Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-10-05
CROW INDIAN
RESERVATION
A Few Facts Concerning This
Valuable Strip Of Land Soon
to be Thrown Open for
Settlement

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of the finest farming and grazing land
in the state of Montana, $4,000 acres
of which lie in Rosebud county, con-
tanning possibility of maintaining
the Grow Indians for the cession of
this land to be opened to settlement
and entry was authorized by an act of
Congress, approved June 10th, 1896.
This agreement was ratified by act of
Congress and by said act, the Crow
Indian Reservation will soon be opened |
for settlement and entry under the
Homestead, Townsite, Reclamation
proved April 9th, 1904.
Nature Of the Soil
This reservation is situated in what
is known as the Yellowstone valley.
The soil is a ''sandy loan" and is
very productive. All the farm crops
known to the middle west are grown
here in rich abundance under@ the sys-
tenn of irrigation, and the soil and
climate are especially adapted to small
grain. Wheat averages from Is to so
bushels per acre; oats run from 40 to
100 bushels per acre; barley, 40 to 90
bushels; rye, 20 to Is bushels; corn has
not been universally grown. but yields
of 40 to 60 bushels per acre have been
obtained potatoes are as fine as ever
grown and yield from $50 to 600 BUSH
els per acre, and no finer soil was ever
known for the growth of sugar beets,
which are now being cultivated and
contracts are being signed for the cul-
tivaton Of some 1000 acres in an ad-
joining county. Orchards are increas-
ing yearly and apples of the very best
quality are now grown in many young
orchards. Strawberries, blackberries
and raspberries yield bounteously by
being protected during the winter.
Alfalfa hay runs five to six tons per
acre and commands good price, aver
aging from SIS. 90 to 81. 90 in the stack,
net, or $500 to $500 per acre; timo-
thy hay runs from one to two and one
half tons per acre and brings IN the
neighborhood of $500 per ton. The
climate is in general dry, healthful
and exhilerating. Tornadoes and
cyclones are unknown.
Stock Raising
This industry is still advancing and
although Montana is the northwestern
state of the American Union, lying
between the 44th and 4oth latitude and
between the lO4th and 10th degrees
west longitude, no inconvenience is eX-
perienced on account of the weather,
cattle and horses roam the fields all
winter and the percentage of loss is
very small. Sheep require some pro-
lection during the stormy season. Ad-
joining the Crow reservation are the fl A.
est of range lands, belonging to the
government, which can be used for free
grazing purposes.
DisquaIifyln@ Conditions
No one can make homestead entry
who owns over 100 acres in any state
or territory, or any person who has
acquired title to or claim under any
public land act made since August
1890, of land amounting to over $50
acres The homesteader must be an
American citizen. Those naturalized
must present certified copies of citizen
ship papers. Married women must be
the head OF a family. All who have
made homestead entries and paid out
or from any unavoidable complication
of business affairs, have forfeited for
mer homestead entries, made prior to
May Il, 1900, may make a second
homestead entry. and those who have
homesteaded less than 100 acres and
can produce the receiver S final receipt.
are entitled to enter enough to com
plete the 100 acres.
Price Of Land
The price of land is $500 per acre.
$1.O0 when entry IS made, the remain
ing $500 payable in four annual pay :
ments of seventytive cents per acre
each. Failure to make the above paw
ments forfeits the claim. Entry fees
are $500 for 100 acres, Sll.0O for so
acres, So. 90 for 40 acres, and on double
minimum land $1,000 for 100 acres,
$500 for so acres and So 50 for 40 acres.
Persons under twenty-one years OF
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