Woodrow Wilson actually said...
By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the aforesaid Acts of Congress, do hereby prescribe, proclaim and make known that the entries or purchases heretofore made for coal lands in said reservation as under the aforesaid proclamation of September 28, 1914, upon compliance with the requirements thereof may be perfected by the respective entrymen, subject to the provisions of the said Act of February 27, 1917, the price of the land to be $3.00 per acre, if entered or purchased prior to September 15, 1915, and $2.00 per acre, if entered or purchased thereafter.
04/05/1917