Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-06-10
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He will then leave for Chamberlain,
South Dakota, where he will again
assume personal chasge Of the draw
ing for homestead entries In the Rose
bud reservation. The registration
commences On July 3 and ends July.
s2s The drawing will commence on
sJuIy %, continuing until all the APP
splications have been drawn from the
wheel Of fortune.
Then will follow the opening Of the
Devils Lake reservation in North Da-
lkota in Aug gust. In the meantime,
the klamath reservation in Oregon
will have been opened. Commission
5er Richards will go personally from
one reservation to the other and in
Sspect the work Of registering the APP
splicants and the drawing for home
steads.
The announcements that he will un-5
sdertake personally to supervise this
work meets with universal favor.
Commissioners Richards cond ucted the
first government lottery for home
ssteads that ever occurred in this
three years ago in Oklahoma
when the surplus land of the KioWai
and Commanche reservations were
opened to homestead entry under tins
lottery system. The opening Of that
reservation proved such signal sue
cess that not q word OF ndemnation
was heard FROM anybody. not even
the unsuccessful competitors. The
general plan for the opening of that
reservation, and the one which will
be followed in the oper ing Of the four,
reservations to- be- thrown open to
settlement this summer was devised
hy Willis D. Peyande associat g JUS
stice Of the Eighth circnit court
No man in the public service is es-s
teemed more highly by all classes of
people with whom he has been thrown
in contact than WilliaIn A.
Richards, commissioner of the gener.
al land Office The fact that he VI i'll
supervise this work is looked upon as
conclusive proof that the drawing will
be, to use the yernecular Of the days,
Ton the level 4 A man Of srigi id In
tegrIty and possessing very superior
executive ability it is conceded by all
that the president has selected the
right man for this work There is
considerable speculation as to the
light IF the government to conduct a
lottery of this Bind. The revised
statutes Of the Omitted States make
Eit felony for any peraon to send
literature through the mails advertise
line lottery scheme As the Govern
ment officers mus necessarily insti-
stute and prosecute such q case it is
hardl II probable therefore that any
legal proceeding will be instituted
|sy the department. Of Justice to pre-
vent ths contamination Of the plans
fol the distri ntion Of homestead en-
tries VIII ch have proven SO successful
in the past as have the land which
have been devised for the opening of
1.-The Rosebud, Red Lake, Devils LAX q,
and Olamath reserVat ions.
Il il already appal emit that these In
dian lands are going to be II great
demand, For the past three weeks
the land Office has been literally del
|luged with communications from
|homeseek in all parts Of the
country They ars eager to obtain
Information with reference to the
pans for the opening of these Indian
lands. The easy terms upon which
the successful applicants can pay for
their lands is particularly attractive
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