Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1901 — Nearly 150,000 Applicants. [ARTICLE]

Nearly 150,000 Applicants.

The Secretary of the Interior has received a telegram from Gov. Richards of Oklahoma stating that 149,429 prospective settlers had registered at the land offices for homesteads on the tract of Indian lands thrown open for settlement. By the terms of the President’s proclamation Friday was the last day of registration.