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OKLAHOMA 99 in the House. There are 8 Representatives in Congress.

History.—Oklahoma is a part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, and of the tract set apart for Indian tribes by Act of Congress, June 30, 1834. On April 22, 1889, a proclamation was issued by the President opening up 1,900,000 acres of land for settlement. There was a great rush of settlers and speculators, the city of Guthrie coming into existence in one day with a population of 10,000. Other lands have been opened from time to time. The first Territorial governor was appointed in 1890. In September, 1891, the Iowa, Sac, Fox, and Pottawatomie lands of 1,000,000 acres were opened; in April, 1892, the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands of 3,000,000 acres; on Sept. 16, 1893, the Cherokee Strip of 6,000,000 acres; on May 23, 1895, a small section known as the Kickapoo lands; and on Aug. 6, 1901, the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, and Wichita reservations, representing over 3,000,000 acres. In June. 1890, the country known as No Man's Land was attached to Oklahoma by Act of Congress, being created into Beaver county. In 1896 Greer county, in the extreme S. W. portion of the Territory, was given to Oklahoma by decision of the Supreme Court. In 1907, with , it was admitted to statehood.  OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, an institution maintained by State and Federal appropriations to encourage the study of scientific agriculture and electrical and mechanical engineering. It is situated at Stillwater, Okla., and in 1914-1915 had an enrollment of over twenty-three hundred. In addition to the university where courses in home economics, science and literature are given in addition to those already mentioned there are also a summer school, a cotton school and a secondary school. The latter gives a three year course admitting to the university.  OKLAHOMA CITY, a city, the capital of the State and county-seat of Oklahoma co., Okla.; on the North Canadian river, and on the Santa Fé, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and the St. Louis and San Francisco railroads; 31 miles S. of Guthrie. It is the entrepot of a rich agricultural country, and is the center of an important oil producing region. It has developed greatly as a manufacturing community in recent years. It has National banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers, and contains cotton gins, flour mills, packing houses, publishing houses, oil refineries and soap factories. Pop. (1890) 4,151; (1900) 10,037; (1910) 64,205; (1920) 91,295.  OKLAHOMA, UNIVERSITY OF, a co-educational, non-sectarian institution in Norman, Okla.; founded in 1892; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 150; students, 3,683; president, S. D. Brooks, LL.D.  OKMULGEE, a city of Oklahoma, the county-seat of Okmulgee co. It is on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad. It is the center of a rich coal, oil, and gas region, and its industries include the manufacture of window glass and bottles. It has a hospital, excellent public schools, and an old council house of the Creek Indians. Pop. (1910) 4,176; (1920) 17,430.  OKU, YASUKATA, COUNT, a Japanese soldier. He was born in 1846 in the province of Chikuzen, and during the rebellion of 1877 warmly espoused the imperial cause, winning distinction in several battles. In the Chinese war of 1894-1895 he commanded the Fifth Army Division, and afterward helped in reorganizing military affairs. During the Russo-Japanese war he distinguished himself as general in command of the Second Army at Kinchow, Telissu, Liao-Yang and Mukden. Three years after being made general he was in 1906 named chief of the general staff, an office which he held for six years, becoming field-marshal at the close.  OKUMA, COUNT, a Japanese statesman; born in Kinshiu province, Japan, in 1837; took part in the Japanese revolution of 1868, and through it rose to office. In 1873 he was appointed Minister of Finance, and held that post till 1881, when through a disagreement with the premier, Marquis Ito, he resigned. In 1888 he became Minister for Foreign Affairs, but efforts to push the revision of the treaties with foreign nations made him unpopular, and he had to resign. In 1881 he organized the Progressive party known as the Kaishinto, and their power has steadily grown till, in 1896, it carried him into office as Foreign Minister. He always advocated party government for Japan, and in 1898, after the fall of Marquis Ito's ministry, organized the first government ever appointed in Japan on a party basis, but did not remain long in office. In 1907 he resigned the leadership in the Progressive party. Called to form a cabinet in 1914, his supporters won in the Lower House in the election of 1915. As premier he gained world-wide prominence for declaring war on Germany, the capture of Tsingtao in