The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-05
ROSEBUD The LAST
Big LAND LOTTERY
Uncle Sam May Go Out OF tho
Business After This
Experience.
>OME ANY TIME; NO RUSH
Did M otto of the Land Boomers Has to
Be Made Over to Fit the ConGl-
tions OF the Pre- sent Day
Openings.
Experience.

F. a. Miller, IN the Saturday Evening
Post: When President Roosevelt signed
che proclamation opening the Sioux In
dian lands OF The Rosebud reservation,
I'm South Dakota, he made possible the
transformation of S., 600 acres of Wild
and uncultivuted land in one OF the
most productive and thickly populated
sections OF farm land in the United
States. That tits possibility IS already
realized and that all previous records
for travel to u new land OF promise
will be broken by the Rosebud move
ment, in July OF this year. is clearly,
apparent from the great number of in
quirieS received by the United States
land office at Chamberlain. South Da
kota and by the western railroads.
Probably never before in the history
OF the northwest has there been an
equal interest in the opening to settle
ment of any other tract of government
lands.
Uncle Sam, evidently imbued with
the spirit of the times, has provided
that The sale of these newest bargains
shall be made upon the modern INSTALL
ment. or easy payment, plan. "A
dollar down and rs cents year on each
acre for four Years, in general way
covers the advertisement of this federal
.insta!lment offering. No fee whatever
is required to register for. one of the
quarter section land bargains: but
those who are fortunate in the draw
Ing and make final entry" must pay
the land office fees. amounting to $14,
for 100 acres, III addition 10 the first
payment of ST an acre.
No Great Race.
In the opening of the Rosebud reser
walton there will be no picturesque and
chaotic race from the border line, With
horses. bicycles and automobiles as
pacemakers. Uncle Sam has tried this
undignified and barbaric experiment in
opening other rt servationS and has de-
cided to submit the question of selec-
ton to chance rather than to speed and
violence To those who anticipate
mighty rush and Il quick grab for the
best lands he will say: Back to the
land office. There will be no race to-
day."
When the reader considers that the
Rosebud lands are bounded on three
sides by splendidly developed farm
lands, with communities of well-to- do
farmers owning substantial and per-
manent homes and farms valued at SIS
to $50 an acre. he can best judge of the
rich promise the immediate future
holds in store for the settler on the
Rosebud reservation lands.
Gently undulating prairie land forms
about half of the tract to be opened;
the other half is rough and broken. The
bottom lands along the Missouri river
and the lands near the numerous large
creeks are narrow and the land is
rough. Back from the river the up
lands are 100 to 500 feet above the level
of the Missouri river, or about 1000
feet above sea level. ~
With the exception of about A. dozen
sandy sections, all of the $50, O00 acres
nre we'll adapted to farming. Neur the
Missouri river the soil consistSt of a
loose but rich black loan. free Nfrom
sand or grit" and underlaid by Il
loose yellow clay. The entire res9rva-
lion Is we'll watered from NUMEROUS
creeks, rivers and many PERMANENT
springs. On the uplands an abundant
supply of water is furnished from
tubular wells, and flowing artesi4n
wells have been sunk along the Mi&-
souri, and MILESTONE rivers. Along all
the streams considerable timber "A,
found. Rainfall is ample, and the ella
mate is most delightful, being identical
with that of the eastern parts of South
Dakota and Nebraska and northwest
ern Iowa. AS a rule, little snow falls
before the holidays, and cattle and
horses find green grass until December
lHhe long Indian summer gives opportu-
nifty to care for all crops during pleas
ant weather. The heavy falls of snow
during midwinter are followed by sun
shine. No greater tribute could be paid
South Dakota climate than to state
that thousands of cattle subsist through
the entire winter without shelter or
without food other than the grass of
the prairieS.