zed to administer oaths and plaoe
j the same in the bands of the agent, who, beforo
bcin? permitted to enter upon the land opened
in said ^outlet" for tho purpos • of making tho
desired tiling, will be required to appear beforo
the officers in charge of some one < f the booths,
to present the said affidavit of tho party au-
thorizing him to act ns such agent, and to make
a declaration in writing to bo subscribed by
him in the presence of one of such officers,
which shall be certified by such officer, accord-
ing to the form hereto attached and m*dea
part hereof (marked C). whereupon a certifi-
cate of form L) will be giv ra him by tho officer.
The ai'ent should bo provided with affl lavits of
form 1545 m ide in duplicate - one for presenta-
tion to the officers in charge of the booth, and
the other for presentation to the district offi-
cers, when formal filing is to be made.
E ich party desiring to enter upon s lid lands
for the purpose of s >t tllng upon a town lot. will
be r quired to first appear at one of the before
mentioned boo hs and make a declaration In
writing to be signed b • tho party in tho pr> s-
ence of one of the officers in charge theroof,
which shall be certified b,- such officer accord-
ing to the form hereto attached and m id > a
t hereof (marked E), whereupon a certifl
tar* statement avtw
und roath b-f^rj the fakio,.. -.uoh h«
stead aftldivit or to wh.*n  said doc' if,
utatemoQt is presented tor Ullo*. UiM «U Bio
statements coutaiu d In the declaration made j B„J
by him tipon which sal t certificate is based are
true In every parilouUr, suoh oith to be added
to affidavit of form 4—lUtf as shown on form
thereto attached aud m tde a part hereof
(marked 102a t)
Af tor the hour and day hereinbefore named,
when said lands will be opened to sottldmoat,
all parties holding such certificates (form L> or
F) will be permitted to occupy or enter upon
th<i lands so opened, an I par tie* holding a cur
ti ti cato of form 1) may Initiate a homestead
claim either bv settlement upon the land or by
entry or filing at the proper district offloo but
no person not holding auy suoh certificate shall
be permitted to occupy or enter upon any of
saiillants until aft<r the booths shall have
been discontinued by direotion of the secretary
of the interior. Until theu the officers of the
United States are exprosslv charged to permit
uo party without a certificate to ocoupy or cu
tor upon anr of said lands
The following rules and regulations hare
been prescribed by the secretary of the Interior
■flftYtatnas eq i il to 5 per eon t. upon the
revised statutes, must also be tender** with
rent at 4 per cent per an-
num on the p irehaae price of the laud must be
paJU Crora the d*te or the entry to d ite of final
payment of purchise money. (Soe sections
UN and V29I, United States revised statut s,
and sections M an I i t of the act of MnrchS,
1K.H, Stfth statutes. 610.)
Tho parties named In paragraph fl of thesa
regulations are entitled to have the term of
service In the army or navy under which tho
claim Is ma le, not ex tvdlng four years, de-
ducted from the perl >d of five years' residence
or cultivation required, as stated in the pre-
coding paragraph, or if tho party was d.s
charged from tho service on account of wounds
or disabilities Incurred in the Hue of duty, tho
whole term of enlistment, not exceeding four
years, invy be dedurted. (See section 2dJd,
United States revised statutes.)
Where a home*to ,d settler dies before the
consummation of his elalm, the widow, or, in
case of her death the heirs or deviseo may
continue settlement or cultivation and obtain
tltlo upon requisite proof at tho proper tltno.
If the widow prove* uo. title will pass to her
under the direct! n of the prosidout, as pro- , ., . .. , ,
vided by section or said act of March 3, i«K for ! " dUw b,ufor® *,rovl"? u" 1 th'' b"lr ,r
tho occupation and settlement of the lands ?® eo m Pl',of tho title will vest In
thorn, respectively. (Sos seotlon «91, United
States revised statutes >
^ Where both parents die^envlng inf int chil-
the .second proviso of section 17 and the whole tho homes^ten>d may he so d for cash for
of 18 Of the act approved March :i Ittl, are by lh®benefl1l of "V c?,,dren1  «*;  « * purchaser
section 10 of the act of March 3. 1893, made ap- * receive title from the Uulted States
plicablo in disposing of the lands under said ' <Sl'6 8001100 ***1 S
oocup;
hereby opened, to-wlt
The thirteenth section of the act approved
March 2. 18 9, tho act approved May 2, 189J,
made on the 81st dav of October, 1801,
tho Tonkawa trlbo of Indians, in the
territory of Oklahoma, ceded, conveyed
and forever relinquished to the United
States all their right, title, claim and
Interest of every kind ami character
in and to the lands particularly de-
scribed in article 1 of the agreement,
provided that the allotments of land
to said Tonkawa tribe of Indians there-
fore made, or to bo made under said
agreement, and the provisions of the
general allotment act approved Febru-
ary 8, 1887, and an act amendatory
thereof, approved February 28, 1891,
shall be confirmed, and provided that
In all cases where the allottee has died
since land has been set off and sched-
uled to such person, the law of descent
and partition in force in Oklahoma ter-
ritory shall apply thereto, existing law
to the contrary notwithstanding, and,
Whereas, Hy a certain other agree-
ment with the Pawuee tribe of Indians
In said territory, made on the 23d day
of November, 1802, said tribe ceded,
conveyed, released, relinquished and
surrendered to the United States all its
title, claim and interest of every kind
and character in and to the lands par-
ticularly described in article 1 of tho
agreement:
Provided, That the allotments mado
or to l e made to said Indians in tho
manner aud subject to the conditions
contained in said agreement shall be
confirmed; and,
Whereas, It is provided in section 13
of the act of congress accepting, ratify-
ing and confirming said agreements
with the Tonkawa Indians and the
Pawnee Indians, specified in sections
11 and 12 of the same act, approved
March 3, 1693, entitled "An act making
appropriations for current and contin-
gent expenses and fulfilling treaty
stipulations with Indian tribes for fiscal
year ending June 30, 1894," that the
lands acquired by the agreements
specified In the two preceding sections
are hereby declared to be a part of the
public domain.
Sections 10 and 30 in each township,
whether surveyed or unsurveyed, are
hereby reserved from settlement for
the use and benefit of public schools,as
provided in section 10, relating to lands
so acquired by the agreements specified
in the two preceding sections not so re-
served shall be opened to settlement by
proclamation of the president at the
same time and in the manner and sub-
ject to the same conditions and regula-
tions provided in section 10, relating to
the opening of the lands acquired from
the Cherokee nation of Indians, and
each settler on the lands so to be
opened as aforesaid, shall, before re-
ceiving a pateut for his homestead, pay
to the United States for the lands so
taken by him, in addition to the fees
provided by law, the sum of $2.50 per
acre; and shall also pay interest
upon the amount so to be paid for said
land from the date of entry to the date
of final payment at the rate of 4 per
cent, per annum; and
Whereas, The thirteenth section of
the act approved March 2, 1889, the act
approved May 2, 1890, and the second
proviso of section 17 and the whole of
section 18 of the act approved*March
3, 1891, are referred to in the tenth sec-
tion of the act approved March 3, 1893,
and thereby mado applicable in the
disposal of the lands at the 4'Cherokee
outlet," hereinbefore mentioned, the
provisions of which acts so far as they
affect the opening to settlement and
the disposal of said lands, are more
particularly set forth hereinafter in
connection with the rules and regula-
tions prescribed by the secretary of the
Interior for the occupation anil settle-
ment of the lands hereby opened, ac-
cording to said tenth section, and,
Whereas, The lands acquired by the
three several agreements hereinbefore
mentioned have been divided into coun-
ties by the secretary of the interior, as
required by said last mentioned act of
cougress, before the same shall be
opened to settlement, an 1 lands have
been reserved for county scat purposes,
to be entered under sections 2,387 and
2,388, of the revised statutes of the
United States, as therein required, as
follows, to-wlt:
For oounty K, the southeast quarter
of section 23 and the northeast quarter
of section 20. township 28 north, range
2 east, of tho Indian meri li tn, except-
ing four acres reserved for the site of a
courthouse, to be designated by lot and
block upon the official plat of survey of
said reservation for county seat pur-
poses hereafter to be issued by the com-
missioner of the general land office,
said reservation to be additional to the
reservations for parks, schools and
other public purposes required to be | cato will be issued by the officers in charga of
made by section Ji, of the act of May
2, 1890.
For county L, the southwest quarter
of section 1, and the southeast quarter
of section 2, township 25 north, range
0 west, of the Indian meridian, except-
ing four acres reserved for the site of a
courthouse. [See regulations for Coun-
ty K-]
For county M, the south half of the
northeast quarter and the north half of
the southeast quarter of section 23 and
the south half of the northwest quarter
and the north half of the southwest
quarter of section 24, township 27
north, range 14 west, of the Indian
meridian, excepting one acre reserved
for government use for the site of a
land office and four acres to be resorved
for the site of a courthouse.
For county N, the south half of see-
tior 25, township 23 north, range 21
wciN A the Indian meridian, excepting
one acre reserved for government use
Cur cUm t'U uf a bind oftice. and four
section 10 and said Uq 's are thereby rendered
subject to disposal uuder the homestead und
towns!to laws only, with certain modifications,
which laws, as so modified, oontuiu provisions
substantially as follows
Auy person will be entitled to laltUte a bomft. 1 tts ,°
.loud cluim to > iruct of .aid land* who 1m over i "l,rlli' h ' 0l,'r' f? ' , ,
of ,we or Ihe hoad or a family; who I. It^nnd of abandonment. If tho land 1« suit).
29-\ United S ates revised stat-
utes )
Kighteenth- In case of death of a person
after having cutered a homestead, the failure
of a widow, children or deviseo of the deceased
to fulfill tho demands of the letter of tho law
111 not ueces-
forfelturo
the booth to the party m iking th ? declaration,
which shall be of the form hereto attached and
made a part thereof (m irked F)
The said declarations made before the officers
in charge shall bo g von consocutlve numbers
beginning at number on v.it each booth, and the
certificate Issued to the party making the dec-
laration sh ill be given th^ same numberasls
given the declaration The dec aration shall be
carefully preserved by thit i.fillers in charge of
the booilis, an I when tho booths are discon-
tinued said declarations shall be transmitted,
together with the duplicate affidavit form 4 4
—hereinbefore required to be presented in case
of agents proposing to act for soldi -rs in filing
declaration statem nts—to the general 1 in 1 of-
fice for fling as a part of tho records pertain-
ing to the disposal of said lands.
'1 he certificate will be ovllenco only that the
party named therein is permitted to go in upjn
the lands opened to settlement bv this procla
matlon ut the timo specified herein aud tho cer-
tificate of form D must bo surrenderod when
application to enter or file is presented to the
district officers, and the party's right to make
a filing, homestead entry or settlement shall
be passed upon bv the district la id officers at
the proper time and in the usual mann-r The
holder of such oertiheate will be required, when
ho malies his homestead affidavit, or if a sol-
AkM mm whJin tut tiia* a
(1 ye
a citizen of tho United States, or has declared
his intention to become such who has not.ex-
hausted his homestead right, elthor by perfect*
lug a homestead entry fur 10) acres of laud tin*
d-r any law, excepting whnt is known as tho
commuted provision of tho homestead law con-
tinued in section 2 <01 of the Uulted States re-
vised statutes, or by making or committing a
homestead entry since March 2, IMU; who has
not entered since August 3i, ln0) under the
land laws of tho Unltod States, or filed upon a
quantity of land agricultural In ch iraoter, and
not miner, which, with the tracts sought to be
entered in uuy ease, would make more than 3i0
acres; who is not tho ownor in fo? simple of 1<)0
acres of laud in any state or torrltory, and who
has not entered upon or occupied tho lands
hereby opened iu violation of this, the presi-
dent's proclamation, opening tho same to settle
meut aud entry. (Soe section - .Hit, Unltod
States revised statutes, act of March S, 1*89;
:5th statutes KM, section 13 of the act of March
2, l8>9 28th statutes, 1035, act of August JO, I81M;
sMh statutes, 3JI, section «!Q, act Mav 2. 1*89.
MUl statutes 91 and section 10, act of March 3,
18J3; 27th statutes, 643.) Each entry shall bo in
a compact body, according to tho rectangular
subdivisions of the public surveys aud in a
square form as nearly as r< asonablv practica-
ble, consistently with such surveys, and no per-
son shall bo permitted to enter inoro than one-
quarter section In quantity of said lands (Soe
section It, act of March 2; 1889. 2,'ith statutes
100.S.)
Parties who own and reside upon land not
acqulrod by them under the homestead law
(not amounting in quantity to a quarter sec-
tion), may, if otherwise qualified, enter other
land lying contiguous to their o wn to an amount
which shall not, with tho land already owned
by tbein. exceed tho aggregate I ft) acres. (Soe
section 22H9 Uulted Stales revised statutes. 4.)
Fourth—Any part: who has mado a homo-
stead entry prior to March 2, lns9, for less than
one-quarter section of land aud who still own.)
and occupies the land so entered m^y, if other-
wise quilltled, enter an additional tract of land
lvlng contiguous to the land embraced in tho
original entrv, which shall not. with the land
first entered, exceod In the a'jgrcgato 160 acres,
but such additional entry will not be permitted,
or, if permitted, will be canceled. If the origi-
nal entry should fall for auy reason reason
prior to patent, or should appear to ba illegal
or fraudulent
Tne final proof of residence and cultivation
made on the original entry, together with the
payment of tho prescribed price for the land,
will be sufficient to entitle tho party to i final
certificate for tho laud so enterod, without
proof. (See section 5 of act of March 2, 1889,
2 >th Stat. 851.)
Parties who have complied with the condi-
tl ns of the law with regard to a homestead
entry for less than 16 > acres of 1 ind mado prior
to March 2, 1889, and have had the final papers
Issued, therefor, may, If otherwise qualified,
make an additional entry, by logal subdivisions,
of so much land as, added to the quantity pre-
viously so entered, shall not exceed 16 > acres.
Parties malting entries under tho provision set
forth in this puragraph will be required to re-
side uuon and cultivate the land embraced
therein for tho prescribed period and to submit
proof of residence and cultivation of a like
charac er with that required in ordinary home-
s'ead entries before tho Issuance of a final cer-
tificate. (See section 6, sot of March 2, 1889,
25th statutes, 851.)
Any officer, soldier, soaman, or marine who
served for not less than ninety days in the
army or navy of the United States during the
war of the rebellion aud who w is honorably
discharged and has remained loyal to the gov-
ernment, or in case of his death, his widow, or
In oasa of her death or re m irrla,'e, his minor
orphaned children, by a guardian duly appoint*
ed anl olfidilly accredited st the department
oft\io Interior, may either in person, or by
agent file a dccl.i itor / stst :mout lor a tract
of la id aud bavo six months thereafter within
which to make aetu il entry un i commence
residence and Improvement upon thr  laud (Seo
sections 23 <4 23)7 ami 219, U S. R S )
Every person entitled uuder the proccdlng
paragraph to enter a homestead who, or
whose deceased hukband or father In case of
the widow or minor children, may have prior to
June 22, 1871, entered, under tho homestead
laws, a quantity of land less than 16J acres,
may. if otherwbe qualified, en or so much
land, when added to the quintlty previously
enterod, as shall not exceed 16> acres, but tho
party must make affidavit that the entry is
made for actual settl-.-meut and cultivation,
and the proof of such settlemont and cultiva-
tion, prescribed by existing homestead laws
and regulations thereunder, will be required to
bo produced before tho Issue of final certificate.
(See section 23)6, U. 9 It S. and section 18 of
the act of May 2, IHiH). 26th Stat 9).)
Parties may initiate claims under the home-
stead law either by settlement on the land or
by entry at the district office In the former
case the party will have three months after
settlement within which to fi e his application
for tho tract at the district officio; in tho latter
ease the party will have six months after entry
at that office within which to establish resi-
dence and begin improvements upon tho land.
(See sections 2291 and 22)1, United States re-
vised statutes, and section 3 of the act of May
14, imo, 21st statutes, 140 )
The homestead affidavits required to be filed
with the applicati m must be executed beforo
the register or receiver of the proper land of-
llce (seo section 2J91, United S-atos revised
statutes), or before any other officer who may
be found duly qualified at the time to adminis-
ter such oaths, according to the provisions of
tho act of congress of May 26, 189J, 46th statute
121
Parties applying to make homestead entry
will be required to tendor with the application
the legal fee and commissions, which are as
follows: For an entry of over eighty acres a
fee of |l'), and for an entry of eighty acres or
less a fee of and in both cases, in addition,
commissions of 2 per cent upon tho govern-
ment price of the land, computed at the rate of
|l.2i per acre, the ordinary mlnimun price of
public land under the geueral provisions of
section 2i57, United States revise 1 statutes
(See sections 2238 and 22K), United States re-
vised statutes )
Homestead applican's appearing in great
numbers at the local offices to make entry at
the time of opening will bo required to form In
line in order thtt .bolr applications may be
presented and acted upon in regular order.
Soldiers' declaritory statements can onl; be
made by the parties entitled, or bv their ugents
in person, and will not  e received If sent hy
mail. A party acting as agent and appearing
In line, as oontomp ated under the eleventh
paragraph, will be allowed to make ono entry
or filing In his Individual character If h ? so de
sires and to file ono dec'aratory statement in
his representative character as agent if such he
shall be, and thereupon he will bo required to
step out of line, giving place to the next person
In order, and, If he desires to make another fil-
ing. to take his place at the end of tho line and
await his proper turn beforo doln t so, arid thus
to proceed in order until all the filings deslrei
by him shall be made
Section 1101 of the revised statutes of the
United States, providing for commutation of
homestead entries, is no' applicable to said
lands. (See section 18 of tho act of May 2, 189),
26th statutes. 9').
Proof of five years' residence, cultivation and
Improvement, and the payment prescribed bv
tho statute as hereinbefore ra-ntloned, must
bo made before a pirty wl'.l bo entitled to n
patent under tho homestead law, and such
proof is required to be mado within leven years
truip tho flatc of thy eiurx
vnti%xr i an'i mm*
s mentioned In tho
j section 2 J, an of
vated in good faith tho law will be considered
as having been substantially compiled with
T iwnsite claims may be initiated upon said
lands, under the statutes, by two methods,
which art) separato and distinct in character.
The regulations are hereinafter sot forth
Provision is further mide for townslte en-
tries in cises where lan Is entered under the
homestead law are required for townslte pur*
poses as sot forth In paragraph 90
Parties having founded or who desire to
foun 1 city or t >wn on tho public lands must fllo
with the recorder of the couuty in which tho
land is situated a plat thereof, describing the
ext rlor boundaries of tho iun l according to
tho lines of public surveys such plat must
state the name of th) city or town, exhibit tho
streets, squares bio. lis, lots and alleys aud
specify the siso of tho samn, with measure-
ments and area of each municipal subdivision,
the lofs in which shall not exceed l, J00 squ ire
feet, with a statem tit of the ex ont aud gen-
eral oharacter of tho Improvements.
Tho plat and statement must bo verified by
the oath of the party acting for and in ! >half
of the occupants and Inhabitants of the town or
city, within one month after filing tho plat
with tho recorder of the county. A verified
eopv of said plat and statem uit m ist be sent
to tho general land offico, a •companled b; tho
testimony of two witnesses thit such town or
has boon established in good faith and a
similar map and stat-muit mast be filed with
the ro .'istor and receiver of tho proposed dis-
trict offi e.
Thereafter the president may cause the lots
embraced within the limits of such city or town
to bo offered ut public salo to the highest bid-
der, subject to a mln'raum of II • for each lot,
and such lots as may not bo disposed of at pub-
He salo shall thereafter be liable to prlvato
ontry at such minimum or such reasonable in-
crease or diminution thereafter as the secre-
tary of the interior mvy ordor from time to
timo after at least three months' notice, In
view of tlio increase or decreuBO in the value of
the municipal property.
Any actual set lcr ui on any lot and upon any
additional lot upon which he may have sub-
stantial improvements shall be entitled to
protro up and purchase the same as a pre-emp-
tion at such minimum at any tlm * beforo tho
day fixed for tho public sale (See sootlon 2382,
Ositod States revised statutes )
In cahe the parties interested shall fail or
refuse withi.i twelve months after founding a
city or town to file in the g moral land office a
transcript map with the statement anl testi-
mony, tho secr<tiryof the interior m iy cause
a survey and plat to be mvdo of said city or
town, and thereafter the lots will he sold at au
Increase of 50 percent, on tho minimum price
of $10 per lot. (S ?o section 23<4 (Jutted States
revised states).
When lots vary in sizo from the limitation of
4.2 o fcq laro feet anl tho lots, buildings and im-
provements cover an area greater than «li)
acres, such variance as to slz" of lots or excess
i area will prov • no bar to entry but the price
r tho lot ma bo increase 1 to such re t.son kblc
mount, is the secretary of the Interior nuy b/
lie establish (Seo section 23*5 United Stales
•vised statutes)
Uuder the sec >nd method lands actually sot
ed uuon und occupied as a townslte, und
therefore not subject to entry under the homo-
stead laws, may be entered as a townsite at tho
proper district land ofllce. (See section
United States revised statutes)
If tho town Is incorporated tho entry may be
made by the corporate authorities thereof
tbrourh the mayor or other principal offi er
duly authorized so to do. if the town Is not
incorporated the entry m iv be made by tho
Judgo of tho county court for tho oounty In
which Haid town is situated. In either case tho
entry must be made in trust for th • use and
benefit of tho occupants theroof, according to
their respeetivo interests
Tin execution of such trust as to tho disposal
of lots and the proceoes of sales is to be con-
ducted under the regulations prescribed b : tho
territorial laws. Acts of trustees not in accord-
ance with such regulations are void (Seo
sections 2.187 and 2391, United Slates revised
statutes).
The officer authorized to enter a townslte
may make entry at once, or he mav initiate un
entry by filing a declaratory statement of tho
nurpose of the inhabitants to make a townslte
entry of the land descrlbod
Tho entry or declaratory statement shall In-
clude only such land as is actually occupied hy
the town, and the tltlo to which Is in the United
States, and its exterior limits must conform to
the legal subdivisions of tho public lands. tS<-o
sections 2388 aud 23e9, United States revised
statutes )
Tho amount of land that may be entered tin-
der this method is proportionate to the number
of Inhabitants-100 and less ihun20> inhabitants
may enter not to exceod 82) acres: 200 and less
than 1,0X) Inhabitants may enter not to exceed*
040 acres, and where the inhabitants number
1,000 and over, an amount not to exceed 1,280
acros may be entered, and for each additional
1.00) Inhabitants, not toexced 5,0)0 In all. a
further amount of 320 acres ra iy bo allowed
When the uumber of Inhabitants of a town Is
less than 100 tho townsite shill be restricted to
the land actually occupied for town puri>oseH
by legal subdivisions. (Soe section 2889,United
States revised statutes
Where an entry is made of less than tho max-
imum quantity of land allowed for townsite
purposes addilional entries may bo made of
contiguous tracts occupied for town purposes,
which, when added to the previous entry or en-
trios, will not exceed 2.^6) acres: but no addi-
tional entry can be allowed which will make
the total nrea exceed the area to which the
town may bo entitled by virtue of its popula-
tion at tho dato of additional entry. (Sec sec-
tion 4 of tne act of March 3, 19ih statute*
892 )
Tho land must be paid for at the government
price per acre and pro >f must bo furnished ro-
latin v first, to munldpil occupation of the
land second, number of Inhabitant* third, ex-
tent aud value of town improv in nts: fourth,
date wnen land was first used for townslte pur-
poses, fifth, offi lal character and authority of
offi er making entry: sixth, If an ineor >orated
town, proof or incorporation « hlch should be
a certified copy of th t act of incorporation, and
seventh, that a majority of the oc u >unts or
oroViers of the lots within tho town d siro
thai such action bo taken. Thirty days' pub-
lication of notice of intention to mtke proof
must be made and proof of publication fur-
nished (Soo section 2387 Unite 1 Stales revise I
statues).
All surveys for to a nsitcs on sai l lands shall
contain reserva ions for parks (of substantially
equal area If more than one park) and for
schools and other public purposos < tnbr.icln? In
the aggregate n >t less th in ten or more than
tweflty sores and patents for su h reservations,
to be maintained for such purposes will be is-
sued to the towns respectively when org mlzed
as municipalities. (See section 22, act of May
2, 1490, giJth Stat 92.)
Inease any of sill lands which mav be en-
tered under tho homestead laws by a person
who Is entitled to perfect his title thereto under
suth laws are r quired for townslte purposes,
the entryman may apply to the secretary of
the Interior to purch ise the lan Is embrace I in
said homestead or auy part thcref not less than
a legal subdivision for townslte purposes The
party must flie in the <:Uti ' •••" ■ with 1 <
application, a plat of tli. *,r !'
evidence of his qualifications to perfect title
under the homestead law and of his compliance
with all tho requirements of the law and the
Instructions th rounder and must deposit with
the score tar y of the Interior th; sum of ti i per
sere for all the lands embraced iu tujJ)
tainod for public purposes r
preoeoding pa-agraph. (St
May 1,1-9 k 26th Stat, 9i >
Notice, moreover. Is hereby given that it is
bylaw enacted that no person shall b> per-
mitted to occupy or enter upon any of the
lauds herein referred to. except In the manner
prescribed by this proclamation, and an ' per-
son otherwise occupying or entering upon any
of said lands shall forfeit all rlirht to acquire
auv of Maid lands, and that the officers of tho
UnlU'd States will be required to unforce tills
provision
Perry district bounded aufl described as fol-
lows: 11'finning at the middle of them tin
channel of the Arkansas river, where the same
is intersected by the northern boundary of Ok-
lahoma territory; thence west to the north-
west corner of township 89 north, range 8 west
of the Indian meridian thence sooth on tho
range Hue between rauges 2 and 3 west to tho
southwest eoruer of lot 8 of section SI, township
north, range 2 west; thence east to
the southeast oorner of lot 4
of section '-'fl, township 20 north,
range I east: thence south on the range liue
between ranges 4 and 5 east to the middle of
the main channel of the Cimarron river; thence
down said river in the middle of the main
channel thereof to tho western boundary of the
Creek country; thence north to tho northwest
corner of the Creek country thonce oast on
the northern boundary of subl Creek country
to the middle of tho main channel of the Arkan-
sas nvcr; thence up said river in tho middle of
the nialu channel thereof to tho place of begin-
ning the local land office of which will bJ lo-
cal. d at the town of Perry, In county P
Euld district, boun led and described as fol-
lows Heglnnlng at tho north-ast corner of
t -wnshlp-9 north, rangoftwest of Indiinmo-
rid an, thence wmt to toe northwest corner of
township 29 north rango 8 west thence south
on the rnngo lino between rango* a and 9 west
to the southwest oorner of lot J of seotlon 31,
township 2J north, r inge 8 west thenoe east to
the southeast corner of lit 4 of section 26,
township 20 north, range 3 w> st thence north
on the r >nge line between ranges •! aud .< west
to the place of beginning tho lodi land office
of which will be locatod at the town of Enid, la
county (X
Alva district bounded and described as fol-
lows: Heglnnlng at the northeast corner of
township 29 north, range 9 west of the Indian
meridian; thence west to the northwest corner
of township 29 north, range 16 west; thonce
south on the range line between ranges 18 and
17 west, to the southwest eorner of lot I of sec-
tion 31, towuship 2) north, range 16 west thence
i ast to the southeast C >rner of lot 4 of section
36. township 20 north, range 9 west; them o
north on the rango line botween ranges 8 and 9
west to tho place of beginning: tho local land
office will be looatod at tbotowuof Alva, in
County M.
Woodward district Is bounded and described
as follows: Heglnnlng at the northeast corner
of township '.'9 nort* ig« ir west of the In-
dian meridian tin . est to tho uorthwest
corner of township north, range 2 J west;
thence south to the southwest conn r of lot a of
section 3A township 2" north, range 26 west;
thence east to the southeast oorner of lot 4 of
H '01100 86, township 20 north, range 17 west,
thence north on the range line between ranges 19
and 17 west to the place of beginning, tho local
lauil office of which will bo located at the town
of Woodward, county N.
And further notice is hereby given that, fhe
line of deg. west longitude, named herein
for tho purpose of disp sing of.the iuud hereby
opened to settlem 'nt. Is held to fall on the west
lines of sections 2, II. 14.23,26 and 8> of tho
townships located In range :i west of th" Indian
meridian and tho line of i dog. of west lonvl-
lude is h< Id to fall on the line running duo
north und south through tho center of sections
4, 9, 16, 2|, 28 nnd aH of tb  township In range la
west of the Indian meridian, and said Hues
have been so laid down upon the towuship plats
on file In the general land offico
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the soul of tho Uulted States
to be affixed
Donoat the city of Washington this 221 day
of August in tho year of our Lord ore
ibot'saud eight hundred and ninety-three and
of the ii.ib pendrncf of the United States the
ono hundred und eighteenth Hy the presi-
dent. GaoVER I'l.KV KI.AN L>.
w. q guehiiam, Secretary of statu
STRIP ALLOTMENTS.
by
Land Whirl) Huh Item Claimed
the CherukcCH.
Washington, Sept. !) —[Special. 1
Secretary Smith closed out the strip
allotment matter tills evening by
approving the claims of sixty-two al-
leged settlers. The Owen gang was
reriignited to the fulliextent of their
appetite and claims. Even the dead
man, Painter, was awarded a claim,
and the convict, Hawks, who was
never In the country except for a few
I months while he was trying to evade
' the authorities, was allowed a claim.
Hawks is given a claim In the Jordon
settlement, down on the point where
It will be handy for the old '.nan Jor-
don to buy, and this is the reason It
was allowed.
The statement from Chief 1 lands
shows thai one of the I'altners award-
ed a claim has been dead for some
time, and while he lived he did not
reside on the strip, but in the eastern
part of the Cherokee country and was
never a Cherokee, but an Intruder.
The eight McLellans who were award-
ed claims live cast of Wi, and accord-
ing to the statement of Harris are
not entitled to claims, and lie also
| wired the department yesterday to
(he same effect. Susie Manning and
I Charles and Annie Smith have al-
ways lived east of the strip and were
I brought over tj the Jordon settle-
J nient a few month ago in order to be
utilized by the Owen combination for
tlie purpose of getting claims award-
j e I to them and then purchase the
same. The eight McLellans were
I handled in the same way.
j Of the claims allowed about thirty
' are, according to the information
' from Chief Harris, not entitled to be
j admitted to allotments, and of those
■ not permitted to take claims over
I twenty have the sworn statements
i from the chief that they have lived in
the strip country aud should be al-
I lowed claims.
The allotments are given In full
and are as follows:
John w. Jordon, north half of
I northwest quarter of section I), town-
| ship 21 north, range 8 east: Tennes-
see Jane Jordon, north half of north-
east quarter of section 23, township
27 north, range 2 east: Dixie M. Jor-
don, south half of southwest quarter
of section 4, township 21 north, range
8 east; John 13. Jordon, north half of
southwest quarter of section 4, town-
ship 21, range 8 easl: 11. E. Lee Jor-
don, northwest quarter of northwest
quarter of section 21, township 20
north, rangclO cast, and southwest
quarter of southwest quarter of sec-
tion 16, township 20 north, range 10
cast; Ilattle Jordon, south half of
northeast quarter of section 23, town-
ship 2i north, range? east; Lee Owen
Jordon, e:M half of southeast quarter
of section 20, township 23 north,
range 2 east; Thorn is Jackson Jordon
■-outm ast quarter of northwest quar-
ter of section 5, township 21 north,
range 8 east, and southwest quarter
of northwest quarter of section 4,
township 21 north, range 8 east; Nan-
cy Jordon, southwest quarter of south
quarter nf northeast quarter of see-
tlon 24, township 27 north, range 2
east; Felix W. Jordon, south half of
northeast quarter ot section 5 town-
ship 21 north, range 8 cast; Mollle
Jordon, north half of northeast quar-
ter of section 5, township 21 north'
range 8 east, and northeast quarter
of northwest quarter of section 5,
township 21, range 8 cast: James L.
Jordon, north half of southeast quar-
ter of section IK, township 21, range 8
east; Kmellne Jordon, sontheast quar-
ter of southwest quarter of section 22,
township 21, range 1 west, and north-
ast quarter of northwest quarter of
section 27, township 21 north, range 1
west; Sallie Jordon, southwest quar-
ter of southeast quarter of section 22,
township 21 north, range 1 west, and
northwest quarter of section 27, town-
ship 21, range 1 west: Richardson
Wllkerson, south half of southeast
quarter of section U,township 20 north
range B east; Annie Wilkerson, east
half of northwest quarter of section
25, township 20 north, range « east:
David Wilkerson, west half of north-
west quarter of section 25, township
2« north, range (1 west; David W.
Hendricks, east half of southeast
quarter of section 8, township 21 north,
range Seast; Martha Hendricks,north
half of northeast quarter of section 7,
township 21 north, range 1 east; Aleck
Hendricks, north half of northwest
quarter of section 7, township 21 north
range I east; Charles Hendricks,south-
west quarter of northwest quarter
and northwest quarter of southwest
quarter of section 5, township 21
north, range 1 cast; Levi Hendricks,
southeast quarter uf northwest quar-
ter and southwest quarter of north-
east quarter of section 7, township 21
north, range 1 east; Mike Hendricks,
cast half of northeast quarter of sec-
tion 22, township 27 north, range 1,
east-west; Emily Duel, east half of
southeast quarter of section 5, town-
ship 21 north, range 8 east; Susie Man-
ning, south half of northeast quarter
of section 18, township !tl north,range
8 east; Charles Smith, south half of
northeast quarter of section 21, town-
ship 2(1 north, range 2 east; Annie
Smith, north half of southeast quar-
ter of section 21, township 20 north,
range 2 east: Itiley, east halfof south-
east quarter of section 21, township
21 north, range 9 cast; Polly Ann
Itiley, north half of northwest quarter
of scctlon 32, township20 noath, range
0 west, Kuth Ililcy, south half of
southeast quarter of section 20, town-
ship 23 north, range 0 west; John
Ulley, east half of northwest quarter
of section jl, township 21 north,range
II east; Lena B. Thompson, soutnwest
quarter southeast quarter and south-
east quarter of southeast quarter of
the southwest qnarter of section 20,
township 20 north, range 10 east;
Clyde Thompson, northeast quarter
of southwest quarter and northwest
quarter of southeastquarterofsectlon
24, township 21 north, range 7 west;
Sarah Riley, west half of southwest
quarter of section 20, township 23
north, range 6 west; John W. Archer,
west half of southwest qaarter of sec-
tion 111, township 20 north, range 8
east; Florence Archer, east halfof
northeast quarter of section 21, town-
ship 27 inorth, range 5 west; Mattie
Archcr, west half of northwest quar-
ter of section 22, township 27 north,
range 5 west: John HawK, southwest
quarter of southwest quarter of sec-
lion 32, township 21 north, range H
east, and northwest quarter of north-
east quarter of section 5, township 20
north, range 0 east; John Palmer,
southeast quarter of southeastquarter
of section 22 township 21 north, range
h east, aud soutii half of southwest
quarter of section 23, township 21,
range 8 east; Mary Palmer, cast half
of northeast quarter of section 34.
township iv north, range ieast;
ticorge Palmer, w*;st half of south wo*
quarter of section 23, township 27
north, range 1 west: Frederick i'abner,
east half of southeast quaiter of sec-
tion 22. township 27 north, range 1
west; James M. Bell, west half of
northeast quarter of section 22, town-
ship 18 north, range 3 east; Mike May-
lleld, east half of southeast quarter of
section 22, township 22 north, range
7 east; Jesse C. Bushyhead, south half
of southwest quarter of section 1H,
township 2d north, range 3 east;
Isaac Hertholf, east half of southwest
quarter of section 9, township 21 north,
range 8 east; William II. Hertholf,
north half of northwest quarter of
section IB, township 21 north, range 8
'•ast; Spenccr S. Stephens, south half
Uf northwest quarter of section 14,
township 27 north, range 2 east:
Charles M. McClellan, south half of
northeast quarter of section 11, town-
ship 21 north, ranges east; Joel L.
Baugh, south half of southeast quar-
ter of section 24. township 20 north
range 0 west; Richard Duck, north
halfof northeast quarter of section 13,
Uownship 20 north, range 8 easl; John
M. Smith, south half of southwest
luarterof section!, township20 north,
range 0 east; Jacob Guthrie, easl half
of southwest quarter of section 2tf,
township 23 north, ranged west; Jen-
nie L. McLellan, w#st half southwest
quarter of section 24, township 27
north, range 1 west; John 4\ McLel-
lan, east halt southwest quarter of
section 23, township 27 north, range 1
west: Mary E. McLellan, west h tif of
1 southeast quarter of section 23, town-
hip 27 north, range 1 west; Jesse Mc-
Lellan, east half of southwest quar-
ter of section 24, township 27 north,
range 1 west; Charles W. McLellan,
north half of northeast quarterof sec-
tion 2(i, township 27 north, range!
west; Susie McLellan, south half of
northeast quarter of section 28, town-
ship north, rango 1 west; Stephen Mc-
Lellan, north half os northwest quir-
ter of section 25, township 27 north,
[range 1 west; Leila McLellan, south
llialf of southwest quarter of section
we-it quarter of section 13, township
27 north, range 2east, and northwest ->0, township 27 north, ranje 1 west.