Paocnxrmvrrous, 1917. 1699 BY mn Pnnsmmrr or THE Urvrrran Srrvrns or Armmca B°P°°¤*°°’ ”·*°“· A PROCLAMATION WIIEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted F]f,‘g‘§j’§°,°g_ N°“°°**' gyajexcluqqing cegaén lands the Stat; of ](3fregl<;r; dgromb the Prwmbleowa ation orest an y restoring the pu 'c su ject X1 dispgsition in the exelirgaed arti)? in hg. msflnner authoaizegr by the Vol 38 P 1 13 ct o ongress approve ptem r t tiet nineteen im ed an ' ' thirteen (38 Stat., 113), entitled "An Act 'llo authorize the President to provide a method for otgening lands restored from reservar ation or withdrawal, and for o e§·Npu{pIoses·" Now, therefore, I, WOOIQRO ISON, President of the ‘*‘°‘°’“‘l““h°°· United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety- V°'·°°·*’·“· seven (30 tat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitled "An Act Makiqglappropriations for lpundrylélpivil lpxperflses ofhthedG<Z1verrhment for lp fiscall year ending une t tiet , eig teen un re an ninety-e` t, an for other %urposes," do proclaim that the boundaries of thelglfallowa National orest are hereby changed to exclude the areas indicated as elipninations on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part ereo . And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment a,5ex€*l1:5°§1tu‘Z'§,d°{,{?` it is proper and necessary, in the interest of equal opportunity and gipsod adminisllsriijipnlk that all of theilexcludedl lands subjecét to suc}; ` position s 0 restore to omestea entry in a vance o settlement or other forum of disposition, and grgrsuant to the au- vo, 38 P ul thority reposed in me by the aforesaid Act ptember thirtieth, ' ` mneteen hundred and thirteen, I do herebyedrrect and provide that mn { suiih larilds, subject to iyatllid lrirghts, shéill opened to entfy only, ° °""’“° un er the provisions o e omestea laws requiring residence at and after, but not before, nine o’clock a. m., standard time, November 15, 1917, and to settlement and other disposition, under any pupliqi land law applisabée theretoilat ang after, ut not gefore, nine ’ . ., t f 22, 1917. t' ggpliizants xii; , iliitgnmithe prgriibd 0(lv:vi:n(lIy days precedingoilggcdalg *"“'*¤ *P¥’“°•“°¤’· on which the land sh5l become subject to entry, selection, or location of the form desired under the provisions of this Proclamation, execute their applications in the manner provided by law and present a ce in 11, yma1,oro e ¥}‘§1t2”&‘“§;r£‘§S°‘i"I.‘Z1“?.i&d by ‘E21£"“K°d *"’1"“`°“"ii, 'i°3aE}3°t‘II`é’p.5i applications so filed, together with such as may be submittdd at the hour iixed, shall be treated as though simultaneously filed and shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed bg existing regulations. gndeg such regulations conflicts of equal rig ts will be determined y a rawing. · Warning is hereby given that no settlement initiated prior to seven W"¤*¤§•¤*·¤;**¤°· days after the date for homestead entry above named will be recog- mg P M M pw nized, but all persons who go upon an of the lands to restored hereunder and perform any act of settlement thereon Error to nine o'clock a. m., standard time, November 22, 1917, or w o are on or are occup `ng any part of said lands at such hour, except havi valid subsisting settlement rights initiated prior to withdrawI§ from settlement and since maintained, and those having xgmuimmrnsas. preferences to make entry under the provisilons of the Act of Congresss V°'· 3** "·“’· approved June eleventh, nineteen hundre an six (34 tat. 233 entitled "An Act To rovide for the entry of 'cultural, lands within forest reserves; and Acts amendatory, be considered and dealt with as trespassers and will gain no rights whatever under such unlawful settlement or occupancy; Provided, however, that
