New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-11
ROSEBUD RESERVATION.
The Rush Of HomeSeekers Greatly
Exaggerated.

Bonosteel. s H.. July 10 (SpeciaD-A week has
passed since the first honeseekers began hns on
the coded Rosebud Indian lands adjoining this town
The frs feT- days OF the opening OF registra-
ton Offices witnessed an eager desire on tho part
OF homesoekers to &c: in their applications and
return 10 their homes TO await the drawing which
takes place July IS. and which will decide tho
fortunes and perhaps the future of the applicants
StracBlcrs coming along daily and making their
hlIngs. ms they stand equal chance with the first
Corners
Commissioner Richards OF the General Land Of,cs
opened registration Offices at four places Bonestee
fonkton. Chamberlain and Fairfax. the county seat
OF this county However. as Bonestee! IS only two
miles from the lands TO be opened to settlement
the majority of the homeseekers came here not
withstanGing Yankton and Chamberlain offer far
better accommodations and the chances OF the ap-
plicant for drawing quarter section of land are
equal at these places. After the filing has been
made. and registration will continue until July 2S
there is no necessity for the applicant TO remain
He or she VIII be informed of the result OF the
drawing Immediately after July IS The successful
ones must then make entry OF the selected the
first one hundred en- August and each day follow
ing another one hundred. All those qualified under
the Homestead law make entry of land may
file applications. but there must be irregularity.
None but soldiers of the civil and Spanish wars
may make entry by proxy. and these must do so
by power of attorney.
This land is valuable for agricultural purposes
and when brought under cultivation will readily
the acquisition of nicely located quarter will be
worth the time and trouble incident to acquiring
title. This and can only be taken under the home
stead right. There is charge for the registra-
ton such is now in progress but the successful
applicant must at the time of making his entry FOR
the land pay a fee OF Sli for registration and in
addition thereto 81 for the land embraced
IN the tract in the application. whether il be forty
or one hundred and sixty acres. which is the great
est amount any ono person may acquire. At the end
Of two years three years four years or within
six months after the expiration Of five years from
the date OF making entry. the claimant must pay
10 cents for the land embraced IN the entry
Default III tho payment of this amount at the time
II becomes due forfelts ali right the land and
the entry Will be cancelled. At time, however
after fourteen months OF continuous residence and
cultivation. the person making the entry may make
accumulation proof upon payment OF the balance
Of the purchase price for the land then remaining
unpaid and receive title thereto. Thus may
acquire this land by fourteen months residence
and cultivation and the payment OF little thar
81 The residence and cultivation add to
its value, and 1t Will he worth the market all
way from $40 to S35 acre. and perhaps more If
located townsite.
The report that $1,000 1000 persons clam
orng for this land is an error. The 10000 acres
will provide $40 homes OF 100 acres each and all
but 800 applicants will be disappointed There has
not been at any time in Bonesteel to exceed five
side the original population. here to speculate
and gamble and shear the lambs from the rural dis
triCts. At Yankton and Chamberlain the filings show
that one-uuartcr Of this number have made
application. The railroads have done the booming
and have created n wrong impression.