The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

Indian reservations, including 159,-
313.1S acres, Of which 96,196.44 acres
were classified as pine" lands, on
which there were estimated to be 49,
$4,000 feet of pine timber The ex-
aminers then moved to the Red Lake
reservation. where they examined to
Sept. 81. 1903, an area Of 5,135.90
acres, of which 24,245.34 acres are re-
ported as "'pine" lands, estimated to
contain 26,S7S feet of timber.
On March 2, 1908, the first sale of
pine timber under the acts cited was
held at the district land office at
Crookston, Mimi, there being offered
2o.e7s,ooo feet Of pine, described as
being on 12,210.77 acres in sections Is
and SO on the Red Lake and four
coded townships on the White Earth
Indian reservations. Sealed bids were
received for 14,771;000 feet of timber,
| estimated to be on 7,737.1S acres, the
bids ranging from IS to s6.O5 for white
| pine and 81 to $4.75 for Norway, and
! aggregating s6S,674.7O. There were
no bids received on 100000 feet Of
tim Der, described as being on 4,474.59
acres, doubtless due to the fact that
| more than the amount Of tim Der men,
| toned had been removed by authority
| of the state and settlement made
therefor.
On May 20, 1903, noticetw given
of the sale under the acts cited at
the district land office at Cass Lake,
Mimi, to be held on Dec. 5, 1903, of
234,407,500 feet Of pine timber on
109,757.34 acres of land in the Leech
! Lake and parts of the Chippewa of the
! mississippi and WinnibigaShish Indian
reservations. and on June 20 903, no
jtice was given Of the sale to be held
at the same place on Dec. %, 1908, of
! 95 per cent of the pine timber on 3d.
7OS.93 acres, estimated to contain 81
! $4,000 feet of timber, included in
those parts of the Cass Lake and Chip
selected for the Minnesota national
| forest reserve.
on Sept. 20, 1903, I approved a
schedule of 6S7,321.13 acres of agri-
cultural coded lands in the Red Lake
reservation in Minnesota, and author
/ lied and directed that said lands, to-
gether with 81,525.07 acres of agricul-
tural lands in sections is and So, in
the Red Lake, and four ceded town
ships Of the White Earth reservations
in said state, be opened at 9 o'clock
| M, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1903, to set
!. of the homestead law, with certain
/ notifications set forth in the instruc.
4 tons to the registers and receivers al
Crookston. Cass Lake and Duluth
Mimi, approved by me on Sept. %
1908.
1t IS DeIeVeO Ifl9Ct the revenue lllui'
ing to the Indians from the sale OF
the timber from these lands, under the
provisions of the act Of June II, 100;
(32 Stat. L., 4O0-4O4), known as the
NORRIS act, amending section of the
Nelson act Of Jan. IA, 1889 (25 Stat
L., 642-646), will be greatly in exces:
of what would have been received un
der the provisions of the old law, it be
: ing estimated that the returns to thu
Indians will aggregate s3.O00,000. a.
against 100000 had the conditions re
NAMED unchanged.
Progress in Irrigation.
| BY reason of the increased appro
priation for the fiscal year 1903 $3.50,
tC0O) the irrigation works on the va
rious reservations has been consider
ably extended.
The force of irrigation experts I'm
der the charge of the commissioner o
: Indian affairs has been kept bus
! in the field during the whole of tn
. fiscal year. completing work alread
!, begun, making plans for and inaugur
b ating new systems, and in making re-