Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-25
GOVERNING RULES.
Sale of a Part of Grande ROnde
Indian Reservation.

by VlIlue OI the du tuOllty Gull.
ferred by an act of congress it is
ordered and directed that on and
after Tuesday, October, 8, 1905,
at 9 a. m., and until Tuesday,
October 10, 1905. at II a. m.,
sealed bids will be received at the
local land Office at Portland, Ore
gon, for unsold lands comprising
a portion of the Grande Ronde
Indian reservation in this state.
There are about $500 acres to
be sold by bids and the proceeds
to be paid to the various tribes of
this reservation in cash, per rata,
share and share alike.
The said sealed bids must be
prepared, filed, received, opened,
and acted on in accordance with
the following rules and regula-
tions:
First. Each bid must be made
upon form similar to that at
tached hereto, which shall be
furnished upon application to the
register and receiver at the Port
land, Greg, land Office, or the
COMMISSIONER the General Land
Office, and must be signed by
the bidder, who shall be a citi-
zen of the United States, and
who shall herein give his postof-
fee address.
Second. Each bid must be
sealed in separate envelope,
which shall be addressed to the
"Register and Receiver, United
States Land Office, Portland,
Oreg.," and such said envelope
must bear an endorsement across
its face showing that it contains
bid for the ceded lands of the
Grande Ronde Indian Rcserva-
tion, and rnwst not bear any in
cation .ot the amount Of such
bid or the description of the tract
bid for.
Third. Each bid must be &C.
companied by check, payable
to the Secretary of the Interior,
certified by certain official of g
nation bank, for 90 per cent. O.
the amount of such bid, which
check must be, by the bidder
placed in an envelope containing
the bid before its sealing and de
livery to the register and re
ceiver.
Fourth. No bid will be consid
cred that is received by such reg
lister and receiver before 9 O'Clock
a. M. on Tuesday, the sd da,
of October, 1905, or after I
o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, the 1otl
day of October, 1905.
Fifth. Bids will ereceived 70
the lands as they are arrange,
on the attached schedule, the al
rangement showing the lands il
tracts of full sections where pos
sible. This arrangement ha
been varied only where the full
section in compact form is nc
found, and in some cases it vii
be noted that less than $40 acre
may be bid for. No bid will b
considered describing the trae
bid for otherwise than as it ap
pears on the schedule, or whic
undertakes to cover and descrih
parts of several tracts.
Sixth. Each bidder may pre-
sent bids for any number of tract:
but with each bid must make an
transmit the deposit above II
quired.
Seventh. No bids will be al
cepted for said lands which sha
be at less rate than $I.25 p'
acre for the land embraced
such bid.
Eighth. The bids will be opel
ed by the register and receiver
their said office in the presen
of such bidders who may care
attend on Tuesday, the 10 day
October, 1905, at I p. M, ar
the register and receiver will e
dorse on each bid the name
the bidder, the amount of t
bid, and the amount of the &
posit, Immediately as the bids a
opened.
Ninth. The register and !
ceiver will then transmit the Sc
era1 bids, with certified checks
the Commissioner of the Gene
al Land Office, with their reco,
dations for acceptance or nons
ceptauce, in each case, and t