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Show CUTHR'E TOWN SITE DECIS'ONS. Th S.,T.tarT of Hi. Interior Fall th !,. lii.K l.r til I.nnil Nharkt. Washingi'iv, Jnno 23. The secre. tsry of the interior has rendered a decision de-cision in tho dis of the town site of Kiist 'itithrie, North Guthrie and Ca.pl. U.1 Uiil, Oklahoma, aiust Yeerder U. Paino and other agricultural claimant. The secretary allirnia the decision of the commissioner rejecting the claim of the town ity of North Cuthrio, and directs that a hearing he had to determine deter-mine tliu rijthl of the respective ngi i-f!.:t-:ra! cl-i'mi;ts. liniries inada by Iimi) wih enlfed the territry prior ' t-cni- j: ,vr (ivd ly ti e proclam- ' nnth'u for the opening of the land to ' sol'.le'i.e'it w 'lc ile -la-i'd void. As to claim of YeerJcr IV l'.iUie and , Zenophoti lMtzraid, the secretary ' litohi their homestead entries not lnaiif ! in H ind faith hut. on the contrary of linviiiu the kff iwle'lijii that tins town site would be at a certain point, had entered liie-ie tracts with a view of peculating in town lots, although iliey wi re on the grounds a fiw minntes prior to the town mtu claimants. Their motive is taken ijlo consideration and (tin land i awarded the tmvti site people, peo-ple, thus reverting the decision of the comiiii.sium r of t,'ie general land olhce. 'i'hn appiicatiiiii of the Mayer and others to enter the west mi f of section nine as the town site, cf Ksst ' InthriM is rejected on the ground that the appi'cation is niadii in the interest in-terest o! men, many of whom violated the law in entering the territory prior to tno date lixed by the president in his proclamation. |