The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-20


vest practically every dollar they get
that the money handled by the banks is
really that which is in circulation as
business funds. Few states in the Union
are blessed with greater natural advan-
tages for live stock raising than North
Dakota. Possessing a good location, as
regards railroad facilities, and a salu-
brious climate, with thousands of acres
or uninterrupted grazing and farm lands,
with fertile soil that produces wonder
fully nutritious grasses, she has vast pos
slbliitles before her as great meat pro-
ducing state.
Up to the last few years the raising of
live stock was confined principally to the
ranching section of the state. The farm
erS raised wheat almost exclusively on
their land, but now this is all Changing
Our most progressive farmers are pay
ing closer attention to the rotation of
the crops and raising more sheep, cattle
President Roosevelt signed the procla-
nation providing for the opening of the
ceded lands in the Devils Lake Indian
reservation. The land is to be disposed Of
by registration and drawing similar to
that provided for the opening of the ceded
lands of the Rosebud reservation The
Devils Lake Indian reservation contains
about $4,000 acres, of which approximate
~ 300 homeSteadS entries may be made
The registration will be made at Devils
Lake and Grand Forks. N. d., and will
begin Aug. and run until Aug. 20.
The drawing will be held at Devils
Lake, beginning Aug. "a The entries
must be made at the Devils Lake land
office and will begin at s o'clock Sept
s and will proceed for sixty days Any
land subsequently remaining unentered
Will be subject to homestead entry on
payment of $4 30 per acre. Only qualified
homesteaders VIII be allowed to paTtici-
pate In the drawing and all persons must
register for themselves except honorably
discharged soldiers and sailors, who will
be entitled to make homestead entry
through agents.
The proclamation reserves 1853 acres
Tor the Fort Totten school, and also
makes reservations for the Protestant
Episcopal church, the Raven Hill Presby-
terian church, the Wood Lake Presby-
terian church. the mission of the Sisters
Of Charity, the st. Michaefs church and
are. reserved for the Devils Lake Indian
agency and 1888 acres for a public park at
Sully's Hill.
The president also issued an order to-
day so changing the boundaries of Devils
Lake and Grand Forks land districts as to
thToW all the ceded lands into the Devils
Lake district.
Facts About the Reservation
The opening of the Devils Lake Indian
reservation affords the greatest oppor
t1nlty Tor the homeseeker that has been
offered in the Northwest, with all it's past
opportunities for the last quarter of a
century. 1t lies on the southern shore of
the famous Devils lake, and has all the
plenty of timber and some of the best
soil found in North Dakota. 1t is, of
course, in the very heart of the Devils
Lake region, and has scores of advantages
the other parts of the country never en-
Joyed. 1t is only six miles from this city
to the borders of the reservation While the
prosperous towns of Minnewaukan,
Oberon and Sheyenne are only a few
miles from the western and southern
borders. The entire country surrounding
the reservation is settled with prosperous
farmers SO that those who are so for
tunate as to secure claims in the opened
territory will find themselves in the very
midst of an established community, haV-
ing all the advantages of an old settle
ment. The Great Northern and the North
ern Pacific form an acute angle with the
reservation lying well in the point The
land is therefore easily accessible from
either side by trunk line railroads. There
need be no long, trying journey of days
overland to reach the newly acquired
home. The homeSteader can step from
the train and in an hour be upon his
claim. He is at once convenient to mar
kets, to postoffices, to society and hum
dred other things that those who usually
secure shomeSteadS do not have until after
long. weary years of waiting. Not one
of the customary hardships Of the pio-
neer need be experienced. The land will
be marketable just as soon as it Is proven
up, and it will at once possess the same
value as the other lands in this part of
the state. 1t will cost 80 per acre from
the government which is the primary
cost while other raw quarters in this
part of the state, which are practically
equal. are selling at this time at from
SIS to $40 per acre. The cheapnesS of the
reservation lands is thus apparent 1t
is well known that when the great West
was nearly all an open country and its
agricultural wealth hardly dreamed of.
the Indians were located upon the choicest
spots. This is why these reservation lands