The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-03
OPENING
How Lands ON this Reservation
May he Obtained

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May he Obtained
Col. Hughes East, of Yankton,
in the Press and Dakotan gives
the following as to how to pro
coed to secure land in the Rose
bud reservation:
In compliance with your recent re-
quest that l should furnish your pa
per q brief statement of the manner
of procedure, with such information
as may interest those desiring to par
ticipate in the disposition of the Rose
bud reservation, soon to be opened
to entry and settlement, | submit the
following.
The lands, embracing about 2,4O0
claims or quarter sections, will be dis
posed of under the general provisions
of the Homestead laws, and any citi-
zen of the United States or territories
who is q years of age, or the head
of a family under 81 Except married
women), and who had the ben
eft of a homestead, and does not own
over 100 acres of land in his or her
own right, has a right to participate
in the opening.
HOW TO PROCEED
Under the law opening these lands
to entry and in obedience to the Pres
ident's proclamation, any citizen de-
string to participate in the drawing
shall register at Yankton, Chamber
lain or Bonesteel or Fairfax on July
9Th to 23rd inclusive, where govern
ment officers will be in attendance
with the official blanks. All persons
registered will be given q certificate
of registration. whereupon they can,
if desirable return to their homes to
await the drawing, which will occur
at Chamberlain, beginning on the 28th
day of July.
AS the drawing proceeds each per-
son drawn will be given q number,
according to the order in which his
name was drawn, and he will be no.
titled by card of his number and when
he should appear at the land Office TO
make his filing, and in addition the re-
suit of the drawing, by order of the
President; will be given to the Press
as it occurs. So it will be observed
that it is not essential that one should
do more than simply register and
then await the notice of his good for
tune. When one registers he al di-
rect where his drawing card shall be
mailed. The cost of registering is
only 25 cents and that goes to the To-
sary papers and attaches his Official
seal. The government charges moth
ing for registration.
FILING AND THE COST
Each entrvman who has drawn .
lucky number will be called at Bones
teel, the filing place, in the order
drawn, to-wit: Nos. l to 100, August
8; lOl to 200, August 8, POI to 800,
August 10, ands on until the lands
are absorbed. Persons filing. within
the first three months after the OPEN
ing will be required to pay "a per acre
as follows: 81 per acre when fling is
made; IS cents per acre within two
years; 75c within three years; 75c
within four years and 75c within i've
years, and in addition &14 land Office
fees at time of entry. 1t will be noticed
from the above that cash cost will be
$16O plus S14, or S174.
THE LAND AND IT'S VALUE
The track of land to be opened to
settlement lies nearly west of Yank-
ton, just north of Nebraska, and on
about the same parallel as Racine,
Wis. 1t is undulating prairie, fairly
we'll watered and good soil. A small
portion of it on the creeks and the
bluffs of the Missouri river is rough
and only good for grazing but the
main body is very fertile and is de-
nominated level or rolling prairie.
Lands in Yankton and adjoining
counties are now worth $50 to sec
per acre, and it is fair to assume that
when these Rosebud lands are inn
proved and brought into cultivation
they will prove equally valuable, and
some of it is worth $50 to $40
per acre.
WHERE TO REGISTER
Out of the entire number of people
who are expected to register, it is be-
lieved that more than one-half will
register in Yankton. Why this be-
lief? In the first place it is more
than twice as large as all the other
three places put together. It has
greater accommodations for taking
care of q crowd. It is nearer the cen
ter Of population, east. southeast or
northeast, and hence less expensive
to reach. Secondly, it has three great
railways, while either of the other
points has but one. The Great North
eran from the Lakes, Duluth and the
Twin Cities, terminates here. The
Northwestern from Chicago and all
its eastern connections comes to Yank-
ton. The Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul roads come directly through
from Chicago and extends on toward
the northwest and branches from this
point west to Geddes and Platte,
within twelve to fifteen miles of the
center of the reservation az it touches
the Missouri river.
SETTLEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
II 10 to be understood by all that
this land is opened for the purpose
of settlement and cultivation, and all
persons filing on the same will have
to make some improvement within 6
months after entry, such as erecting
q building. digging . we'll, breaking
some ground or planting some trees
any or all of which will be legal set
element, and then, If entryman desires
and needs to leave the land temper
arily, to attend to other interests or
earn money to complete improve
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