Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-07-29
DETAILS OF ROSEBUD DRAWING.

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How the 1900 Farms viii
be Given to The Lucky
Few.
w. A. Richards, commissioner 0
the general land Office at Washington
left Tuesday morning for the east
after arranging all the details for tn
great Rosebud drawing. which begin
st Chamberlain on July %. Intens
interest has for some time been mani
tested in the details of the drawing
which heretofore have not been avail
able. even In the land Office circles. l
has been determined that 1000 name
will be drawn q day for three days
after which the balance of the name'
in the box will be drawn as rapidly Al
possible, probably completing the worl
on the fifth day. Al each of the placer
Of registration every person who hal
their name enrolled signs an identified
tion blank. which sets ont the name
address. height, color and general ap
pearance Of the person registering
These blanks are Immediately sealed
in q small envelope about two by three
inches and deposited in q safe re-
ceptacle. Registration ceased at all
points Of registration on July %, when
the envelopes prepared at Yankton,
Bonesteel and Fairfax were forward.
ed to Chamberlain. These sealed
missives with the Chamberlain batch
will be placed in q large box, one
sufficiently large to hold them, and
leave space in which they may be
shaken up. A large number Of open.
ings will be provided, at each Of which
will be stationed : disinterested person,
probably boy, who in regular ratio
will draw an envelope from his open
ing. As each envelope is drawn from
the box. clerks will keep . record Of
the name and order Of drawing. This
will be continued till 1000 names are
drawn out of the box each of the first
three days. This will dispose Of 5000
names, or an ample equivalent for the
number of claims in the Rosebud
Reservation subject to entry. On the
fourth day the drawing will be con-
tinued, but without restriction, until
every name is drawn from the box.
The drawing in effect merely takes all
the names enrolled and places them in
numerical order, and the names so
placed In order will be called at the rate
of 100 per day to make filings on the
lands at Bonesteel until all the lands
are disposed Of. filings beginning on
Augusts. While the numbers arrang-
ed at therdrswing will be as extensive
as the number registered, there will be
no particular value attached to any
number over 5000, or possibly $500, 40
by the time that number is reached the
land will in all probability be exhaus.,
ted, unless the holders Of the earlier
numbers should fail in very large pro-
portion to respond to their names when
called for filing.
Removal Of Capital Means Lower
Taxes.
The saving to the state in one session
Of 1884. 10 in mileage Of members of
the legislature will pay the total fuel
expense Of the State Capitol. This is
only one item Of the great saving Of ex-
pense by the removal Of the Capital to
Mitchell.
Should the Capital remain at Pierre
the State must at once build q fire-proof
building to protect the state records
from fire. Mitchell has already erected
a fine, large building Of stone and steel
containing fourteen roomy fire. proof
vaults which it offers to the state free
of all cost.
Any taxpayer who has business at the
State Capital saves at least two days
time and all the expenses incident to
long trip, If the Capital were at Mitch
ell instead of Pierre.
All there is to move from Pierre are
the state records, the Supreme Court
library and some furniture. Mitchell
guarantees to pay all expense of remov-
al. f-,..E
The Capital At Mitchell will save 81.
OOO, 900 taxes during the next ten years.