Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-10-12
NEZ PIERCE RESERVATION.
HOaU to Get u Home Thereon.

Correspondence Spokesman Review.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Oct. Sit is
generally believed now that the
Nez Perce's reservation will not be
thrown open in a way to cause a
scramble and test of prowess as
was the Oklahoma domain. Pri-
vate advices and public utterances
indicate some other mode of proce-
dure. A sort of lottery scheme
seems to be under consideration in
Washington, d. G. This plan was
suggested by r. J. Monroe of this
city, who was receiver of the Unit
ed States land Office in this district
when the first bill was introduced
to open the reservation land to
public entry. From the beginning
the lottery plan received favorable
notice from the press. Harper's
Weekly early last summer noticed
Mr.. MOnroe's recommendation and
some other eastern papers endorsed
the adoption of any plan that
would insure against the scenes
and deeds so unbecoming civiliz-
ed people which ensued after the
the signal to begin the race for land
in Oklahoma.
SOME OF THE CONDITIONS.
From the letters which are COM
ing to every public man in this city
! it is evident that people want facts
concerning the opening of this res
ervation. The price and the man.
ner of payment seems to be sub
.jects of interest to intending set
tiers. The law fixes the price of
farming land at 1915 per acre.
One-half of this sum is to be paid
at the expiration of two years and
the balance when patent is issued.
And it is the opinion of the best
legal authority here that the set
tiers may commute under the rules
prescribed for hOmesteaders on the
public lands, upon the payment of
1915 per acre instead of s1.25. The
early drafts of the bill would not
have permitted communication, but
an ommissiOn in the rider which
was attached to the Indian appro-
priation bill leaves that section of
the old homestead law in full force.
This fact is held to be an advan-
tage. The payment of half the
purchase price before title passes
to the claimant is not a popular
feature of political financiering.
Under the law permitting commu-
tation the title will be vested in
the settler at the time the first
payment is required, which fact
will give him credit upon which to
raise money to meet demands.
WELL WORTH THE MONEY.
The sum of 1915 an acre to
: some people seems to be very high,
but when the fact is known that
Indian allotments have rental
value of about s4 a year for identi-
l cally the same class of land, the
price will be considered very low.
The wheat farmers, this year have
paid 81 an acre, but may not re-
y alize a profit, owing to the low
I price of grain. In any event, how.
ever, the choice land on the Nes
Perce reservation will have year
ly rental value that will secure thu
). fortunate locator free farm at thu
II end of the term quoted to maxi
y his payments.
WHEN WILL 1T OPEN.
70 The public is very much interes
70 ted in any facts about the time tn
~ reservation is to be opened. Thi
is a matter of some speculation
r. However, there can be no object TO
r. prolonging the time. The none
n to pay the Indians has been apprc
,v priated, so that retention wOul
at not even be economy, and beside
the law provides for the secon
payment to be made one year frol
the passage of the bill This, it
argued, will hasten the first pa,
Z ment, as the first must come befol
ia the second. Really it seems th'
) the department work of listing al
TX; registration of the Indians entitl'
'd: to dividends should cause the on
IN; delay in completing tho purcha
phi of the land. After the title is We
gss' ted in the government the procl
al nation will surely follow SOC
Sc; The register of the land Office
ng- this city informs The Spokesma
T Review correspondent that the 81
2 on, veys are so nearly complete tt
X no delay will necessarily resi-
from that department of the wol
ew- 1t is conceded that the reservati
on, will open in the early spring.
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any ease of Eaterrh that cannot be cured