Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-13
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Proclamation Opening Lands
to Settlement.
ROSEBUD RESERVATION
REGULATIONS OF GENERAL LAND
OFFICE FOR DRAWINGS.
A Brief Cabinet Meeting Today-Post-
masters Agreed On-Western
Tariff Sentiment.

The President today issued procaama'
| ton for the entry of the ceded lands Of the
| Rosebud Indian reservation in South Da-
| kota, beginning on August next The
| lands will be selected by lot and a drawing
| will be established for that purpose. There
| are about 1000 acres of the ceded land
and some of it is very fertile. Much interest
| has been manifested on the part of the
| would-be settlers, and Commissioner Rich
| ards of the general land Office said today
| that he had received no less than thou
| sand letters of inquiry concerning the OPEN
| ing. For the purpose Of greater conven-
| ience to entrymen the land Office at Cham
| berlin will be temporarily removed to Bone
| steel, which is only four miles from the
reservation. The entries at Bonesteel will
| continue from August 8 to September 10,
| and afterward will be continued at Cham
| berlin. Opportunities for registration for
| the drawing will be afforded at Chamber
| lin, Bonesteel, Yankton and Fairfax, and
| registration will begin July next and
| close July %. The drawing will take place
at Chamberlin, July 2S under the super
vision Of a committee of three men. The
uniform price of lands during the first
three months Of the opening will be - per
acre, and the choice of selections will be
regulated by the drawing.
Provisions Of Proclamation.
The proclamation provides that the lands
shall be entered under the general provt-
sions of the homestead and town site laws,
and all entries under the homestead law
are to be made in perrson, except in the
case Of e-soldiers and ex-sailors. who may
employ an agent. Entries under the home
stead law will be permitted at the rate OF
100 per day from the day of the 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 commissioner OF the
general land office.
Other details of the proclamation are as
follows:
IAN persons are eespeciallyadmonished that
under the said act of Congress approved
April 23, 1904, 1t Is provided that no person
shall be permitted to settle upon. occupy,
OF enter any Of said ceded lands except IN
the manner prescribed in this proclamation
until after the expiration OF sixty days from
the time when the same are opened TO set
tlement and entry.
After the expiration OF the said period
of sixty days. but not before, and until the
expiration Of three months after the same
shall have been opened for settlement ano
entry. as hereinbefore prescribed, any Of
said lands remaining undisposed OF may
be settled upon, occupied and entered under
the general provisions OF the nomesteao
and townsite laws of the United states IN
like manner as If the manner OF erecting
such settlement occupancy and entry had
not been prescribed herein In obsdtence 10
law, subject, however. to the payment OF
"a per acre for the land entered, In the
manner ana at the time required by the
said act Of Congress above mentioned. Al.
ter the expiration of three months, ana
not before, and until the expiration OF six
months after the same shall have been
opened for settlement and entry, as afore-
said. any of said lands remaining undis-
posed of may also be settled upon, occu-
pied, and entered under the general pro-
Visions of the same laws and IN the same
manner subject, however, to the payment
of So per acre for the land entered In the
manner and at the times required by the
same act of Congress After the expna-
ton Of six months, and not before, a1ter
the same shall have been opened for set
tlement and entry as aforesaid, any OF
said lands remaining undleposea OF may
also to be settled upon, occupied, ana en-
tered under the general provisions OF the
same, and in the same manner, subject
however, to the payment of $2.50 per acre
for the land entered in the manner and at
the time required by the same act OF con-
gress. And after the expiration OF four
years from the taking effect OF this act,
and not before, any Of said lands remaining
undisposed of shall be sold and disposed OF
for cash. under rules and resulauons 70
be prescribed by the Secretary OF the In
terror. not more than $40 acres to any one
purchaser.
Naval and Army Appointments.
The President told congressional call
er today that in the appointment Of ca
diets to West Point and Annapolis allotted
Tn him his policy was to appoint the
sons of army and navy officers and that
he did not depart from this unless In ex-
ceptional cases. Representative Hinshaw
called on the President to ask for the ap-
IF a
trict to Annapolis. The young man mas
been an alternate in an examination Tor
Annapolis, in which the appointee suo.
ceeded in securing first place. For several
years the President has appointed sons Of
army and navy officers to nearly all the
vacancies in cadets at large to these big
institutions, and he intends to continue
this plan
The President had call this morning
from three generations OF the family OF
ex-senator William e. Chandler of New
Hampshire. Mr.. Chandler presented his
son, William E., Jr.. and the latter In turn
presented his own son, the third William,
q bright boy Of sixteen. The resemblance
among the three was noticeable.
The big front portico Of the White
House 10 full under the ceiling Of scat.
folding, and half a dozen painters are at
work scraping OF thick coats Of old paint
and putting on new coats. The accumula-
ton of coats of paint each year has given
a layer of the mineral all over the White
House that is an inch thick In some
places. While the whole building is now
being scraped, a large part Of the north
front IL receiving this treatment, and the
big portico and the pillars that hold 1t
are being given especial attention.
A Brief Cabinet Meeting.
The shortest cabinet meeting Of this ad-
ministration was held at the White House
today. Secretaries Hitchcock and Wilson
left the White House In less than thirty
minutes after they had gone to the cabinet
room. and few minutes later Secretary
Cortelyou and Attorney General Knox
walked out on their way to their depart
ruents. Postmaster General Payne re.
NAMED an hour or so longer with the
President. going into post ofi1ce details and
political suggestions. The other four menu
bsrs Of the cabinet were not present and
are out of the city. Secretary Hay u In
ST. Louis. Secretary Shaw In Iowa. Score
tary Taft In New York and Secretary
Moody in the West Indies. There are no
public questions of great Importance pend
Ing except some of the details of the oon-
struotion of the Panama canal. and these
are being arranged by the President and
the canal commission. In diplomatic and
departmental matters there 10 mighty little
to give the President annoyance or take up
his time The Aghtins between Rus1la and