The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-19
Published Every Thursday.
NEW LAND
FOR SETTLERS.

dent today issued a proclamation
for the entry of coded lands to the
Rosebud Indian reservation in South
Dakota beginning on Aug. 8 next.
The lands will be selected by lot and
a drawing will be established for
that purpose. There are almost
400, 900 acres of the coded land and
some of it is very fertile.
Much interest has been manifested
or the part of would be settlers and
Commissioner Richards. of the gen.
eral land office said that he had re-
ceived no less than thousand let
tiers of inquiry concerning the open
ing. For the purpose of greater
convenience to envy men the land
offices at Chamberlain will be tenn
porariIy removed to Bonesteel,
which is only four miles from the
reservation. The entries at Bone
steel will continue from Aug. to
Sept. 10, and afterward will be con-
tinued at Chamberlain.
The proclamation provides that
the lands shall be entered under the
general provisions of the homestead
and townsite laws, and all the en-
tries under the homestead law will be
permitted at the rate of 100 per day
from the day of opening.
Persons desiring to establish
townsites on the reservation will be
permitted to make application at
any time before the opening and
their applications are to be passed
upon by the commissioners of the
general land Office.
Other details of the proclamation
are as follows:
''All persons are especially ad
monished that under the said act of
congress, approved April %, 1904, it
is provided that no person shall DE
permitted to settle upon. occupy or
enter any of said coded lands except
in the manner prescribed in this
proclamation, until after the expir
alton of sixty days, from the time
when the same are opened to set
Element and entry. After the ex-
piration OF said period of sixty days,
but not before, and until the expir
alton of three mouths after the
same shall have been opened for set
Element and entry, as heretofore
prescribed, any of said lands remain
ing undisposed of may be settled
upon. occupied and entered under
the general provisions of the home
stead and townsite laws Of the
United States, in like manner as if
the manner of effecting such settle
ment, occupancy and entry had not
been prescribed herein obedience to
law; subject however, TO the pay
ment of four dollars per acre for the
land entered, in the manner and at
the time required by the said act OF
congress above mentioned.
''After expiration of three months,
and not before, and until the expira-
ton of six months after the same
shall have been opened to settlement
and entry, as aforesaid, any of said
lands remaining undisposeo of may
also be settled upon, occupied and
entered under the general provisions
of the Same laws and in the same
manner; subject, however, to the
payment of three dollars per acre
for the land entered, in the manner
and at the times required by the
same act of congress. After the ex-
piration of six months, and not be-
fore, after the same shall have been
opened for settlement and entry, as
aforesaid, any of said lands remain
ing undisposed of may also be settled
upon, occupied and entired under the
general provision OF the same laws,
and in the same manner; subject.
however, to the payment of two dol
lar and fifty cents per acre for the
land entered, in the manner and at
the time required by the same act
of congress. And after the expira-
ton of four years from the taking
effect of this act, and not before
any of said lands remaining undis-
posed of of shall be sold and dispos-
ed of for cash under rules regulations
TO be prescribed by the secretary o.
the interior, not more then six humid
red and forty acres to any one our
chaser"