The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28
RUSH EXPECTED FOR
DEVILS LAKE LAND
Drawing for Homesteads on
Reservation Will Begin
Next Month
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DEVILS LAKE,, N. D., July 27.-But
a few days remain before the opening
of the Devils Lake Indian reservation,
which takes place Monday, Aug. 8.
From the last mentioned date until
Saturday, Aug 20, the registration will
take place at this city and at Grand
Forks. Owing to the fact that Grand
Forks is about one hundred miles from
the Devils Lake reservation and that
Devils Lake is only few miles-just
across the lake from the lands that are
to be thrown open to settlement, prac-
tically all the registration will be done
at this place and it is here that the
large force of clerks, headed by Com
missioner Richards himself, are now
preparing to come. TIE drawing of the
names begins Aug. "a and continues
fifty each day until all the land is
filed on. From Aug. "a until Sept. G.
twelve days-the fifty lucky persons
may busy themselves selecting their
claims, and so on the next fifty each
succeeding day until there are no
claims left.
Devils Lake is prepared to handle as
large IA crowd as all the towns ad-
joining the Rosebud reservation took
care of at the recent South Dakota
reservation opening. Each applicant
for registration must be either the
head of family or over the age of
twenty-one years and must not have
at the time more than $50 acres of land
in his own possession-or as the law
says, must not be proprietor of more
than" that amount; he must be either a
native born citizen of the United States
or a naturaliZed citizen or must have
declared his intention to become a citi-
zen of tie United States. Under the
act of June 5, 1900, persons who COM
muted, relinquished or abandoned
homesteads prior to that time or lost
the same under contest have the right
to take homestead on this reserva-
ton, and under the act of April %, 1904,
the same privileges were granted to the
last mentioned classes, except those
who committed homesteads.
Personal Presence Required
Each applicant, except soldiers or
sailors, must present himself at the
place of registration in this city, in
person, and offer his registration pa
pers, when his name is put on a card
and the card placed in a plain envelope
and put into a large box and this
process will continue until Aug. 20.
Then the envelopes will be shaken up
for hours, SO as to be we'll mixed, and
from this number each day from Aug.
"a until all claims are filed on, fifty
names will be drawn.
Persons who have registered at the
Rosebud opening and who have been
unsuccessful will be allowed to register
and file here. Any one whose name
was drawn out at Rosebud and who
did avail himself of the opportunity
of filing on claim, cannot file on a
homestead for sixty days-so that this
bars him from the drawing here, but
the mere registration does not so dis
qualify one.
miles in length-just the distance from
the eastern to the western end of Dew
lis lake, and is about ten miles wide
in some places and fifteen in others, the
contour being determined by the
winding shores of Devils lake on the
north and Sheyenne river on the south.
The reservation is reached from this
city, either by steamer across the lake
or by roadway over the bridge, the lat
ter way being shorter, but the former
more pleasant and picturesque. A pri-
Vate railroad from the city of Devils
Lake to the lake shore takes one to the
steamer landing at the Chautauqua
grounds and steamer ride of eight
miles over the lake takes one to the
buildings at OLD Fort rotten.
The fort has been abandoned. but
the buildings are used for schools in
which the Indian children are educated
and the fort and buildings with their
surroundings, make one of the pref
test places in North Dakota, if not in
the Northwest, and the Chautauqua
grounds on this side of the. lake are
still prettier. Devils lake itself is a
body of salt water about so miles long
M I 10 Il
300 miles of lake shore
In this city a very large crowd of
people can be cared for and prepara-
lions can be easily made to handle
thousands more. AT the Chautauuua
grounds the hotels and restaurants will
be kept open, as well as the stores, and
at least $4,000 people can be handled at
this great summer resort
Soldiers and Sailors
Soldiers and sailors who served in
the war of the Rebellion, as we'll as
those who took part in the late Spanish
war or Philippine instruction. NAV
register by agent and have their lands
selected as well by this agent. In order
TO do this it is only necessary to obtain
the blanks necessary from the land Of
flee here or from the commissioner of
the general land office at Washington
and appoint an agent at Devils Lake
and send to him the power of attorney.
certified copy,of such soldiers honor
able discharge papers and the soldiers
declaratory statement. When this
statement is filed selecting a claim,
such soldier then has six months in
which to come here and file on the land
SO selected by agent
Lands adjoining the reservation are
worth from SIS 10 $50 an acre. The
lands of deceased INDIANS, and there
are thousands of acres of these, may
be purchased through the Indian COM
missioner at a reasonable price
While there are but half as MANY
claims on the reservation here as there